Add MS 56105

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.

Paper; ff. 140. British Library arrangement.

A. Letters of Jules Verne and Raoul Dufy; 1897, 1916. French. Paul C. Richards Autographs, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A., Cat. 46, items 75, 148. Purchased from Paul C. Richards, 31 Jan. 1970.

ff. 1-6. Largest size 180 x 135mm.

1. ff. 1-3. Letter from Jules Verne to Duncan Lucas; Amiens, 8 April 1897.

2. f. 5. Letter from Raoul Dufy to –, about war posters; Paris, 30 May 1916.

B. Letter from Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre to Dominique François Arago, Secretary of the Académie des Sciences; 21 June 1839. French. Purchased from Paul C. Richards, 31 Jan. 1970.

ff. 7-8. 250 x 192mm.

C. Poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, 'La Bella Bona Roba' and 'The Missionary and the Glow-worm'; n.d. (circa 1959). Autograph fair copies. For the date see Location Register of Twentieth-Century English Literary Manuscripts and Letters (1988), ii, p. 879. Presented by Lord Goodman through the Arts Council, 31 Jan. 1970.

ff. 9-10v. 330 x 205mm.

D. Letters of Major-General Charles George Gordon; 1855, 1877. Presented by Mrs Albert Huber of Ontario, Canada, 31 Jan. 1970.

ff. 11-14. Largest size 199 x 122mm.

1. f. 11. Letter to his brother, Henry William Gordon; 17 June 1855.

2. f. 13. Letter to his aunt, Miss Amy Enderby; 3 Aug. 1877.

E. Letters of Johann Reinhold Forster and his son; 1793, 1797. German. Purchased from B. M. Gould, Esq., 7 March 1970.

ff. 15-18v. Largest size 247 x 210mm.

1. ff. 15-17. Letter of Johann Georg Adam Forster, F.R.S., to Johann Friedrich Mieg (d.1819); Mainz, 7 Jan. 1793.

2. f. 18. Letter of Johann Reinhold Forster to –; Halle, 9 Dec. 1797.

F. Letters from Florence Nightingale to Mrs Emily France, afterw. White;

26 Oct. n.y., n.d. [late 19th cent.]. Pencil. Mrs White was personal maid to Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney, sister of Florence Nightingale (Manuscripts Departmental Archives). Presented by beneficiaries of the estate of Mrs Emily White, 11 April 1970.

ff. 19-23. Largest size 177 x 113mm.

G. Letters of Major-General Charles George Gordon to Lieutenant Arthur Johnson Danyell, concerning surveying in the neighbourhood of Shanghai; 24 Nov. 1862-5 March 1863, n.d. Included is a photograph of Gordon inscribed and dated 1862 in Danyell's hand (f. 33). Sotheby's sale cat. 9-10 April 1962, lot 479. Purchased from Charles J. Sawyer, 11 April 1970, Cat. 281 (1970), item 383.

ff. 24-34. Largest size 320 x 203mm.

H. Three letters; 1755, 1815. Presented by Miss Winifred A. Myers, 11 April 1970.

ff. 35-39. Largest size approx. 230 x 185mm.

1. f. 35. Letter from James West, F.R.S., F.S.A., to the Rev. A. C. Ducarel; 27 May 1755. Printed in J. Nichols, Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, iii (1818), p. 701.

2. ff. 36-39. Letters of Catherine Sharp, niece (f. 38v) of Granville Sharp, the philanthropist; 22 April, 16 Sept. 1815. The former letter refers apparently to her gift to the British Museum of the papers of her great-uncle, Thomas Mangey (d.1755); see f. 36v.

I. Letters from Henry Holiday, R.A., stained glass artist, to Edith Gough Richards and her father, John Richards, with related material; 16 June 1919-1927. Presented by Miss Edith Gough Richards, 11 April 1970.

ff. 40-66. Various sizes.

1. ff. 40-57. Letters, etc., from Holiday to Edith Gough Richards and John Richards; 16 June 1919-April 1920.

2. f. 58. Design by Holiday for a window in the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, London, S.W.11, commemorating Lieutenant Arthur Gough Richards; 1919. Watercolour.

3. ff. 62-66. Newspaper cuttings; 1922-1927.

J. Letters to Professor William Alexander Robson and his sister Dorothy Robson from George Bernard Shaw and other literary figures; 1912-1934. Presented by Professor W. A. Robson, 11 April 1970.

ff. 67-80. Various sizes.

1. ff. 67-76. Letters and postcards from Shaw to Robson and to Dorothy Robson; 4 June 1912-11 Jan. 1930. Partly typewritten. One postcard bears a photograph of Shaw (f. 69).

2. ff. 77-78. Letter from John Galsworthy to Robson; 3 Oct. 1926.

3. f. 79. Letter from H. G. Wells to Robson; 13 March 1934.

K. Opening leaf of a set of sonatas by Domenico Alberti; mid 18th cent. Ink. The sonatas were published as VIII Sonate per cembalo, op. 1, Walsh [1748]. Transferred from the Music Library, 1970.

f. 81. 228 x 305mm.

L. Correspondence between Queen Anne and Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, Lord Treasurer; August 1706. Sotheby's sale-cat. 11 May 1970, lot 119. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, 11 July 1970.

ff. 82-89. Largest size 297 x 182mm.

1. f. 82. Letter from Queen Anne to Godolphin; 23 Aug. 1706.

2. ff. 84-88v. Letter from Godolphin to Queen Anne in reply to the above; 30 Aug. 1706. Autograph draft. See Add. 41340 I.

M. John Cage, piano piece, 'A Room', with instructions for preparing the piano; 1943. Autograph. Ink and pencil. Published by Henmar Press, New York, 1960. Purchased at Sotheby's, 12 May 1970, lot 446A.

ff. 90-91. 343 x 270mm.

N. Despatch from Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1802, President of the Board of Control, to Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, 1st Marquess Wellesley 1799; 18 March 1799. Signed (f. 101v). Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 29 April 1958, item 112 (f. 102). Presented by Randall J. LeBoeuf, junior, lawyer, of New York.

ff. 92-102. 325 x 200mm.

O. Letters from Bernard Van Dieren, composer, to Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi, music critic; 29 Aug. 1927-24 Dec. 1931. Richard Macnutt Ltd., Music Catalogue 102, item 51. Purchased from Richard Macnutt,

12 Dec. 1970.

ff. 103-111. Largest size 228 x 177mm.

P. Letter from Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1922, to Alfred English; 24 Nov. 1896. Signed. Presented anonymously, 1969, and incorporated 1970.

ff. 112-115. 188 x 123mm.

Q. Papers of and relating to William Henry Bartlett (d.1854), topographical draughtsman; 1845-1855, n.d. Partly printed. Presented by Mrs Margaret S. G. MacLeod (née Hands), of Tunbridge Wells, 15 Oct. 1970.

ff. 116-122. Largest size 330 x 237mm.

1. ff. 116-117v. Certified copy, from the register of the British Consul at Cairo, of a contract between William Bartlett and Sheikh Mubarak el Lirry for provision of camels, etc., for a journey to Mount Sinai; Cairo, 27 Sept. 1845. Italian and Arabic, with English translation

(f. 117). Signed.

2. ff. 118-119v. British passport for William Bartlett; 21 April 1853. Partly printed. Signed. The passport is heavily endorsed with stamps, etc., of inspecting authorities.

3. f. 120. Sketch of? William Bartlett, possibly by the Rev. A. W. Hands, father of Mrs MacLeod; circa 1850. See Manuscripts Departmental Archives.

4. ff. 121-122. A memoir of William Henry Bartlett; Sept. 1855. Printed.

R. Letter from the Rev. Frederick Ernest Charles, 10th Baron Byron, to – Farrer; 29 Nov. 1920. Purchased from Mrs Eileen Hancock Nunn, of Hellingly, Sussex, 11 Sept. 1970.

ff. 123-124. 177 x 112mm.

S. Letter from Miss Evelyne D. Scott, author, to George Bernard Shaw, endorsed with his reply; 3 Sept. 1938. There is an error in the date of Miss Scott's letter. Presented by Miss Evelyne D. Scott, 19 March 1970.

f. 125. 266 x 175mm.

T. Letters to Captain David Blyth and Miss Helen Blyth; 1845-1873. Presented by Mrs Margaret S. G. MacLeod (née Hands), of Tunbridge Wells, 1 April 1970.

ff. 126-137. Various sizes.

1. ff. 126-131v. Letters from Sir Robert Carswell, physician, to Lieutenant David Blyth; 5 Dec. 1845, 26 Jan. 1849.

2. ff. 132-137. Letters from William Beattie, physician, to Captain David Blyth and Miss Helen Blyth; 31 Aug. 1857, 14 Sept. 1873.

U. Letter from Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax, to the Committee of Both Kingdoms; Selby, 20 April 1644. Contemporary copy, sent to Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester. Printed in HMC 8th Report, pt.2, p. 60, no. 534. Owned by the Duke of Manchester in 1970: Sotheby's sale-cat.

24 March 1970, lot 403 (part). Presented by Charles S. L. Hoover, of Ohio, U.S.A., 11 April 1970.

f. 138. 288 x 192mm.