A. Accounts of disbursements on behalf of Henry Capell, M.P., of Hadham Hall, co. Hertf. (d.1588), by his agent, John Churchill; 1579. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., Feb. 1986. ff. 1-2v. 310 x 210mm.
B. Letter from William Whitehead, Poet Laureate to the poet William Mason; 17 March 1759. Whitehead, who was living with the family of the Earl of Jersey as tutor to Lord Villiers, discusses his own 'New Year's Ode' and describes the singer and musician Anne Ford (later Thicknesse). Purchased fr...
C. Letter from William Wordsworth to [Messrs. Longman], asking to be sent the original plates of pictures by Sir George Beaumont that were used for his Poems (1815), and complimenting them on the progress of the 'new Edition', that is, probably Yarrow Revisited (1835); early 1835. Purchased from...
D. Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers, (b.1874, d.1942), Professor of English Literature, London University, to , relating to the acquisition of the Codex Sinaiticus, circa 29 Dec. 1933. Purchased from John Grant of Edinburgh, 20 April 1986. f. 6. 180 x 115mm.
E. Letter from Leopoldo, Cardinal de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany, to Cardinal Alfonso Litta; 1668. Presented by Michael Langley, Esq., May 1986. f. 7. 275 x 200mm.
F. Letter from Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, as Prime Minister to John Fane, Lord Burghersh, afterwards 11th Earl of Westmorland, explaining that money cannot be advanced to the National Academy of Music without Parliamentary investigation and discussion, whilst the National Gal...
G. Receipt from Jacobus Mant, prepositus of the Academy of Marburg, to Joannes Drigander, 25 Sept. n.y. [circa 1542-1549]. Latin. Autograph. Found in a British Library copy of Omnia Claudii Galeni . . . opera (Basle, 1542), press-mark 774. n. 13. Probably used as a book-mark by Janus Cornarius, ...
H. Inventory of goods left by Lawrence Newall (d.1649) of Rochdale, mercer, at his death; 10 Dec. 1650. This inventory was drawn up by his brother (possibly Jarret or Robert Newall snr.). See Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, vol. IV (1881), p. 161, and Lancashire Parish Register Society, ...
I. 'An Account of Conveyances made by me against the Election in August 21st 1727, not charged in my Bills delivered in to Mr Gibbon'; 14 Feb. 1727/8. Relates to the Petersfield election. Amongst the names mentioned occur those of Edward Gibbon (d.1736), grandfather of the historian, who owned t...
J. Photograph of Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant; circa 1867-1874. With an autograph note, circa 1871-1874, and two printed newspaper-cuttings, 1868, n.d. Transferred from Collection Development (Antiquarian Section), July 1986. ff. 13-17. Mounted on card 295 x 237mm.