H. F. Learmont Drysdale, Extract from the pianoforte score of Act I of his opera 'Fionn and Tera'. Autograph, and signed at the end, 25 Dec. 1908. ff. 73-75b. Presented by Miss Janey Drysdale, sister of the composer.
Q. Licence of Elizabeth I, addressed to the Lord Treasurer, William Cecil, Baron Burghley, authorizing the export of 6000 'unwrought' cloths by the Company of the Steelyard (Hanse merchants), during the year beginning 7 July 1572; Westminster, 15 July 1572. Sign manual above, and first signet (B...
D. Letters from persons of note addressed to Alfred Robert Dryhurst, I.S.O., of the British Museum, or his wife Nannie Florence Dryhurst; 30 Nov. 1893-10 Apr. 1933, n.d. (with notes by A. R. Dryhurst, 3 Jan. 1946, on ff. 19-20, 54 -57b). The names of the writers will be found in the Index to the...
S. Leaf from a chartulary of the Augustinian Priory at Royston, co. Hertf.; 14th cent. Latin. Cropped, perhaps for use as a paste-down; note, at the foot of the verso, by T. J. Amos (18th cent.). G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain, 1958, no. 826. Spaces left for initials; the ...
I. Miscellaneous letters and papers; circ. 1723 -1844, n.d. ff. 76-121b. Presented by Sir John Walter Hose. Included are:-(1) Pen and ink-wash drawing of a monument erected by George Tourville between Calais and Boulogne in memory of six persons (mostly English) murdered there in 1723; n.d. f. 8...
K. Letters from Hans Thoma, the German painter, to Mrs Luise Scholderer and her son Julius Victor, incunabulist; 23 Jan. 1902- 10 Aug. 1913. German. ff. 127 - 137. Presented by J. V. Scholderer, Esq., D. Litt., F.B.A.
L. Letters from Robert Southey, poet, to Richard Sharp, M.P., 11 Apr. 1810, and from John Ruskin (d. 1900), to an unnamed correspondent, n.d. [1871 or later]. ff. 138-141b. Presented by Miss M Wilkins.
T. Memorandum to George IV, as Prince of Wales, from William Pitt the younger, Prime Minister, 24 May 1787 (copy), and letter to the same from Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 6 May 1789. Not included in A. Aspinall, Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812, i (1770-1789),1963. f...
C. Illuminated copy of the vote of thanks accorded to the Trustees of the British Museum by the Court of Common Council of the City of London for providing storage for the Corporation's archives and books 'during the period of hostilities and particular danger in London'; 29 Nov. 1945. Signed by...
R. Summons of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, to be sworn a Privy Councillor; 20 Apr. 1679. In the hand of Heneage Finch, Lord Chancellor, 1st Earl of Nottingham 1681, with sign manual of Charles II, who also entered the name of the Earl. Cf. Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1679-1680, p. 1...