Add MS 59652

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.

Paper; ff. 162. British Library arrangement.

A. Bruno Walter: letter in German to H. Hinrichsen, director of C. F. Peters & Co., concerning that firm's publication of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, together with a copy of Hinrichsen's reply in which he refers to correspondence with Mahler which is now Add. 57772 I; 26, 30 Dec. 1935. Purchased from H. Baron, 19 March 1976.

ff. 1-3. 270 x 212mm.

B. Vladimir de Pachmann (b.1848, d.1933), Russian pianist: signature with two bars of music; n.d. Found with a collection of photographs which were bequeathed in 1975 to the British Museum by David Dean and transferred through the British Library to the National Portrait Gallery in 1976. Incorporated, 19 March 1976.

f. 4. 97 x 106mm.

C. Sir Charles Bunbury (b.1740, d.1821), 6th Bart.: copies of correspondence; 1781, n.d. Presented by the British Records Association, 23 Jan. 1976.

ff. 5-7. 228 x 184mm.

1. ff. 5-6. George Crabbe: letter to Sir Charles Bunbury; 18 Aug. 1781.

2. f. 7. Sir Charles Bunbury: letter to Mrs Siddons; n.d.

D. Godfrey Sykes (b.1772, d.1829), solicitor to the Stamp Office: letter to I. C. Horner; 24 April 1824. Presented by L. W. Blake, 26 Feb. 1976.

f. 8. 181 x 119mm.

E. Hon. Victoria Sackville-West (b.1892, d.1962): letter to James Pope-Hennessy; 1942. Presented by Mr F. van der Voordt, 8 March 1976.

f. 9. 205 x 160mm.

F. Two letters of Sir James Mackintosh, P.C., M.P., to an unnamed correspondent concerning the need for a new British Museum building, and to John Wilson Croker, M.P., agreeing to serve on the committee of a new club, probably the Athenaeum; 30 March 1823, [5-26 Dec. 1823?]. Purchased at Sotheby's, 24 Feb. 1976, lot 357.

ff. 10-13. 182 x 117mm.

G. Letters from William Fielden, M.P., John Bright, Richard Cobden, and John Bowring, M.P., mainly to John Thwaite, cottonspinner of Blackburn; 1834-1845; and from John Bright, John Albert Bright and Samuel Bancroft junior of Wilmington, Delaware, to their relation Edwin Blakey of Halifax; 1876-1880, n.d.; together with some miscellaneous letters and autographs; 1839-1882, n.d. Purchased at Sotheby's, 24 Feb. 1976, lot 392.

ff. 14-40. Various sizes, up to 316 x 200mm.

H. Fantaisie-Valse, op. 60, for hunting horn and piano, by Jules Souplet; Mulhouse, 3 June 1881. Autograph. Transferred from the Music Library,

1 May 1976.

ff. 41-44. 328 x 261mm.

I. Photograph of Igor Stravinsky and Ernst Roth at Venice; 1957. Presented by Dr K. H. Roth to accompany Add. 58431, 14 May 1976.

f. 45. 118 x 83mm.

K. Arthur Bliss: one page of corrections for the revised version of 'Rout' (first published in 1921); 1972. Presented by Colin Matthews, Esq., 1 June 1976.

f. 46. 366 x 272mm.

L. William Hardcastle: letter to Mrs Simons, describing an 'aerial ship'; 16 July 1835. Presented by Miss Phoebe Hardcastle, 18 June 1976.

ff. 47-49. 250 x 204mm.

M. Letters and papers of and relating to Colonel Charles George Gordon ('Chinese Gordon'). The collection is followed (f. 79) by an anonymous undated letter [circa 1940?] relating to its history, and a typewritten list (f. 80), with MS. additions, of its contents. Purchased at Christie's, 23 June 1976, lots 186, 187.

ff. 50-80. 207 x 131mm.

1. ff. 50-76. Six letters to Colonel Sir William Gordon, C.B., 1860-1862, during Chinese Gordon's service in China, together with a map and section of the walls of Peking (ff. 66-68), a coloured sketch of the Great Wall of China (f. 65), and a photograph of Gordon as a mandarin of the yellow jacket (f. 76); n.d. [1860-1862].

2. ff. 77-78. Letter to Mrs Hutchinson while a member of the commission for improving the Sulina mouth of the Danube; 1871.

N. Dame Agatha Christie (Lady Mallowan): letter to D. P. Waley, Keeper of Manuscripts, concerning the manuscripts of her writings; 11 Dec. 1972. Incorporated from the departmental files, 1 July 1976.

f. 81. 178 x 140mm.

O. Letter of John Harry Mansell (d.1929) to Maria Mansell describing the San Francisco earthquake; 8 July 1906. Presented by H. H. Evans, Esq., of Barton-on-Sea, co. Southt., 15 July 1976.

ff. 82-89. 330 x 203mm.

P. Letter of Sir Walter Fraser Oakeshott, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1953-1972, to Arthur Jefferies Collins, Keeper of Manuscripts, concerning the manuscript of Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur' (Add. 59678); circa July 1934. Presented by Mrs A. J. Collins, 5 Aug. 1976.

ff. 90-91. 115 x 178mm.

Q. Letters and dispatches of the 1st Earl of St Vincent; 1770-1823. Supplements Add. 29910-29920; 30001-30013; 31158-31193; 36708; 40741. Purchased at Sotheby's, 13 July 1976, lot 443.

ff. 92-134. 315 x 200mm.

1. ff. 92-116. Letters chiefly addressed to his sister Mary Ricketts; 1770-1823.

2. ff. 117-134. Dispatches from St Vincent to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, during the former's mission to Guadeloupe and Martinique, together with a letter to Vice-Admiral Caldwell; 1794. The dispatches apparently bear William Pitt's initials.

R. Three songs by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950), 'The Blackbird' and 'Ludlow Fair' (nos. 1 and 4 of the song cycle 'Ludlow Town', 1920) and 'When June is Come', 'April 16th 1923'. Autograph. Formerly owned by the baritone, John Goss, and presented to Dr Copley by his widow. Presented by Dr I. A. Copley, 20 Sept. 1976.

ff. 135-146. 305 x 240mm.

S. Letter from Thomas Moore to , asking to be allowed to make use of certain papers of Lord Byron; n.d. [circa 1828]. Copy. Presented by Dr G. W. Whittall, 14 Sept. 1976.

ff. 147-148. 276 x 212mm.

T. Thomas Moore, 'A melologue upon national music'; 1810. Copy, preserving an additional air. Purchased, 28 Oct. 1976.

ff. 149-153. 228 x 187mm.

U. Benjamin Britten: letter to Alexander Hyatt King, Superintendent of the Music Room, British Museum; 24 May 1972. Presented by the recipient.

ff. 154-155. 127 x 204mm.

V. Letter of Agnes Strickland to the Rev. [William?] Ellis; n.d. Presented by N. Sunderland, Esq., of Darlington, co. Durh., 6 Dec. 1976.

ff. 156-157. 185 x 120mm.

W. Three adjoining vellum fragments from an indenture relating to a lease by Joseph Dalby; 18th cent. From the former binding of Add. 31388, 6 Dec. 1976.

ff. 158-160. 222 x 187mm. (joined together).

X. Letter of James Montgomery, the poet, to W. M. [Hertt?], of Liverpool;

6 Jan. 1813. Presented by N. Sunderland, Esq., of Darlington, co. Durh.,

6 Dec. 1976.

ff. 161-162. 225 x 185mm.