L. Two letters from George III to [Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of] Holdernesse, Governor of the Royal Princes, relating to the Prince of Wales; Kew, 16, 17 July 1772. Further correspondence is in Add. MS. 39168 O. f. 60.
M. Letters of the Sidney family, bearing chiefly on a proposed marriage between Dorothy (afterwards Countess of Sunderland), eldest daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and Lord Lovelace. These originals, annotated and occasionally altered, were sent to press by Arthur Collins for h...
N. Letter to his parents from W[illialm Anderson, midshipman on H.M.S. "Bellona," giving an account of the battle of Copenhagen (2 Apr. 1801) and adding the ship's minutes on the occasion. Dated from Danzig Harbour. f. 80. Presented by Julius Anderson, Esq., nephew of the writer.
O. Letter from [Henry] Irving, actor, during his engagement at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, to Mrs. Robins (wife of Joseph Robins, actor), asking humorously for the loan of a shilling. Dat. "The abode of misery, Wednesday afternoon," [circ. 1861]. With early photograph (f. 84) of Irving and a ...
P. (1) Two letters from [George Capell-Conings by, 5th Earl of] Essex to -Harding and to -Jeffery, bookseller of Pall Mall, respectively; Cassiobury, 16 Mar. 1822, 6 Sept. s.a. f. 85;-(2) Two letters from [Myles] Birket Foster, artist, to the Dalziel Brothers, engravers, relating to "Pictures of...
Q. Message on thin paper, damaged in places, from [Sir] Robert Hart [1st Bart. 1893] addressed to the Foreign Consuls at Tientsin or officer commanding any European troops, asking immediate relief for the besieged Peking Legations; Sat. 23 June, 9 p.m. [1900]. Signed. f. 91. Presented by J. L. ,...
R. Letter from Pope Pius IX to Andrea [Timoni], Bishop of Chios, thanking him for his confidence in the future of the Church; Rome, 19 Feb. 1877. Latin. Signed. f. 92.