(a) Photographs of two leaves from Victoria and Albert Museum Reid MS. 64, ff. 6, 83 b ( Horae ), written for Giovanni Bentivoglio II, probably by Pierantonio Sallando, circ. 1500. Presented by J. Wardrop, Esq.
(aa) 1, 2. Photographs of a letter from George Washington to Judge Samuel Phillipps, of Andover, Mass., Mount Vernon, 28 Sept. 1796, and of Phillipps' reply (in draft), 28 Oct. 1796. Apparently unpublished; whereabouts of original unknown. Presented by George Charles Williamson, Litt. D., throug...
(b) Photocopies of letters of members of the Wordsworth family, viz:- (1) Christopher Wordsworth, sen., to Joshua Watson, 27 Nov. 1833;- (2) William Wordsworth to his brother Christopher, 1840; - (3) Dorothy, Mary and William Wordsworth ( composite letter ) to Christopher Wordsworth, 1835. From ...
(bb) 1-3. Photocopies of a report by Joseph Planta, Keeper of Manuscripts, to the Trustees of the British Museum, 13 May 1785, on the subject of MSS. at that date missing, accompanied by a list of the items, from a volume of the B.M. archives, entitled 'Original Letters and Papers', Vol. II, 178...
(c) Photographs of documents, chiefly of Australian interest, in the possession of Mr. Edward Hirst of Sydney, New South Wales, viz:- (1) Instructions from Charles I to Archibald Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Merchistoun, one of the Council of War for Scotland, 20 May 1641;- (2) Letter from Willia...
(cc) 1, 2. Photographs of the title and sub-title pages of the first volume of sermons in the Quechua language of Peru, entitled 'Exhortationum Moralium pro Indis', by Fr. G. Greboner, S.J ( 1685 -1766), one of the Jesuit missionaries in Ecuador ( died at Quito 11 June 1766, having entered the J...
(e) Photographs (4) reproducing the illuminated heading of, and the Great Seal attached to, Henry VIII's grant of lands to Ann of Cleves and her jointure, [ January 1540 ], with two other photographs of the whole document ( 5 and 6 ). The original is preserved in the Staatsarchiv at Düsseldorf. ...
(g) 1, 2. Photographs (2) of recto and verso of a leaf formerly in Royal MS. 1 E. vi and now in the possession of the Dean and Chapter, Canterbury ( found by Mr. William Urry, Chapter Librarian, among the muniments ). The portion of the Gospels covered is John, xi. 38- xii. 34.