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LETTERS OF EMINENT PERSONS. Vol. II (ff. 200). Eighty-nine letters, etc., mostly to members of the Baily and related Unitarian families; 1813-1926. Includes 22 letters to Walter Baily, H.M. Inspector of Schools (d. 1917), grandfather of the donor. Many of the writers were connected with University College, London, where Walter Baily was a benefactor and played an active part in college management. See L. G. H. Horton-Smith, The Baily Family of Thatcham and later of Speen and of Newbury, Leicester, 1951.

In an album, bound in dark red roan, gilt- and blind-stamped.

includes:

f. 1 Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Letter to T. Gibson: 1825.
ff. 1-42 passim Thomas Gibson, of Tottenham: Letters to,: 1823-1846.
f. 5 David Ricardo, economist: Letter to T. Gibson: 1823.
f. 9-10b Thomas Gibson, of Tottenham: Correspondence with Lord Althorp: 1830.
ff. 9-10b John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp; 3rd Earl Spencer: Correspondence with T. Gibson: 1830.
f. 12 Thomas Belsham, Unitarian minister: Letter to J. Gibson: 1824.
f. 13 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Petty: Letter to J. Gibson: 1825.
f. 16 James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Marquess of Dalhousie; formerly Ramsay; Governor-General of India: Letter to J. Gibson: 1846.
ff. 20-23 Joseph Hume, MP: Letters to J. Gibson: 1840.
f. 25 Richard Cobden, statesman; d.1865: Letter to T. F. Gibson: n.d.
ff. 25, 29-37, 176, [177?] Thomas Field Gibson, son of Thomas Gibson, of Tottenham: Letter to,: 1851-1887, n.d.
f. 27 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Letter to [T?] Gibson: 1859.
f. 29 Henry Crabb Robinson, diarist; d.1867: Letter to T. F. Gibson: 1851.
f. 32 Andrews Norton, American writer: Letter to T. Gibson: 1846.
f. 35 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letter to T. F. Gibson: 1852.
f. 36 George Grote, MP; historian: Letter to T. F. Gibson: 1867.
f. 38 Francis William Newman, author: Letter to Mrs Gibson: 1862.
f. 39 Therese Pulszky, author: Letter to Mrs Gibson: n.d.
f. 41 Charles Dickens, novelist: Signature: 1856.
f. 42 Anthony John Mundella, PC; MP: Letter to W. Baily: 1882.
ff. 42-170, passim Walter Baily, HM Inspector of Schools: Letters to,: 1911, n.d.
f. 44 Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letter of,: 1881.
ff. 45, 48 Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet: Letters to W. Baily: 1874, 1883: Partly signed.
f. 52 John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh: Letter to W. Baily: 1883.
f. 54 David Edward Hughes, electrician and inventor: Letter to W. Baily: 1883.
f. 55 John Tyndall, natural philosopher: Letter to W. Baily: n.d.: Signed.
f. 57 Sir William Huggins, KCB; astronomer: Letter to W. Baily: 1876.
f. 59 R[obert?] B[ellamy?] Clifton: Letter to W. Baily: 1883.
ff. 61, 125 Matthew Arnold, poet and critic: Letters to W. Baily: 1883, 1885.
f. 63 Henry Augustus Rowland, American physicist: Letter to Prof. Guthrie: 1884.
f. 64 Frances Power Cobbe, writer: Letter to Miss S. Cogan: n.d.
ff. 64, 110 Miss Sarah Cogan: Letters to,: 1867, n.d.
f. 66 Frances Power Cobbe, writer: Letter to — Williams: n.d.
f. 69 Thomas Cogan, MD; philosopher: Letter to his niece, Miss M. —: 1814.
f. 71 Frances Mary Buss, founder of the North London Collegiate School: Letter to Mrs M. A. Baily: 1886.
ff. 71, 148, 189 Mary Ann Baily, née Gibson; wife of Walter Baily: Letters to,: 1866-1900, n.d.
f. 75 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: Letter to,: 1856.
f. 75 Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington; 3rd Earl Fortescue: Letter to Duke of Argyll: 1856.
f. 78 John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington; Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter to Lord Cottenham: 1849.
f. 78 Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham: Letter to,: 1849.
f. 79 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Letter to J. Tilley: 1866.
ff. 79-82 Sir John Tilley, KCB: Letters to, as Sec., G.P.O: 1866.
f. 81 Samuel Morley, MP: Letter to J. Tilley: 1866.
ff. 83, 118 Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith: Letters to W. Baily: 1887, 1896.
f. 85 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury: Postcard to Williams and Norgate: 1887.
ff. 85, 86 Williams and Norgate; publishers, London: Postcards to,: 1879, 1887.
f. 86 Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: Postcard to Williams and Norgate: 1879.
f. 87 Freiherr Christian Bernhard von Tauchnitz, publisher, of Leipzig: Letter of,: 1883: Germ.
f. 90 Robert Wilhelm von Bunsen, German chemist: Letter to members of the Physical Society: 1889: Germ.: Transl.
f. 94 Florence Nightingale, OM: Compliments note to Guardian Assurance Co.: 1889.
f. 96 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist: Letter to W. Baily: 1890.
f. 99 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist: Note by,: 1866.
f. 99 Hon George Denman, MP; judge: Sketches of stage-coaches by,: 1866.
f. 99 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Sketches of stage-coaches by Hon. G. Denman: 1866.
ff. 100, 116, 137, 138 James Martineau, LLD; DD; Unitarian minister and Professor at Manchester New College: Letters to W. Baily: 1891, 1893.
f. 102 Sir James Stirling, Chancery judge: Letter to W. Baily: 1886.
f. 104 Joseph Chamberlain, PC; MP: Letter to E. King Fordham: 1882.
f. 104 E. King Fordham: Letter to,: 1882.
f. 107 James Martineau, LLD; DD; Unitarian minister and Professor at Manchester New College: Letter to Rev. W. H. Drummond: 1893.
f. 107 William Hamilton Drummond, Unitarian minister, of Dublin: Letter to (?),: 1893.
f. 108 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to Miss Cogan: 1853.
f. 110 William Lloyd Garrison, American reformer: Letter to Miss S. Cogan: 1867.
f. 111 Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld, author: Letter to Miss Reid: 1813.
f. 113 Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld, author: Letter to Mrs Reid: 1801.
f. 114 Reverend Stopford Augustus Brooke, author: Letter of,: 1897.
f. 120 Alfred Cort Haddon, anthropologist: Letter to Mrs Baily: 1898.
f. 122 Mary Augusta Ward, novelist; wife of Humphry Ward: Letter to Mrs Baily: 1902.
f. 126 Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist: Letter to A. W. Reinold,: 1890: Germ.
f. 126 Arnold William Reinold, FRS; Professor of Physics, Royal Naval College, Greenwich: Letter to,: 1890: Germ.
f. 128 Sir George Scharf, KCB; Director, National Portrait Gallery: Letter to Mrs Bailey,: 1890.
f. 129 James Bryce, Viscount Bryce: Letter of,: 1896.
f. 131 William Edward Hartpole Lecky, historian: Letter to C. Hecht,: 1897.
f. 132 Samuel Rawson Gardiner, historian: Letter of,: 1895.
f. 133 Thomas Hodgkin, historian: Letter of,: 1897.
f. 135 Frederic Harrison, President, English Positivist Committee: Letter of,: 1898.
ff. 136, 173 Sophie Bryant, DSc.; Headmistress of North London Collegiate School: Letters to Mrs Baily,: 1896, 1903.
f. 141 Joanna Baillie, dramatist: Letter of,: n.d.
f. 142 Elihu Burritt, American reformer: Letter to Miss Cogan,: 1851.
f. 145 Frances Power Cobbe, writer: Letter of,: n.d.
f. 146 Mrs Amelia Opie, novelist and poet: Letter to Miss Cogan,: 1851.
f. 148 Anna Swanwick, author: Letter to Mrs M. A. Baily,: n.d.
f. 150 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, chemist: Letter to W. Baily,: 1902.
f. 151 Brooke Herford, Unitarian minister: Letter to W. Baily,: 1900.
ff. 153, 170 Reverend Stopford Augustus Brooke, author: Letters to W. Baily,: 1902-1905.
f. 154 Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist: Letter of,: 1905.
f. 155 Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford: Letter to [F. E.?] Baines,: 1909.
f. 157 John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne; 9th Duke of Argyll: Letter to [F. E.?] Baines,: 1910.
ff. 157, 160 Frederick Ebenezer Baines, of the GPO: Letters to (?): 1910.
f. 160 Charles Frederic Moberly Bell, manager of 'The Times': Letter to [F. E.?] Baines,: 1910.
f. 161 Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet; FRCP: Letter to W. Baily,: 1911.
f. 164 Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon: Signature,: 1869.
f. 165 Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; Prime Minister: Signature,: 1833.
f. 166 John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury: Signature,: 1839.
f. 167 Sir James Emerson-Tennent, 1st Baronet: Signature,: [1839?].
f. 168 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: Franked,: 1832.
f. 169 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Signature,: 1869.
f. 171 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot: Art. Portraits: Portrait of G. Mazzini,: 19th cent: Photogr.
f. 172 James Martineau, LLD; DD; Unitarian minister and Professor at Manchester New College: Envelope addressed by,: 1893.
f. 176 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Letter to T. F. Gibson: 1865.
f. 177 Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair: Letter to [T. F.?] Gibson,: 1887.
f. 180 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Envelope addressed by,: bef. 1870.
f. 181 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Portrait,: 19th cent.
f. 181 Art. Engravings, etc: Portrait of W. E. Gladstone,: 19th cent.
f. 181b William Major Paul: Note by,: 19th cent.
ff. 182, 183 Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount Gladstone: Letters to W. H. Baily,: 1904: Signed.
ff. 182-[188?] Walter Harold Baily, Mayor of Hampstead: Letters to,: 1901-1905.
f. 184 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letter to W. H. Baily,: 1901.
f. 185 Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel: Letter to [W. H.?] Baily,: 1905.
f. 186 William Mansfield, Viscount Sandhurst: Letter to [W. H.?] Baily,: 1904.
f. 187 Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton: Letter to [W. H.?] Baily,: 1904.
f. 188 Joseph Estlin Carpenter, Unitarian minister: Letter to [W. H.?] Baily,: 1926.
f. 189 Mark Hayler Judge, ARIBA: Letter to Mrs M. A. Baily,: 1900.
f. 191 William Benjamin Carpenter, naturalist: Letter of recommendation for J. Slater,: 1885.
f. 193b Mary Edith Durham, artist and writer: Letter to her sister,: 1913.

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Arnold, Matthew, poet and critic, 1822-1888
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852-1928
Baillie, Joanna, poet and playwright, 1762-1851,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083848365
Baily, Mary Ann, née Gibson, wife of Walter Baily (Inspector of Schools), 1837-1921
Baily, Walter Harold, Mayor of Hampstead, b 1869
Baily, Walter, barrister; H.M. Inspector of Schools, 1837-1917
Baines, Frederick Ebenezer, of the Post Office; correspondent of Richard Bentley & Son, 1832-1911
Barbauld, Anna Lætitia, writer; née Aikin, wife of Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, 1743-1825,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108687757
Barlow, Thomas, 1st Baronet, royal physician, 1845-1945
Bell, Charles Frederic Moberly, journalist and newspaper manager, 1847-1911
Belsham, Thomas, Unitarian minister
Bickersteth, Robert, Bishop of Ripon
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, Reverend author
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, 1778-1868
Bryant, Sophie, née Willock; educationist and suffragist, 1850-1922
Bryce, James, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm von, German chemist
Burritt, Elihu, American reformer
Buss, Frances Mary, founder of the North London Collegiate School
Buxton, Sydney Charles, 1st Earl, politician, 1853-1934
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-1900
Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland, Marquess of Lorne, 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor-General of Canada, 1845-1914
Carpenter, Joseph Estlin, Unitarian minister
Carpenter, William Benjamin, naturalist
Chamberlain, Joseph, industrialist and politician, 1836-1914
Clifton, Robert?Bellamy?
Cobbe, Frances Power, writer
Cobden, Richard, manufacturer and politician, 1804-1865
Cogan, Sarah, Miss
Cogan, Thomas, MD, philosopher
Cooper, Anthony, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist and politician, 1801-1885
Courtney, Leonard Henry, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
Darwin, Charles Robert, naturalist, 1809-1882,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121251077
Denison, John Evelyn, 1st Viscount Ossington, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1800-1873
Denman, George, politician and judge, 1819-1896
Dickens, Charles John Huffam, novelist, 1812-1870,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000448885549,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88666393
Drummond, William Hamilton, poet, Unitarian clergyman and proponent of animal rights, 1778-1865
Durham, Mary Edith, artist, anthropologist, traveller and writer, 1863-1944
Fitzmaurice, Henry Petty-, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, politician, 1780-1863
Fordham, E King
Fortescue, Hugh, Viscount Ebrington, 3rd Earl Fortescue
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, historian, 1829-1902
Garrison, William Lloyd, journalist, abolitionist and social reformer, 1805-1879
Gibson, Thomas Field, silk manufacturer and philanthropist, 1803-1889
Gibson, Thomas, of Tottenham, silk manufacturer, 1777-1863
Gladstone, Herbert John, Viscount Gladstone, politician and colonial governor, 1854-1930
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Grote, George, politician and historian, 1794-1871
Grundy, Margaret Susan, correspondent of Emma Sophia Case, fl 1891-1942
Haddon, Alfred Cort, anthropologist, 1855-1940
Harrison, Frederic, President English Positivist Committee
Herford, Brooke, Unitarian minister
Hodgkin, Thomas, historian
Holland, Henry Thurstan, 1st Viscount Knutsford
Huggins, William, KCB, astronomer
Hughes, David Edward, electrician and inventor
Hume, Joseph, radical and politician, 1777-1855
Huxley, Thomas Henry, scientist
Judge, Mark Hayler, ARIBA
Layard, Austen Henry, GCB, archaeologist and politician, 1817-1894
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, historian
Lubbock, John, 1st Baron Avebury, banker, politician, and scientific writer, 1834-1913
Lyell, Charles, 1st Baronet, geologist
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, né Bulwer; writer and politician, 1803-1873
Mansfield, William, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, British politician and colonial governor, 1855-1921
Martineau, James, LLD, DD, Unitarian minister and Professor at Manchester New College
Mazzini, Giuseppe, Italian patriot, 1805-1872
Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton
Morley, Samuel, businessman, politician and philanthropist, 1809-1886
Mundella, Anthony John, PC, MP
Nightingale, Florence, nursing and health care reformer, 1820-1910
Norton, Andrews, American writer
Opie, Amelia, Mrs novelist and poet
Paul, William Major
Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Knight, Egyptologist, 1853-1942,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9963139
Playfair, Lyon, 1st Baron Playfair, politician and chemist, 1818-1898
Pulszky, Therese, author
Quincke, Georg Hermann, German physicist
Ramsay, James Andrew, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, statesman and colonial administrator, 1812-1860
Reinold, Arnold William, FRS, Professor of Physics Royal Naval College Greenwich
Ricardo, David, economist
Robinson, Henry Crabb, diarist, d1867
Rowland, Henry Augustus, American physicist
Samuel, Herbert Louis, 1st Viscount Samuel
Scharf, George, KCB, Director National Portrait Gallery
Spencer, John Charles, Viscount Althorp, 3rd Earl Spencer
Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby, politician and prime minister, 1799-1869
Stirling, James, Chancery judge
Stokes, George Gabriel, 1st Baronet, physicist, 1819-1903,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121394633
Strutt, John William, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Sumner, John Bird, Archbishop of Canterbury
Swan, Joseph Wilson, chemist
Swanwick, Anna, author
Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard von, Freiherr publisher of Leipzig
Tennent, James Emerson, 1st Baronet, traveller and politician, 1804-1869
Tilley, John, Knight, Secretary of the Post Office, 1813-1898
Tyndall, John, natural philosopher
Ward, Mary Augusta, née Arnold; novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist, 1851-1920
Williams and Norgate, publishers, London, 1843-