Add MS 62114

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.

Paper; ff. 121. British Library arrangement.

A. Correspondence of Captain W. H. O'Shea, M.P., husband of Kitty O'Shea; 1882-1885. Partly copies. Presented, with Add. Ch. 75998, by Mrs Caroline A. Wright, 25 Jan. 1982. Consisting of: (a) two letters to him from W. E. Gladstone, Prime Minister, 11, 15 April 1882. ff. 1-4; (b) letters from and to Joseph Chamberlain, 17 April 1882 (copy by O'Shea), 12 Nov. 1885. ff. 5-8v; (c) letter from O'Shea to Charles Stuart Parnell; 2 Nov. 1885 (copy). ff. 9-10. The letters from Gladstone and 0'Shea formed part of the communications leading to the Kilmainham Treaty. The text of the latter differs from that printed in C. H. D. Howard, A Political Memoir 1882-1892 (1953), pp. 34-35, which states that no copy is to be found in the Chamberlain Papers. The letter to Parnell is not mentioned in F. S. Lyons, Charles Stuart Parnell (1977).

ff. 1-10. Various sizes.

B. Papers of James Stillingfleet, Dean of Worcester; bef. 1698-1708. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 Dec. 1981, lot 163. Consisting of: (a) correspondence of James Stillingfleet concerning the sale of the library of his father, Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester, 1704-1707. ff. 11-18v; (b) religious notes by Elizabeth, née Pedley, second wife of Bishop Stillingfleet, for her son James, bef. 1698. ff. 19-24v.

ff. 11-24v. Various sizes.

C. Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Mrs Margaret Vaughan Williams, with a poem, 'The Wood', dedicated to her; 28 June 1929. Autograph. The text of the poem varies slightly from that printed in Rimeless Numbers (1932) and reprinted in Selected Poems (1953). Presented by Mrs Ursula Vaughan Williams, 20 Jan. 1982.

ff. 25-26. 222 x 152; 250 x 202mm.

D. William Wordsworth: 'Verses written in Glen-Almond ... where according to Tradition Ossian lies buried'; n.d. (bef. June 1805). Copy in the hand of Sir Walter Scott, with variants from the text printed in Poems (1807). The wove paper is countermarked '1801'. Purchased from Quaritch, 22 March 1982.

ff. 27-28. 250 x 200mm.

E. Eight letters from George Dennis, Etruscologist, mostly to his sister, Mary; 1863-1869, n.d. Presented by Mrs Margaret Ward-Perkins, April 1982.

ff. 29-47v. Various sizes.

F. Letter from Walter Crane, painter and illustrator, to Alexander Millar; 3 Dec. 1899. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, April 1982.

ff. 48-49v. 174 x 127mm.

G. Journal by Captain Joseph Love, R.N., of his captivity in France, after being captured by French privateer in Rye Bay; 26 Dec. 1809-18 Dec. 1811. Together (f. 60) with genealogical notes concerning the Austin and Love families supplied by Frances Austin. Presented by Miss Frances Austin, 19 April-3 May 1982.

ff. 50-60. 187 x 115mm.

H. Letter from Sean O'Faolain, Irish writer, to Dr Robin Flower; 12 Feb. 1930. Found in the Department of Manuscripts, May 1982.

ff. 61-62. 250 x 198mm.

I. Letter from the Rev. Alexander Robertson to -- Haworth, from Venice; 14 Oct. 1897. Extracted from a copy of Robertson's Bible of St. Mark (1898). Presented by W. H. Kelliher, Esq.

ff. 63-64v. 209 x 134mm.

J. Charles Lamb's extracts in prose and verse from 16th and 17th cent. English writers; circa 1807. Autograph. Probably made while working on Dramatic Poetry. Bifolium with wattermark, '1807'. Purchased from Hofmann and Freeman, Cat. 41, item 37, 25 June 1982.

ff. 65-66v. 236 x 195mm.

K. Letters to the Rev. Edward Stillingfleet and his first wife Margaret, née Archer, from William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, and others; 1751-1762. Two of Dartmouth's letters were written while he was on the Grand Tour with Lord North, afterwards prime minister. Including (ff. 76-77) two modern photographs of the monument of Margaret Stillingfleet at St James's church, Teignmouth (for brief details of her family, the Archers of Trelewack, see Add. 9416, ff. 3-7). Purchased from Charles Higham (S.P.C.K.) and presented by friends and colleagues, in conjunction with Add. 62400, in memory of V. C. Carter, Chief Conservation Officer, Department of Manuscripts, 1982.

ff. 67-77. Various sizes.

L. Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Jacquin, Austrian nationalist; 5 Dec. 1797. Purchased from J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, 8, 9 June 1982.

ff. 78-79v. 222 x 180mm.

M. Letter from Sir Charles James Napier, Major-General commanding the Northen District, to James, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, concerning unrest in the Barnsley area; 22 June 1839. Purchased from Henry Bristow, Cat. 277, item 149, 13 Oct. 1982.

f. 80. 227 x 185mm.

N. Letters and postcards from André Gide, Roger Martin du Gard, Paul Desjardins and others to Mme. Alice Voinescu; 1929-1940, n.d. French. Relating to the circle which met annually at the Abbey of Pointigny. Supplementing Add. 61891, ff. 54-74. Purchased from Mrs A. Price, 6 Nov. 1982.

ff. 81-104. Various sizes.

O. Three photographs of the pianist, Alfred Cortot, with signed dedications to Miss Alice Moir; 1926-1928. Presented by Blair Lees, Esq., 27 Nov. 1982.

ff. 105-107. 224 x 167; 235 x 174; 177 x 207mm.

P. Duet, 'I am a miserable object', from Act II of Bonita by Harold Fraser-Simon; 1909. Autograph vocal score. For full score, see Add. 50151-50154. Purchased from E. J. Conroy, 24 Nov. 1982.

ff. 108-111. 305 x 240mm.

Q. Letter from W. H. Auden to John Layard; circa mid-June 1939. Published in Humphrey Carpenter, W. H. Auden: a Biography (1981), pp. 226-227. Purchased at Sotheby's, 15 Dec. 1982, lot 164.

f. 112. 216 x 139mm.

R. Letter from Lady Caroline Lamb to the Hon. Caroline Fox; 20 April 1813. Purchased from Henry Bristow, Cat. 278, item 77, 15 Dec. 1982.

ff. 113-114v. 218 x 182mm.

S. Five letters from Robin Grey (i.e. Charles Jocelyn Eden Grey), editor of The Musician, to G. E. P. Arkwright, concerning that periodical and Arkwright's essay on the younger Ferrabosco; 1897-1899, n.d. Purchased from Dan Fog, Copenhagen, list 358, item 501, 8 Dec. 1981.

ff. 115-121. Various sizes.