Ian Duncan Struthers: Letters to Mrs Barbara Struthers (née Clark)
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Letters (1945) from war correspondent Ian Duncan Struthers to Mrs Barbara Struthers (formerly Barbara Clark WRNS), with the following dates: (1). Undated [January 1945], from Bruxelles; 4 January (also from Bruxelles); 7 January; 13 January; 21 January; 26 February; 3 March; 9 March; 18 March; ...
Order for a Survey of the Wardrobe of King Charles II
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Order for a Survey of the King's Wardrobe, signed 21 May 1661, following the disruption of the Civil War. The document instructs the Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, Edward Earl of Manchester, and Vice Chamberlain Sir George Carteret to perform an extensive survey of the Wardrobe. In...
Privy Council Order on Scottish and catholic Oaths of Allegiance to the Crown
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Order issued by the privy council on behalf of Queen Anne demanding Scottish and catholic oaths of allegiance to the Crown, dated 18 Jan 1704. The order is addressed to Thomas Herbert, Lord Lieutentant of Wiltshire and Monmouth, 8th Earl of Pembroke and Lord President of the Privy Council, and ...
Bernhard Wildner and Felix Wildner: World War I Letters to their Father
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First World War letters written home by two sibling German soldiers, Bernhard and Felix Wildner, to their father, Oswald Wildner. The letters are written from French and Russian fronts. The file comprises: 30 letters and cards (1914-1918) from Bernhard Wildner; 26 letters and cards from Felix ...
Autograph ink letter from Henry Morton Stanley to Frederic Holmwood. Written aboard SS Madeira, off Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 7 March 1887. Holmwood was Consul at Zanzibar.
'John McAdams & Sons Patent Marine Brake': Manuscript Report
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Bound manuscript report (6 ff.), dated 6 August 1880 (Navy Yard, New York). Stamped 'Patent Office Library' on first and last folios. 'The brake in question is attached to the steamer "Florence", a side wheel steamer 127 feet in length'.
War Diary of Major Robert George Raper (South Staffordshire Regiment)
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Typed and bound diary, comprising a title-page and 183 typed (carbon) pages. Entries are from 14 July 1915 to 28 June 1916. When the typed copy was prepared is not indicated, but the volume is accompanied by two items of related correspondence: (1). London, 25 July 1947 (Knight, Frank and Ru...
Booklet containing handwritten moral tale entitled 'Electricity, or Do Not Skip'
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Booklet containing handwritten moral tale entitled 'Electricity, or Do Not Skip'. This volume is dedicated to M E Bowine and seems to have been bound and written by the author as a present. It contains a lesson against reading too quickly.
Journal of Mrs Maclellan's journey from Corfu to England
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Handwritten, loosely bound booklet recording Mrs F M Maclellan's journey from Corfu to England, written for her pupil, Emily Heber. The journey commences from Corfu on 9 May on the ship, Hermes. Mrs Maclellan describes the sights of the voyage of the 10 May, including when they took on board t...
Partial draft script of play 'Miss Elizabeth Bennet' by A A Milne
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The first half of a notebook containing Alan Alexander Milne's handwritten drafts for several scenes of 'Miss Elizabeth Bennet', his stage adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. This notebook contains parts of several scenes, including scene 3 depicting Mr Bennet and Mr Collins in ...