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1. Add MS 48988 A-P

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48988. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and (artt. J,N,O.) vellum; ff. 92. Folio. XI-XX centt.
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includes: f. 1 Forgeries: Letter from Princess Charlotte to her mother, Qu. Caroline: 1817. f. 1 Charlotte Augusta, Princess; daughter of George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV: Forged letter to her mother, Qu. Caroline: 1817. f. 3 John Hume, of the General Register House, Edinburgh: Let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 48988 F

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F. Miscellaneous letters in French, partly forged, etc., viz.:-(1) Letter from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, concerning his portrait, and a proposed inscription for the Hôtel de Ville at Lyons; Paris, 15 May 1705. ff. 23-24;- (2) Forged letters of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, viz.:-(a) Louis X...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1705-1899
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 48988 O

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O. Vellum leaves and fragments of leaves from service-books, with neums, of continental origin; 11th-12th centt. Decorated initial at f.62. All carry press-marks, 19th cent., running from 8 172 III Al-8 172 III A 7, of the volumes from whose bindings they were removed. Three leaves (ff. 58, 59, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 48988 N

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N. Historiated initial 'N', containing the figure of St Peter, from an Italian choir-book; 15th cent. ff. 52-53. Presented by Miss Hilda Sayer.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48988 P

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P. Letters, etc., mainly of artists and statesmen, 1651-1903, viz.:-(1) Letter from John Snelling to Thomas Bright about some merchandise; King's Lynn, 29 Nov, 1651. ff. 65-66b;-(2) Letter from Harry Taverner to Thomas Tanner, about a cargo of wood; Soundess, co. Oxon, 15 Feb. 1684/5. ff. 67- 68...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1903
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48988 A

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A. Forged letter from Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, to her mother, Queen Caroline; 10 Oct. 1817 (watermark 1819). A version of this letter is no. 694 in The Letters of George IV, ed. A. Aspinall, ii, 1938, pp. 203-205. ff. 1-2b. Presented through Norman Crawford, Esq.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1817
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48988 M

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M. 'Intensified Air Raids on London', a memorandum by William Carpenter, Chief Air-raid Warden of Poplar; Sept. 1940. ff. 47-51. Presented by Sir Henry Tizard, G. C. B.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1940
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 48988 G

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G. Facsimiles of letters, in French, from the Chevalier Bayard to Florimond Robertet, n.d. (ff. 31-31b), Louis XII of France to the Emperor Maximilian I, 10 May - (ff. 32-33b), and Henry VIII of England to Louise of Savoy, Regent of France, n.d. (ff. 34-34b). Formerly owned by Capt. E. N. F. Loy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1936-20 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 48988 I

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I. Letter from Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, to Louis XI of France, relating to the opening of hostilities against Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy; London, 12 Feb. 1471. French. Signed. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xx, 1955-1956, pp. 61-62, and Bulletin of the Institute of Hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1471
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 48988 L

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L. Letter from Gustav Doré, the artist, asking for the return of two sketches; 30 Jan. 1867. French. A discarded folder bore the (lot?) number '2010'. ff. 45-46. Presented by G. R. Wright, Esq.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item