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032-002003537

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032-002003537

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Add MS 42863

Title:

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY CELEBRITIES, etc., viz.:-(a) Letters of eminent soldiers addressed to Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Bart.; 1826-1847, n.d. ff. 1-12;-(b) Ticket of admission to the coronation of George III in Westminster Abbey; 22 Sept. 1761. Engraved. f. 13;-(C) Miscellaneous letters, mainly of literary men; 1819- 1880, n.d. ff. 14-38. The names of all the writers will be found in the Index to this Catalogue. Paper; ff. 38. Quarto. XVIII-XIX centt. Presented by Y. Leland Rudé, Esq., of Harvard University, 'as a token of appreciation for assistance received in the Reading and Manuscript Rooms of the British Museum'.

Scope & Content:

Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr.

includes:

f. 1 General Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, Baron and (1827) 1st Viscount Combermere formerly Cotton; Field Marshal 1855: Letter to Sir H. Bunbury: 1826.
ff. 1-12 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet: Correspondence: 1826-1847, n.d.
ff. 3, 6 John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton: Letters to Sir H. Bunbury: 1840, 1843.
f. 8 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Letter to Sir H. Bunbury: [1847?].
ff. 9, 11 General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB: Letters to Sir H. Bunbury: [?1847].
f. 13 George III of England: Coronation ticket: 1761.: Engr.
f. 14 Reverend Mark Noble, FSA; biographer: Letter to - Smith: 1819.
f. 16 William Coxe, Archdeacon of Wiltshire; historian: Letter to J. Jackson: 1822.: Signed.
f. 17 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, judge and author: Letter to W. Empson: 1835.
f.19 Sir John Bowring, writer, reformer and diplomatist: Letter to A. Blanqui: 1836.: Fr.
f.21 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; formerly Leveson-Gower: Letter to J. P. Collier: 1839.
f. 23 Hon Caroline Fox, daughter of Stephen, 2nd Baron Holland: Letter to -: 1841.
f.25 Mary Howitt, author: Letter to J. Britton: 1840.
f. 27 Francis Sylvester Mahony, humorist: Letter to Dr -: [1853?].
f.28 Frederick Christian Charles Augustus, Princes of Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg - Augustenburg: Memorandum to 'Land and Water' by: 1869.
f. 29 Henry Lee, naturalist: Letter to Prince Christian: 1874.
f.31 John Marguerite Emile Lemoinne, Member of the French Academy 1875; Senator 1880: Letter to -: [1880?].
f. 32 Dora Greenwell, d 1882 poet and essayist: Signature: n.d.
f.33 Charles James Mathews, actor and dramatist: Letter to W. J. Mountain: n.d.
f. 35 Louis Joseph Papineau, d 1871 Canadian politician: Signature: n.d.
f. 36 Thomas Mayne Reid, d 1883 novelist: Letter to Rev. T. Carpenter: n.d.
f. 37 Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers d 1827: Letter to - Astle and - Hills: n.d.
f. 38 Poetry RUSSIAN: V. A. Zhukovski, epigram, 'S svetloi glavoi na tyazhkikh': 19th cent.
f. 38 Vasili Andreevitch Zhukovski, Russian poet; d: Epigram n.d.: 1852.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1826

End Date:

1847

Date Range:

1826-1847

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Custodial History:

Jack Leland Rudé, of Harvard University: Presented: in 1932.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Bowring, John, Knight, diplomat, politician and writer, 1792-1872
Bunbury, Henry Edward, 7th Baronet, Lieutenant-General, 1778-1860
Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, 1831-1917
Colborne, John, 1st Baron Seaton
Cotton, Stapleton, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer, 1773-1865
Coxe, William, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, historian
Egerton, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, formerly Leveson-Gower, politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts, 1800-1857
Fox, Caroline, diarist and correspondent, daughter of Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, 1767-1845
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Greenwell, Dora, poet and essayist, 1821-1882
Howitt, Mary, author
Lee, Henry, naturalist
Lemoinne, John Marguerite Emile, Member of the French Academy 1875; Senator 1880
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, humorist
Mathews, Charles James, actor and dramatist
Napier, Charles James, Lieutenant-General GCB
Napier, William Francis Patrick, General KCB
Noble, Mark, Reverend; FSA; biographer
Papineau, Louis Joseph, Canadian politician, d 1871
Reid, Thomas Mayne, novelist, d 1883
Rudé, Jack Leland, of Harvard University
Shirley, Robert, 7th Earl Ferrers, d 1827
Talfourd, Thomas Noon, judge and author
Zhukovskii, Vasilii Andreevich, Russian poet, 1783-1852

Places:

Brenzett, Kent