LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. XXI-XXXII. Correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard with [Edmund Hammond,] Baron Hammond (1874), Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1854-1873); 1861-1890. Mostly autograph. Layard writes of this correspondence on 6 June, 1881 (38961, f. 305): "You have been my only correspondent to whom I have written fully and freely for many years past, and my letters to you, as I keep no journal, contain the only record of my life during that time." Quarto and small quarto. Twel...
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Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord Hammond: 1856-1890. Edmund Hammond, Baron Hammond; diplomatist: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1856-1890. Mary Enid Evelyn Layard, d 1912 wife of Sir A H Layard: Letters of Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: copi...
Vol. XXI (ff. 244). 1861-27 Jan. 1863. includes: f. 242 Edward Mortimer Archibald, British Consul in New York; KCM G 1882: Letter to E. Hammond(?): 1863.
Vol. XXIV (ff. 274). 19 Nov. 1865-17 Nov. 1875. includes: ff. 169, 184 Edward Thornton, KCB 1870. Envoy to Brazil 1865, Minister to USA 1867: Letters to E. Hammond: 1873.: Extracts.
Vol. XXVII (ff. 223). 1879-17 Aug. 1881. includes: f. 47 b Jacob van Wyngaerden, Heer van Benthuyse, Dutch Ambasador to England: Patent of knighthood for: 1621: Lat.: Draft.f. 52 Nerses, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople: Letter to Lord Hammond: 1879.: Fr.: Copy.
Vol. XXIX (ff. 201). 1862-11 Nov. 1865. includes: f. 115 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1853-1871.f. 115 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871.