Add MS 45907

MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:-

A. Three letters from the painter, William Powell Frith, R.A., to the painter, John Calcott Horsley; Wareham, Weymouth and Scarborough, 10 Oct. and 14 Nov. 1858, and 20 Aug.(?) 1865. ff. 1-17b. Presented by Dr Philip N. Panton. B. Letter from the calligrapher, Cyril Goldie, to Frederick Vango Burridge, referring to the experiences of both in the air raids of 1940; Potters Bar, 18 Oct. 1940. ff. 18-19. Cf. also Add. MS. 45880, f. 26. Presented by the recipient. C. Poem in Latin by Sir George Frederic Warner, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum 1904 - 1911, on the sufferings of an index-maker. ff. 20-20b. D. Letter from Florence Nightingale to Sir John McNeill, concerning the death of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, the state of the War Office and her own plans for the future; Hampstead, 21 Aug. 1861. The letter was found amongst the papers of the donor's sister, Miss A. B. Guthrie, whose uncle, the Rev. David Guthrie, minister of Liberton, was an intimate friend and neighbour of Sir John McNeill. ff. 21-32b. Presented by P. A. Guthrie, Esq. E. Photostats (positive and negative) of a letter from Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, to 'My dearest Mary', offering condolences on the death of her sister; White Lodge, Richmond Park, 31 Jan.-3 Feb. 1883. ff. 33-40. Presented by R. Baker Harris, Esq. F. Letter from the danseuse, Marie Taglioni to -, announcing the resumption of her classes in dancing where she proposes to introduce the Mazurka and Polonaise; London, circ. 1873-1875. French. f. 41. Presented by E. G. Millar, Esq., DLitt., F.S.A. G. Letters of Eliza Le Mesurier and her sons, etc., containing references to the Napoleonic Wars; circ. 1788-1810. Viz.:-(1) Letter from Peter Debary, Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant, to his daughter Mary; circ. 1788-1796. ff. 42-43b;-(2) Seven letters from Eliza Le Mesurier, wife of Havilland Le Mesurier, Commissary-General, to Mary Debary; 11 Aug. 1793-1803. ff. 44-57b;-(3) Letter from Henry Le Mesurier, son of Eliza, to his brother Thomas; Malta, 24 May 1809. ff. 58-59b;-(4) Two letters from Edward Le Mesurier, son of Eliza, to his brother Thomas, H.M.S. 'Euryalus', 3 and 30 May 1810, and one letter to his brother Henry, H.M.S. 'Euryalus', 27 July 1810. ff. 60-65b;-(5) List of the children of Edward Le Mesurier and his wife Amelia, daughter of Stephen Wright; aft. 1839. f. 66. A note on f. 43b, referring presumably to the whole collection, reads 'Letters of my grandmother Mrs. Havilland Le Mesurier. A. W. G[retton]'. ff. 42-66. Presented by Major G. F. Gretton. H. New Year's greeting-card from David Murray, R.A., President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, to Mr and Mrs William Thomas Whitley; London, 27 Dec. 1917. f. 67. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings. I. Letters and cards to Heinz Stroh from Thomas Mann, Alfred Neumann, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Mann, and Stefan Zweig; 1935-1939, n.d. Also a letter of introduction for Stroh from Max Brod to Herr Széll, n.d. German. ff. 68-74. Presented by H. Stroh, Esq. J. Settlement by William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, of an annuity of forty pounds on George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough 1676, and his wife Dorcas, the Earl's niece, as the Earl is as yet unable 'through ye extremitie of the tymes' to pay his niece her marriage portion; 5 Dec. 1644. Signature and seal of arms of Lord Meath. ff. 75-76b. Presented by the British Records Association. K. Draft accompts for the first Budget of the Persian Empire, 1920-1921, arranged under Estimated Revenue (ff. 77-82) and Estimated Expenditure (ff. 83b-90). ff. 77-90. Presented by H. G. Hart, Esq., formerly Comptroller of the Persian Ministry of Finance. Paper; ff. 90. Folio. XVII-XX centt.