Add MS 45880

MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:-

A. Letter from Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, to Mrs Siddons, with verses, on her farewell appearance as Lady Macbeth; 30 June 1812. According to accompanying correspondence (ff. 3-4) the letter passed, by successive gifts, from Mrs Siddons to the Rev. George Hornby (d. 1872), Miss (?) A. de L. Lacy, Walter Frith, and the donor. ff. 1-2. Presented by E. G. Millar, Esq., D.Litt., F.S.A. B. Account, extracted from two letters written by an unnamed lady from Berlin at the court of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dated 15 and [17] July 1761, of the arrival there of Col. David Graeme with proposals for the marriage of George III of England to Princess Charlotte; n.d. French. Accompanied by a descriptive note (f. 7) as owner, by Anne (d. 1858), daughter of Sir James Graham, 1st Bart., and wife of Gen. Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, 2nd Bart. From the papers of Field-Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross (d. 1868). ff. 5-6. Presented by the British Records Association. C. Four letters addressed to Andrew Ashcroft concerning Oliver Cromwell; 1881-1902. The writers are:-(a) Henry Larkin; 4 Sept. 1881. ff. 8-11; -(b) Samuel Rawson Gardiner, historian, 7 May 1882, 10 June 1883. ff. 12, 13;-(c) Charles Harding Firth, historian, knt. 1922; 20 Apr. 1902. ff. 14-15. ff. 8-15. Presented by Mrs Winifred Ashcroft. D. Letter from Captain, afterw. Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart., to Captain, afterw. Vice-Admiral, John Sheridan, concerning the movements of their respective ships, H.M.S. 'Ramillies' and H.M.S. 'Terror'; 22 July 1814. ff. 16-17. Presented by G. Lawrence, Esq. E. Two letters from Edmund Burke, statesman, to Miss Katherine Pelham, concerning the progress of the trial by court-martial of Admiral Augustus Keppel; Portsmouth, 12 Jan., 11 Feb., 1779. ff. 18-21. Presented by the British Records Association. F. Sermon on Isaiah xxvi. 9 preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Baptist Minister, at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark; 24 June 1855. Printed proof sheets of the New Park Street Pulpit, no. 31 (vol. i, pp. 237-244), 9 Aug. 1855, with occasional typographical, etc., corrections, and numerous autograph revisions by Spurgeon, of which the latter are not incorporated in the published version. ff. 22-25. Presented by J. H. Witney, Esq., M.B.E. G. Miscellaneous specimens of calligraphy executed by Cyril Goldie, including part of a letter (f. 26) to Frederick Vango Burridge, dated 23 Jan. 1942. For another letter from Goldie to Burridge see Add. MS. 45907, f. 18. ff. 26-31. Presented by the writer's widow, Mrs Mary Goldie. H. Miscellaneous legal and other papers including some (ff. 39-51) relating to the service of Robert Blackmore as a Gentleman at Arms, 1835-1838; 1697-1867. Partly French. Partly printed forms with MS. entries. ff. 32-55. Presented by Mrs M. Greg. I. Miscellaneous official and legal papers relating to the church, etc., at Monneren, dépt. Moselle; 1796-1914. French and German. Partly printed forms with MS. entries. ff. 56-66. Presented by Louis Carrier, Esq. J. Forged autograph letter of William Makepeace Thackeray, in his later handwriting, addressed to 'My dear James', discouraging the latter's attempts at poetry, and dated 'Onslow Square August 14th'; n.d. Described and reproduced by A. M. Broadley, Chats on Autographs, 1910, pp. 82-83. f. 67. Presented by Messrs Myers and Co. K. Letter to Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, Lord Privy Seal, from his secretary Samuel Wilson, written to accompany dockets for the issue of Writs of Privy Seal for the grant of (a) the Royal Library to the British Museum, and (b) an allowance to a Mr Read; 4 Aug. 1757. For other documents relating to the grant to the British Museum see Add. MSS. 36269, ff. 153-154, 42226 A, B, Add. Ch. 75475. ff. 68-69. Presented by Frank Marcham, Esq. Paper; ff. 69. Folio. XVII-XX centt.