Add MS 47458

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz:-

A. Papers relating to Thomas Grenville, mainly concerning the future of his library and his death and burial; 24 Nov. 1838-31 Dec. 1846. Besides a note from Grenville to his executors and a note of his death and burial, there are two letters from Grenville to his nephew Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges- Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, four to the latter's son Richard Plantagenet, 2nd Duke 1839, a copy of a letter from the 1st Duke to Grenville, and a letter to the 2nd Duke from each of his cousins George Neville-Grenville, Dean of Windsor, and George Matthew Fortescue. ff. 1-20. Presented by Messrs F. H. Marcham and Co. B. Letters from the Infanta Beatriz and her husband the Infante Alfonso of Spain (3rd Duca di Galliera 1937) to Professor Percy Edward Newberry, relating to the Infanta's and her sisters' painting; 1 July and 3 Nov. 1921. ff. 21-22b. Presented by the recipient's widow Mrs Essie Winifred Newberry. C. Letter from Honoré de Balzac to - Schwab, 'marchand de fer', of Mainz, relating to a projected bridge across the Rhine at Cologne; 3 June 1850. French. Signed. ff. 23-24b. Presented by Mrs J. Alice Amschel, through the Friends of the National Libraries. D. Letter from Hannah More to Miss Weir, of Haverfordwest, mentioning the publication (1821) of Bible Rhymes; 15 Nov. 1822. ff. 25-26b. Presented by Sir John Milner Gray. E. Letters, etc., of, and relating to, Florence Nightingale, including an envelope addressed by her to Lady Cranworth from Scutari, 1855, and a photograph of her, circ. 1860; 10 Dec. 1855-3 Apr. 1913. ff. 27-37b. Presented by Miss Rosalie Ellison Bosanquet. F. Ten letters from Dawson Turner, viz.:- seven to Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, relating, amongst other things, to the Holkham library and W. Roscoe's catalogue of it, one to John Alcard, one to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, surgeon and antiquary, one to John Russell Smith, bookseller; 13 Jan. 1827-19 Sept. 1834. ff. 38-58b. Presented by Warren Royal Dawson, Esq., O.B.E. G. Two letters from Mohandas Karamcand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), the first autograph, the second signed, to Sir Edward Gait, Governor of Bihar, relating to current Indian affairs; 10 Oct., 15 Nov. 1917. ff. 59-64b. Presented by Miss Jane Lumsden Stephen. H. Letter from Philip Wilson Steer, the painter, to Dalgleish Playfair, of the Slade School of Art, in reply to a letter of congratulation on being given the Order of Merit; 18 Jan. 1931. ff. 65-66. Presented by Charles Henry Collins Baker, Esq., C. V. O. I. Note by Professor William Thomson (Baron Kelvin 1892) of a message to Peter George FitzGerald, Knight of Kerry (1st Bart. 1880) sent by the Atlantic cable when it was being laid in 1866 (f. 67); together with an offprint of 'Memories of Lord Kelvin' by the donor of the note from The Glasgow Herald of 23 and 30 Apr. 1949. ff. 67-71. Presented by William Craig Henderson, Esq., K.C. J. Five letters from Samuel Crisp, dramatist, to his grandmother Mrs Sheppard, written, the first from Turin, the others from Rome, during his Grand Tour; 3 Dec. 1738-13 Feb. 1740 (other letters of this period are Add. MS. 47463, ff. 1-8). ff. 72-81. Presented by Angus Iain McNaghten, Esq. K. Three letters from Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Bart., physician, the first to The Times (which did not publish it), the other two to Sir Frederick George Kenyon, Director of the British Museum, relating to Sir Roger Casement; 27 Apr.-7 Aug. 1916. ff. 82-86. Presented by the writer in 1916, and previously reserved. L. Four letters from Major-General John Studholme Hodgson, of the Bengal Army, to John Philippart, military writer, relating to the army in India; 4 June-15 July 1865. Also a photograph of Hodgson; betw. 1865 and 1870 (f. 93b). For letters from Hodgson as commander of the Punjab Irregular Force see Add. MS. 47438 and letters from his elder brother, Lieutenant- General Studholme John Hodgson, are Add. MS. 47217. ff. 87-93. Presented by S. H. Ward, Esq. M. Letter from Lady Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings to Mrs Salmon, relating to the death (13 Jan. 1844) of the former's brother George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings; 1844. ff. 94-95b. Presented by F. F. Madan, Esq. N. Two disjoint vellum leaves, containing portions of theological treatises, in Latin. 305 mm. × 215 mm. XV cent. Written, in double columns, by possibly three hands. Apparently used as flyleaves in a binding. ff. 96-97b. Presented by the Surrey County Record Office. Paper and (art. N) vellum; ff. 97. Folio. XV-XX centt.