Add MS 62943

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.

Paper, except where otherwise stated; ff. 85. British Library arrangement.

A. Letter from Thomas De Quincey to Thomas Richardson, bookseller of Kendal, written from Fox Ghyll, Grasmere; 25 April [1822]. Relating to the proposed sale of his library of 650 books. See Grevel Lindop, The Opium Eater (1981), pp. 255-257. Purchased from Quaritch, 23 Feb. 1984.

ff. 1-2. 227 x 182mm.

B. Plan of Crackpot Hall and East Stonesdale Farms, Crackpot in Grinton, N.R., co. York., 'the Estate of Thos. Smith Esqr Lord of the Manor of Healaugh'; [circa 1770?]. Scale [1:7920]. Presented by A. J. H. Gunstone, Esq., Feb. 1984.

f. 3. Ink on vellum. 292 x 371mm.

C. Letter of recommendation from Cardinal John Henry Newman to Signora Sarina Corgialegno; 15 Dec. 1884. Sealed. Presented by Professoressa Maria Goretti, great-niece of Signora Corgialegno, April 1984.

ff. 4-5. 261 x 212mm.

D. Letter from Joseph Wright 'of Derby' to Rawlinson, giving specifications of pencils and brushes for his use; bef. 1797. Presented by P. C. Gardner, Esq., April 1984.

ff. 6-7. 225 x 184mm.

E. Letter from Charles König, Keeper of Natural History, British Museum, to Monsieur Dufresne, Jardin des Plantes, Paris; 25 Sept. 1817. French. Presented by Professor E. R. Briggs, April 1984.

ff. 8-9. 234 x 184mm.

F. Anonymous article on William Wordsworth's relationship with the people of the Lake District; [circa 1872]. Draft. Purchased with Add. 62943 G and H below from Charles Higham (S.P.C.K.), April 1984.

ff. 10-12. 202 x 126mm.

G. Anonymous article by the same author as the preceding, on the influence of Charles Dickens on modern literature, together with a letter (f. 16v) to John Howard Nodal (d. 1904), formerly editor of the Manchester periodical, The Sphinx; circa 1872-1904. Drafts. Purchased with Add. 62943 F above.

ff. 13-18. Largest size 201 x 126mm.

H. Letter from the same author as the two preceding to an unidentified correspondent, suggesting that William Makepeace Thackeray was the author of the short story, 'Mrs Captain Coo, or Five Hundred a Year', printed in the Punch Pocket Book for 1843; aft. 1891. Draft. Purchased with 62943 F and G above.

f. 19. 188 x 96mm.

I. Letter from Sir Thomas D. Kendrick, Director of the British Museum, to Dr D. P. Waley, Keeper of Manuscripts, 16 Dec. 1975. Typewritten and signed. Incorporated from the Departmental Records, 1984.

f. 20. 121 x 204mm.

J. Letter from Thomas Hardy to Austin Lane Poole; 25 April 1911. Admitting that the [Turberville] family identified by Poole was the one which he 'had in ... mind' when writing Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Purchased from Mrs Sophie Dupré, granddaughter of A. L. Poole, 4 June 1984.

ff. 21-22. 89 x 115mm.

K. Declaration by William Hazlitt to the trustees of his marriage settlement, stating his wish that his wife Sarah's trust fund should be made over to their son, William, in the event of her death; 23 April 1822.

ff. 23-24v. 314 x 198mm.

L. Seven letters from Eric Gill to Dunstan Pruden, ordering and discussing church fittings; 1932, 1938-1939. Partly typewritten and signed. Supplementing Add. 61891 H. Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 July 1984, lot 400.

ff. 25-31v. Largest size 259 x 202mm.

M. Three fragments of the diary of Elisha Hutchinson, son of Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts; 1 Dec. [1778] -28 Feb. 1779; 29 July-28 Aug. [1782]; 1-10 July [early 1780s?] . Supplementing further portions of the diary, 1774-1788, in Eg. 2669. Presented by Mrs K. W. Biesman-Simons, 7 Aug. 1984.

ff. 32-45. Largest size 189 x 114mm.

N. Letter from A. H. Layard to his uncle, [Benjmain Austin?]; 8 Nov. 1851. The main collections of Layard papers are Add. 38931-39164 and 58149-58202. Purchased from Robin Waterfield, Oxford, 13 Aug. 1984.

ff. 46-47v. 175 x 111mm.

O. Bifolium containing part of an alphabetical index, S-X, of phrases useful in the composition of sermons; 12th cent. Latin. Michailidis inv. 1293. From the Michailidis collection, transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, May 1979, and incorporated Oct. 1984.

Vellum; ff. 48-50. 202 x 142 mm. 3 columns of about 83 lines. Written in a small glossing hand, with vertical rulings only.

P. Kyrie Eleison and Gloria (ending Quoniam); early 18th cent. Latin. Michailidis inv. X. 38. From the Michailidis collection, transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books in May 1979 and incorporated Oct. 1984.

f. 51. 170 x 80mm.

Q. Letter from George Mann in Hobart, Van Dieman's Land [Tasmania], to his parents at Ashburton, Devon; 26 Feb. 1827. Presented with Add. 62943 R below by Mrs Margaret Nethercot of Swindon, Dec. 1984.

ff. 52-53v. 203 x 158mm.

R. Letter from William Lamble in Victoria, Australia, to his brother and sister in England; 30 April 1858. Presented with 62943 Q above.

ff. 54-57. 265 x 208mm.

S. Six letters from Sir Henry Walford Davies to Gerald Gould concerning the setting of Gould's poem, 'Wander-Thirst'; 1915, 1931. Presented by Quaritch, 4 Dec. 1984.

ff. 58-65v. Largest size 229 x 178mm.

T. Two letters from Sir Clifford Curzon to Ernest Chapman concerning John Ireland's suite for piano, 'Sarnia', with a typewritten copy of a later letter from Chapman to Curzon, 1941, 1942, 1979. Purchased from May and May, Cat. 127, item 127, 12 Dec. 1984.

ff. 66-68v. Largest size 297 x 210mm.

U. Five letters from Sydney Smith to Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, and his wife, with (f. 76) a draft speech; 1808-1839, n.d. Supplementing Add. 51645. Purchased at Sotheby's, 6 Dec. 1984, lot 157.

ff. 69-77v. Largest size 228 x 185mm.

V. Letters and documents of W. E. Gladstone on Irish affairs; 1866-1869. Purchased at Sotheby's, 7 Dec. 1984, lot 344.

ff. 78-85. Largest size 345 x 210mm.

1. ff. 78-82. Reply to the petition from the Limerick Amnesty Society, for the release of Fenian prisoners; 16 Oct. 1869. Draft, signed, addressed and revised by Gladstone (and possibly by others). The wording shows the influence, lessened to some extent by the redrafting, of John Bright's letter to Gladstone of the same date (Add. 44112, ff. 95-98; see also Gladstone to Bright, Add. 44587, f. 99). Apparently from the papers of Sir Robert Anderson, then Home Office adviser on political crimes.

2. ff. 83-85. Three miscellaneous items, probably from the same source, including (f. 83) a warrant for the removal from Limerick to Mountjoy Prison of Patrick Dowling, suspected of treasonable practices, signed by the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Kimberley, 11 June 1866. Partly printed.