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Add MS 37725
- Record Id:
- 032-002054132
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002054132
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x0003a9
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- Add MS 37725
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LETTERS, etc., of litery and scientific men; 1802-1895.
1. W[illia]m Herechel [afterwards Sir W. Heischel, K.H.] to-, on a name for the "new species of bodies," now known as asteroids: Slough near Windsor, 10 June, 1802. f. 1.
2. J[ohn] Dalton to - Orchard, with regard to paying off an annuity; 49 Manchester St., 28 Dec. 1814. f. 2.
3. Charles Darwin (a) to Daniel Sharpe, on the subject of the cleavage of rooks; Down, 2 Nov. 1846 (postmark). f. 4;-(b) to -, in reply to criticisms on his Orgin of Species: "I feel not a shade of surprise at your entirely rejecting my views; my surprise is that I have been successful in converting some few eminent Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists..........I believe in Natural Selction, not because I can prove in any single case that it has changed one species into another, but because it groups and explains well (as it seems to me) a host of facts in classification, embryology, morphology, rudimentary organs, geological succession and distribution"; Down, 14 March [1841]. f. 6.
4. William Wordsworth, four lines of poetry, beg. "True beauty dwells in deep retreats." Holograph, with signature "Wm Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, March 12th, 1844." Not included in the published Works. f. 10.
5. John Ruskin, (a) Three letters to the Rev. Thomas Dale [his former schoolmate, afterwards Dean of Rochester; 31 Dec. 1840, 9 June and 22 Sept. 1841. Printed in Three Letters and an Essay on Literature, ed. [Miss] H. P. Dale, 1893. Purchased by Mr. T. Thornton in 1898 from Messrs. H. Sotheran & Co., by whom they had been bought from Miss Dale. f. ll;-(b) Letter to Dr. James Macaulay, in commendation of his "book on the sea" [? Sea Pictures,1882]; 1 Aug. 1883. f. 19;-(c) Letter to Messrs. Sotheran and Co.; 6 Sept. 1884. f. 21 ;-(d) Holograph MS. of The Bible of Amiens, ch. iii., 47-52 (for a statement with regard to the rest of the MS. see The Works Of John Ruskin, ed. Cook and Wedderburn, vol. xxxiii., 1908, p. lxiv.). f. 22.
6. T[homas] Carlyle to Mrs. Cameron; Chelsea, 31 Dec. 1858. f. 28.
7. W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone to Samuel Woods [M.P. for S.W. Lancashire] with regard to the Eight Hours for Miners Bill 10 Downing St., 4 Nov. 1893. f. 32.
8. H[enry] lrving to [Thomas] Thornton; 4 Feb. 1895. f. 34. Paper; ff. 34. Folio. Presented by the widow of Thomas Thornton, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
- f. 1 Sir William formerly Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, composer and astronomer: Letter to -,: 1802.
- f. 2 John Dalton, FRS: Letter to Orchard: 1814.
- f. 4 Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letter to D. Sharpe: 1846.
- f. 6 Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letter to: 1841.
- f. 10 William Wordsworth, poet: Quatrain: 1844.: Hologr.
- f. 11 John Ruskin: Letters to Rev. T. Dale: 1840, 1841.
- f. 11 Thomas Dale, Dean of Rochester 1870: Letters to, from J. Ruskin: 1840, 1841.
- f. 19 John Ruskin: Letter to Dr. J. Macaulay: 1883.
- f. 28 Thomas Carlyle, historian; d.1881: Letter to Mrs. Cameron: 1858.
- f. 32 William Ewart Gladstone: Letter to S. Woods: 1893.
- f. 34 Sir Henry Irvine: Letter to T. Thornton: 1895.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002054132
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002054132
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1802
- End Date:
- 1895
- Date Range:
- 1802-1895
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Carlyle, Thomas, historian, d1881
Dale, Thomas, clergyman and university teacher, 1797-1870
Dalton, John, FRS
Darwin, Charles Robert, naturalist, 1809-1882,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121251077
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Herschel, William formerly Friedrich Wilhelm, composer and astronomer
Irvine, Henry
Ruskin, John, of Add MS 37725
Wordsworth, William, poet, 1770-1850