L. 1. Pianoforte variations by Johann H. V. Rose; 2nd half of 18th cent. Apparently autograph. Presented by the composer to F. W. Rust. f. 59. 2. Sonatas for violoncello and bass, in score, by [Friedrich L.] Schrödl; late 18th cent. f. 63.
H. 1. Draft speech of John Bright (circ. aet. 21) to the Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society, in favour of the abolition of capital punishment; [circ. 1833]. Hologr. Printed in part in G. Barnett Smith's Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright (1881), i. p. 19. f. 46. 2. Letter...
D. Letters and papers addressed to Col. John Moore, al. More [Mayor of, and M.P. for Liverpool], and his son Edward, of Bank Hall [in Kirkdale, co. Lanc., afterwards lst Bart.], viz.:- 1. "Rules and orders for regulating Vice Admiralls," by [Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of] Warwick, Lord High Admiral...
B. Pencil-drawing, by H[enry] Davy, of the N. porch of Great Bealings church, co. Suffolk, 22 Mar. 1852. f. 7 b. Presented by Sir William Richard Gowers, M.D., F.R.S.
P. Letter of [Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of] Shaftesbury, to General Giuseppe Garibaldi, congratulating him on his success [in entering Naples], but imploring him to "consider very maturely" his project for an advance to Rome and an attempt on Venetia, and holding out hope of the attainment...
C. Letter of Alexander Hamilton, on the staff of General George Washington, and afterwards Major-General and Secretary of the United States Treasury, to Brigadier-General [William] Woodford, with news of French reinforcements for Count [Charles Hector] D'Estaing's fleet; Headquarters, 2 July [17...
N. 1. [Joseph] Pellerin, French numismatist, to [Michelet d'Ennery?]; Versailles, 18 Mar. 1740, Paris, 13 Dec. 1761. Fr. The second letter was sent with a copy of his Recueil des médailles des roys. ff. 74, 75. 2. [Joseph] Khell [von Khellenburg], numismatist, to [Michelet] d'Ennery; "Ex Garel...
S. Letter of Victor Hugo to the editor of The Sun newspaper on a review [by Charles Kent] of Les Misérables; Hauteville-House [Guernsey], 22 May 1864. Fr.. f. 94.
A. Descent of the family of De Gols from Philip de Gols, Burgermeester of Aalst in Flanders in 1571. Compiled apparently by Gerard de Gols, rector of St. Peter in Sandwich, co. Kent, circ. 1720, with additions to 1736. Arms in colours of the family and its connexions by marriage. f. 1. Presented...