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1. Add MS 63650 A-T

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS Paper; ff. 73. British Library arrangement. 1579-1759
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includes: ff. 1-2v John Churchill, agent of H Capell: Henry Capell, of Hadham Hall; MP: Account of disbursements by John Churchill on behalf of Henry Capell: 1579.f. 3 Reverend William Mason, poet and musician: William Whitehead, Poet Laureate: Letter to Rev. William Mason from William Whit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1579-1759
Extent:
20 items

2. Add MS 63650 P

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P. Benjamin Britten: autograph inscription 'SPRING SYMPHONY original sketches', with signature, from a folder of music paper; circa 1949. Held in Manuscript Collections for several years and incorporated in 1986. f. 58. 245 x 270mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1949
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63650 Q

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Q. Letter from Nicholas Reynolds [Nicolaus Reinoldus], cartographer, to Abraham Ortelius; [1562?]. Latin. With an autograph annotation by Ortelius. Published in J. H. Hessels (ed.), Abrahami Ortelii . . . et virorum eruditorum ad eundem et ad J. Colium Ortelianum . . . epistulae (Cambridge, 1887...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1562?]
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63650 J

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1867-1874
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63650 R

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R. Reminiscences of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, particularly as organist at Gloucester Cathedral, by C. E. Clarke; after 1877. Purchased at Sotheby's, 27 May 1986, lot 788. ff. 61-69. 180 x 115mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1877
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63650 S

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S. Letter from Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, to Barbara, widow of Henry Yelverton, Viscount de Longueville, concerning the expulsion from Court of Catherine, Duchess of Queensberry, for promoting John Gay's opera, 'Polly'; 18 March 1728/9. Signed. Supplementing their correspondence in Add. 6145...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar [1729]
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 63650 D

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 29 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63650 E

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1668
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63650 O

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O. Illustrated letter from Ronald Searle to Mark Jones, Secretary of the British Art Medal Society, relating to his proposed Cannibal Medal; 22 July 1986. Presented by the recipient, Oct. 1986. f. 57. 295 x 210mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1986
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 63650 C

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835
Extent:
1 item