K. Letter, in German, from [Nikolaus Franz] Niembsch [von Strehlenau] (i.e. the poet Lenau) to Sophie Löwenthal; Vienna, 23 Aug. 1838. Printed in E. Castle, Lenau und die Familie Löwenthal, 1906, pp. 59-62. No. 354 in Henrici's sale-cat., Berlin, 14-15 June 1929. ff. 48-49.
Q. Correspondence, etc., in Portuguese relating to Ceylon and other Eastern possessions of Portugal (cf. similar documents in Add. MS. 42056), viz (1) Letter from Dom Jeronymo de Azevedo, Captain-General of Ceylon, to the King (Philip III of Spain), relative to grants to the Jesuits in Ceylon; C...
Y. Altar-card (tabella secretarum), on vellum, imperf. at the top. Latin. The medallion in the centre represents a nimbed bishop in the act of vesting a nimbed abbess, suggesting that the card was executed for a nunnery. XVI cent. Written in Italy. f. 128. Transferred from the Dept. of British a...
O. Certificate of exemption from military service issued to Ponce Leredde of Chartronges [dépt. Seine et Marne]; Melun, 15 Jan. 1808. Printed form with MS. insertions. f. 57. Presented by Miss Joan Wake.
C. Two letters, in French, from Marshal [Francois Achille] Bazaine to Gen. N. Boyer, his former Aide-de-camp, the first, 3 Nov. [1872], expressing his weariness with the slow preliminaries of his trial (for the surrender of Metz), the second, 28 Mar. 1881, remarking unfavourably on the Empress E...
I. Nine letters from Charles Robert Maturin, author, to the firm of Hurst and Robinson, London, publishers of his last novel, The Albigenses, 25 June 1821-27 Nov. 1823, with one (f. 46) to the same firm from his son, W[illia]m Basil Maturin, 27 Dec. 1824. ff. 27-46.
H. Letter from Sam[uel] Johnson to Frances Reynolds, sister of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 21 June 1776. Autograph. Printed in G. Birkbeck Hill, Letters of Samuel Johnson LL.D., i, 1892, p. 407. f. 24. Presented by Mrs Blanche Rochfort.
U. Accounts of experiences in the Indian Mutiny and other related papers, 1857-1858. Copies. Viz.:-(1) Letter addressed to an Indian newspaper giving the experiences of the writer at Meerut on the outbreak of the Mutiny, 10 May 1857. Imperf. ff. 95-96;-(2) Deposition of Francis T[eague] Reilly, ...
F. Leaf (originally a double leaf, but now laid out flat) from a 17th cent. note-book, containing dance instructions and poems, viz.:-(a) Directions how to execute the following four dances: 'The Maurice [i.e. Morris] daunce', 'Lavena', 'Newcastle-a round daunce for eight only', and 'Put up thy ...