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AYRTON PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. ii+227). Letters 'From persons more or less distinguished as Authors, Artists, or public Characters'; 1802-1857, n.d.

Octavo. Red quarter-calf binding.

includes:

f. 1 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Mus.D: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1849.
f. 2 Sigismund von Neukomm, composer: Letter to G. Hogarth: 1831: Fr.
f. 4 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and philosopher: Letter to — [Aders?]: 1826.
ff. 5-17b Robert Nares, philologist; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1802-1828.
f. 12b Richard Martin, Irish MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1825.
ff. 18, 25 Miss Sarah Harriet Burney, novelist: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1814, 1829.
ff. 19-21 Sir Thomas Baucutt Mash, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1815-1821.
f. 22 Sir Giffin Wilson, Master in Chancery: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1815.
ff. 23-24b John Britton, antiquary and topographer: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1818, 1825.
ff. 27-28 William Ward, MP: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1824, 1830.
ff. 29-41 Sir Anthony Carlisle, surgeon: Letters, etc., to W. Ayrton: 1821-1840.
f. 30 Art. Engravings, etc: Card of Sir A. Carlisle: 1821: Proof.
ff. 32-41, 113-114 London; Secular Institutions. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Westminster Hospital: Correspondence concerning clinical posts at Westminster Hospital: 1830-1846, n.d.
f. 34 [George?] Attwood, of Birmingham: Letter to Sir A. Carlisle: 1832.
f. 42 Sarah Burney, widow of Admiral J Burney: Letter, note to W. Ayrton: 1825.
f. 43b Sarah Burney, widow of Admiral J Burney: Note to W. S. Ayrton: 1825.
f. 44 Admiral James Burney, son of Dr C Burney: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1803.
ff. 46-57 James Whishaw, conveyancer: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1817-1836, n.d: Partly dictated.
ff. 58-62 John Guillemard: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1840-1844.
ff. 63-68 John Pond, Astronomer Royal: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1811-1818, n.d.
ff. 69-71 William Blake, not the poet: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1820-1830.
f. 72 Henry Warburton, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1818.
f. 73 William Somerville, physician: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1830.
f. 75 John Symmons, FRS: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1815.
f. 77 Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1817.
f. 78 Edward Walpole, [known as 'Adonis Walpole'?]: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1824.
f. 79 Barron Field, judge: Letter to W. Ayrton: aft. 1824.
ff. 80-84b Thomas Frognall Dibdin, DD; bibliographer: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1826, 1841, n.d.
f. 85 Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, MP; Indian judge: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1823.
f. 87 Thomas Bentley: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1824.
ff. 88-96b Basil Montagu, KC 1835: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1832-1846: Partly dictated.
f. 97 Reverend John Mitford, author; d.1859: Letter to W. Ayrton: n.d.
ff. 98-99 John Rickman, statistician: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1828, n.d.
f. 101 Thomas Young, private Secretary to William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1833.
f. 102 Robert Waithman, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1821.
f. 103 Frances Knight, wife of T A Knight: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1814.
f. 104 Davies Gilbert, formerly Giddy; MP; PRS: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1835.
ff. 105-109 Dawson Turner, FSA; botanist and antiquary: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1824-1835, n.d.
f. 110 Miss Maria Hackett, author: Letter to W. Ayrton: bef. 1858.
f. 111 Reverend James Tate, Canon of St Paul's: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1841.
ff. 113-115 Robert Hunter, MD: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1846-1847.
f. 116 Sutton Sharpe, of Lincoln's Inn: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1841.
ff. 117-118b Robert William Elliston, actor-manager: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1822.
f. 119 Poetry ITALIAN: F. Pistrucci: verse letter to W. Ayrton: 1823.
ff. 119-120 Filippo Pistrucci, poet and dramatist: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1823, 1824: Ital.
f. 121 William Thomas Fitzgerald, poet: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1820.
ff. 122-123b William Whitfield Dakins, DD; Principal Chaplain to the Forces: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1814, 1831.
f. 124 S. E. Petroni: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1831: Ital.
f. 125 [Filippo?] Schiassi, author: Letter to W. Ayrton: n.d: Ital.
f. 127 Henry Liston, writer on music: Letter to W. Ayrton: aft. 1816.
f. 128 Reverend Richard Sheepshanks, FRS; astronomer: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1836.
f. 130 Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB; FRS: Letter to W. Ayrton: bef. 1846.
ff. 131-135b Admiral William Henry Smyth, scientific writer: Letters, etc., to W. Ayrton: 1846, 1857.
ff. 134-135b Admiral William Henry Smyth, scientific writer: Poem, The Akbar Frigate: 1856: Printed.
ff. 134-135b Poetry ENGLISH: Adm. W. Smyth: The Akbar Frigate: 1856: Printed.
ff. 136-137 Henry John Gauntlett, organist and composer: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1840.
ff. 138-140b James Orchard Halliwell, afterwards Halliwell-Phillipps; Shakespearian scholar: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1840.
f. 141 John William Parker, publisher: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1832.
ff. 142-145 William Johnson Fox, MP; Unitarian minister: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1830-1834.
f. 146 George Pryme, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1839.
f. 147 John Parker, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1837.
ff. 148-149b William Alexander Mackinnon, MP: Letters to W. Ayrton: circa 1828, n.d.
f. 150 John Lee, QC: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1839.
ff. 151-165 John Nash, architect: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1819-1831, n.d: Partly copy, signed.
ff. 166-168b Sir James Pennethorne, architect: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1830, 1835.
ff. 169-176 Edmund Lodge, Lancaster Herald: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1808-1833, n.d.
ff. 177-183 John Murray, publisher; d.1843: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1826-1837, n.d.
f. 180 D. G. Lubé, author: Letter to J. Murray: 1822.
ff. 184-216 Thomas Massa Alsager, music critic and patron: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1817-1846.
f. 209 Sarah Payne, née Burney; daughter of Admiral J Burney; wife of J T Payne: Correspondence with W. Ayrton: 1815-1846.
ff. 217-218 Sir Frederick Beilby Watson, KCH; Master of the Household: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1821.
f. 219 Sir Giffin Wilson, Master in Chancery: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1833.
ff. 220-221 Henry Robertson, treasurer of Covent Garden Theatre: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1829.
f. 222 Sir John Bowring, writer, reformer and diplomatist: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1853.
f. 223 Dominique François Jean Arago, astronomer: Letter to Capt. Beaufort: circa 1836: Fr.
f. 225 Michael Kelly, singer and composer; d.1826: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1824.
f. 227 Reverend George H. Hamilton, of Hounslow: Letter to: 1837.
f. 227 Joseph Hume, MP: Letter to Rev. G. H. Hamilton: 1837.

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Add MS 52334-52358 : THE AYRTON PAPERS
Add MS 52335-52343 : AYRTON PAPERS. Vols. II-X. Correspondence, etc., mostly of Ayrton; 1802-1885, n.d. Partly French and Italian. 52335-52342…

Add MS 52339 : AYRTON PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. ii+227). Letters 'From persons more or less distinguished as Authors, Artists, or public…

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1802

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1857

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Alsager, Thomas Massa, music critic and patron
Arago, Dominique François Jean, astronomer
Attwood, George?, of Birmingham
Beaufort, Francis, Rear-Admiral KCB, FRS
Beckett, John, 2nd Baronet
Bentley, Thomas
Blake, William, not the poet
Bowring, John, Knight, diplomat, politician and writer, 1792-1872
Britton, John, antiquary and topographer, 1771-1857
Burney, James, Admiral son of Dr C Burney
Burney, Sarah Harriet, Miss novelist
Burney, Sarah, widow of Adm J Burney
Carlisle, Anthony, surgeon
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poet and philosopher, 1772-1834
Dakins, William Whitfield, military chaplain and minor canon of Westminster Abbey, 1767-1850
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, clergyman and antiquary, 1776-1847
Elliston, Robert William, actor and theatre manager, 1774-1831
Field, Barron, judge, 1786-1846
Fitzgerald, William Thomas, poet, 1759-1829
Fox, William Johnson, MP, Unitarian minister
Gauntlett, Henry John, organist, composer and critic, 1805-1876
Gilbert, Davies, formerly Giddy, engineer, author and politician, 1767-1839
Guillemard, John, correspondent of William Ayrton, fl 1840-1844
Hackett, Maria, philanthropist, 1783-1874
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, antiquary and literary scholar, 1820-1889,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000010895785X
Hamilton, George H, Reverend of Hounslow
Hume, Joseph, radical and politician, 1777-1855
Hunter, Robert, MD
Kelly, Michael, singer and composer, 1764?-1826
Knight, Frances, wife of T A Knight
Lee, John, QC
Liston, Henry, writer on music
Lodge, Edmund, Lancaster Herald
Lubé, D G, author
Mackinnon, William Alexander, MP
Martin, Richard, Irish MP
Mash, Thomas Baucutt, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office
Mitford, John, literary scholar and Church of England clergyman, 1781-1859
Montagu, Basil, KC 1835
Murray, John, publisher, d1843
Nares, Robert, philologist, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum
Nash, John, architect, 1752-1835
Neukomm, Sigismund Ritter, composer, 1778-1858
Parker, John William, publisher
Parker, John, MP
Payne, Sarah, née Burney daughter of Admiral J Burney, wife of J T Payne
Pennethorne, James, architect
Perry, Thomas Erskine, MP, Indian judge
Petroni, S E
Pistrucci, Filippo, poet and dramatist
Pond, John, Astronomer Royal
Pryme, George, MP
Rickman, John, statistician
Robertson, Henry, treasurer of Covent Garden Theatre
Schiassi, Filippo?, author
Sharpe, Sutton, of Lincoln's Inn
Sheepshanks, Richard, Reverend FRS, astronomer
Smyth, William Henry, Admiral scientific writer
Somerville, William, physician
Symmons, John, FRS
Tate, James, Reverend Canon of St Paul's
Turner, Dawson, FSA, botanist and antiquary
Waithman, Robert, MP
Walpole, Edward, known as `Adonis Walpole'?
Warburton, Henry, politician, 1784-1858
Ward, William, MP; director of the Bank of England; cricketer, 1787-1849,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082025033,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16310775
Watson, Frederick Beilby, KCH, Master of the Household
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, composer and organist, 1810-1876
Westminster Hospital, London
Whishaw, James, conveyancer
Wilson, Giffin, Master in Chancery
Young, Thomas, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, private sec to William