Add MS 85269

Burdett-Coutts Papers. Vol. iii. Private correspondence and personal memorabilia of Angela Burdett-Coutts.

1. Cut-out dresses for a paper doll, [circa 1825-1835], in an envelope inscribed by William Burdett-Coutts: 'Carefully inspected, looked at, wondered at, & laughed over, on Saturday night June 8 1872.'

2. Notes on the infancy of an unnamed girl, possibly Angela Burdett-Coutts, beg. 'When she was just twelve months old she began to crawl ...'

3. The Gospel According to Saint John (Oxford, 1875), given to Angela Burdett-Coutts by General Charles George Gordon. Printed, with notes by William Burdett-Coutts: 'I think he took it from his pocket & gave it to the Baroness on last visit just before going out to the Soudan'.

4. Envelopes formerly containing letters to Angela Burdett-Coutts from her husband William Ashmead Bartlett (later William Burdett-Coutts). One envelope inscribed by William Burdett-Coutts: 'Very Private. To be destroyed unopened.'

5. Envelope containing a lock of hair given to Angela Burdett-Coutts by her husband William Ashmead Bartlett (later William Burdett-Coutts).

6. Letter to Angela Burdett-Coutts from her sister Clara Burdett Money-Coutts, attempting to dissuade her from marriage; 1880. Envelope inscribed by Angela Burdett-Coutts: 'Clara's letter to me – almost incredible she could write it after all that passed between us at Stodham when I first named my marriage – two years since. Thank God nothing prevented it.'

7. Typewritten copy of a letter from Angela Burdett-Coutts on the circumstances surrounding her marriage; 1880.