B. Letters and papers chiefly of Nonconformist divines, viz.:-(1) Two sermons 'Of the Soul of Man', respectively entitled 'The Existence of the Soul' (on Job xxxii. 8) and 'The Immortality of ye Soul (on Eccl. iii. 21), by Matthew Henry, Nonconformist minister at Chester, 15 and 22 June 1701; cf...
C. Letters on aviation to Sidney H- Hollands;-(1) two from O[ctave] Chanute, the latter referring to the experiments of the Wright brothers, Chicago, 31 Jan. 1895, 16 Nov. 1902. ff. 66, 67;-(2) from Percy S[inclair] Pilcher, Glasgow, 8 Dec. 1895. f. 69.
D. The melody of the song 'Shepherd of the Hills' as transmitted over the telephone from New York by its composer, Horatio Nicholls [pseudonym of Lawrence Wright], and noted down in London by Jack Hylton, with signatures of those present at the reception; 10 Feb. 1927. Followed (ff. 74-77) by th...
E. Letter from Geo[rge] Grote, historian, as Trustee of the British Museum, to Ja[me]s B[ealey] Fletcher, in reply to his criticisms of the Museum Library catalogue; 4 Dec. 1861. f. 78. Presented by James Walter Fletcher, Esq.
F. Eighteen letters to Frederic George Stephens from British artists, arranged alphabetically, relating to proofs of his book, Artists at Home, 1884. ff. 80-105 b. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, and forming part of an anonymous donation.
G. Fragments of notarial instruments, etc., in Latin, on vellum, taken from the binding of a copy of J. Concorreggius, Lucidarium, Pavia, 1485 (IB. 31334), and including:-(1) Two fragments, not continuous and imperf. at the foot, recording the appointment by Lapodonatus de Sagramosio, Comes Pala...
H. Miscellaneous papers in Flemish, chiefly relating to Antwerp, viz.:- (1) The Crafts of Antwerp to the Burgomaster and Council, acknowledging a report by the Pensionary [Christiaen van] Broeckhoven, and persisting in their opinion with regard to a matter unspecified, 26 July 1644. f. 113;- ...
I. Vellum leaf, 9¼ in. x 5 5/8 in. containing Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job, xxiv, 30-31 (Migne, Patr. Lat., lxxvi, coll. 303 D-304 B). Formerly, with four leaves in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Nouv. acq. lat. 2243, ff. 1-2 and 2388, ff. 1-2) and six formerly in the Phillipps library...
K. Letter from Rear-Adm. Horatio Nelson [Viscount Nelson 1801], to [Adm. John Jervis], Earl of St Vincent, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean; 'Vanguard', Marsala, West End Of Sicily, 22 Oct. 1798. A copy is in Add. MS. 34963, f. 28 b. Printed in N. H. Nicolas, The Dispatches and Letters of...