Add MS 45102

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:-

A. Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near', composed by Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, 28 June 1885, with autograph title-page. The words are by Charles Dibdin (see The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, 1803, i, pp. 112- 113). Supplementary to Add. MS. 43867. ff. 1-4. Presented by Henry George Farmer, Mus.D. B. Autograph papers of Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterborough (1891) and (1897) of London; n.d. As follows:-(1) Draft, with some corrections and notes, of the beginning of the first chapter (on the divorce of Henry VIII) of a sixth volume of his unfinished History of the Papacy during the period of

the Reformation. See L. Creighton, Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton, ii, 1904, p. 86. f. 6;-(2) Notes for a lecture on the Renaissance. f. 13. Preceded (f. 5) by a letter relating to the papers from the donor to Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of MSS., British Museum (knt. 1946); 2 Feb. 1937. ff. 6-14b. Presented by the Rev. Cuthbert Creighton, son of the author. C. Letter from William Sydney Porter, al. '0. Henry', American short story writer, to Robert Underwood Johnson, associate editor of the magazine The Century, relating to a contribution, probably 'The Missing Chord' (see P.S. Clarkson, A Bibliography of William Sydney Porter, 1938, p. 105); 9 March 1904. Belonged to Walter Romeyn Benjamin, publisher, of New York (see The Collector, L, 1936, item 33208), whose post-card of 7 Feb. 1936 to the donor, annotated by the recipient 23 Jan. 1937, precedes it (f. 15). f. 16. Presented by Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Ph.D. D. Forged document, probably by Alexander Howland Smith (cf. Add. MSS. 43787 and 43798, ff. 73-74), purporting to be a commission granted by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, to 'William Macintosh' as Lieutenant in the 'Regiment commanded by Macpherson of Cluny', with the pretended date 'Perth this eighth of September 1745' and signatures 'Charles P.R.' and (at the foot) 'R. Sheridan'. In the title of the Prince, the words 'therewith belonging' are employed instead of 'thereunto belonging'. For this error, see Sir George Warner's report on the Howland Smith forgeries, Add. MS. 50207, ff. 22-23. f. 17. Presented anonymously. E. Papers of Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, composer (d.1868). As follows:-

(1) Signed certificate, in French, concerning his choice of the singer, Madame Dotti, for a performance of his Stabat Mater at Pesaro in 1859; Paris, 28 May 1861. f. 18;-(2) Autograph song, 'Conçois tu toutes mes douleurs'; n.d. ff. 19-20b F. Signed indenture of the Stationers' Company recording the apprenticeship of Samuel Richardson, son of William Richardson, printer, of London (see H. R. Plomer, A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England 1726-1775, 1932, p. 212), for seven years to his father; 1 Oct. 1776. With signatures also of Robert Brown, Master, and Joseph Baldwin, Clerk. Recorded in the Company's records M/455/13. Printed form, completed in ink, with envelope (f. 21). Vellum. f. 22. G. Two cards from Theodor Mommsen, German historian, apparently to Barclay Vincent Head, Assistant Keeper and later (1893) Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, relating to Roman coins, the first apparently acknowledging receipt of Head's Historia Numorum, 1887; 18 Mar. 1887, 14 Feb. 1888. ff. 24-26b. Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals. H. (1) Autograph draft of the will of Charles Januarius Edward Acton (Cardinal 1842), dated (f. 31) Naples, 18 Jan. 1823. Given by Richard Maximilian Dalberg-Acton, afterwards Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton (d. 1924), the testator's grand-nephew, to the donor (f. 27). ff. 28- 35;-(2) 'A Sermon preach'd before Her Majesty the Queen Dowager...',

by William Hall, Preacher in Ordinary to King James II, London, 1686. Printed. With a contemporary note of presentation (f. 36b) from 'E. Dryden' (probably Lady Elizabeth Dryden, daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, wife of John Dryden, the poet, d. 1714; for her signature, see Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed...by Alfred Morrison. . ., ii, 1885, pl. 67): 'ffor my deare Sone Harry' [Erasmus Henry Dryden, 5th Bart. 171O]. ff. 37-56b. Presented by Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bart. I. Autobiography of William Hammond (b. 1719, d. 1783), B.A., of the Moravian Brethren, translated into English from his original version in Greek. Typewritten. The last date mentioned is 1779 (f. 59). Other Hammond papers are Add. MSS. 44850-44855; 44919, ff. 84, 85; 44942; 44978; 44979. ff. 57- 64. Presented by the Rev. John Norman Libbey. J. Notarial acts, in French; 1748-1787. Vellum. As follows:-(1) Act in the name of Louis Joseph Delelis, Sieur de la Tatserie, 'greffier général du gros et séel des contrats et actes' in the province of Artois, whereby Éloy Mouronval, lieutenant of Le Sart (Le Sars, near Bapaume), and Anne Margueritte, his wife, acknowledge receipt from Anne Margueritte de Becóurt of Bapaume, widow of Jean de Cóminges al. Cómenge, Seigneur of Escoubas (see Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, 3rd ed., vi, col. 97), of six hundred livres derived from the rent of lands in Warlincourt, and in return grant her an annuity of thirty livres until the redemption of the original sum; Bapaume, 15 Oct. 1748. Note of redemption, 20 Aug. 1762 (f. 69b). Seal en placard. ff. 65-69 b;-(2) Act in the same name, certifying the sale from Jean François Mouronval, miller, of Warlencourt, and Marie Margueritte Loulle, his wife, to Jean Baptiste Magniez, innkeeper, of Le Sart (Le Sars) and Marie Anne Joseph Pronier, his wife, of land in Le Sart, for four écus and fifty livres; Bapaume, 1 Apr. 1786. ff. 70-71b;-(3) Act in the bailliage of Amiens certifying the relinquishment by Jean Perin, seaman, of Antevil, near Paris, of claims on the estate of the late Marguerite Sergeant, of Millencourt, his aunt, in consideration of forty livres paid him by Jean Sergeant, ploughman, and Pierre de Lacourt, 'hourier', both of Millencourt; Bresle, 9 Dec. 1787. f. 72. Presented by Mrs Withers in memory of her late husband F. E. Withers. K. Liturgical fragments (vellum), as follows:-(1) Mutilated leaf from an Antiphoner, containing parts of the offices for SS. Bartholomew (24 Aug.), Augustine (28 Aug.), and the Decollation of St John Baptist (29 Aug.); see F. Procter and C. Wordsworth, Breviarium ad usum Sarum, iii, 1886, coll.

731-746. Double columns. Headings in red, and initials in red and blue with penwork. XIII cent. Probably from a binding. f. 73;-(2) Leaf from a Horae, containing the beginning of one of the Hours of the Virgin. 156 mm. x 114 mm. Probably written in France. Full border with foliage and decorative initials, all in gold and colours. A half-page miniature has been cut out. Early xv cent. f. 74. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. L. Letter from Charles Dickens to Thomas Carlyle, requesting permission to dedicate the novel Hard Times to Carlyle; Boulogne, 13 July 1854. Printed

in The Dickensian, xii, 1916, pp. 21-22, and xx, 1924, p. 32, and in The Nonsuch Dickens: The Letters of Charles Dickens, ed. W. Dexter, ii, 1938, p. 567. Preceded (f. 75) by a cutting from The Sphere, 18 Dec. 1915, containing a note by Clement King Shorter on the letter with a facsimile. Given by Carlyle's wife, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, to Miss Agnes Howden, of Haddington, East Lothian, whose descendants presented it in 1915 to the British Ambulance Committee to the Service de Santé Militaire for the benefit of their funds. ff. 77-78b. Presented anonymously. M. Two leaves from a MS. of Book IV of the Sententiae of Petrus Lombardus, containing parts of distt. iv (Quaracchi ed., 1916, ii, sections 40-49, pp. 765-770), f. 79, and xlvi, xlvii (ibid., sections 416-425, pp. 1014-1019), f. 80. Vellum. Double columns of 44 lines. 272 mm. x 192 mm. Headings and marginal glosses in red, initials in red and blue. Stained. Margins cropped. Early XIII cent. From the binding of a copy of the Epigrammata of St Prosper of Aquitaine [Milan, 1475?], press-mark 1A. 26960. ff. 79-80. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. N. Vellum leaf from an Italian service book, containing parts of psalms i, ii. 563 mm. x 4O1 mm. Initials in red and blue. xv cent. f. 81. Presented by Thomas Maxwell, Esq. 0. Letter from George Barter, colour printer, to Francis John Wyburd, painter, forwarding copies of a print, perhaps 'The Fisherman's Home' (see C.T. Courteney Lewis, George Baxter, colour printer; his Life and Work, 1908, p. 183); 17 Nov. 1848. f. 82. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings. P. Copy by John Parr, bassoonist, of Sheffield, of a trio for two clarinets and corno di caccia by George Frederick Handel from the original MS. in the Library of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; June 1934. Printed as Sonata in D Major, ed. J.M. Coopersmith and J. LaRue, New York, 1950, and as Overture, ed. K. Haas, London, 1952. A printed programme is pasted on f. 83b, recording a performance at Sheffield in 1934. ff. 83-91. Presented by the transcriber. Q. Arrangement of 'God Save the King' for military band, by Václav Hugo Zavertal (d. 1899). On the verso are notes concerning brass instruments addressed to his son Ladislas. Autograph. Supplementary to Add. MS. 43867. Preceded (f. 92) by a letter, typewritten and signed, from the donor to the Dept., concerning the MS., 22 May 1937. ff. 93-93b. Presented by Henry George Farmer, Mus. D. R. Mutilated legal papers, in French, mostly containing pleadings in lawsuits; 16th cent. Included are:-(1) Letter concerning the Abbey of St Baasle (Basle) and a complaint from Brice Bobille, Dean of Rheims, later Abbot of St Basle, circ. 1472. f. 94;-(2) Letters, probably copies, dated 2 Aug. 1484:-

(a) On behalf of Charles VIII of France, written by his secretary, Jean Amys (see P. Pé1icier, Lettres de Charles VIII, i, p. vii), to the premier huissier of the Parlement of Paris, giving orders, at the request of Anthoinette Destouteuille (Antoinette d'Estouteville), that opposing parties be summoned to the next

Parlement in connection with suits, partly relating to lands in Ponteux in Perche, in which her late husband George (Georges) Havart, Seigneur of La Rosière, had been involved. f. 95:-(b) From Jehan Le Parcheminier, huissier sergent of the Parlement, to members, informing them that he has summoned Anne, daughter and heir of Jehan Gaudin, chevalier, in accordance with the foregoing letter. f. 95 b:-(3) Suit of Philippe de Trie, Seigneur of Roulleboyse (Roulaboise: see Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, 3rd ed., xix, col.

215) v. Jehan Le Gendre, trésorier des guerres to Charles VIII (see Pélicier, op. cit., ii, p. 4). f. 96;-(4) Suit of Jehan Le Fourneur, of Guise, v. Pasquier Garnier. f. 97;-(5) Suit of-Biget, merchant, of Chastellachier (Chateau Larcher) v. Jehan Luart, being an appeal from a judgement of the Seneschal of Poistou (Poitou). ff. 98-101b. These fragments come from the binding of a copy of La conqueste du trespuissant empire de trebisonde. . ., Paris, 1517 (press-mark C. 97. bb. 31). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. S. (1) Poem of six rhyme-royal stanzas, in the form of a lament after the battle of Flodden (1513) spoken by the dead King James IV of Scotland; early 16th cent. Beg. '0 Schotland thow was flowryng in prosperus welthe'. Printed and described in Brit. Mus. Quart., xii, 1938, pp. 13-18. See also B. Dickins, 'Textual Notes on a Newly-Discovered Flodden Poem', Leeds Studies in English and Kindred languages, vi, 1937, p. 74. Vellum. The word 'Boucher' in a later hand appears in the margin of the recto. Erasures on the verso, at the top of which is a moral sentence, in Latin, in a 15th-cent. hand. Used as binding for a copy of A Christian instruction, by Pierre Vivet, translated by J. Shoute (London, 1573). Belonged to Colbeck Radford and Co., booksellers (The Ingatherer, no. 56, 1937, item 45). f. 102;-(2) Letter from Samuel Cooper (D.D. 1777) to James Dodsley, bookseller, relating to works by himself, and the publication of the novel Letters between Emilia and Harriet, 1762, and an unnamed work, probably The School for Wives, 1763 (see R. Straus, Robert Dodsley, Poet, Publisher and Playwright, 1910, p. 378), by his wife, Maria Susanna Cooper née Bransby; Shottisham, 14 Nov. 1762. ff. 104-105b;-(3) Letter from Arthur Thistlewood, conspirator, to - Bell; 1 Oct. 1817, followed (f. 108) by engravings, consisting of a portrait of Thistlewood, the scene of the Cato Street conspiracy (1820), and the arrest of the conspirators. Belonged to Colbeck Radford and Co., booksellers (op. cit., item 225). ff. 106-107b;-(4) Letter from William Gilmore Simms, American author, to the Rev. Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American journalist, while the latter was on a visit to Charleston, South Carolina, regarding publications; Woodlands, South Carolina, 10 Feb. 1846. ff. 109- 110b;-(5) Satirical poem, with notes, entitled 'The Conspirators. A Rhapsody', probably written by a schoolmaster in Yorkshire, and partly directed against a school committee. Beg. 'Avaunt! be still, Ye ribald rhyming crew!' Early XIX cent. (watermark 1814). Other verses in a different hand are written on the covers (ff. 111, 116b). Afterwards belonged to Colbeck Radford and Co. (op. cit., item 187). ff. 111-116b. Presented by T.0. Mabbott, Ph.D. T. Letters from Edwin Austin Abbey, R.A., two with rough sketches

(ff. 118b, 123). Viz.:-(1) Three to Edward Onslow Ford, R.A., the sculptor (d. 1901); 1889, [1901?], n.d. ff. 117-120b, 123-124b;-(2) Two to Ford's son, Wolfram Onslow, the painter, 30 Sept. 1901, 6 Apr. 1902, the last relating to E. Onslow Ford's bust of Abbey. ff. 121-122b, 125-126b. Presented by W. Onslow Ford, Esq. U. Letter from Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bart., the dramatist, to Julius Parnell Gilson, Keeper of MSS., British Museum, in response to an appeal in connection with the possible purchase of the MS. of 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground' by Lewis Carroll (now Add. MS. 46700); 30 Mar. 1928. f. 127. V. Facsimile of a letter from Florence Nightingale to nurses, probably of the 'Nightingale Fund' School at St Thomas's Hospital, London; 28 May 1900. Other copies are in Add. MS. 47765, ff. 109-114, and in the Department of Printed Books (press-mark Tab. 1281 a. 2). f. 128- 133 b. Presented by Mrs K. L. Richardson. W. Letter from Field-Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Baron and (1901) Earl Roberts, apparently to his aide-de-camp Lieutenant Reginald Spencer Chaplin; 8 July 1897. f. 134. Presented by William Graham Ullathorne, Esq.

X. Letter from William Jerdan, journalist, to -, mainly relating to the memoir of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., in his National Portrait Gallery, iii, 1832; circ. 1832. ff. 135-136. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings. Y. Letter from Samuel Wesley, composer (d.1837), to John Thomas Smith, Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum (d. 1833); n.d. ff. 137-138b. Presented by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis, Esq. Z. 'State of Case concerning y^e Cottonians Librarian' relating to the Cotton Collection and its Librarian, before it became part of the British Museum in 1753, containing abstracts of statutes 12 & 13 William III, c. 7, and 5 [sc. 6] Anne, c. 30, and an extract from the report of the committee appointed to view the Library in 1732, with subsequent proceedings in the House of Commons (see their Report, 1732, pp. 1O, 209-211); 1732-1753. See Friends of the National Libraries: Annual Report, 1937-1938, p. 19. ff. 139-140b. Presented by Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries. AA. Muster-roll, containing 107 names, of the company of the Royal Regiment of Artillery forming part of the garrison of Minorca; St Philip's Castle, 1 Apr. 1742. At the foot is a certificate to the Board of Ordnance giving the cost of pay and subsistence of the force for the month of April. Vellum. Signed by the commander Captain George Williamson (Lt.-Gen. 1772), Captain-Lieutenant Borgard Michelsen al. Michelson (Maj.-Gen. 1759), and others. f. 141. Presented by T. 0. Mabbott, Ph.D. BB. Certificate of service, in French, of - de Monbron in the Compagnie de Normandie of the French royalist army commanded by Louis Stanislas Xavier, Comte de Provence, later Louis XVIII of France, and Charles Philippe, Comte d'Artois, later Charles X; dated Spa (in Belgium) 'lors du

licenciement de l'armée', 20 Nov. 1792. Signed by Maréchal Victor François de Broglie, Duc de Broglie, and many other officers. Seal of de Broglie en placard. f. 142. Presented by Cecil H. Stevens, Esq.

CC. Two forgeries of autographs of Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet. See R.M. Smith, The Shelley Legend, 1945, pp. 298-299, where they are said to have come to light in 1926. As follows:-(1) Poem, entitled 'To Music (for C)', beg. 'Silver Key of the fountain of tears', consisting of two stanzas, each of five lines, the first reproducing the poem, 'A fragment: to music', printed in The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, ed. T. Hutchinson, 1952, p. 541. At the foot is the pretended signature 'Percy Bysshe Shelley', dated 'Marlow July 3. 1817'. On the verso is an inscription in pencil 'R. Maddocks [Robert Maddocks, Shelley's landlord at Marlow?] 1852'. See T. J. Brown, 'The Detection of Faked Literary MSS.', The Book Collector, ii, 1953, p. 23, Pl. VI c. f. 144;-(2) The preface to the novel Frankenstein by the poet's wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, with the pretended date 'Marlow September 1817'. Given by Walter Thomas Spencer, bookseller, to Thomas James Wise, bibliographer (see the latter's note, f. 146). ff. 148-149. Presented anonymously. DD. Signed letter, in French, from Frederick VI of Denmark to William Carry (i.e. Carey, D.D.) of the Baptist mission at the Danish colony of Frederiksnagore or Serampore, in India, accompanying a medal (now in the Dept. of Coins and Medals, no. 1937-11-17-2) in recognition of his services; Copenhagen, 7 June 1820. ff. 150-150b. Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals, to which it was bequeathed by Miss E. Blanche Carey. Paper and (artt. F, J, K, M, N, S (1), AA) vellum; ff. 150. Folio. XIII cent.-1937.