L. Four letters from B[enjamin] R[obert] Haydon, painter, to J. Hutchings of Blakesley, Towcester, on his proposal to take up painting as a profession, 15 Feb.-5 May, 1845. f. 102.
M. Letter of [Sir Henry Capell, K.B., Baron] Capell [of Tewkesbury], Lord Deputy of Ireland, to the Lords of the Treasury, relating to the forfeitures in Ireland; Dublin Castle, 5 July, 1695. Hologr. copy. f. 110. Belonged to J. E. Hodgkin, F.S.A. Pr. in Hist. MSS. Com., 15th Rep., App. ii, p. 8...
N. Letter to the British Museum from Princess Carolyne [Sayn-] Wittgenstein, the friend of the musician Liszt, relating apparently to her book "Des causes intérieures de la faiblesse extérieure de l'Église" , Rome, 6 Apr. [18]86. Cf. La Mara, Aus der Glanzzeit der Weimarer Altenburg, 1906, p. 43...
O. Correspondence of Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, governor of the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick, relating chiefly to their education: (a) Five letters from L[eonard] Smelt, deputy-governor to the Royal Princes, 20 July, 1772-10 Feb. 1776. ff. 114, 118, 124, 126, 132, and from J...
P. Three letters from Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Chinese republican leader, to G. E. Musgrove, relating to preparations in the republican cause; New York, 6 Dec. 1909, 11 Jan. 1910; San Francisco, 22 Mar. 1910. The first encloses the translation of a proclamation "To All Friendly Nations." ff. 138-152. It...
Q. Letters to Mrs. Ashley, wife of Hon. William Ashley, 2nd son of Cropley, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury. The last letter is apparently addressed to her husband. The writers are: (a) Henry E[dward] Manning, afterwards Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster, 7 June, 1854. f. 153 ; (b) L[aurence] Oliphant,...
R. Letter to E. Reilly from the notorious claimant to the Tichborne Baronetcy, Arthur Orton, signed R[oger] C[harles] D[oughty] Tichborne ; 21 Sept [18]73. f. 171.
S. Account of the loss of the Don Juan and the cremation of the poet Shelley and his friend Edward Ellerker Williams, by Edward John Trelawny with interlinear autograph corrections by Leigh Hunt and a note on f. 179 in Byron's hand explaining his absence during the actual burning of Shelley, 8 J...
T. Letter from Dr. (afterwards Sir) Alexander Armstrong, surgeon on H.M.S. Investigator in the Franklin Search Expedition, to his father, with a detailed account of their fortunes, 3 Apr. 1853. f. 181. Presented by Miss Sophia Simpson.
U. Letters, acknowledging receipt of a sermon, to Rev. John Reynolds, minister of St. Thomas's Church, Berea, Natal, from: (a) Field- Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, 24, 26 June, 1880, in the name of the Empress Eugénie, the second enclosing a mortuary card of the Prince Imperial addressed by the Empre...