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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10173
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Scope & Content:: EDWARD, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor). Autograph letter signed 'Edward', on paper headed 'General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.', beginning 'My dear Colonel' and saying 'I only hope I shall get to Cairo again'. Creation dates: 20 April 1916
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Dec 2013
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10174
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Scope & Content:: GEORGE VI, King of England. Typescript draft of his speech on the outbreak of World War II, with added pencil note by the civil servant Harold Vale Rhodes ('HVR'). Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2013, Lot 218. Creation dates: 25 Aug 1939
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Jan 2014
Extent:: 3 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10175
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Scope & Content:: WAUGH, Evelyn. MITFORD, Nancy. Original review by Waugh of Mitford's 'The Water Beetle'. Creation dates: 1962
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 2014
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10176
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Scope & Content:: ESSEX, Robert Devereux, Earl of (1565-1601). Autograph letter signed to 'Sire', identified from the letter cover as Henri IV of France, assuring him of his 'perfect zeal in the service of your Majesty'. Creation dates: [1591?]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 16 Jan 2014
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10177
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Scope & Content:: PERCY, Thomas. Manuscript note with 5 autograph additions listing the persons to whom presentation copies of 'The Hermit of Warkworth' (1771) should be sent. Bonhams sale, 19 March 2013, Lot 62. Creation dates: [Early 1771]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Aug 2013
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10178
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Scope & Content:: SHAW, George Bernard. Autograph letter signed to Edward Tyas Cook of the 'Pall Mall Gazette' sending an account of the dispersal of socialist processions, and of the Grenadiers removing demonstrators from Trafalgar Square on 'Bloody Sunday', with a printed slip cut from a catalogue pasted at the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Dec 2013
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10179
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Scope & Content:: DARWIN, Charles. Autograph letter signed to Arthur Rawson, discussing unusual primula flowers and asking for additional details about Rawson's experiments with gladioli. Sotheby's, L13408, 10 Dec 2013, Lot 211. Creation dates: 2 Apr [1863]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jan 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10180
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Scope & Content:: HERALDRY. A bound heraldry manuscript by the arms painter Thomas Penson, being a 'working' catalogue assembled over a number of years. Creation dates: Circa 1700
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Jan 2014
Extent:: 9 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10181
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Scope & Content:: BROWNING, Robert. 3 Autograph letters signed: (1) to 'Sir', denying that there is any historical foundation to 'The Ride &c.' and recalling how he wrote the poem on board ship; (2) to Mrs Pollock, agreeing to visit her along with his son; (3) to Mrs Anderson, apologising for missing her the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Feb 2014
Extent:: Digital images (1 disc)

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10182
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Scope & Content:: MORGAN COLMAN (or COLEMAN). Genealogy of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I, being a heraldric celebration of Queen Elizabeth prepared for Francis Bacon. Illuminated manuscript on paper and vellum. Christie's, 1160, 20 Nov 2013, Lot 57. Creation dates: 1592
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Feb 2014
Extent:: Digital images (2 discs)

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