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There are several 8x10 official Naval photographs of the Remberts and Naval parties and dinners, as well as eight 8x10 photographs of the 1968 Washington D.C. \"Negroe Integration Riots.\" The collection also includes many pieces of ephemera, including many certificates including a 1921 Masonic certificate of the 32nd Degree, cards, and drawings, as well as a collection of John Patrick Rembert's Naval buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8867#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8867","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8867","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8867","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8867","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8867.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Rembert Family Papers","title_ssm":["Rembert Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Rembert Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1885-1965","1910-1955"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1910-1955"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1885-1965"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00019","/repositories/2/resources/8867"],"text":["MS 00019","/repositories/2/resources/8867","Rembert Family Papers","Race relations--1960-1970","World War, 1939-1945--United States--Personal narratives","Account books","Buttons (fasteners)","Certificates","Clippings (information artifacts)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Scrapbooks","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","This collection is currently being arranged and described. Researchers may wish to consult with a staff member for further information in advance of using the collection.","John Patrick Rembert was born in Texas in 1907, went to the US Naval Academy and moved with his wife Sarah to Arlington, Virginia in the mid-1940s and lived there until his death in 1976. Rembert obtained the rank of Rear Admiral in the US Navy. Throughout his career with the Navy, Rembert earned the Flying Cross with Gold Star, the Air Medal with 5 Gold Stars, the American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medail, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He was Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Facility in Hawaii, USS Salerno Bay, USS Tarawa. He fought during WWII in the Solomans Campaign, and many other Island campaigns as a Commander of Air Group 40. He was also commander of the USS Orca, where many of the letters are from.","Accessioned and minimally processed in May 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Processing and finding aid completed by Katie Dixon, SCRC staff in July 2010.","One box inscribed J. P. R. including assortment of Naval buttons, pins, and cuff-links belonging to John Patrick Rembert moved to Manuscript Artifact Collection. Collection includes inscribed box, seven pins, three pairs of cuff-links, and thirteen brass eagle buttons.","This collection consists of approximately 1,400 total items including approximately 550 letters from 1944 to 1955 between John Patrick Rembert and his wife Sarafan, as well as other correspondence regarding homelife and the military and World War II. Also included in this collection are photo albums and loose photographs, including many portraits of John Patrick Rembert and Sarafan Rembert, relatives of the Remberts, friends and family and the Rembert's travels. 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The correspondence from John Patrick Rembert primarily focuses on his Naval responsibilities and his thoughts and descriptions of the areas in which he is stationed. The correspondence from Sarafan Rembert primarily focuses on home life. The series is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1906 and ending with John Patrick Rembert's time on the U.S.S. Tarawa.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Scope and Contents This series contains photographs, primarily undated small photos of the Rembert's travels, family, and friends. The series also includes official Naval photographs of dinners and parties, and some photographs of Sarafan Rembert and John Patrick Rembert. There is also a large number of matted portraits, dating from the late 1800s to the 1950s. This series also holds several photographs of the 1968 Washington D.C. race riots and the 1969 moon landing.","Scope and Contents This series includes two scrapbooks by the Rembert family. The first item in the series is a scrapbook inscribed \"Presented by the Scholars to Mrs. Agnes Ausbury, Superintendent of the West Prairie Sunday School as a token of Friendship\", dated January 1, 1883. Mrs. Ausbury was a relative of Sarafan Rembert. The scrapbook includes portraits of men and women from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The second item in the series is a scrapbook made by John Patrick Rembert and Sarafan Rembert, including photographs of the couple on travel, at home, and with friends. The item is undated, but appears to be from the 1920s and 1930s.","Scope and Contents This series contains newspapers and ephemera that once belonged to the Rembert family. The newspaper clippings mostly reference World War II, including comics and small news stories, but also include references to the Remberts, particularly Sarafan. Newspaper clippings related to Sarafan include a piece about her involvement as a Naval wife in the War, her and John Patrick Rembert's cat \"Spook\", and her car. The series also includes several books, including ledger books detailing the Rembert's stock holdings, receipts, and other monetary holdings, a novel inscribed to John Patrick Rembert, and a book detailing camera exposures which includes several of the Rembert's negatives. Also included in the series are several certificates, including the Masonic certificate of John Patrick Rembert, Sr., indicating his achievement of the 32nd Degree. Also included is a certificate of John Patrick Rembert's enrollment in the \"Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves\", and Sarafan Rembert's Panama Driver's License. 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There are also several cards, placecards, and other pieces of ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of approximately 1,400 total items including approximately 550 letters from 1944 to 1955 between John Patrick Rembert and his wife Sarafan, as well as other correspondence regarding homelife and the military and World War II. Also included in this collection are photo albums and loose photographs, including many portraits of John Patrick Rembert and Sarafan Rembert, relatives of the Remberts, friends and family and the Rembert's travels. There are several 8x10 official Naval photographs of the Remberts and Naval parties and dinners, as well as eight 8x10 photographs of the 1968 Washington D.C. \"Negroe Integration Riots.\" The collection also includes many pieces of ephemera, including many certificates including a 1921 Masonic certificate of the 32nd Degree, cards, and drawings, as well as a collection of John Patrick Rembert's Naval buttons.","Items range in date from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s (bulk 1910s-1950s).","Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, primarily correspondence between John Patrick Rembert and his wife, Sarafan Rembert. However, the series also includes correspondence from John Patrick Rembert to his parents, some relatives, and friends, although these correspondences are predominantly undated or during his time at the Naval Academy. The series includes correspondence on official Naval stationary, as well as postcards and several telegrams. The correspondence from John Patrick Rembert primarily focuses on his Naval responsibilities and his thoughts and descriptions of the areas in which he is stationed. The correspondence from Sarafan Rembert primarily focuses on home life. The series is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1906 and ending with John Patrick Rembert's time on the U.S.S. Tarawa.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Folder 1 of 2.","Folder 2 of 2.","Scope and Contents This series contains photographs, primarily undated small photos of the Rembert's travels, family, and friends. The series also includes official Naval photographs of dinners and parties, and some photographs of Sarafan Rembert and John Patrick Rembert. There is also a large number of matted portraits, dating from the late 1800s to the 1950s. This series also holds several photographs of the 1968 Washington D.C. race riots and the 1969 moon landing.","Scope and Contents This series includes two scrapbooks by the Rembert family. The first item in the series is a scrapbook inscribed \"Presented by the Scholars to Mrs. Agnes Ausbury, Superintendent of the West Prairie Sunday School as a token of Friendship\", dated January 1, 1883. Mrs. Ausbury was a relative of Sarafan Rembert. The scrapbook includes portraits of men and women from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The second item in the series is a scrapbook made by John Patrick Rembert and Sarafan Rembert, including photographs of the couple on travel, at home, and with friends. The item is undated, but appears to be from the 1920s and 1930s.","Scope and Contents This series contains newspapers and ephemera that once belonged to the Rembert family. The newspaper clippings mostly reference World War II, including comics and small news stories, but also include references to the Remberts, particularly Sarafan. Newspaper clippings related to Sarafan include a piece about her involvement as a Naval wife in the War, her and John Patrick Rembert's cat \"Spook\", and her car. The series also includes several books, including ledger books detailing the Rembert's stock holdings, receipts, and other monetary holdings, a novel inscribed to John Patrick Rembert, and a book detailing camera exposures which includes several of the Rembert's negatives. Also included in the series are several certificates, including the Masonic certificate of John Patrick Rembert, Sr., indicating his achievement of the 32nd Degree. Also included is a certificate of John Patrick Rembert's enrollment in the \"Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves\", and Sarafan Rembert's Panama Driver's License. There are also several cards, placecards, and other pieces of ephemera."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOne box inscribed J. P. R. including assortment of Naval buttons, pins, and cuff-links belonging to John Patrick Rembert moved to Manuscript Artifact Collection. Collection includes inscribed box, seven pins, three pairs of cuff-links, and thirteen brass eagle buttons.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["One box inscribed J. P. R. including assortment of Naval buttons, pins, and cuff-links belonging to John Patrick Rembert moved to Manuscript Artifact Collection. Collection includes inscribed box, seven pins, three pairs of cuff-links, and thirteen brass eagle buttons."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Rembert, John Patrick, 1907-1976","Rembert, Sarah"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Rembert, John Patrick, 1907-1976","Rembert, Sarah"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":112,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:40:36.391Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8867"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Joynt, Richard G.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings. The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8560.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Joynt, Richard G. Collection of British Manuscripts","title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"unitdate_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"text":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560","Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts","Great Britain--History","Great Britain--History, Naval","Legal documents","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Engravings (Prints)","Indentures","Letters (correspondence)","Orders (military records)","Portraits","signatures (names)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).","Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.","Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G.","English French Latin"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_ssim":["Richard G. 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Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026amp; Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026amp; believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026amp; very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026amp; I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmbossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026amp; his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026amp; is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026amp; Co.,1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePermission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026amp; permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026amp; Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Joynt, Richard G."],"language_ssim":["English French Latin"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T03:06:11.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8560.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Joynt, Richard G. Collection of British Manuscripts","title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"unitdate_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1593-2015 and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"text":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560","Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts","Great Britain--History","Great Britain--History, Naval","Legal documents","Cabinet photographs","Carte de visite photographs","Engravings (Prints)","Indentures","Letters (correspondence)","Orders (military records)","Portraits","signatures (names)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).","Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.","Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G.","English French Latin"],"unitid_tesim":["MS 00032","/repositories/2/resources/8560"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_title_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts"],"collection_ssim":["Richard G. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLoosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Loosely arranged by genre and size of material except the signatures which are in alphabetical order (box 1, folder 2)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAccessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in March 2015. Processing and item descriptions completed in December 2015 by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRemarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026amp; Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026amp; believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026amp; very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026amp; I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmbossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePiece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026amp; his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKing George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026amp; is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026amp; Co.,1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePermission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026amp; permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026amp; Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Richard G. Joynt's collection of British manuscripts, from the 15th to the 20th century, of 88 letters and documents, 41 cut signatures, and many book engravings.  The authors and signatures include kings, queens, prime ministers, nobles, military officers, authors, and other dignitaries. Personal matters, military orders and letters, religion, treaties, politics, intrique, and much more are covered in these letters, often interwoven with current events.","Remarks by Victoria \"Tori\" J. Bossé during the presentation luncheon in 2015. She reflects on the significance to her, as the daughter of the collector, Richard George Joynt who she calls a \"historical Anglophile.\"","Signatures of British Prime Ministers beginning with Robert Wadpole, Prime Minister 1721-1742, and ending with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister 1979-1991.  Most signatures are cut signatures from letters, documents or envelopes.  The signatures are organized alphabetically by the surname of the Prime Minister rather than their titles, though the titles are noted in the descriptions.  The descriptions also include the dates each person served as Prime Minister.","Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth. Signed \"Sidmouth.\" Prime Minister, 1801-1804.","Herbert Asquith. Signed \"H H Asquith.\" Prime Minister 1908-1916.","Clement Richard Atlee, 1st Earl Attlee. Signed \"Clement Richard Atlee.\" Prime Minister, 1945-1951.","Stanley Baldwin. Signed \"Stanley Baldwin\" on stationery with embossed 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1.\" Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1936-1937.","Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour. Signed \"Arthur James Balfour.\" Prime Minister 1902-1905.","James Callaghan. Signed \"Jim Callaghan\" on stationery of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W.1. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967. Prime Minister 1976-1979.","George Canning. Signed \"Geo. Canning.\" Prime Minister 1827.","William Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland. Paper seal of George III, attached on reverse. Signed \"Portland.\" Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-1809.","Winston Churchill. Midland Bank Limited check, dated October 22, 1945, written to The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill and endorsed \"Winston Churchill.\" Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955.","Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. Signed \"Wilmington, ?.\" Prime Minister 1742-1743. Date on document fragment is July 19, 1734, with a partial order written on the reverse.","Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Signed \"Benj Disraeli.\" \"Henry Colburn, Esq\" written on reverse. Prime Minister 1868, 1874-1880. Includes carte de visite of a portrait of Disraeli.","2nd Earl Shelbourne and 1st Marquis of Landsdowne.  Also known as William Petty-Fitzmaurice.  Signed \"Shelbourne.\" Prime Minister 1782-1783.","Augustus Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton. Signed \"Grafton.\" Appears to be an envelope addressed to Lady Mary Lindsay Campbell, Edinburgh. Prime Minister 1767-1770.","Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Salisbury-Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury. Signed \"Salisbury.\" Prime Minister 1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902.","David Lloyd George. Signed \"D. Lloyd George\" on reverse of a request for his signature by Ruth Adler of Rochelle, New York, dated April 19, 1924. Prime Minister 1916-1922.","William E. Gladstone. Signature \"WE Gladstone\" on envelope, with August 1881 cancel date, addressed to Mrs. DC Philbrooke, Bangor, Maine. Prime Minister 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Signed \"Goderich.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828.","Frederick John Robinson Goderich, Viscount Earl of Ripon. Franking signature \"FJ Robinson, Esq. Ripon\" and sender's signature \"FJ Robinson.\" Prime Minister 1827-1828. The fragment is an envelope, postmarked 27 Feb 1821, and addressed to Lady Sullivan, Surry","Lord William Grenville. Signed \"Grenville.\" Prime Minister 1806-1807.","George Grenville.  Signed \"George Grenville.\" Fragment of a letter with date of January 14, 1752 and other signatures of \"?. Campbell\" and George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (signed \"G. Lyttelton.\" Prime Minister 1763-1765.","Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey. Signed \"Grey.\" Prime Minister 1830-1834. Appears to be an envelope addressed to Sir John Key, Baronet, 14 Bedford Square. Sir John Key was a member of Parliament in 1833. A date, 16 Nov 33, is handwritten on the fragment.","George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Signed \"Aberdeen.\" Prime Minister 1852-1855.","Edward Richard George Heath. Signed \"Edward Heath\" and dated 27 March '74. Prime Minister 1970-1974.","(Sir) Alec Douglas Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Signed \"Alec Douglas-Home.\" Prime Minister 1963-1964.","Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Duke of Liverpool. Signed \"Liverpool.\" Prime Minister 1812-1827.","A. Bonar Law. Signed \"A.B. Law.\" Prime Minister 1922.","James Ramsay MacDonald. Signed \"J. Ramsay MacDonald.\" Prime Minister 1924 and 1929-1935.","Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. Signed \"Hon Macmillan.\" Prime Minister 1957-1963. Written on letterhead, \"From the Rt. Hon.Harold Macmillan, St. Martin's Street, London.","William Lamb Melbourne, Second Viscount. Signed \"Melbourne.\" Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1842. Clipped from ALS. Envelope addressed to Mrs. George Lawrence, Liverpool and hand dated \"London, November five, 1832\" with the same date on stamped postmark.","Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known as Lord North. Signed \"North.\" Prime Minister 1770-1782. Also, the signature of Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, signed as \"Westcote.\" A date, May 2, 1760 is on the paper, but not necessarily the date of the document.","(Sir) Robert Peel. Signed \"Robert Peel.\" Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.","Henry Pelham. Signed \"H. Pelham.\" Prime Minister 1743-1754.","Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, also called Thomas Pelham-Holles. Signed \"Holles Newcastle.\" Prime Minister 1754-1756 and 1757-1762. Other signatures on paper: \"H.B. Legge\" (Henry Bilson Legge) and \"?. Nugent.\"","William Pitt (the Younger). Signed \"W. Pitt.\" Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-1805.","Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Signed \"Roseberry.\" Prime Minister 1894-1895.","John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. Signed J. Russell. Prime Minister 1865-1866.","Scope and Contents Henry John Temple, Third Viscount of Palmerston. Signed \"Palmerston\" with another signature on the reverse, \"Lord Palmerston.\" Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. Palmerston and Ashley. Signatures \"The Honble E. Ashley, Treasury\" and \"Palmerston.\"","Margaret Thatcher. Signed \"Margaret Thatcher\" on stationery with House of Commons embossed crest. Prime Minister 1979-1991.","Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Signed \"Walpole.\" Prime Minister 1721-1742. Considered the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.","Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Signed \"W. Wellington.\" Prime Minister 1828-1830.","Harold Wilson, Prime Minister 1964-1970, 1974-1976, on card with date \"9.ix.60.\"","Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Eldon John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Corfe Castle, to his daughter Lady Elizabeth Repton, London, dated September 8, 1829. Asks her to send any political news she might hear and love to her and his grandson. Book page with print of \"John Scott, First Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England\" engraved by HY Robinson.","Scope and Contents Letter with heading \"Lettre de Nouvelle Annee\" from George II to the Duke of Lorraine, dated January 10, 1728. George II writes that he is responding to a New Year's letter from the Duke of Lorraine and wishes him and his family a prosperous New Year. The Salutation is \"Mon Frere\" and the closing is \"Votre bon frere, George R.\" The letter is written in French and includes 2 black wax seals. Includes a page from a book with a print of George II.","Letter written by Charles James Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to William Smith, M.P., Park Street, Westminister, postmarked May 12, 1800. He thanks William Smith for the two volumes, commenting \"I take notice of the proceedings in France...\" Includes a book print of Charles James Fox.","Printed receipt for investments, dated June 1, 1725, which includes handwritten interest entries totalling one thousand six hundred Eighty Seven pounds and ten shillings.  \"By order dated 21st Day of Febry, 1723, ...Wm Pawlett, one of the Four tellers of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer...being for fifteen months interest.....  The interest was received by Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, Francis Earl of Godolphin and William Clayton Esqr, three of the acting Exors \u0026 Trustees of John, Late Duke of Marlborough.  Signed by S. Marlborough, Godolphin, and Wm Clayton.  Includes a book pring of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough.","Scope and Contents Official document to \"Capnd Brian Mansergh Lieutenant\" from \"George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge\" about Capt. Thomas Hopkins and the Troop of Horse. Signed Albemarle. November 2, 1660. Paper seal attached. Includes a book print of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle.","Signed poem by Daniel O'Connell M.P. for Mrs. Weld, dated May 27, 1838. Appears to be a love letter, but possibly as a rejected suitor. Includes a book print of Daniel O'Connell.","Scope and Contents A travel pass by Charles II ordering his \"Magistrates, Officers, Ministers and loving Subjects\" to allow Henry Compton to travel to Tangier without \"search, molestation, or hinderance ...  August 14, 14th Year of Our Reigne.\"  Signed by Edw. Nicholas and \"Charles R.\" Paper seal attached.  Print of Charles II included.","Letter from Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester to an unknown friend, sending her a gift of turquoise stones. June 13. Year unknown.","Scope and Contents Prince Albert, Windsor Castle, to \"My dear Lord\" about the proposed Indian Trophies Room at Windsor Castle. Prince Albert thanks him for his communication with Sir Edward Bowater, his presents sent to Sir Edward Bowater and the anticipated gift of the dispatches sent from India. He notes that the Queen will be glad to receive his contributions and that his pictures and the pictures of the Duke of Wellington \"will be most interesting additions to the historical collection of Portraits in the corridor.\" March [29], [18??]. Includes a carte de visite of Prince Albert.","Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, Prince of Sussex, Kensington Palace to J. [Hartley], Bridge Street, saying he received the letter with the opinions of Mr. Denman and Holt. Send him the case and he will give his determination. March 4, 1824. Letter and envelope attached to mounting paper. Includes book print of His Royal Highness Prince Augustus-Frederick, Duke of Sussex.","Scope and Contents December 29, 1593 letter from Robert Devereux to a \"loving friend\" in Norfolk. Handwriting is difficult to read. Note received with accession mentions that he was a favorite of Elizabeth I. Includes book print of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.","Scope and Contents Letter from T.B. Macaulay, Albany, to \"Sir\" returning a corrected revision of an unknown written work.  October 8, 1842.  Includes book print of T.B. Macaulay.","Letter from George III to Lord Fauconberg referring to his \"severe and tedious illness.\" It has prevented him from handling public or private business which is why he hasn't responded to the letter received from Mr. Clarke the Apothecary at Cheltenham. Letter deals with bills from the work at Bayshill house and asks that they be sent to Mr. Gorton at Windsor. Also involves money going to Mr. Clarke to pay workmen. March 10, 1789. Includes book print of \"His Most Gracious Majesty George-William-Frederick the Third.\" In 1788, George III stayed with Lord Fauconberg at Cheltenham for spa treatment for his illness. Later, he paid for 17 more rooms to be added to Bayshill for more guests.","William IV complains to the Duke of Clarence of the near loss of a ship due to the lack of a chronometer. He writes that Commander Colonel Fox wrote him a letter about the incident, where an American ship informed them of the danger on their way to Halifax, so they were able to escape. \"Private and Confidential\" noted on top of page. November 15, 1829.","William IV, writing from Brighton, states that Baron [A?] is the \"fittest person\" and that \"Baron [A?] will proceed from London to the Congress.\" 1833. Includes an engraving of King William IV, by J. Cochran, from 'National Portrait Gallery, volume III' published c.1835 by Henry Dawe.","Wilberforce, at Sir Charles Middleton's, sends a list of \"unhappy people\" who he wants to \"secure a place in the Fleet now preparing for Botany Bay.\" This letter is in response to the recipient's earlier refusal to take these female convicts unless their care was by the County and not the Government. Wilberforce encourages the recipient's cooperation by stating \"I trust \u0026 believe that in your office I shall find official feelings so tempered with personal ones that you will not press any objections, which tend to detain a number of poor wretches in a crowded prison, where from necessity perhaps they have been kept too long.\" The female convicts are at York Castle and are to be sent to N.S. Wales. April 13, 1789.","Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, at Deene, writes to an unknown neighbor acknowledging the receipt of his letter about the allegedly stolen pheasants and disagreeing with the accusation. February 7, 1868.","Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain thanks R.R. Ulyate for the gift of stationery, on which he is writing his thanks. The stationery is an advertisement for Arusha, decorated with printed small maps of Africa and Arusha, written directions and a letterhead with the address \"Neville Chamberlain, P.O. Arusha, Tanganyika.\" He mentions that he thinks the \"High Commissioner, if and when appointed, will have a new residence.\" February 4, 1930. Ray Ulyate was a resident of Arusha where he led tours into the jungle, and one of the first to emphasize photography, and operated The New Arusha Hotel.","Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn't want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to \"act with caution.\" Signed \"Nelson and Bronte.\" January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter \"Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.\"","Order from Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu to Captain Vaughan, Commander of his Majesty's hired ship the Whitehaven to \"proceed immediately to Alross Bay with His Majesty's ship under your command, or wherever else you shall hear Capt. Noel to be [of the sloop Greyhound]…\" for a future attack. The order is written by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and signed by \"Sandwich\" and others. The order gives the particulars and location of two French Men of War near Arisaig on the Western Coast of North Britain, both of which were recently attacked by the British sloops the Greyhound, the Terror and Baltimore. May 13, 1746.","Typed letter from Lady Nancy Astor, The Hoe, Plymouth to Frank Doubleday (American Publishers) about her fight with the Drink Trade and her opinion that her speeches aren't worth publishing. November 2, 1922.","A \"private\" letter from Lord Charles Cornwallis in Calcutta to Viscount Sydney in which he gives his thoughts on India and some of the earlier administrators: \"…there are many very able \u0026 very honest men in the Company's service in Bengal.\" He comments that his conduct \"…of this war or that war, \u0026 I believe I have made very few enemies by it.\" February 19, 1787.","William Grenville, Whitehall, to Alexander Straton, Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, informing Straton of the death of King Louis XVI: \"his Most Christian Majesty…was inhumanly executed in the Place De Louis 15: on Monday last, pursuant to a Decree of the National Convention\" and the King ordered in Council for the departure of Monsr Chauvelin from this Kingdom within eight days.\" William Grenville was the Foreign Secretary at the time and the Marquis was a French Ambassador who no longer had legal credentials. January 25, 1793.","Original cabinet photograph of Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton who claimed to be Roger Tichborne, the son of Lady Doughty-Tichborne. An abbreviated history of the Tichborne Family and \"The Claimant\" trial is written on the sheet of paper to which the photograph is glued. Roger Tichborne was presumed drowned near Australia, but his Mother, hoping he was still alive, advertised for his whereabouts in Australia. Thomas Castro/Arthur Orton came to England claiming to be Roger Tichborne. He was eventually tried and convicted of perjury. He became known as \"The Claimant.\" Includes a carte de visite of Mary Ann Bryant (Mrs Tom Castro), but it is labeled as Lady Roger Tichborne. 1873.","Duke of Wellington, in Paris, to an unknown person concerning an unpaid bill and his opinion of decisions he made in the past. Draft of a reply from the unknown person in Cambia, stating \"Greatly as I feel the condescension of …letter of the 17th, I should not again have trespassed upon you, even with my thanks, did I not fear that some inaccuracy of expression may have misled your….as to the nature of the feelings which I stated to have been …\" Memo on the reverse states \"the difference of opinion between Wm. [Buhel] [Bikel] and myself - with draft of answer.\" January 17, 1817.","Spencer Perceval to \"Madam\" concerning his financial obligations for the care of Mrs. Perceval. He mentions Mrs. Perceval's pension versus her income and his willingness to give her about 40 pounds a month for meals and lodging if it won't interfere with the pension. The rental agreement should be no longer than a year, but also one that he can \"put an end to it upon some much shorter notice…\" He comments that he thinks the price for her lodging should include laying in her coal, particularly since she isn't well, but it is up to Mrs. Perceval to arrange her own terms. He thinks Mrs. Perceval is too ill to change lodgings. He thanks \"Madame\" for helping. Mrs. Perceval might be his mother. October 24, 1807.","William Prescott, in Boston, sends William Cullen Bryant an article on Bryant's writings written by the Count de Circourt. Prescott describes M. de Circourt as \"…one of the most accomplished critics in France…it might be gratifying to you, as it is always to your countrymen, to see in what manner your writings are appreciated by intelligent foreigners.\" February 3, 1848. Includes a print of a drawing of William H. Prescott by George Richmond, from a drawing in the possession of the Earl of Carlisle, engraved by H. Wright Smith. Possibly from the book 'Biographical and citical miscellanies' by W.H. Prescott, published 1859.","Charles S. Gordon, in London, informs Mr. [Stab] that Gordon's luggage will be arriving in Constantinople and gives him instructions for the disbursement of some of the items (gun, gun case, photographic tent, camera stand) to Biddulph and Gordon. At the end of the letter, Gordon changes his mind and requests that the items be returned to him except the gun and gun case which [Stab] can keep as souvenirs. This letter was written shortly after Charles S. Gordon returned from his commission to mark the new border between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire up into Asia Minor. January 26, 1859. Charles S. Gordon was later known as Charles S. \"Chinese\" Gordon.","William E. Gladstone, writing on House of Commons Library embossed letterhead, to an unknown American about the United States and the current \"imperfect\" bill to recognize the principle of International Copyright. Concedes that the bill should help both American and foreign authors. March 25, 1890. Includes stereoscopic card of Gladstone.","Cecil John Rhodes, on Burlington Hotel.W. London stationery, to \"My dear Thomas\" saying he is going out of town and to thank Bonnor for his invitation. Undated.","Embossed form with seal for Bahama-Islands, New-Providence and heading \"By His Excellency the Right Honorable John, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-General, and Commander in Chief of the said Bahama-Islands\" giving Peleg Latham a license for the sloop, Matsey, to sail and depart from this \"Port and Government\" for New York. Signed by Dunmore and Adam Christie, Secry. Dated June 24, 1793.","Piece of paper with signatures of Lord (Field Marshal Horatio Herbert) Kitchener and Louis Botha. Other signatures are unclear, but two are possibly Haig (Douglas Haig) and Smuts (John Christian Smuts). Dated October 4, 1922. These men were participants in the Boer War.","Lord John Russell, Pembroke Lodge, to the author of an essay on Thomas Macaulay, praising his writing and hoping he would edit a book by Macaulay with his essay as an introduction. Russell also cites his praises for Macaulay, then adding \"perhaps in painting his characters he made his lights too bright, \u0026 his shade too deep, a defect perhaps inseparable from his wonderful powers of …\" November 2, 18??. Macaulay died on December 28, 1859.","Prince Albert, Windsor Castle to Sir James (last name unknown) returning \"the admiral's voluminous correspondence with my best thanks and can only say that I agree in the feelings expressed in your answer to him. [January] 20, 1854.","Two envelopes with picture of Sir Winston Churchill headed with \"First Day of Issue\" and stamped with U.S. 5 cents stamps with Churchill's image, both dated May 13, 1965, postmarked Fulton, Missouri. One envelope has 4 stamps and is signed by Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-1957. The second envelope has one stamp and is signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.","\"William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter … authorizes in His Majesty's name\" the seizure of [Lord] Gregory for treason. Warrant issued at Whitehall on March 19, 1788. Warrant addressed to Anthony Fabiani, one of the Majesty's Messengers, and 3 other. Red wax seal on the warrant.","William Petty Shelburne (Second Earl) (First Marquis of Landsdowne), London, to an unknown gentleman about handling the affairs of Shelburne's nephew and deceased brother. Shelburne says he is \"determined not to interfere\" but \"promised the exors that I would give them my opinion whenever they called on me\" and that Sir William Petty has advised that they pay their lawyer and apothecary well. Shelburne wishes the recipient to take over his brother's affairs because he is close to his nephew's Mother's family, even though Mr. Morwley has done a good job. January 26, 1795. Lord Lansdowne's brother was the Hon. Thomas Fitzmaurice (1742-1793) of Cliveden and a Member of Parliament.","Lord Randolph S. Churchill asks Mr. [J.I.] Minchin to excuse him from attending the Chess Tournament dinner on May 19 because he needs rest after a hard work session in Parliament and will be traveling to Ireland during the Whitsuntide Holidays. May 5, 1883. The letter is written on 2 Connaught Place stationary. The London 1883 chess tournament was an international tournament. Lord Randolph S. Churchill is the father of Winston Churchill.","Warren Hastings, Dalyesford House writes to The Rev. William Johnson, Parley Place, Croydon, Surry about an assignment, possibly as an executor of an estate. He asks for Rev. Johnson's help in acquiring financial and other information with questions about the current finances. April 25, 1798.","Sir Robert Peel responds to a proposal to help Ireland during the potato famine. The proposal appears to involve asking for money from the government or borrowing it, possibly confiscating land as collateral. He thinks the proposal will be hard to enforce and will be a source of \"dissatisfaction and discontent.\" He notes \"It's difficult to argue calamity in the immediate presence of famine and disease.\"","Signature of Earl of Godolphin Sidney, Lord High Treasurer under Queen Anne, on a warrant for Tallys and Revenue of Excise. Other names mentioned are William Gregory and William Wardour. Partial document. December 9, 1693.","King George IV requests that the Master of the Stag Hounds keep 6 horses for Lord Maryborough (William Wellesley-Pole). \"The King is aware that this additional allowance has not been the practice but in consequence of Lord Maryborough's removal from his late office, for the convenience of Lord Liverpool, the King does not think it right that he should be, so decided…[this] present indulgence is by the King's express command, but not to be extended to my future Master of the Stag Hounds.\" November 19, 1824.","Lord Palmerston writes that the \"Duke of Wellington has accepted the Office of 1st Lord of the Treasury and we are to give up the seals of office at St. James's tomorrow.\" November 15, 1834.","Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor's table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey's correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a \"very favorite establishment in our House.\" He suggests investigating Hulme's character and the prejudices of those bringing the charge, especially Anstey who is \"violent and intemperate.\" August 27, 1856. Carte de visite of Lord Palmerton is included.","December 9, 1765 letter from William Pitt (the elder) to \"Dear Sir\" asking him to forward the enclosed letter to Comte de Wallwoden \"by the first safe opportunity.\" The letter is the \"notification of the melancholy loss of Lady Yarmouth\" which he received on October 22. Lady Yarmouth (Amalie von Wendt) was the mistress of King George II and Wallmoden was their son. Includes an engraving of William Pitt.","George Canning, Foreign Office, to Lord John Fitzroy saying he'd received his letter about Sir Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at Talavera de la Reina (Peninsula Campaign) before the arrival of Lord FitzRoy Somerset with Sir Arthur Wellesley's dispatches. August 15, 1809.","George Canning, Pavilion, Brighton, to the Prince de Polignac regarding his amazement of the arrest of the daughters of Sir Robert Wilson in Calais as they were leaving France. He asks Prince de Polignac to find out what happened and to \"redress it, as far as may be in your power.\" There is an abstract of the letter from Sir Robert Wilson to George Canning which gives the particulars of the arrest and his assurance that his daughters \"had nothing with them but their own private property.\" January 31, 1824. Jules de Polignac was Prime Minister of France from 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830.","George Canning, Downing Street, to \"Sir\" giving the agenda of the November 14th Parliamentary session: \"obtain the sanction for admitting certain kinds of foreign grain for Home Consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissible for that purpose, and to elect a Speaker and complete the other formal proceedings incident to the opening of a New Parliament.\" \"No. 3\" is noted at the top of the page. September 7, 1826.","Edward VIII, Hotel Ritz, Paris, to Sir William Rootes, Piccadilly, thanking him for lending him a \"Humber and your driver Calvert\" during his visit, and giving details of other travel arrangements made during that visit plus his future November 5 trip on the \"Queen Mary.\" Edward VIII states, while visiting Eric Dudley and in London, he met people who share his pessimism over the Socialist havoc of the economy. He laments that Great Britain is losing its world position, but France has the anarchy of the Communist controlled unions with political discord. October 17, 1947.","Edward VIII, H.Q. Guards Division, accepts a Christmas Eve dinner invitation from \"My dear Colonel.\" December 21, 1915.","Edward VII, in Rome, to Dr. Chambers with thanks for the good wishes for his birthday and approaching marriage. \"When one reaches the age of 21, \u0026 is shortly to be married, one begins to feel responsibilities creeping one one…Much will be expected of me, but…if I keep the example of my Parents before me, I have not fear of going wrong.\" Edward VII lists the cities that he, his sister and brother-in-law have visited during their tour. Signed \"Albert Edward.\" November 23, 1862. Includes envelope addressed to T.K. Chambers, Grosvenor Square, London, black bordered, with a black wax seal. Includes carte de visites of Alexandra of Denmark (wife of Edward VII) and Edward VII.","Duchess of Kent (Victoria Mary Louisa), on embossed stationary, to Lady Barrington with thanks for making a beautiful bag which she will cherish as a souvenir. She is Queen Victoria's mother. A later note on letter states \"1847?\".","James VI requires the Earl Marischal to attend a national assembly to hinder increase of papacy. July 18, 1616. George Keith, the 5th Earl Marischal founded the Marischal College in Aberdeen in 1593. He held several offices under King James VI. Includes an attached paper seal.","Typed tribute to Winston Churchill, on parchment type paper, given by Field-Marshall Montgomery and signed \"Montgomery of Alamein F.M.\" Undated. 4 pages. Field-Marshall Montgomery's full title was \"Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.\"","Reply by Lord Palmerston to someone approving of the labors of the Foreign Office. Signed \"Palmerston.\" March 5, 1832. Henry John Temple Palmerston (Third Viscount).","Dinner menu of the Hotel de Crillon in Paris signed by David Lloyd George. January 27, 1921.","Charles Dickens asks the recipient to forward a note to his office in an envelope marked \"private\" and it will have his attention. Written on Athenaeum Club letterhead stationery. November 17, 1866. Includes an engraving of a portrait bust of Charles Dickens by J.H Baker after a photograph by Mason \u0026 Co.,1870.","Envelope addressed to Viscountess Barrington, Cassiobury Park with attached red wax seal and postmark of January 6, 1847.","Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D.C.to The Rt. Rev. Herbert Welch, New York City, New York responds to a request that the English Methodist Church fund credit in the United States be remitted to Uruguay. Lord Fairfax notes that the United Methodist Church should \"surrender to the Exchange Control at the Bank of England all its dollar funds.\" May 31, 1941. Lord Halifax was the British Ambassador to the United States in 1941. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax.","Permission signed by King William III and given \"by his Majtys command Nottingham\" to Sir Willoughby Aston, High Sheriffe of County of Chester, to \"give and grant you full license \u0026 permission during your said Office of Sheriffe to remaine or dwell out of our said County…\" December 29, 1690. A paper seal is attached to letter with red wax. Includes an engraving of King William III. Includes a steel engraving by W.Holl of a William III portrait, after a painting by Caspar Netscher.","Daniel O'Connell wants to put James [unknown] on the voting papers for St. George's Ward. \"I think you will not disavow us…but how useful an anti-slavery man may be in the council – with your help I think I could get our corporation to set an example to all the corporations in Great Britain on the subject.\" October 20, 1841. Includes an engraving of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. by Robert Cooper from a painting by T. Catterson Smith.","Signature of the First Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu on a declaration \"Wee allow of this bill of Incidents amounting to the sum….Whitehall Treasy Chambers.\" The document contains 5 signatures: Halifax, Richard Onslow, Paul Methuen, and Edward Wortley (Edward Wortley Montagu), husband of Mary Wortley Montagu. One signature is illegible. November 2, 1714.","Raglan accepts dinner invitation from Lady Henniken for Saturday, July 6. Written after 1852 when Fitzroy Somerset became First Baron the Lord of Raglan Fitzroy Somerset. Notation with letter says it was written during the Light Brigade.","B. White informs W. Pritchard of the London and County Bank of the death of his brother, Henry White. April 19, 1887. Envelope included. Pencil notes on envelope say this is Lt. Gen White, Hero of Balaclava Charge in the Charge of the Light Brigade. A Lt. Col. Henry White was with the 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons.","Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 6 Grosvenor Place, to Donaldson, enclosing a partially completed form or application (not included). He mentions that he is a member of the Bull Dog Club and is glad to hear \"good accounts of the keeps.\" March 19, 1896.","Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Foreign Secretary, written while keeper of the Irish seal, to the Rt. Honorable John Beresford with the news that \"Lord Cornwallis has been engaged this week in sounding the principal Persons in town with the exception of Lord Pery, who sees the objections in a strong point of view, the others are dishonest to entertain the question – some with a greater degree of preference than others.\" He continues by saying the counties of Cork and Limerick are for it. He closes with the statement \"The county pretty much as you left it – the Orangemen and Catholics … in the County of Derry.\" \"Private\" is noted at the top of page one. November ? [1799].","Scope and Contents James III, \"the old pretender,\" letter written from O'Albano, about Arthur Dillon and signed \"Jacques R.\" Written in French. September 18, 1724. Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon, was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army, per the Compendium of Irish Biography. Per Wikipedia, Arthur Dillon was given the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by James III.  In 1711 Arthur was created \"Comte Dillon\" in France by Louis XIV; and was awarded the Irish title \"Earl of Dillon\" in 1721 by the monarch he recognized as James III.","Engraving of La Belle Hamilton by J.Thomson after an original painting by Sir Peter Lely.","Engraving of Lord Nelson by T Woolnoth from an original picture by Hoppner in her Majesty's Collection at St James's.","George III Appointment of Donald McDonald as \"Lieutenant in Captain William Pemble's Independent Company of Invalids doing Duty in North Britain\" given at St. James's Court on October 29, 1783. Signed by George III and Lord North.","Henry Trenwith, before leaving for the East-indies, appoints Elizabeth Trenwith to receive \"two months' pay of my Wages Yearly…during the whole time of my being forth.\" Dated November 3, 1753 with notation on reverse, \"Months paid the 10 January 1755…\" Document is glued to a paper backing.","William IV warrant which releases Richard Kettle, the younger from the Devon County Gaol where he is confined under a game law conviction with a 20 pound fine. The reason given is Kettle's lawyer's neglect and the length of time Kettle has been in prison. March 19, 1834. Signed by William IV and others.","Documents signed by Prince Regent George and King George IV.  An engraving of \"George IV, King of England\" by Charles Picart from an original drawing, is included.","Patent from Georg Prinz Regent Georg to Von Dreehsell, signed at Carlton House on January 29, 1814. Written in German. Attached paper seal.","George IV appoints Major General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. to the local rank of Lieutenant General in the Islands of Ceylon. Court held at Carlton House, May 20, 1823. A red wax on paper seal and blue seal are attached to the appointment.","First Duke of Marlborough John Churchill appoints John Danvers as a Captain in Brigadier Thomas Farrington's regiment to replace Captain Richard Nanfan. Signed \"Marlborough\" with other signatures. June 24, 1706. The appointment is written one month after the victory at Ramillies in which Thomas Farrington's regiment participated. An engraving \"John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough\" by H.T. Ryall is included.","A Safe Conduct Warrant for Colonel Roger Whitley to travel into France and other foreign countries, \"having served us with great dilligence during all these troubles.\" Signed by Charles I. January 14, 1646. A colored engraving of \"Charles 1st. King of England, Scotland, France \u0026 Ireland\" engraved for \"Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England\" is included.","Indenture from Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Principal Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, to John [Aloxdo] , signed by Lord Burghley. November 23, 1753. Written in English and Latin. An engraving of \"William Cecil, Lord Burghley\" by S. Freeman from the original of Mark Gerard is included.","Second Duke of Grafton Charles appoints Richard St. George as Lieutenant Colonel in His Majesty's First Regiment of Carabiniers under the Command of Richard Lord Viscount Shannon in His Majesty's Army in Ireland and also to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment in the room of John Petry Esqr. Deceased.\" July 6, 1723. Signed by Edward Hopkins and \"Grafton\" by the Duke. Lord Shannon's regiment was a Regiment of Horse. Written on vellum with the \"Great Seal of Great Britain\" attached.","George VI appoints Peter Murray, Esquire as an \"Officer of the Seventh Grade of Our Foreign Service at any of Our Diplomatic or Consular Establishments…\" Dated October 20, 1948 but effective beginning July 1, 1947. Signed by \"George R.\" and Clement R. Atlee. Embossed seal.","Queen Anne gives her representatives \"Full Power for the Treaty of Peace with Spain\" during the negotiations of the Treaty of Ultrecht. 1713. Written in Latin and signed \"Anna R.\" A descriptive note, later added in pencil, says \"Re: treaty of Utrecht Instructions to Commissioners to sign treaty ending War of Spanish Succession ceding Gibraltar.\" Engraving of \"Queen Anne\" by J. Cochran from the original by Kneller is included.","George V appoints Frederick Samuel Beaumont as a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, given at Buckingham Palace on July 1, 1916. Signed by George V. Red embossed seal on the certificate.","Letter from Samuel Pepys to \"My Lord\" about his arrangements made with Captain Salmon on behalf of the King \"for transporting the Muscovite envoy to Licoorne.\" December 5, 1687. A typed transcript of the letter and an engraving of Samuel Pepys is included. These items are glued on pages in a red leather bound book made especially for the collection.","July 8, 1857 indenture for the division of the estate of Benjamin Handy between various individuals and family members, who include: Henrietta and Henry Almond Thorpe, Louisa Handy, Mary Handy, George and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland, Alfred Ainge and Sophia Harris, John Daniel Clarke, Henry Hand, Joseph Southby, Walter Charles Venning, Emma Jane Venning and William Ord Marshall. The document is 13 pages and written on vellum with 21 signatures beside red wax seals and attached official stamped seals. Note on reverse, \"High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Estate of Benjamin Hardy, dec'd, Rowland vs Hardy....this is exhibit marked A referred to in the affidavit of William Holmes and William Pearse by the said William Holmes this 13th day of July 1883 before me,\" signed by a commissioner.","August 30, 1836 indenture between William Sawbridge, Mary Abel and George Peach selling property to Theophilus Jeyes. Land is located in Market Hill in the town of Northampton. 2 pages on vellum.","Handwritten in Latin on vellum with signature \"Jacobus R.\" Notation on reverse side, \"....for tryall of My L Delamer.\"","Signature of Joseph Smyth with red wax seal."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Joynt, Richard G."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Joynt, Richard G."],"language_ssim":["English French Latin"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T03:06:11.750Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8560"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Rupp Family papers","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_679#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Jeffrey S. Evans \u0026 Associates","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_679#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_679#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_679.xml","title_ssm":["Rupp Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Rupp Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1831-1973"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1831-1973"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0342","/repositories/4/resources/679"],"text":["SC 0342","/repositories/4/resources/679","Rupp Family papers","New Market (Va.) -- History","Luray (Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Mural painting and decoration","Pencil drawing","Legal documents","Financial Records","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Account books","Pencil drawings","Autograph albums","Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","A small wooden box of pencils and sketching implements was not retained. Two leather wallets were not retained.","The collection is arranged in two series:","Personal papers, 1831-1940 Photographs, 1840-1973","William F. Rupp (1834-1908) was a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. While a youth in Germany, Rupp attended design school. He immigrated from Heilbronn, Germany and arrived in New York on July 17, 1854. Rupp resided in Luray for approximately one year and moved to New Market permanently in July 1855. He married Mary Catherine Spitzer (1837-1900) in 1862. Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information.","The materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. Fritz's mother, Mary Rupp Orebaugh, was the granddaughter of William F. Rupp.","Papers were removed from non-archival document sleeves. Several leather document cases were discarded due to lack of research value and overall condition.","Charles E. Rupp. Papers, 1869-1942. Accession 36719, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","Most notably, the collection documents the work of William F. Rupp, a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. Rupp's account books list the name and place of buildings he painted, frescoed, and wallpapered including frescoing Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville and the Shenandoah County Courthouse courtroom in Woodstock. Bound accounts also document his work painting signs and gilding. One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. Rupp, William's brother in New York, is written in German.","In addition to bound accounts, the financial documents primarily comprise annual tax receipts.","Charles E. Rupp's diary documents a trip from New Market to the Pacific coast and back with his three companions.","Includes bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia, other scenes, people, and many fresco designs. The sketch of Luray is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220.","Series 2: Photographs, 1840-1973, comprises photographs, cabinet cards, and a framed daguerreotype and ambrotype of the immediate William F. Rupp family. The photographs are largely identified with a subset of unidentified photographs grouped together. Images of Joseph H. and Rose Neff Rupp comprise the bulk of the photographs with several images featuring people posing with an obelisk-style Confederate memorial. More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. Rupp and include a painted ceiling in the Charles Price home near Stanley, Virginia.","Two printed volumes were separated and cataloged individually.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Jeffrey S. 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These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFolk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley\u003c/emph\u003e, pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdditional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. Rupp, William's brother in New York, is written in German.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to bound accounts, the financial documents primarily comprise annual tax receipts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles E. Rupp's diary documents a trip from New Market to the Pacific coast and back with his three companions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia, other scenes, people, and many fresco designs. The sketch of Luray is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFolk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley\u003c/emph\u003e, pg. 16, fig. 220.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Photographs, 1840-1973, comprises photographs, cabinet cards, and a framed daguerreotype and ambrotype of the immediate William F. Rupp family. The photographs are largely identified with a subset of unidentified photographs grouped together. Images of Joseph H. and Rose Neff Rupp comprise the bulk of the photographs with several images featuring people posing with an obelisk-style Confederate memorial. More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. 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One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. 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More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. Rupp and include a painted ceiling in the Charles Price home near Stanley, Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo printed volumes were separated and cataloged individually.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Two printed volumes were separated and cataloged individually."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Rupp resided in Luray for approximately one year and moved to New Market permanently in July 1855. He married Mary Catherine Spitzer (1837-1900) in 1862. Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information.","The materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. Fritz's mother, Mary Rupp Orebaugh, was the granddaughter of William F. Rupp.","Papers were removed from non-archival document sleeves. Several leather document cases were discarded due to lack of research value and overall condition.","Charles E. Rupp. Papers, 1869-1942. Accession 36719, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","Most notably, the collection documents the work of William F. Rupp, a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. Rupp's account books list the name and place of buildings he painted, frescoed, and wallpapered including frescoing Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville and the Shenandoah County Courthouse courtroom in Woodstock. Bound accounts also document his work painting signs and gilding. One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. 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Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 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In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. 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One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. Rupp, William's brother in New York, is written in German.","In addition to bound accounts, the financial documents primarily comprise annual tax receipts.","Charles E. Rupp's diary documents a trip from New Market to the Pacific coast and back with his three companions.","Includes bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia, other scenes, people, and many fresco designs. The sketch of Luray is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220.","Series 2: Photographs, 1840-1973, comprises photographs, cabinet cards, and a framed daguerreotype and ambrotype of the immediate William F. Rupp family. The photographs are largely identified with a subset of unidentified photographs grouped together. Images of Joseph H. and Rose Neff Rupp comprise the bulk of the photographs with several images featuring people posing with an obelisk-style Confederate memorial. More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. Rupp and include a painted ceiling in the Charles Price home near Stanley, Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo printed volumes were separated and cataloged individually.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Two printed volumes were separated and cataloged individually."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_644#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_644.xml","title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1875-2005"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1875-2005"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"text":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644","Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers","Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)","African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music","Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.","The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.","Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.","Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.","A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.","George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.","One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creator_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated to Special Collections by Ruth and Lowell Toliver in February 2021. Ruth Toliver is George A. Newman's granddaughter. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at \u003cextref href=\"https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\" show=\"new\"\u003ehttps://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Other Formats Available","Other Formats Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906\u003c/emph\u003e (1998) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKeeping Up With Yesterday\u003c/emph\u003e (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBorn February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAustin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026amp;M University and Wilberforce University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026amp; Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary: \u003cblockquote\u003e\"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"\u003c/blockquote\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026amp; D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026amp; D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSix minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFour hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, Fred Jr., George\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen for Eastern Star Organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePh.D., University of Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdained United Methodist minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOne copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4bcb0d86958b487646d5b5f8bec1dc4e\"\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown."],"names_coll_ssim":["Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972"],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)"],"persname_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":192,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:22:06.237Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_644","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_644.xml","title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1875-2005"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1875-2005"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"text":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644","Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers","Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)","African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music","Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.","The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.","Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.","Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.","A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.","George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.","One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creator_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. 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The Tolivers made additional donations in September 2021, October 2021, and January 2022."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"extent_tesim":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"genreform_ssim":["Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at \u003cextref href=\"https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\" show=\"new\"\u003ehttps://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Other Formats Available","Other Formats Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906\u003c/emph\u003e (1998) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKeeping Up With Yesterday\u003c/emph\u003e (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBorn February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAustin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026amp;M University and Wilberforce University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026amp; Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary: \u003cblockquote\u003e\"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"\u003c/blockquote\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026amp; D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026amp; D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSix minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFour hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, Fred Jr., George\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen for Eastern Star Organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePh.D., University of Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdained United Methodist minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. 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A second copy remains in the collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4bcb0d86958b487646d5b5f8bec1dc4e\"\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. 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While a student, Conn was involved in the Lanier Literary Society, Racket Tennis Club, and the editorial staff for the yearbook. After graduation, she became a school teacher before moving to Richmond, Virginia where she became an office manager for the Fiedens Typewriter Company.","Control #Alumni85+2, JMU Historic Photos Online, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Ruth Conn Papers, 1884-1993, comprise seven folders with materials primarily focused on Ruth Conn's life surrounding her attendance at the State Normal  and Industrial School for Women, now James Madison University. The collection mainly focuses on campus events, correspondence between her and her fellow students, and poetry she worked on or read in her lifetime. ","Correspondence in the collection ranges in content but predominantly focuses on Ruth Conn's time in the Harrisonburg and McGaheysville area with a focus on her friendships and time at the State Normal School. Ephemera primarily contains pamphlets, flyers, and grades pertaining to Conn's time at the State Normal School with some items being associated with her early jobs right after graduation. In addition, her collection of poetry primarily comprises her original work. Occasional pieces included are not originally by her but are works that she recited or wrote out. The majority of her poetry in the collection is dated between 1975-1989; however, there is some undated poetry that is estimated to be prior to 1975. As a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, Conn also had a collection of sermons from the 1940-1950s, mostly preached by Reverend Vincent C. Franks, D.D.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne","Over 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair;  Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.","Correspondence reveals collegial and familial connections between members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their contemporary Victorian literary and artistic circles. ","Letter dated 19 April 1898. Declines an invitation from \"Mr. Tree.\" Sender's address printed as 20 Cavendish Square W.","Letter dated 1 July 1886. Writes Swinburne about poem in the Times newspaper. Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.","Bult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. ","Letters are dated between 1875-1895. ","Asks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.","Writes concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.","Tells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.","Invites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.","Mentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.","Invites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.","Invites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.","Writes, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Stays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.","Mentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.","Apologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.","Invites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Asks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.","Writes, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.","Mentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.","Asks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.","Letter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.","Folder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.","Mentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.","Letter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.","Letter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.","Letter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.","Letter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.","Letter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.","Folder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.","Letter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.","Letter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.","Letters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).","Letter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).","Letter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.","Letter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.","Letter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. ","Pencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. ","Letter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.","Letter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. ","Pencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.","Letter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.","Letter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.","Letter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.","Letter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.","Letter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.","Letter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.","Tyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.","Letter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.","Letter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.","Letter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.","Letter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.","Letter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"","Letter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. ","Pencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"","Letter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"","Letter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"","Letter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"","Letter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.","Postcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.","Letter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"","Letter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"","Letter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"","Letter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.","Handwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.","Letter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.","Letter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.","Letter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.","Letter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"","Postcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"","Letter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.","Letter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"","Letter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine","Letter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"","Correspondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.","Mentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"","Requests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"","Thanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"","Requests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"","Informs Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"","Gives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.","Asks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"","Letter has no sender's address. ","Letter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026 I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"","Acknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"","Mentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.","Expresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"","Thanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"","Responds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"","Relates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"","Sends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"","States that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"","Letter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.","Letters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.","Mentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.","Writes, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. ","Sender's address is Holmwood. ","Swinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.","Swinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.","Swinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.","Inquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.","Writes, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.","Swinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"","Declines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"","Letter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"","Letter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.","Letter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"","Letter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"","Letter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.","Letter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.","Letter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.","Letter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"","Letter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"","Typed carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, ","Correspondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. ","One letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. ","Correspondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. ","Typecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.","and Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.","Letter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"","Letter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"","Letter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"","Letter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"","Addressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"","Letter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.","Letter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"","Handwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.","Series consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. ","Algernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. ","Handwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.","Handwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.","Original handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. ","Manuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. ","Poem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.","Original manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"","Original manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.","Original manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.","Original manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.","Facsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"","Original holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026 Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.","Facsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"","Original manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. ","Pages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  ","Pages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. ","Series contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Pencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.","Original pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.","Miscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.","Press release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.","Reproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.","Original signature and photograph in cardboard mat.","Large cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026 Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.","Greeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.","Original copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. ","Several reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. ","13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  ","Autographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.","Autograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).","Small fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.","Autograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. ","Also includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" ","Letter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.","Autograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"","Caricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" ","Arnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. ","Vanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.","Vanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026 Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. ","Second copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. ","Print of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. ","Reproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"","Sketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. ","Vanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.","1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph","Two copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. ","\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. ","\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026 Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. ","Advertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.","Bottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.","Illustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.","Round blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. Line from Swinburne's poem \"Atalanta\" circles the base: \"Blosson by Blossom the Spring Begins...\"","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","S. Brainard's Sons Co","Meyers, Terry and Sheila","Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909","Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928","Blind, Karl, 1826-1907","Blind, Mathilde, 1841-1896","Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893","Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901","Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898","Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920","Caine, Hall, 1853-1931","Douglas, James, 1867-1940","Gilchrist, Anne (Anne Burrows), 1828-1885","Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928","Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902","Hardinge, William Money, 1855-","Hardy, Iza Duffus","Hardy, Duffus, Lady, 1825?-1891","Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923","Horne, R. H. 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Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. 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In 1897, Watts begins to publically use his mother's maiden name, Dunton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames John Garth Wilkinson was a British physician, editor, and writer, including a biography of Scandanavian philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Woolner was an English sculptor, poet, and founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLouise Chandler Moulton was an American writer and editor of poetry by Philip Bourke Marston and Arthur O'Shaughnessy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScottish poet William Sharp also used the feminine pseudonym, Fiona MacLeod. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Nichol, the subject of the manuscript's dedication, was a close friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Fairfax Murray was an English artist associated with teh Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rothenstein was an English artist and painter.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English writer of poetry, drama, novels and criticism. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Swinburne interacted closely with his contemporaries in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. His publications include Poems and Ballads (1866), Essays and Studies (1875); monographs on William Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Victor Hugo, William Blake, Percy Shelley and Charles Baudelaire; and a posthumously published novel, Lesbia Brandon. Swinburne's work is known for its rebellion against Victorian mores, and he was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the late 1870s, he retired to The Pines, in Putney, London, at the intervention of his friend Theodore Watts-Dunton. Swinburne died at The Pines in 1909.","Herbert Henry Asquith was the British prime minister from 1908-1916.","Blind was a German political writer and stepfather of fellow writer Mathilde Blind.","Mathilde Blind was a German-born English writer and critic. Her stepfather was political writer Karl Blind.","Ford Madox Brown was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter and active within Victorian literary and aesthetic circles. ","Elizabeth Procter Brockbank was an artist and the daughter of Brown's patron, William Brockbank. ","Robert Buchanan was a Scottish writer.","Roden Noel was an English poet.","Edward Coley Burne-Jones was a Pre-Raphaelite artist. He married fellow artist Georgiana \"Georgie\" MacDonald in 1860.","Georgiana [nee MacDonald] Burne-Jones was an English artist involved with the Pre-Raphaelites and married to fellow artist Edward Burne-Jones. ","Lucy [nee Lane] Clifford was an English writer and married to philosopher William Kingdon Clifford. ","Hall Caine was a popular British author.","Rose Mary (nee Yeates) Crawshay was a British philanthropist.","James Douglas was a British journalist and editor.","Anne (nee Burrows) Gilchrist was the author of A Life of Mary Lamb, and the wife of William Blake biographer Alexander Gilchrist. She was a close friend of poet Walt Whitman.","Francis Hindes Groome was an English author and expert on Romani culture.","William Money Hardinge was a British novelist.","Iza Duffus Hardy was an English novelist and daughter of Mary Duffus Hardy.","Lady Mary Duffus Hardy was an English novelist and the mother of Iza Duffus Hardy.","Frederic Harrison was an English historian.","Richard Henry Horne was an English poet and literary critic.","Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and advocate for Darwinism. ","Joseph Payne (1808-1876) was an English educator and professor. ","John Henry Ingram was an English biographer, notably of Edgar Allan Poe.","Benjamin Jowett was an English professor and administrator at Balliol College, Oxford.","Walter Savage Landor was an English writer and political activist who advocated for the unification of Italy and social reforms.","Eliza Lynn Linton was an English essayist and novelist.","Charles James Longman was an English publisher.","Thomas Babington Macaulay was an English historian and politician.","Eric Mackay was an English poet and half-sibling of novelist Marie Corelli.","Philip Bourke Marston was an English poet.","John Everett Millais was an English artist closely affiliated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron Houghton, was an English poet and literary patron.","Frances Minto Elliot was an English writer.","John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, was a British politician and newspaper writer.","William Morris was a British artist, writer and close associate of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He was an active member of the British Arts and Crafts Movement.","John Nichol was a Scottish academic and biographer at the University of Glasgow.","Arthur O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and zoologist with the British Museum. He married Eleanor Marston, sister of fellow poet Philip Bourke Marston.","Coventry Patmore was an British poet and a close associate of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Mark Pattinson was a British academic and priest in the Church of England.","James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps was a Shakespearean scholar, writer and antiques collector.","William Poel was an English actor and founder of Elizabethan Stage Society","Anne Benson Procter (née Skepper) was an American writer, married to English poet Bryan Waller Procter, and mother of poet and philanthropist Adelaide Anne Procter.","Bryan Waller Procter was an English poet who used the pseudonym Barry Cornwall; husband of Anne Benson Procter and father of fellow poet Adelaide Anne Procter.","Frances Mabel Robinson was an English novelist poet who often used the pseudonym W.S. Gregg; sister of fellow writer Mary Robinson.","Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, nee Robinson, was an English writer and poet; the sister of fellow writer F. [Frances] Mabel Robinson.","Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet and sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.","Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English artist and poet in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His siblings were Christina Georgina Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.","William Michael Rossetti was an English writer and literary critic; sibling of Christina G. Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.","John Ruskin was an English literary critic, philosopher, and philantropist.","George Augustus Sala was an English journalist; used initials G.A.S.","Elizabeth Sewell, nee Missing, was an English educator, author and founder of the Ventnor St. Boniface school.","Simeon Solomon was a Jewish painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites; he illustrated Swinburne's novel Lesbia Brandon.","Henry Arthur Bright (1830-1884) was an English merchant and author related to poet Richard Monckton Miles. Educated at Cambridge, Bright was a member of the Roxburghe Club with several lasting literary friendships and correspondence, including Nathaniel Hawthorne.","Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) was an influential Oxford administator and Master of Balliol College.","Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) was an English poet and critic who moved his friend Algernon Charles Swinburne to the Pines, at Putney Hill, in 1879.","Sir Henry Taylor was an English dramatist and Colonial Office official.","Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a British poet and Poet Laureate in the Victorian era. He was married to Emily Tennyson, née Sellwood.","Emily Tennyson, nee Sellwood, was the wife of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.","William Cave Thomas was an English painter.","George Trevelyan was an English writer and politician.","G.F. (George Frederick) Watts was an English sculptor and painter.","Thedore Watts-Dunton was an English writer, critic, and close friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne. In 1897, Watts begins to publically use his mother's maiden name, Dunton.","James John Garth Wilkinson was a British physician, editor, and writer, including a biography of Scandanavian philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg.","Thomas Woolner was an English sculptor, poet, and founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Louise Chandler Moulton was an American writer and editor of poetry by Philip Bourke Marston and Arthur O'Shaughnessy.","Scottish poet William Sharp also used the feminine pseudonym, Fiona MacLeod. ","John Nichol, the subject of the manuscript's dedication, was a close friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Charles Fairfax Murray was an English artist associated with teh Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement.","William Rothenstein was an English artist and painter."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection provides insight into the life of Algernon Charles Swinburne and his contemporaries, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Frederick Sandys, Theodore Watts-Dunton, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Lucy Madox Brown, William Michael Rossetti, and William Sharp. Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOver 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair;  Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence reveals collegial and familial connections between members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their contemporary Victorian literary and artistic circles. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 19 April 1898. Declines an invitation from \"Mr. Tree.\" Sender's address printed as 20 Cavendish Square W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1 July 1886. Writes Swinburne about poem in the Times newspaper. Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters are dated between 1875-1895. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter has no sender's address. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026amp; I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSender's address is Holmwood. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlgernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eManuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePoem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026amp; Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePress release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal signature and photograph in cardboard mat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026amp; Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGreeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOriginal copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeveral reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026amp; Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrint of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026amp; Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRound blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. 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Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne","Over 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair;  Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.","Correspondence reveals collegial and familial connections between members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their contemporary Victorian literary and artistic circles. ","Letter dated 19 April 1898. Declines an invitation from \"Mr. Tree.\" Sender's address printed as 20 Cavendish Square W.","Letter dated 1 July 1886. Writes Swinburne about poem in the Times newspaper. Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.","Bult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. ","Letters are dated between 1875-1895. ","Asks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.","Writes concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.","Tells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.","Invites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.","Mentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.","Invites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.","Invites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.","Writes, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Stays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.","Mentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.","Apologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.","Invites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Asks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.","Writes, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.","Mentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.","Asks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.","Letter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.","Folder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.","Mentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.","Letter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.","Letter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.","Letter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.","Letter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.","Letter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.","Folder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.","Letter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.","Letter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.","Letters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).","Letter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).","Letter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.","Letter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.","Letter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. ","Pencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. ","Letter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.","Letter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. ","Pencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.","Letter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.","Letter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.","Letter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.","Letter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.","Letter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.","Letter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.","Tyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.","Letter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.","Letter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.","Letter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.","Letter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.","Letter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"","Letter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. ","Pencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"","Letter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"","Letter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"","Letter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"","Letter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.","Postcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.","Letter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"","Letter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"","Letter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"","Letter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.","Handwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.","Letter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.","Letter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.","Letter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.","Letter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"","Postcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"","Letter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.","Letter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"","Letter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine","Letter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"","Correspondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.","Mentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"","Requests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"","Thanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"","Requests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"","Informs Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"","Gives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.","Asks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"","Letter has no sender's address. ","Letter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026 I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"","Acknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"","Mentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.","Expresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"","Thanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"","Responds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"","Relates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"","Sends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"","States that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"","Letter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.","Letters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.","Mentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.","Writes, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. ","Sender's address is Holmwood. ","Swinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.","Swinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.","Swinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.","Inquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.","Writes, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.","Swinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"","Declines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"","Letter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"","Letter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.","Letter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"","Letter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"","Letter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.","Letter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.","Letter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.","Letter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"","Letter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"","Typed carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, ","Correspondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. ","One letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. ","Correspondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. ","Typecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.","and Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.","Letter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"","Letter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"","Letter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"","Letter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"","Addressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"","Letter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.","Letter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"","Handwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.","Series consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. ","Algernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. ","Handwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.","Handwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.","Original handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. ","Manuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. ","Poem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.","Original manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"","Original manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.","Original manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.","Original manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.","Facsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"","Original holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026 Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.","Facsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"","Original manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. ","Pages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  ","Pages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. ","Series contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Pencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.","Original pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.","Miscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.","Press release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.","Reproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.","Original signature and photograph in cardboard mat.","Large cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026 Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.","Greeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.","Original copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. ","Several reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. ","13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  ","Autographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.","Autograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).","Small fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.","Autograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. ","Also includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" ","Letter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.","Autograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"","Caricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" ","Arnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. ","Vanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.","Vanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026 Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. ","Second copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. ","Print of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. ","Reproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"","Sketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. ","Vanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.","1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph","Two copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. ","\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. ","\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026 Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. ","Advertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.","Bottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.","Illustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.","Round blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. Line from Swinburne's poem \"Atalanta\" circles the base: \"Blosson by Blossom the Spring Begins...\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","S. Brainard's Sons Co","Meyers, Terry and Sheila","Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909","Asquith, H. H. 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Handle and/or lift carefully.","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Collection is arranged into four series: Correspondence, Manuscripts, Original Art, and Miscellaneous. The first three series are arranged in alphabetical order by creator's (letter writer, artist, author) last name, with chronological order used when there are multiple items in the same folder from the same creator.","Correspondence arranged in alphabetical order by letter writer's last name. Folders with multiple letters from the same writer are arranged chronologically.","Manuscripts are arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name.","Manuscripts are arranged chronologically, if date is known. Original and facisimile manuscripts are noted in the individual manuscript's Scope and Contents note. ","Folder 4 is the indicator for nine of Swinburne's original and facsimile manuscripts; some are bound volumes, some are foldered. Each has its own item number. ","\"Phaedra\" manuscript is located separately in Box 3. ","Artwork is arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name.","Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English writer of poetry, drama, novels and criticism. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Swinburne interacted closely with his contemporaries in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. His publications include Poems and Ballads (1866), Essays and Studies (1875); monographs on William Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Victor Hugo, William Blake, Percy Shelley and Charles Baudelaire; and a posthumously published novel, Lesbia Brandon. Swinburne's work is known for its rebellion against Victorian mores, and he was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the late 1870s, he retired to The Pines, in Putney, London, at the intervention of his friend Theodore Watts-Dunton. Swinburne died at The Pines in 1909.","Herbert Henry Asquith was the British prime minister from 1908-1916.","Blind was a German political writer and stepfather of fellow writer Mathilde Blind.","Mathilde Blind was a German-born English writer and critic. Her stepfather was political writer Karl Blind.","Ford Madox Brown was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter and active within Victorian literary and aesthetic circles. ","Elizabeth Procter Brockbank was an artist and the daughter of Brown's patron, William Brockbank. ","Robert Buchanan was a Scottish writer.","Roden Noel was an English poet.","Edward Coley Burne-Jones was a Pre-Raphaelite artist. He married fellow artist Georgiana \"Georgie\" MacDonald in 1860.","Georgiana [nee MacDonald] Burne-Jones was an English artist involved with the Pre-Raphaelites and married to fellow artist Edward Burne-Jones. ","Lucy [nee Lane] Clifford was an English writer and married to philosopher William Kingdon Clifford. ","Hall Caine was a popular British author.","Rose Mary (nee Yeates) Crawshay was a British philanthropist.","James Douglas was a British journalist and editor.","Anne (nee Burrows) Gilchrist was the author of A Life of Mary Lamb, and the wife of William Blake biographer Alexander Gilchrist. She was a close friend of poet Walt Whitman.","Francis Hindes Groome was an English author and expert on Romani culture.","William Money Hardinge was a British novelist.","Iza Duffus Hardy was an English novelist and daughter of Mary Duffus Hardy.","Lady Mary Duffus Hardy was an English novelist and the mother of Iza Duffus Hardy.","Frederic Harrison was an English historian.","Richard Henry Horne was an English poet and literary critic.","Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and advocate for Darwinism. ","Joseph Payne (1808-1876) was an English educator and professor. ","John Henry Ingram was an English biographer, notably of Edgar Allan Poe.","Benjamin Jowett was an English professor and administrator at Balliol College, Oxford.","Walter Savage Landor was an English writer and political activist who advocated for the unification of Italy and social reforms.","Eliza Lynn Linton was an English essayist and novelist.","Charles James Longman was an English publisher.","Thomas Babington Macaulay was an English historian and politician.","Eric Mackay was an English poet and half-sibling of novelist Marie Corelli.","Philip Bourke Marston was an English poet.","John Everett Millais was an English artist closely affiliated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron Houghton, was an English poet and literary patron.","Frances Minto Elliot was an English writer.","John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, was a British politician and newspaper writer.","William Morris was a British artist, writer and close associate of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He was an active member of the British Arts and Crafts Movement.","John Nichol was a Scottish academic and biographer at the University of Glasgow.","Arthur O'Shaughnessy was a British poet and zoologist with the British Museum. He married Eleanor Marston, sister of fellow poet Philip Bourke Marston.","Coventry Patmore was an British poet and a close associate of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Mark Pattinson was a British academic and priest in the Church of England.","James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps was a Shakespearean scholar, writer and antiques collector.","William Poel was an English actor and founder of Elizabethan Stage Society","Anne Benson Procter (née Skepper) was an American writer, married to English poet Bryan Waller Procter, and mother of poet and philanthropist Adelaide Anne Procter.","Bryan Waller Procter was an English poet who used the pseudonym Barry Cornwall; husband of Anne Benson Procter and father of fellow poet Adelaide Anne Procter.","Frances Mabel Robinson was an English novelist poet who often used the pseudonym W.S. Gregg; sister of fellow writer Mary Robinson.","Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, nee Robinson, was an English writer and poet; the sister of fellow writer F. [Frances] Mabel Robinson.","Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet and sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.","Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English artist and poet in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His siblings were Christina Georgina Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti.","William Michael Rossetti was an English writer and literary critic; sibling of Christina G. Rossetti and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.","John Ruskin was an English literary critic, philosopher, and philantropist.","George Augustus Sala was an English journalist; used initials G.A.S.","Elizabeth Sewell, nee Missing, was an English educator, author and founder of the Ventnor St. Boniface school.","Simeon Solomon was a Jewish painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites; he illustrated Swinburne's novel Lesbia Brandon.","Henry Arthur Bright (1830-1884) was an English merchant and author related to poet Richard Monckton Miles. Educated at Cambridge, Bright was a member of the Roxburghe Club with several lasting literary friendships and correspondence, including Nathaniel Hawthorne.","Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) was an influential Oxford administator and Master of Balliol College.","Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) was an English poet and critic who moved his friend Algernon Charles Swinburne to the Pines, at Putney Hill, in 1879.","Sir Henry Taylor was an English dramatist and Colonial Office official.","Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a British poet and Poet Laureate in the Victorian era. He was married to Emily Tennyson, née Sellwood.","Emily Tennyson, nee Sellwood, was the wife of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.","William Cave Thomas was an English painter.","George Trevelyan was an English writer and politician.","G.F. (George Frederick) Watts was an English sculptor and painter.","Thedore Watts-Dunton was an English writer, critic, and close friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne. In 1897, Watts begins to publically use his mother's maiden name, Dunton.","James John Garth Wilkinson was a British physician, editor, and writer, including a biography of Scandanavian philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg.","Thomas Woolner was an English sculptor, poet, and founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.","Louise Chandler Moulton was an American writer and editor of poetry by Philip Bourke Marston and Arthur O'Shaughnessy.","Scottish poet William Sharp also used the feminine pseudonym, Fiona MacLeod. ","John Nichol, the subject of the manuscript's dedication, was a close friend of Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Charles Fairfax Murray was an English artist associated with teh Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement.","William Rothenstein was an English artist and painter.","Collection provides insight into the life of Algernon Charles Swinburne and his contemporaries, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Frederick Sandys, Theodore Watts-Dunton, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Lucy Madox Brown, William Michael Rossetti, and William Sharp. Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne","Over 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair;  Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.","Correspondence reveals collegial and familial connections between members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their contemporary Victorian literary and artistic circles. ","Letter dated 19 April 1898. Declines an invitation from \"Mr. Tree.\" Sender's address printed as 20 Cavendish Square W.","Letter dated 1 July 1886. Writes Swinburne about poem in the Times newspaper. Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.","Bult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. ","Letters are dated between 1875-1895. ","Asks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.","Writes concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.","Tells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.","Invites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.","Mentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.","Invites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.","Invites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.","Writes, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Stays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.","Mentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.","Apologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.","Invites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Asks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.","Writes, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.","Mentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.","Asks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.","Letter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.","Folder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.","Mentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.","Letter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.","Letter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.","Letter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.","Letter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.","Letter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.","Folder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.","Letter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.","Letter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.","Letters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).","Letter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).","Letter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.","Letter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.","Letter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. ","Pencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. ","Letter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.","Letter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. ","Pencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.","Letter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.","Letter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.","Letter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.","Letter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.","Letter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.","Letter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.","Tyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.","Letter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.","Letter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.","Letter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.","Letter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.","Letter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"","Letter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. ","Pencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"","Letter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"","Letter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"","Letter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"","Letter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.","Postcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.","Letter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"","Letter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"","Letter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"","Letter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.","Handwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.","Letter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.","Letter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.","Letter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.","Letter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"","Postcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"","Letter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.","Letter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"","Letter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine","Letter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"","Correspondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.","Mentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"","Requests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"","Thanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"","Requests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"","Informs Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"","Gives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.","Asks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"","Letter has no sender's address. ","Letter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026 I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"","Acknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"","Mentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.","Expresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"","Thanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"","Responds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"","Relates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"","Sends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"","States that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"","Letter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.","Letters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.","Mentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.","Writes, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. ","Sender's address is Holmwood. ","Swinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.","Swinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.","Swinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.","Inquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.","Writes, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.","Swinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"","Declines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"","Letter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"","Letter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.","Letter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"","Letter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"","Letter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.","Letter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.","Letter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.","Letter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"","Letter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"","Typed carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, ","Correspondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. ","One letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. ","Correspondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. ","Typecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.","and Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.","Letter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"","Letter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"","Letter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"","Letter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"","Addressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"","Letter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.","Letter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"","Handwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.","Series consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. ","Algernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. ","Handwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.","Handwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.","Original handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. ","Manuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. ","Poem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.","Original manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"","Original manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.","Original manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.","Original manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.","Facsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"","Original holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026 Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.","Facsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"","Original manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. ","Pages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  ","Pages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. ","Series contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Pencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.","Original pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.","Miscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.","Press release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.","Reproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.","Original signature and photograph in cardboard mat.","Large cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026 Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.","Greeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.","Original copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. ","Several reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. ","13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  ","Autographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.","Autograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).","Small fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.","Autograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. ","Also includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" ","Letter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.","Autograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"","Caricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" ","Arnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. ","Vanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.","Vanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026 Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. ","Second copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. ","Print of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. ","Reproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"","Sketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. ","Vanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.","1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph","Two copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. ","\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. ","\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026 Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. ","Advertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.","Bottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.","Illustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.","Round blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. Line from Swinburne's poem \"Atalanta\" circles the base: \"Blosson by Blossom the Spring Begins...\"","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","S. Brainard's Sons Co","Meyers, Terry and Sheila","Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909","Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928","Blind, Karl, 1826-1907","Blind, Mathilde, 1841-1896","Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893","Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901","Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898","Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920","Caine, Hall, 1853-1931","Douglas, James, 1867-1940","Gilchrist, Anne (Anne Burrows), 1828-1885","Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928","Groome, Francis Hindes, 1851-1902","Hardinge, William Money, 1855-","Hardy, Iza Duffus","Hardy, Duffus, Lady, 1825?-1891","Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923","Horne, R. H. 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Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOver 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. 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Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters are dated between 1875-1895. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetter has no sender's address. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026amp; I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSender's address is Holmwood. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSwinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlgernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eManuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePoem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026amp; Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFacsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePress release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal signature and photograph in cardboard mat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026amp; Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGreeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOriginal copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeveral reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026amp; Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrint of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026amp; Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRound blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. 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Materials include handwritten letter and autograph of Queen Victoria; Vanity Fair caricature of Swinburne by Carlo Pelligrini, pseudonym Ape; letters from siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin; and two original art works of Swinburne","Over 150 pieces of handwritten and typescript carbon copy correspondence from nineteenth and twentieth century artists, writers, educators, scholars, editors, and politicians. Correspondents include Algernon Charles Swinburne; Queen Victoria; siblings Christina, William Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Thomas Woolner; Matilde and Karl Blinde; Frederic Harrison; William Morris;Elizabeth Sewell; John Everett Millair;  Alfred and Emily Tennyson; and John Ruskin.","Correspondence reveals collegial and familial connections between members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their contemporary Victorian literary and artistic circles. ","Letter dated 19 April 1898. Declines an invitation from \"Mr. Tree.\" Sender's address printed as 20 Cavendish Square W.","Letter dated 1 July 1886. Writes Swinburne about poem in the Times newspaper. Also comments on British politics and the \"would-be Destroyer\" of England which included \"the newest pool of Separatists and Slaves of the priesthood – of this truly 'sin-bad' Old Man who has got astride from upon her neck – of this Caesarean Demagogue who, in alliance with Charles Stewart Parnell [Irish nationalist politician], would fain act as a Charles Stuart…\" Sender's address printed in red: 3 Winchester Road, South Hampstead, NW.","Bult of correspondence from Blind to Theodore Watts-Dunton, with one letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne. ","Letters are dated between 1875-1895. ","Asks, \"Have you taken any steps as yet about the MS [manuscript] I sent you, and can you tell me whether everything is definitively settled with regard to Mr. Brookes' adaptation of the place?\" Senders address is 42 Marley Street.","Writes concerning research done on Tristan and Iseult tragedy; mentions \"Gottfried Von Strassburg's version\" and shared the translation \"although I believe you know all the incidents it refers to.\" Sender's address is 3 Porters Room, Maida Hill W.","Tells Watts of her happiness \"at finding my sonnet in the Athenaeum thanks, no doubt, to your friendly influence.\" Blind also mentions comments on Watts' being too ill to attend gathering at Fitzroy Square with Madox Brown. Sender's address is 2 Holly Bush Hill, W, Hampstead N.","Invites Watts to lunch \"at the Holborn.\" Sender's address is 3 Holly Bush Mile, Hampstead, N.W.","Mentions she us \"in town in a pretty little flat\" and invites Watts to a small dinner party. Sender's address is 27 Hyde Park [unreadable] N.W.","Invites Watts to a small dinner party; if he cannot attend, she would like to know to invite someone in his stead. Sender's address is 17 Christchurch Row, Hampstead N.W.","Invites Watts to dinner, mentions her winter stay at the Poplars. Sender's address is The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, Regents Park.","Writes, \"I am sorry to have to trouble you about the MS [manuscript] of the Nibleay Essay which I think I mentioned to you Mr. Garnett wanted to … try its fortune with another editor. If it is to go at all it is high time to send it in [unreadable]. If you are too busy tomorrow to bring it down in the course of the afternoon or evening perhaps you will send it by [unreadable].\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Stays with the \"Madox Browns\" and asks Watts \"whether there is any hope for my M.S. (manuscript] before I leave town.\" Sender's address is 37 Fitzroy Square.","Mentions \"I have just been asked by some friends to go and see … Macbeth this evening. As I know not whether you had intended calling I just drop you a line that you [should] not, in this downright wintry weather, come here for nothing.\" Sender's address is 42 Marley Street, W.","Apologizes for missing Watts' visit. No Address.","Invites Watts over for \"a chat.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Asks if Watts received the article sent by post. Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites Watts to a \"fortnightly readership of old … authors.\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square, W.C.","Invites, \"My dear Mr. Watts, Could you come to a cup of tea to-morrow?\" Sender's address is 52 Torrington Square.","Writes, \"Dear Mr. Watts, I copied out and made a few alterations in the abstract of Bothwell and Mr. Madox Brown said he could send it on to you today. For my own part, I think it would be advisable to submit … Ford has had his own opinion of it – before Swinburne sees it; but if you think Mr. [unreadable] to have the first reading I have of course no objection. The present arrangement is necessarily only a rough skeitch and might be greatly modified in its writing. My pleasant visit here terminates on Sunday.\" No address.","Mentions receiving a Shelley article and apologizes for not immediately locating another volume; mentions \"What a treat it was to see Wm. Swinburne so thoroughly delightful again.\" Sender's address is Eaton House.","Asks to see Watts for \"a chat\" before she goes out of town. Address is Caroline House, Hampstead, N.W.","Letter dated 1 January 1892. Responds to Elizabeth Procter Brockbank letter: \"Dear Miss Brockbank, I recognized with great pleasure your beautiful writing and felt touched at your father's remembering me with his rare and charming flowers this first day of the year. I hope it is not too late for me to return, you all, my heartiest wishes for your happiness all this year and many others. Some time back you kindly sent me a magazine with some really sweet poetry of your in it and I have ever since regretd my neglect in me writing to Thank you for it, but you must forgive it, for at that time I was not well myself and very much troubled with misfortunes of one kind or another. Hoping sincerely that you are all well at home. Believe me, Most truly yours, Ford Madox Brown. I trust you continue both your painting and your poetry!\" Sender's address is 1 St. Edmund Terrace, N.W. Paper edged in black.","Folder contains brief letter descriptions from seller.","Mentions a visit to discuss \"that novel\" and its publication in book form. Sender's address is from 25 Maresfield Gdns, S. Hampstead. Letter dated Easter Monday 1891.","Letter dated 10 July. Invites Noel to visit, mentions a libel case involving an article by George Moore in the Evening News. Sender's address is 9 Gower Street, W.C.","Letter dated 18 March 1890. Apologizes for late response, thanks receipient for \"friendly expressions\" but states \"it is quite improbable\" for him to send \"a picture for exhibition at the Grovesnor Gallery.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, West Kensington, W.","Letter dated 22 May 1896. Mentions an enclosure that \"I shall write back and say 'rubbish'\" to; promises to come by \"one day before long - for the years are fleeting; adds that he sent Swinburne \"a copy of our Chaucer.\" Sender's address is printed The Grange, 49, North End Road, West Kensington, W. Stamped envelope included.","Letter dated 18 July 1898. Thanks Clifford for her \"sympathy\" and mentions \"the gift he [husband Edward Burne-Jones] has been to me and us all, and that no infirmity ever touched his noble powers.\" Sender's address is Brook, Godalming.","Letter dated 10 May 1905. Declines invitation to Clifford's daughter Ethel's wedding but writes: \"She inherits from her mother a high tradition of love in marriage and of courage in Life, and I pray that neither of those may ever fail her.\" Sender's address is printed Rottingdean, Sussex.","Folder contains a small black and white photograph of Caine.","Letter dated 13 December 1905. Typed and marked \"Private,\" mentions that the letter includes a copy of Swinburne's \"Queen's Carol, which is to be published on Monday for the benefit of the Queen's Fund for the Unemployed.\" In a postscript, suggests it be published with \"good type and prominence and to add to it the little foot-note which I have ventured to make.\" Sender's address stamped Whitehall Court S.W.","Letter dated 21 September 1897. Apologizes for not seeing Paget when he was in London. Sender's address is stamped Greeba Castle, Isle of Man.","Letters are addressed to \"Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Ford Rossetti] and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 5 March 1890. Mentions a bronchitis treatment used by Rossetti (per William Michael Rossetti annotation).","Letter dated 26 July 1890. Mentions prize essays on Byron, Shelley, and Keats (from William Michael Rossetti's annotation).","Letter dated 2 May 1909: \"Dear Mr. Adcock, I can't say no: so I'll let you have the article by the 10th. I only wish L.S.D. didn't enter into writing at all! Yours sincerely, James Douglas.\" Address stamped Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 16 June 1914: \"I have just got your note on my return from a country week-end. I'll gladly send you the Watts-Dunton article. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, James Douglas.\" Address stamped 96, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W, in black ink.","Letter dated 4 March 1876, addressed to Lucy [Madox Ford] Rossetti, and annotated in pencil by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated 27 January 1910 to W. Isaac Levine, responds to Levine's questions about his work and remarks: \"Your acquaintance with [Gosse's work] seems to be truly remarkable and I wish I could boast more of such careful and enthusiastic readers.\" Address printed 17, Hanover Terrace, Regents Park, N.W.","Letter dated dated February 23, 1897, to Theodore Watts-Dunton, mentions a lingering illness and his hopes to travel south; Groome also mentions how his brother, \"captain of the H.M.S. Aeolus, is coming back from China in April\" and he might join his ship \"at Port Said.\" Sender's address is 3 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh.","Letter dated 28 June 1892, addressed to and annotated by William Michael Rossetti.","Letter dated November 3, no year, and written on paper edged in black.  Inquires as to whether Rossetti is back in town, and if she is home on Fridays. Mentions being \"very much behind … with my writing…\" and asks about \"writing machines\" i.e. typewriter. Signed \"Iza D.H.\" Sender's address is 88 Elgin Avenure. ","Pencil notation below signature is the handwriting of William Michael Rossetti. ","Letter undated, on blue paper with red monogram. Unable to visit Rossetti's home because she was saying goodbye to a cousin who was leaving for an extended trip abroad. Sender's address is 126 Portstown Road.","Letter undated and addressed to \"Mrs. [Lucy Madox Ford] Rossetti.\" Expresses remorse for not responding to \"Mr. Rossetti's little announcement\" and asks for him \"to reserve our books.\" Asks for Rossetti to come call. ","Pencil notation is in William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. Brooks\" and dated 3 January 1915. 2 pages. Stationery stamped with \"F.H.\" intitals. Discusses World War I and the situation in Europe. Mentions his son, Rene, who was killed later in the war. Sender's address is 10 Royal Crescent, Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 10 May 1882. Includes envelope. Mentions his books, including Bible Tragedies, Laura DiBalzo, and asks if Swinburne and \"Theodore Watts\" will \"kindly sit in judgement\" on his most recent publishings. Sender's address is 16 Trinity Hill, Margate.","Letter addresed to Joseph Payne and dated 18 November 1870, expresses dismay that Payne's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the Education Board, bemoans the public's lack of awareness on the issue. Written on Geographical Survey of England and Wales stationery.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Rossetti\" [Lucy Madox Brown] and dated 22 October 1887. Exchanges pleasantries, asks for Christina Rossetti's address. Sender's address is 143 Albion Road Stoke Newington, N.","Letter is undated, mentions an upcoming visit and having little time to read what Swinburne sent him. No address.","Letter is dated June 25, and addressed from Ball [Balliol] Coll [College]. Will come to see Davidson in London.","Letter dated 22 June 1886 and addressed from Oxford. Asks if Willett will join in a procession.","Letter undated, states \"I shall be very happy to visit...\" poetry lines below note are written in different hand.","Letter dated 17 January 1879, refuses to give his opinion of unpublished work but praises \"Vox Dei\" with some exception. Sender's address is Bath.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 22 May 1880. Thanks Swinburne for reading her some of his poems and for his \"protest against the desecration of Westminster Abbey\" with the placement of a monument to Napoleon III's son. Sender's address is Hayter House, 238 Marylebone Road, NW.","Tyled letter is dated 20 November 1893 and addressed to \"Mrs. W.M. [William Michael] Rossetti\" at Villa Cadorna in Castagnola, Pallanza Italy. Discusses \"terms of publication\" and layout of pages. Sender's address is 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.","Letter dated 26 January 1843 and concerns corrections to the 3rd edition of hisa collection of narrative poetry titled Lays of Ancient Rome. Sender's address is Albany. Notes that the letter was sent on January 27, 1843.","Letter is likely addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake and dated 30 March 1859. Declines an invitation to dinner, but sends a donation to the Artist' Benevolent Institution. Sender's address is Holly Lodge, Kensington.","Letter is adressed to \"Mr.[Norman] MacColl,\" but outside letter to Theodore Watts-Dunton at the Pines, Putney, dated 17 April 1896. Complains about \"notice\" of his \"Arrows of Song\" to appear in The Athenaeum magazine; mentions Watts' review as objectionable and inaccurate. Sender's address is New Travellers Club, Piccadilly, and letter on blue paper","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. Ranking\" and dated 6 February 1884, sends a letter from Swinburne to Ranking to satisfy a friends request for Swinburne's autograph; mentions Ranking coming to see him \"some evening.\" Sender's address is 191 Euston Road, NW.","Letter addressed to [unreadable] and dated 26 May 26 1894, will try to attend a function, but he has been \"very ill again with Influenza…\" Sender's address is 2, Palace Gate, Kensington.","Letter dated 9 March 1879, sender's address embossed with Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall S.W., on paper edged in black. Signed \"Houghton.\"","Letter has no address and no date, discusses social life, political speeches in House of Commons.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [William Michael] Rossetti\" and undated. ","Pencil notation is William Michael Rossetti's handwriting. ","Letter addressed to \"My very dear Archbishop\" and dated 13 May 1916, sent from Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W., in black ink on white paper stamped in blue, includes envelope addressed to \"The Most Rev. The Hon. Archbishop of Dublin.\"","Letter addressed to \"Dear Madam\" and dated 8 March 1876, from 26, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, explains why his response was so delayed, and states \"I am happy to be able to send you the letter in question.\"","Letter is dated 8 March 1867, from South Park Terrace, Glasgow, inquires about books and asks about his subscription to the \"Percy Manuscript\"","Letter dated 5 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, forwards a letter to \"Mr. Maclehose … who has paid my subscription for the last three years.\"","Letter dated 13 May 1869, from 25 St. John Street, Oxford, addresses subscription matters, book titles and lists from booksellers.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Miss Leonova\" and dated 3 July 1879, with British Museum embossed on paper, sends an article which he hopes will interest and supplement what he already told her.","Postcard to Basil Champneys, Esq. [English architect], at Frognall, Hampstead, dated from Lymington, 16 July 1894, informs Champneys that he will be with him \"about 4:30 on Saturday.\"","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" dated 24 June 1876, embossed with the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W., on paper edged in black, refuses an invitation.","Letter addressed to A.C.[Algernon Charles] Swinburne, dated Hollingbury Copse, Brighton, 4 August 1882, thanks Swinburne for \"your volume of new poems\" and begs forgiveness for not sending his gratitude sooner as Phillipps has \"been suffering from one of my fits of nervous depression.\"","Letter addressed to Theodore Watts-Dunton, dated 16 October 1898, sent to Heatherwood, Putney Heath, S.W. from Elizabethan Stage Society, 9, Harrington Road, S.W.: \"Dear Mr. Watts Dunton, At the end of this months, I propose issueing [sic] a new syllabus to the members of our society announcing the revival of The Merchant of Venice in November and Ben Johnson's comedy The Alchemist in February – May I at the same time state that we hope in the spring of the year to produce Mr. Swinburne's tragedy \"Locrine\"? Would you be willing to speak to Mr. Swinburne on the subject and to let me know what his views are? Believe me, Your very truly, William Poel.\"","Letter to AC Swinburne, dated 18 October 1874, and sent from 32 Weymouth St, Portland Place W, on paper edged in black, writes to thank Swinburne for his \"charming tribute to my dear husband\" and stated \"I cannot tell you, what a pleasure your good company was to me how you lifted me out of all that has been pressed upon me for the last fortnight.\"","Letter addressed to to \"My dear Lady [unreadable]\" with blue paper strip down the middle, mentions visiting an optician's shop.","Handwritten letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Lady Grant, Buckingham Palace, dated March 1875, edged in black ink: \"…allow me to express my deep and sincere sympathy with you in your present overwhelming affliction. I am also conscious to express my deep regret at the loss of your noble and gallant husband…\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W, declines \"your kind invitation for Friday\" as she is \"pressed for time.\"","Letter addressed to Mrs. Rossetti [Lucy Madox Brown], no date, sent from 20, Earl's Terrace, Kensington W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Sir\" and dated Saturday morning, sent from 166 Albany Street, N.W. on paper edged in black, contents include a transcription and letter to Terry Meyers from editor of letters. Letter discusses the publication of one of her pieces, and offers \"a little essay on pews\" and \"some trifle in verse\" – also asks when the publication will appear.","Letter dated 22 March 1869, mentions an exhibit; letter accompanied by an email from Leonard Roberts to Terry Meyers explaining the letter's content and context.","Letter dated Wednesday, 5 August 1879, in pencil; accompanied by a postcard to Terry Myers.","Letter dated 6 August 1879, envelope included, in black ink.","Letter is undated with no address: \"Dear Woolner, The bearer is my friend Burges, architect, of whom you have probably heard me or other friends speak. Memorial Church at Constantinople, you know. Let me introduce him. He and you will excuse the shortness of this note…\"","Postcard to R. Spence Watson, located at 101 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle on Tyne, from William Michael Rossetti, at 56 Euston Square N.W. dated 1 June 1876, includes photocopy of Spence's bio.","Letter addressed to \"My dear Sir\" [The Rector of Lincoln] dated 6 April  1877, from Denmark Hill, SE stamped in red at top of page, written in black ink, scotch tape along one side, provides a reference for \"a Scotch lady who is applying for the place of Lady Resident at Bedford College.\"","Letter addressed to Madame Moscheles, dated 29 March 1881, from Hotel L'Angliterre, St Petersburg, letter pasted to sheet of paper: Sala states that he cannot \"come to see\" pictures as he is in St. Petersburg.","Letter dated 24 May 1879, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to St. Boniface Schools, in black ink on paper edged in black, discusses the \"Education Fund\" at St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 13 June 1873, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch to Arley Castle, Bewdley, on paper edged in black, envelope included, thanks Woodward for \"your continued kindness.\"","Letter addressed to Arleigh [sic] Castle, Bewdley, and dated 30 July  1874, sent from Ashcliffe, Bonchurch, with addressed envelope, asks Woodward for money for St. Boniface School.","Letter dated 14 April 1866, sent from Ashcliff, Bonchurch, debates the principles of the Sunday Reader magazine","Letter dated 18 April 1866, from Bonchurch, mentions the Sunday Reader magazine.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mrs. Payne\" with no date, sent from Arts Club, Hanover Square, 12 Fitzroy St W., inquires about \"Burnell. \"","Correspondence written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, signed \"A.C. Swinburne\" and sent between 1878-1906. Letters are mostly sent from The Pines, Putney Hill, SW with a few noted exceptions.","Mentions work being done at The Pines and welcomes Bright to visit \"any other day you will mention next week.\" Details entry to The Pines: \"Of the two entrance doors ours is the second as you go uphill.\"","Requests a \"copy of Marwell's Works.\"","Thanks letter recipient for \"your father's pamphlet\" and offers to distribute copies: \"If I can find any other means of furthering his aim ... I shall be happy to avail myself of them.\"","Requests that a note be inserted into \"next week's number of the Academy.\" Letter is addressed to \"the Editor of the Academy.\"","Informs Langbridge that he may \"make use of the extract you specify.\" However, he adds, \"I should have thought the breaking-off in the middle at once of a line and of a sentence rather ungracefully abrupt but that is your concern.\"","Gives permission \"to print my verses with your music.\" Also mentions, \"I am very ignorant of music as a science, though … very susceptible to the enjoyment of such music as appeals to me – that, for instance, of the 'might master' [Richard Wagner] just now gone from us.\" Requests a \"Frenchman's opinion\" of how his verse reads in French.","Asks where he \"could get a copy of the pamphlet you inquire for.\" He has not had one \"for many years.\"","Letter has no sender's address. ","Letter to brother: \"My dear Edward, I return the papers at once with my signature duly apprehended. I am very much obliged to you, both for explaining the matter to me sufficiently and for not explaining it too much at the risk of addling my head with details. I always feel conscious of an incipient softening of the brain when anybody attempts to make me follow a calculation of any kind. Bertie rather self-complacently asked me the other day what I thought of rule-of-three. I could only intimate that I thought it a very nice game for boys who were strong enough to play at it – with or without wickets. Will you tell Ally I meant to have answered her letter yesterday \u0026 I hope to do so today or tomorrow? With best love to all, Ever your affectionate brother, AC Swinburne.\"","Acknowledges payment: \"I should have written before now to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your cheque for £46 but I was away from home at the time of its arrival, which will explain the tardiness of this acknowledgement.\"","Mentions his work on a \"short essay on English poetry of the lighter kind.\" Also offers this essay \"for the Forum\" once it is ready for print.","Expresses gratitude for \"pamphlet on the Chitral Campaign.\"","Thanks receipient \"for sending me the notes from my grandfather. He was 91, not 94, in 1853. The latter date must have been a slip of the pen or a lapse of memory, unless all other records of his age are wrong. He died in the summer of 1860.\"","Responds to request for theatrical information: \"I should be happy if I could be of any service to any friend of George Powell's. But I know nothing of the stage or of the costume proper to a heroine of Villon's, and no portrait of the lady who undertakes the part would help me to any suggestion. So I can only send you both my best wishes for her success.\"","Relates father's naval service: \"My father, Admiral Swinburne, served as a midshipman under Lord Collingwood, and always retained a cordial affection for this memory.\"","Sends condolences: \"I have read with deep interest and sympathy the pathetic and heroic record of your late brother's life and death. No nobler and more inspiring subject for commemoration could be imagined or desired: but whether I shall ever be able to avail myself of it I naturally cannot at present say.\"","States that he has \"never written on the subject of Herodias\" though \"the legend ... is, of course, familiar.\"","Letter from Algernon Swinburne to sisterAlice Swinburne.","Letters written by Swinburne, with day and month but no year. Letters are chronologically arranged by day and month, but researchers should be aware of missing year.","Mentions the arrival of a book and remarks on its contents. There is no sender's address marked.","Writes, \"I shall be very glad to come on Saturday. I am very sincerely sorry that you have a bad account of Harrison. I hope there is not reason to give up looking for a better one soon. I am well, and have been getting a little work done on different lines.\" Letter edged in black. ","Sender's address is Holmwood. ","Swinburne returns a \"truant proof\" and sends his \"kindest regards.\" \nSender's address is Leigh House, Bradford-On-Avon, Wilts.","Swinburne thanks Mrs. Seath for sending his coat. He apologizes for his \"carelessness\" which gave her the \"trouble of sending it.\" No sender's address marked.","Swinburne's book order, including \"Michelet's new book – Nos Fils … Flaubert's just published book L'Education Sentimentale.\" Swinburne also shares his desire to write a new article on Flaubert, an article on \"Ford's plays\" and requests \"the proofs of [The Complaint of] 'Lisa' for America…\" Sender's address marked as Holmwood, Henley on Thames.","Inquires about a book order: \"Will you send to the above address the copy, if one hand.... If any of the books I have ordered did come in, please forward them to the same directions.\" Sender's address marked as [unreadable] Vicarage, Brentwood.","Writes, \"I return the title page with corrections. Having mislaid Mr. Halliwell's address, I must give you the trouble of sending it again and I have to write to him at once. Can you let me know, as I cannot find his letter to see, whether he now habitually uses the official name of The Phillipino or not?\" Sender's address marked as Hollingbury Copse, Brighton.","Swinburne writes, \"My dear Sandys, It is indeed an age or two since we have met, and it would be a real and great pleasure to see you again. But I cannot now sit out any theatrical performance without actual nervous suffering – the result of an imperfect hearing which makes the vague sound of the recitation become in a very short time an absolutely insupportable infliction, unless I know literally by heart the text of the play represented – and an infliction it is even then. Therefore I have abjured all theatrical representations with rigour worthy of a Puritan. Otherwise I should have yielded to Watts's persuasions and accepted an invitation to which I am now compelled to turn – literally – a deaf ear.\"","Declines a social invitation: \"My dear Sir, I am suddenly and unavoidably prevented from enjoying the pleasure I had hoped for tonight. You will … understand how vexatious it is to me to be thus deprived of it, I hope [you?] will allow me to call soon and apologize in person – though indeed it is Providence above from whom an apology is due – to me as well as to you.\" Sender's address marked as 22a Dorset Street, W.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Algernon Charles] Swinburne\" and dated 23 July 1882, expresses gratitude for \"another volume of your poems.\"","Letter dated 29 March 1872?, description written on back and initialed J – Y, part of letter is blacked out: \"My dear Madam, Many thanks for your kind congratulatory letter. I waited to answer you till I could give you a satisfactory account of Emily [Tennyson's wife]. This I am now able to do. After 8 dates or (I think) 9 of commitments…\"","Letter dated 20 October 1888, from Aldworth, Haslemere, Surry: Tennyson's father is ill, so he is unable to travel or visit much.","Letter dated 26 June 1892, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on paper edged in black: \"My best thanks are due to you for your interesting volume and kindly dedication…\"","Letter not dated, addressed to Burlington House, folded: \"I am sorry to find you are out – I will call again on Monday.\"","Letter dated March 15 (ca. 1852), Chapel House, Twickenham, Middlesex, inquires about the capabilities of a nurse-maid, named Chappel, and whether or not Mrs. Larkin thinks Chappel capable of caring for an infant.","Letter dated 4 July 1870, from Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere, invites Mrs. Charles to visit and notes that she asked so late because she was unable to offer her a bed with certainty.","Letter dated 18 November 1893, Farringford, on paper edged in black, mentions Mrs. Charles' cataracts and thanks her for her reminiscences to be included in a memoir, written by son Hallam, on Alfred Tennyson.","Letter addressed to \"Mrs. William Rossetti, [Lucy Madox Brown]\" and undated, on stationery with red anchor, thanks Mrs. Rossetti for a copy of \"Your life of Mrs. Shelley.\"","Letter addressed to to \"Sir\" and dated 26 October 1909, from Grand Hôtel (Brufani) Perugua, hotel stamp in blue, provides editorial advice on a reprint of Trevelyan's poem, \"The Cambridge University Boat of 1860.\"","Typed carbon copies include correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Edmund Gosse, Victor Hugo, William Michael Rossetti, Theodore Watts, ","Correspondence to Algernon Charles Swinburne from Henry Norman, Frederick Whymper, William Michael Rossetti, Lucy (Madox) Rossetti. ","One letter from William Michael Rossetti to Theodore Watts-Dunton. ","Correspondence between 1870 - 1909 and arranged chronologically. ","Typecript carbon copies are undated. Correspondence from Algernon Charles Swinburne to unknown; Lucy (Madox) Rossetti to Swinburne.","Letter addressed to \"Dear Mr. [Theodore] Watts\" and undated, mentions availablity to meet, notes Watts' presence at a wedding.","and Addressed to \"My Dear Holman [unreadable]\" dated 7 June 1894, Little Holland House, Kensington W., cannot make a \"Sunday Society Meeting.\" Mentions his health.","Letter dated 14 October 1884, The Pines, Putney Hill, on paper edged in black, is \"far away in the country\" but sure he would \"make the acquaintance of any one introduced by so old and dear a friend as…\"","Letter dated 22 August 1890, from Northcourt, Newport, Isle of Wright, stays with Swinburne and his aunt, Lady Mary Gordon, and will \"be seeing Lord Tennyson who is at Aldworth…\"","Letter dated 16 July 1896, The Pines, Putney Hill, S.W.: \"It will for Swinburne and me real delight to see your kind face at last under this roof.\"","Letter dated 18 November 1909, The Pines, 11, Putney Hills S.W. stationery contains directions to The Pines from S.W.R. Station: \"My dear Kernahan, It was very pleasant to see your handwriting again. I gather from your enclosure that you have been saying some-thing very kind about me in your lectures, and it is very gratifying to know that my friends are around me still. I have sent on the cutting to Douglas who will, I am sure, appreciate it. With all best wishes, Believe me to be, Very sincerely yours, Theodore Watts-Dunton.\"","Addressed to Algernon C. Swinburne, Esq., dated 19 March 1868, from 76 Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London W, written in black ink. Wilkinson writes Swinburne to praise his Critical Essays on Blake as \"perhaps the deepest Book I have ever read…. You have conquered the Blakian Labyrinth.\"","Letter dated 30 December 1861, embossed with address: 27, Rutland Street, Hampstead Road, thanks Payne for \"the little book\" and inquires as to Payne's visit to Plymouth, which he hear about from Burnell.","Letter dated December 31, sends Payne \"a little autograph of A. Tennyson\" that \"has a more genuine and natural look.\"","Handwritten list requesting book titles: \"Poems from Villon 1916,\" The Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett; signature unreadable but stamped 26 July 1927.","Series consists of 13 manuscripts. Contains both original and facsimile manuscripts in bound scrapbook volumes encased in mylar; a few unbound manuscripts are foldered. ","Algernon Charles Swinburne is the primary author, but there are single manuscripts by poets William Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Louise Chandler Moulton. ","Handwritten poem, \"In Bohemia,\" signed and dated 3 October 1888. Includes short, separate typed description.","Handwritten copies of two poems, \"The Church Porch – II\" and \"Pax Volis\" [aka \"World's Worth\"], signed \"D.G. Rossetti.\" Poem is undated.","Original handwritten manuscript of \"Ariadne in Naxos\" and \"Beatrice.\" Manuscript is \"Dedicated with affectionate regard to J.N. [John Nichol] Admiringly to the author of \"Hannibal\" and noted \"To my friend Adelaide L. Elder, Xmas 1877, W.S.\" Written in 1876. ","Manuscript is accompanied by two photocopied articles about the identification of the its author. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. \"Poems and Ballads 1866\" is handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. ","Poem is pasted to seventh page and written on both sides of the paper. It is written in black ink on light blue paper. Rest of the volume is blank. ","Original manuscript dated 1866. Two page typewritten poem is on sixth page, loose. Handwritten poem on blue paper with black ink, pasted to pages 7-9. \"Poems and Ballads, 1866\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover.","Original manuscript dated March 12, 1867, from the chorus of \"Atalanta in Calydon\" handwritten and signed \"A.C. Swinburne.\"","Original manuscript dated 1878, \"Poems and Ballads, 1878\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem written in black in on single sheet of blue paper pasted directly to seventh page. \"Belgravia\" written in light pencil on top of poem. Contains Swinburne's signature.","Original manuscript with \"Finished April 15, 1882\" handwritten on back of last page. First pages are blank, with manuscript pasted to pages 9-33, and written in black ink on blue paper.","Original manuscript dated 1893. \"Astrophel and other Poems, 1894\" handwritten in pencil on inside front cover. Poem is handwritten in black ink on three pages of blue paper, pasted to pages 7-9, and \"inscribed to my mother\" with \"Pine Ridge, September 1893\" written on final page.","Facsimile manuscript dated May 8, 1913 with typed explanatory note: \"This essay is said to have caused the estrangement between Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's death.\" Includes letter from H.H. Harper, treasurer of the Bibliophile Society, to Mr. James H. Manning regarding Manning's inclusion on the subscription list for \"the Swinburne publication.\"","Original holograph of \"Milton,\" undated and signed A.C. Swinburne, poem is double-sided and in black ink. Previously unknown and unpublished until William \u0026 Mary Professor, Terry Meyers, rediscovered it and published on it in 1993.","Facsimile manuscript, no date; bookplate notes \"Reproduction of the original manuscript of Swinburne's 'Ave Atque Vale' once the possession of Geoffrey Madan given to Eton College in his memory in 1947 by M.M.\" Smaller bookplate mentions \"Mark Samuel Lasner.\"","Original manuscript, no date. Pages 1-9 contain reproductions of photographs and drawings of Swinburne; cuttings from \"Peerage and Baronetage\" and \"Who's who.\" On page 10, a handwritten poem, \"Babyhood,\" in black ink on white paper edged in black and pasted to page; it appears to be the fourth stanza of the published poem. ","Pages 11-15 contain images and drawings of Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton, drawings by and of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poem by Watts-Dunton (\"Percy Aylwin's Dream of Rhona\") and scenes from the Pines, Putney.  ","Pages 16-23 contain the poem \"Phaedra\" pasted on pages (sliced from a book, page numbers visible at top of pages); Pages 24-30 contain original \"Phaedra\" poem handwritten in blue ink on blue paper taped into scrapbook along left side; the back of page 29 contains Swinburne's signature; back of page 30 contains writing, perhaps the beginning of a \"Phaedra\" draft. ","Series contains two original pieces of artwork that depict Algernon Charles Swinburne.","Pencil sketch signed by Murray \"to my friend...\" and dated May 26, 1887; in an oval mat with gold outline, some cracking along the image.","Original pen caricature of Swinburne, in black ink.","Miscelleanous items include autographs from Theodore Watts-Dunton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria; caricatures from Vanity Fair magazine; reproduced engravings; materials from Swinburne's centennial exhibition; and 1975 commemorative calendar.","Press release for \"Exhibition at Leeds\" dated 6 April 1937, The Times, exhibition to commemorate Algernon Charles Swinburne's centenary, included books, manuscripts, letters and \"galley proofs\" of Lesbia Brandon.","Reproduced photograph of \"The Burial of Lady Jane Swinburne at Bonchurch with A.C. Swinburne and his sisters present\" dated 1896.","Original signature and photograph in cardboard mat.","Large cardboard photograph of \"Mr. Swinburne\" published by Elliott \u0026 Fry Photographers, 55 Baker Street W. and at 7 Gloucester Terrace S.W. Swinburne is standing on steps with brick, ivy-covered wall behind him.","Greeting card with George Richmond's 1843 painting of \"Swinburne and his sisters\" reproduced on the front. Back of card contains brief bios for Swinburne and Richmond. Printed by The Roundwood Press for the National Portrait Gallery.","Original copy of The Daily Mirror newspaper, 16 April 1909, \"Mr. Swinburne's Funeral Procession Passes Unnoticed in London: The Poets remains conveyed from Putney to the Isle of Wight.\" Photos include Swinburne's coffin being carried through a crowd and funeral procession. ","Several reproduced photographs of Swinburne, including one with an unidentified woman and one of Swinburne oasted to cardboard. ","13 photo copies of Swinburne, his family, and other associates; the original photographs are from the collection of Swinburne biographer, Rikky Rooksby who in turn obtained them from John Browne-Swinburne's family photos. Note: Swem does not hold the rights to these images.  ","Autographs, on torn sheets of paper; handwriting is also included on an envelope stamped The Pines, Putney Hill S.W.","Autograph signed \"AT\" and including the phrase, \"Many thanks.\" Included with letter to \"Dear Mr. Fox,\" dated 20 October 1888, found in correspondence (Box 1, Folder 56).","Small fragment of handwriting from Maria Francesca Rossetti and James Hannay.","Autograph dated High Elsm, 30 January 1881, in black ink. ","Also includes one letter, written and signed by Arnold, dated 2 August 1887, states that he will not give any lectures this year. \"even for the sake of the Kindergarten, to which I wish heartily well.\" ","Letter dated 28 May 1934, Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, to bookseller Fred Bason, addresses Bason's interest in Hichens' The Green Carnation. Also includes a handwritten transcription, author unknown.","Autograph signed below a short note from The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, dated 27 February 1912, regarding \"the Washington article.\"","Caricature depicts figure near a fireplace mantel, dressed in slippers, with small girl in black dress, captioned: \"Mr. Matthew Arnold. To him, Miss Mary Augusta, \"Why, Uncle Matthew, Oh why, will not you be always wholly serious.\" ","Arnold, poet and literary critic, was the uncle of Mary Augusta Arnold, the little girl depicted, who later became a novelist and an anti-suffrage advocate. ","Vanity Fair caricature by Ape (pseudonym for artist Carlo Pellegrini) titled, \"Men of the Day, No. 28 The Poet Laureate,\" dated 22 July 1871. Swinburne is depicted with beard, large top hat, and carrying a pocket watch with one hand in his pocket.","Vanity Fair magazine, dated 21 November 1874, color caricature of Swinburne, titled \"Before sunrise.\" Lower left corner shows: \"Vincent Brooks Day \u0026 Son, Lith. London. Signed \"Ape\" (Italian for \"bee\" the pseudonym for Italian caricaturist Carlo Pellegrini); folder also contains the caricature's biographical accompaniment (that would have faced the image in publication), a copy of \"Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne\" entry in Men of the Day No. 91, 1874, pasted to cardboard. ","Second copy is without the biography and cardboard. Image is the same. ","Print of \"P.B. Shelley – Etched by W.B. Scott from a bust by Mrs. Leigh Hunt.\" Print has some water damage at the top corners and light foxing. ","Reproduction sketch of P.B. Shelley, pasted to cardboard, with reproduced signature of Shelley: \"… affectionately yours P.B. Shelley.\"","Sketch of P.B. Shelley, eyes closed, pasted to cardboard. ","Vanity Fair caricature of Wilkie Collins, \"Men of the Day, No. 39 The Novelist who invented Sensation,\" dated 3 February 1872. Caricature is on cardboard with note to Terry Meyers from Carl Dolmetsch.","1975 Calendar (January – December) with reproduction of photograph of a young Swinburne; paper with stapled calendar pages; some dates have light transfer on the photograph","Two copies of sheet music, possibly for the piano, set to Algernon Charles Swinburne's verse. ","\"Love At Sea,\" with music by Paul Mariet and dated 1876, published by S. Brainard's Sons, 20 East 17th Street, New York City. The music is dedicated to Eugene Clark. ","\"Butterflies\" with music composed by Felix Corbett, sung by Evangeline Florence, dated 1894, published by Boosey and Co, 9 East Seventeenth Street, New York and 295 Regent Street, London, England. The name \"Helen Briggs\" is written in cursive across the front page. \"Egge \u0026 Heard, The Music Center\" is stamped in red across the bottom. Pages are separating. ","Advertisement for Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, dated 7 June 1924 and published in The Illustrated London News. Ad depicts the ghost of Algernon Charles Swinburne telling the figure of Johnnie Walker that his \"inspiration\" (or whiskey product) \"is more universally enjoyed\" than Swinburne's poetry. The image is black and white, with streetscape from Wimbledon, London, Englad where Swinburne was known to walk. The Rose and Crown pub is also featured in the background. A small black Scottish Terrier runs alongside the figures.","Bottom half of page features a photograph of Swinburne's funeral, dated April 24, 1909 and printed in the Illustrated London News. The image is in black and white, with a short caption below that addresses the controversey surrounding the graveside service: \"...the Rector's action was in complete accordance with the wishes of Swinburne...\" Photograph by the World's Graphic Press.","Illustrated copy of Swinburne's \"Reverse\" written November 1, 1899. Poem's subject is Wellington at Waterloo and is surrounded by black and white images of the battle and its participants.","Round blue tin, with flowers and strawberries on the lid. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged chronologically.","\"Eastern Shore Marriage Notices, 1881-1912.\" https://espl.org/genealogy/secondary-sources/eastern-shore-marriage-notices-1881-1912/. Accessed April 12, 2017.","\"MilesFiles 17.0: 100's of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900's.\" http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/index.htm. Accessed April 12, 2017.","Obituary for Charles H. Shuler,  Daily News-Record , March 7, 1936.","\"Port Republic Personals,\"  Daily News-Record , May 18, 1965.","Program for the Fourteenth Annual Commencement Exercises, State Normal School, June 5, 1923.","Program for the Thirtieth Annual Commencement Exercises, Madison College, June 5, 1939.","The Schoolma'am , 1921. Harrisonburg (Va.): State Normal School for Women.","The Schoolma'am , 1923. Harrisonburg (Va.): State Normal School for Women.","The Schoolma'am , 1939. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.","\"United States Census, 1920,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3W-H6M : accessed 12 April 2017), Charles H Shuler, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, New York, United States; citing ED 46, sheet 3B, line 80, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1276; FHL microfilm 1,821,276.","\"United States Census, 1930,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNNV-H6Z : accessed 12 April 2017), Charlie H Shuler, Stonewall, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 13B, line 92, family 295, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2459; FHL microfilm 2,342,193.","\"United States Census, 1940,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR14-1GS : accessed 12 April 2017), Janie Shuler in household of Roy A Rinker, Johnston Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-12, sheet 3B, line 67, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4294.","Charles H. Shuler was born December 16, 1871 to Daniel Preston Shuler and Sarah Long Shuler of Port Republic, Virginia. Shuler was a farmer and taught public school in Georgia and Rockingham County, Virginia. Shuler was a member of the Port Republic Methodist Church and, according to his obituary, \"was a man of many friends.\" He married Janie C. Martin (b. 1887), daughter of Samuel Smith Martin and Betty Ames Martin of Accomack County, Virginia, in February 1910. Per their marriage announcement, Charles Shuler was the principal of Port Republic High School at the time of their nuptials.","The Shulers, according to the 1920 census, were residents of Westchester County, New York where Charles Shuler taught and Janie Shuler was matron at the New York Juvenile Asylum. They returned to Rockingham County, Virginia by 1921 when Janie Shuler matriculated into the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. She was involved in the High School Club, Athletic Association, French Circle, and the Y. W. C. A. Janie was known as \"Mrs. Shuler\" by her fellow classmates and was described as being quiet, calm, dignified, and always on time. She earned a professional diploma in 1923. By 1930, both Shulers were employed as public school teachers.","Charles Shuler died May 6, 1936 and is buried at Port Republic Cemetery. After her husband's death, Janie returned to school and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Madison College in 1939. Sometime after graduation, Janie Shuler moved to Shenandoah County to teach public schools. She is listed in the 1940 census as a boarder in the home of Ray Rinker. Janie Shuler died November 21, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina. She is buried at Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pungoteague, Virginia.","In May 1965, Alden \"Bill\" Wonderly Jr. (1925-2015) purchased the farm adjoining his own that was formerly owned by Janie Shuler and her late husband Charles Shuler.","Loose correspondence and clippings were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. Dried flowers were also removed from the scrapbook and discarded due to their fragile state. The two-ring binder containing course notes was separated from the notes and was retained.","The Shuler Family Papers, 1893-1930, are comprised of one scrapbook of recipes and home remedies, three ledgers, and one State Normal School course notebook created by the Shuler family of Port Republic, Virginia.","The scrapbook is a bound ledger comprised of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes of recipes and home remedies. It is indexed alphabetically by food category and home remedy type (e.g. bedbugs, breads, cakes, headache cures, etc.). Originally serving as an account book, the ledger was repurposed into a scrapbook, presumably by Janie Shuler. Based on pages that are not covered by newspaper clippings, the account book dates from approximately 1893 to 1901. Little can be gleaned about the account book other than it was likely a ledger for a store operated by the Shuler family. Items purchased and recorded in the account book are of the household goods variety and include foodstuffs, clothing, and other basic necessities. The account book was repurposed into a scrapbook by at least the mid to late 1920s, based on the dates present on newspaper clippings. The scrapbook exhibits significant acid burn from the many newspaper clippings laid in and pasted to the pages.","Loose items, including newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, ephemera, and correspondence, were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. They are arranged in the order they were removed from the scrapbook. Included is an owner's manual for the Wonder Can Sealer distributed by Sears Roebuck \u0026 Co. and various materials related to raising chickens. Included in the correspondence is one letter to Janie Shuler from her mother dated April 16, 1927 and one letter, postmarked July 1, 1915, to a Mary J. Nicholas from her sister Nora. The letter was addressed care of Daniel Preston Shuler, Charles Shuler's father.","The collection also includes a multi-use ledger dated 1906-1929. \"The Electric Light Co. 1010-12 Quebec St. Allentown, Pa.\" is handwritten on the front flyleaf. However, the content within, while of a disparate sort, does not appear to have any relation to this company. The first seven pages date to the fall of 1906 and are comprised of a member list and meeting minutes for the Sumter County, Georgia teachers. This was likely kept by Charles Shuler while he was a public school teacher in Georgia. The remainder of the ledger is comprised of daily expense and income accounts, presumably for the Shuler family.","A second ledger, dated 1921-1923, with accounting information related to Daniel Preston Shuler is included. The ledger also contains daily time accounts for a worker by the name of McKenley.","Also contained within the collection is a course notebook belonging to Janie Shuler while she was a student at the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. The two-ring binder was separated from the course notes within and retained due to internal annotations. Janie kept notes on Shakespeare, sociology, poetry, eighteenth century literature, The Pilgrim's Progress, classical music, and mythology. She also lists the books required for History of Social Education. Programs from school productions are interleaved in the notes.","Lastly, the collection includes an undated ledger book with a sketch of a schoolgirl on the front flyleaf. 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It is indexed alphabetically by food category and home remedy type (e.g. bedbugs, breads, cakes, headache cures, etc.). Originally serving as an account book, the ledger was repurposed into a scrapbook, presumably by Janie Shuler. Based on pages that are not covered by newspaper clippings, the account book dates from approximately 1893 to 1901. Little can be gleaned about the account book other than it was likely a ledger for a store operated by the Shuler family. Items purchased and recorded in the account book are of the household goods variety and include foodstuffs, clothing, and other basic necessities. The account book was repurposed into a scrapbook by at least the mid to late 1920s, based on the dates present on newspaper clippings. 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Included is an owner's manual for the Wonder Can Sealer distributed by Sears Roebuck \u0026 Co. and various materials related to raising chickens. Included in the correspondence is one letter to Janie Shuler from her mother dated April 16, 1927 and one letter, postmarked July 1, 1915, to a Mary J. Nicholas from her sister Nora. The letter was addressed care of Daniel Preston Shuler, Charles Shuler's father.","The collection also includes a multi-use ledger dated 1906-1929. \"The Electric Light Co. 1010-12 Quebec St. Allentown, Pa.\" is handwritten on the front flyleaf. However, the content within, while of a disparate sort, does not appear to have any relation to this company. The first seven pages date to the fall of 1906 and are comprised of a member list and meeting minutes for the Sumter County, Georgia teachers. This was likely kept by Charles Shuler while he was a public school teacher in Georgia. The remainder of the ledger is comprised of daily expense and income accounts, presumably for the Shuler family.","A second ledger, dated 1921-1923, with accounting information related to Daniel Preston Shuler is included. The ledger also contains daily time accounts for a worker by the name of McKenley.","Also contained within the collection is a course notebook belonging to Janie Shuler while she was a student at the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. The two-ring binder was separated from the course notes within and retained due to internal annotations. Janie kept notes on Shakespeare, sociology, poetry, eighteenth century literature, The Pilgrim's Progress, classical music, and mythology. She also lists the books required for History of Social Education. Programs from school productions are interleaved in the notes.","Lastly, the collection includes an undated ledger book with a sketch of a schoolgirl on the front flyleaf. The ledger is otherwise blank."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged chronologically.","\"Eastern Shore Marriage Notices, 1881-1912.\" https://espl.org/genealogy/secondary-sources/eastern-shore-marriage-notices-1881-1912/. Accessed April 12, 2017.","\"MilesFiles 17.0: 100's of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900's.\" http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/index.htm. Accessed April 12, 2017.","Obituary for Charles H. Shuler,  Daily News-Record , March 7, 1936.","\"Port Republic Personals,\"  Daily News-Record , May 18, 1965.","Program for the Fourteenth Annual Commencement Exercises, State Normal School, June 5, 1923.","Program for the Thirtieth Annual Commencement Exercises, Madison College, June 5, 1939.","The Schoolma'am , 1921. 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Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.","\"United States Census, 1920,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3W-H6M : accessed 12 April 2017), Charles H Shuler, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, New York, United States; citing ED 46, sheet 3B, line 80, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1276; FHL microfilm 1,821,276.","\"United States Census, 1930,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNNV-H6Z : accessed 12 April 2017), Charlie H Shuler, Stonewall, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 13B, line 92, family 295, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2459; FHL microfilm 2,342,193.","\"United States Census, 1940,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR14-1GS : accessed 12 April 2017), Janie Shuler in household of Roy A Rinker, Johnston Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-12, sheet 3B, line 67, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4294.","Charles H. Shuler was born December 16, 1871 to Daniel Preston Shuler and Sarah Long Shuler of Port Republic, Virginia. Shuler was a farmer and taught public school in Georgia and Rockingham County, Virginia. Shuler was a member of the Port Republic Methodist Church and, according to his obituary, \"was a man of many friends.\" He married Janie C. Martin (b. 1887), daughter of Samuel Smith Martin and Betty Ames Martin of Accomack County, Virginia, in February 1910. Per their marriage announcement, Charles Shuler was the principal of Port Republic High School at the time of their nuptials.","The Shulers, according to the 1920 census, were residents of Westchester County, New York where Charles Shuler taught and Janie Shuler was matron at the New York Juvenile Asylum. They returned to Rockingham County, Virginia by 1921 when Janie Shuler matriculated into the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. She was involved in the High School Club, Athletic Association, French Circle, and the Y. W. C. A. Janie was known as \"Mrs. Shuler\" by her fellow classmates and was described as being quiet, calm, dignified, and always on time. She earned a professional diploma in 1923. By 1930, both Shulers were employed as public school teachers.","Charles Shuler died May 6, 1936 and is buried at Port Republic Cemetery. After her husband's death, Janie returned to school and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Madison College in 1939. Sometime after graduation, Janie Shuler moved to Shenandoah County to teach public schools. She is listed in the 1940 census as a boarder in the home of Ray Rinker. Janie Shuler died November 21, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina. She is buried at Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pungoteague, Virginia.","In May 1965, Alden \"Bill\" Wonderly Jr. (1925-2015) purchased the farm adjoining his own that was formerly owned by Janie Shuler and her late husband Charles Shuler.","Loose correspondence and clippings were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. Dried flowers were also removed from the scrapbook and discarded due to their fragile state. The two-ring binder containing course notes was separated from the notes and was retained.","The Shuler Family Papers, 1893-1930, are comprised of one scrapbook of recipes and home remedies, three ledgers, and one State Normal School course notebook created by the Shuler family of Port Republic, Virginia.","The scrapbook is a bound ledger comprised of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes of recipes and home remedies. It is indexed alphabetically by food category and home remedy type (e.g. bedbugs, breads, cakes, headache cures, etc.). Originally serving as an account book, the ledger was repurposed into a scrapbook, presumably by Janie Shuler. Based on pages that are not covered by newspaper clippings, the account book dates from approximately 1893 to 1901. Little can be gleaned about the account book other than it was likely a ledger for a store operated by the Shuler family. Items purchased and recorded in the account book are of the household goods variety and include foodstuffs, clothing, and other basic necessities. The account book was repurposed into a scrapbook by at least the mid to late 1920s, based on the dates present on newspaper clippings. The scrapbook exhibits significant acid burn from the many newspaper clippings laid in and pasted to the pages.","Loose items, including newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, ephemera, and correspondence, were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. They are arranged in the order they were removed from the scrapbook. Included is an owner's manual for the Wonder Can Sealer distributed by Sears Roebuck \u0026 Co. and various materials related to raising chickens. Included in the correspondence is one letter to Janie Shuler from her mother dated April 16, 1927 and one letter, postmarked July 1, 1915, to a Mary J. Nicholas from her sister Nora. The letter was addressed care of Daniel Preston Shuler, Charles Shuler's father.","The collection also includes a multi-use ledger dated 1906-1929. \"The Electric Light Co. 1010-12 Quebec St. Allentown, Pa.\" is handwritten on the front flyleaf. However, the content within, while of a disparate sort, does not appear to have any relation to this company. The first seven pages date to the fall of 1906 and are comprised of a member list and meeting minutes for the Sumter County, Georgia teachers. This was likely kept by Charles Shuler while he was a public school teacher in Georgia. The remainder of the ledger is comprised of daily expense and income accounts, presumably for the Shuler family.","A second ledger, dated 1921-1923, with accounting information related to Daniel Preston Shuler is included. The ledger also contains daily time accounts for a worker by the name of McKenley.","Also contained within the collection is a course notebook belonging to Janie Shuler while she was a student at the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. The two-ring binder was separated from the course notes within and retained due to internal annotations. Janie kept notes on Shakespeare, sociology, poetry, eighteenth century literature, The Pilgrim's Progress, classical music, and mythology. She also lists the books required for History of Social Education. Programs from school productions are interleaved in the notes.","Lastly, the collection includes an undated ledger book with a sketch of a schoolgirl on the front flyleaf. 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Accessed April 12, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"MilesFiles 17.0: 100's of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900's.\" http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/index.htm. Accessed April 12, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Charles H. Shuler, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, March 7, 1936.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Port Republic Personals,\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, May 18, 1965.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eProgram for the Fourteenth Annual Commencement Exercises, State Normal School, June 5, 1923.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eProgram for the Thirtieth Annual Commencement Exercises, Madison College, June 5, 1939.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Schoolma'am\u003c/emph\u003e, 1921. Harrisonburg (Va.): State Normal School for Women.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Schoolma'am\u003c/emph\u003e, 1923. Harrisonburg (Va.): State Normal School for Women.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Schoolma'am\u003c/emph\u003e, 1939. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1920,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3W-H6M : accessed 12 April 2017), Charles H Shuler, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, New York, United States; citing ED 46, sheet 3B, line 80, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1276; FHL microfilm 1,821,276.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1930,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNNV-H6Z : accessed 12 April 2017), Charlie H Shuler, Stonewall, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 13B, line 92, family 295, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2459; FHL microfilm 2,342,193.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1940,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR14-1GS : accessed 12 April 2017), Janie Shuler in household of Roy A Rinker, Johnston Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-12, sheet 3B, line 67, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4294.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["\"Eastern Shore Marriage Notices, 1881-1912.\" https://espl.org/genealogy/secondary-sources/eastern-shore-marriage-notices-1881-1912/. Accessed April 12, 2017.","\"MilesFiles 17.0: 100's of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900's.\" http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/index.htm. Accessed April 12, 2017.","Obituary for Charles H. Shuler,  Daily News-Record , March 7, 1936.","\"Port Republic Personals,\"  Daily News-Record , May 18, 1965.","Program for the Fourteenth Annual Commencement Exercises, State Normal School, June 5, 1923.","Program for the Thirtieth Annual Commencement Exercises, Madison College, June 5, 1939.","The Schoolma'am , 1921. Harrisonburg (Va.): State Normal School for Women.","The Schoolma'am , 1923. 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Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4294."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles H. Shuler was born December 16, 1871 to Daniel Preston Shuler and Sarah Long Shuler of Port Republic, Virginia. Shuler was a farmer and taught public school in Georgia and Rockingham County, Virginia. Shuler was a member of the Port Republic Methodist Church and, according to his obituary, \"was a man of many friends.\" He married Janie C. Martin (b. 1887), daughter of Samuel Smith Martin and Betty Ames Martin of Accomack County, Virginia, in February 1910. Per their marriage announcement, Charles Shuler was the principal of Port Republic High School at the time of their nuptials.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Shulers, according to the 1920 census, were residents of Westchester County, New York where Charles Shuler taught and Janie Shuler was matron at the New York Juvenile Asylum. 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She is buried at Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pungoteague, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles H. Shuler was born December 16, 1871 to Daniel Preston Shuler and Sarah Long Shuler of Port Republic, Virginia. Shuler was a farmer and taught public school in Georgia and Rockingham County, Virginia. Shuler was a member of the Port Republic Methodist Church and, according to his obituary, \"was a man of many friends.\" He married Janie C. Martin (b. 1887), daughter of Samuel Smith Martin and Betty Ames Martin of Accomack County, Virginia, in February 1910. Per their marriage announcement, Charles Shuler was the principal of Port Republic High School at the time of their nuptials.","The Shulers, according to the 1920 census, were residents of Westchester County, New York where Charles Shuler taught and Janie Shuler was matron at the New York Juvenile Asylum. They returned to Rockingham County, Virginia by 1921 when Janie Shuler matriculated into the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. She was involved in the High School Club, Athletic Association, French Circle, and the Y. W. C. A. Janie was known as \"Mrs. Shuler\" by her fellow classmates and was described as being quiet, calm, dignified, and always on time. She earned a professional diploma in 1923. By 1930, both Shulers were employed as public school teachers.","Charles Shuler died May 6, 1936 and is buried at Port Republic Cemetery. After her husband's death, Janie returned to school and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Madison College in 1939. Sometime after graduation, Janie Shuler moved to Shenandoah County to teach public schools. She is listed in the 1940 census as a boarder in the home of Ray Rinker. Janie Shuler died November 21, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina. She is buried at Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery in Pungoteague, Virginia."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn May 1965, Alden \"Bill\" Wonderly Jr. (1925-2015) purchased the farm adjoining his own that was formerly owned by Janie Shuler and her late husband Charles Shuler.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["In May 1965, Alden \"Bill\" Wonderly Jr. (1925-2015) purchased the farm adjoining his own that was formerly owned by Janie Shuler and her late husband Charles Shuler."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Shuler Family Papers, 1893-1930, SC 0071, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Shuler Family Papers, 1893-1930, SC 0071, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLoose correspondence and clippings were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. 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Originally serving as an account book, the ledger was repurposed into a scrapbook, presumably by Janie Shuler. Based on pages that are not covered by newspaper clippings, the account book dates from approximately 1893 to 1901. Little can be gleaned about the account book other than it was likely a ledger for a store operated by the Shuler family. Items purchased and recorded in the account book are of the household goods variety and include foodstuffs, clothing, and other basic necessities. The account book was repurposed into a scrapbook by at least the mid to late 1920s, based on the dates present on newspaper clippings. The scrapbook exhibits significant acid burn from the many newspaper clippings laid in and pasted to the pages.","Loose items, including newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes, ephemera, and correspondence, were removed from the scrapbook and foldered separately. They are arranged in the order they were removed from the scrapbook. Included is an owner's manual for the Wonder Can Sealer distributed by Sears Roebuck \u0026 Co. and various materials related to raising chickens. Included in the correspondence is one letter to Janie Shuler from her mother dated April 16, 1927 and one letter, postmarked July 1, 1915, to a Mary J. Nicholas from her sister Nora. The letter was addressed care of Daniel Preston Shuler, Charles Shuler's father.","The collection also includes a multi-use ledger dated 1906-1929. \"The Electric Light Co. 1010-12 Quebec St. Allentown, Pa.\" is handwritten on the front flyleaf. However, the content within, while of a disparate sort, does not appear to have any relation to this company. The first seven pages date to the fall of 1906 and are comprised of a member list and meeting minutes for the Sumter County, Georgia teachers. This was likely kept by Charles Shuler while he was a public school teacher in Georgia. The remainder of the ledger is comprised of daily expense and income accounts, presumably for the Shuler family.","A second ledger, dated 1921-1923, with accounting information related to Daniel Preston Shuler is included. The ledger also contains daily time accounts for a worker by the name of McKenley.","Also contained within the collection is a course notebook belonging to Janie Shuler while she was a student at the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. The two-ring binder was separated from the course notes within and retained due to internal annotations. Janie kept notes on Shakespeare, sociology, poetry, eighteenth century literature, The Pilgrim's Progress, classical music, and mythology. She also lists the books required for History of Social Education. Programs from school productions are interleaved in the notes.","Lastly, the collection includes an undated ledger book with a sketch of a schoolgirl on the front flyleaf. The ledger is otherwise blank."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.","The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938 Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991 Ephemera, 1916-1957 Genealogical Materials, 1812 2018 accessions, 1867-1995","Find a Grave . Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave . Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\"  Augusta County Historical Bulletin  50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\"  The Rockingham Register , September 25, 1891.","Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.","The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.","Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.","The May 16, 1844 issue of  The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley  and a copy of  A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God…  have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOut of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.\u003c/p\u003e"],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collections is arranged in five series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePersonal Papers, 1813-1938\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1857-1931, 1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eEphemera, 1916-1957\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGenealogical Materials, 1812\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e2018 accessions, 1867-1995\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938 Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991 Ephemera, 1916-1957 Genealogical Materials, 1812 2018 accessions, 1867-1995"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. 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(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\"  Augusta County Historical Bulletin  50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\"  The Rockingham Register , September 25, 1891."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). 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Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance","Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGiven the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThree military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e(Accession 2018-0315)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe May 16, 1844 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley\u003c/emph\u003e and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God…\u003c/emph\u003e have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The May 16, 1844 issue of  The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley  and a copy of  A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God…  have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ba57889d7ff83f0fcf341190658eb73b\"\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera."],"names_coll_ssim":["eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890"],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall"],"famname_ssim":["Stephens family","Yount family"],"persname_ssim":["Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":87,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:19:11.086Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_423","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_423.xml","title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1812-1995"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1812-1995"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"text":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423","Stephens and Yount Family Papers","Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries","Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.","The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938 Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991 Ephemera, 1916-1957 Genealogical Materials, 1812 2018 accessions, 1867-1995","Find a Grave . Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave . Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\"  Augusta County Historical Bulletin  50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\"  The Rockingham Register , September 25, 1891.","Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.","The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.","Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.","The May 16, 1844 issue of  The Sentinel of the Shenandoah Valley  and a copy of  A Choice Selection of Hymns: From Various Authors, Recommended for the Worship of God…  have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of Special Collections rare book collection. The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, photographs, and ephemera.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","eBay (Firm)","Tim Abbott Americana","Rolling Hills Antique Mall","Stephens family","Yount family","Stephens, Richard A., 1831-1890","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0251","/repositories/4/resources/423"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Stephens and Yount Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Confederate States of America -- History","Confederate States of America -- History, Military","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Two additions were acquired in 2018 from Black Swan Books and Rolling Hills Antique Mall."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Slavery -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Taxation -- Confederate States of America","Tax collection -- Confederate States of America","Greeting cards","Valentines","Sexism","Racism in cartoons","Race discrimination","Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2.4 cubic feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2.4 cubic feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Personal papers","Love letters","Estate inventories","Financial Records","Caricatures","Printed Ephemera","Genealogies (histories)","Photographs","Postcards","Newspaper clippings","Family papers","Vinegar valentines","Photograph albums","Diaries"],"date_range_isim":[1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOut of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual.\u003c/p\u003e"],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Out of scope materials and materials with negligible research value including assorted newspaper clippings and obituaries, Christmas cards, large quantities of empty envelopes without correspondence, real estate listings, and assorted printed ephemera were heavily weeded from the 2018-0430 accrual."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collections is arranged in five series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePersonal Papers, 1813-1938\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1857-1931, 1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eEphemera, 1916-1957\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGenealogical Materials, 1812\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e2018 accessions, 1867-1995\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collections is arranged in five series:","Personal Papers, 1813-1938 Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991 Ephemera, 1916-1957 Genealogical Materials, 1812 2018 accessions, 1867-1995"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFind a Grave\u003c/emph\u003e. Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eYount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAugusta County Historical Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e 50 (2014): 155-165.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Yount-Stephens.\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Rockingham Register\u003c/emph\u003e, September 25, 1891.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Find a Grave . Myrtie Alice Stephens Yount, Memorial # 40849297. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40849297) Accessed October 18, 2017.","Find a Grave . Richard A. Stephens, Memorial # 76255269. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76255269) Accessed October 18, 2017.","\"United States Census, 1870,\" database with images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-MP2 : 12 April 2016), Richard Stephens, Virginia, United States; citing p. 69, family 485, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,175.","Yount, J. B. III. \"Fifty-seven quilts from four generations,\"  Augusta County Historical Bulletin  50 (2014): 155-165.","\"Yount-Stephens.\"  The Rockingham Register , September 25, 1891."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRichard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDocumentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccording to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard Anderson Stephens, variously spelled Stevens, Steven, and Stephen, was born January 6, 1831 to John Stephens (1804-1848) and Martha Burnsides Stephens Cowan (1806-1895) of Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia. He is the grandson of Ludwig/Lewis Stephens (1747-1817) and Elizabeth Wolf Stephens (1775-1836). Documentary evidence contained within this collection confirms that John Stephens owned enslaved persons and Richard Stephens was involved in financial transactions concerning said enslaved persons after the death of his father and prior to the end of the Civil War.","Stephens married Mary Dovel Stephens and together they had nine children, six of whom lived into adulthood – Martha Josephine \"Josie\" (1856-1899), Laura Belle (1862-1934), Myrtie Alice (1867-1946), Sallie Georgiana (1870-1938), Bettie Lee, and John W. All of the aforementioned children are documented in this collection, with some to a lesser degree than others.","Documentary evidence suggests Stephens likely did not serve during the Civil War. As early as June 19, 1861, he was deemed medically unfit from serving during the Civil War. His exemption was due to a chronic \"disease of stomach and bowels of long standing.\"","According to the U. S. Census, Stephen's occupation was that of a farmer though he also held other positions in the community. He acted as the administrator of the estate of Reuben Holt Humbert of Augusta County and also served as the guardian for his younger siblings William L. Stephens and Fannie Stephens. In November 1861, Stephens was appointed Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. As early as 1887 he was appointed director of the Valley Turnpike Company. Richard Stephens died November 5, 1890 and is buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg alongside much of his family.","A large portion of this collection also documents Myrtie Stephens (1867-1946), daughter of Richard and Mary Dovel Stephens. Myrtie married Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount (1848-1934) of Augusta County on September 23, 1891. The wedding was held at the home of Mary Stephens, near Melrose. The courtship between Myrtie and J. B. is chronicled in this collection with dozens of letters written between the two. It is likely that Myrtie and J. B. were semi-distant cousins as J. B. often refers to his future wife as \"Cousin\" in his letters to her. Additionally, Myrtie's maternal grandmother was named Barbara Yount Dovel (1797-1863), and it is through this family line that the couple was likely related. Myrtie was a school teacher for at least part of her life. This collection documents her career with lesson books, teaching contracts, and correspondence. The children of Myrtie and J.B. Yount are documented in the 2018 accession materials."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance","Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials that comprise this collection descended through the Stephens and Yount families of Rockingham and Augusta counties. After the October 2, 2016 death of Joseph Byron \"J. B.\" Yount III, much of the Yount estate was sold by Green Valley Auctions in Mt. Crawford, Virginia on June 9, 2017.","The materials in this series share provenance with the rest of the collection in that they were part of the June 9, 2017 Green Valley Auctions sale of the J.B. Yount estate."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, SC 0251, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGiven the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Given the age and condition of the collection, select items underwent preservation treatment for stabilization, including flattening. Particularly fragile documents are housed in Mylar sleeves. The materials in this collection were largely received piecemeal, in addition to one large acquisition. There was no particular arrangement to the materials and as a result, the archivist imposed an arrangement based on material type, creator, and date. Photographs related to presumed genealogical research trips were removed from their paper backing and foldered in their original order. All corresponding captions were written on the backs of the photographs."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThree military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. 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Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e(Accession 2018-0315)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a young J.B. Yount III while a cadet at Fishburne Military School.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. Materials include correspondence, receipts, financial documents, indentures, deeds, and ephemera. Documents of particular interest relate to the sale, purchase, and hire of enslaved persons, and Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1813-1938, is generally comprised of tax receipts, financial documents, agreements, promissory notes, deeds, indentures, insurance policies, wills, and other miscellaneous papers documenting Richard Stephens primarily, and also other immediate Stephens family members.","Of particular interest are the papers documenting the buying, selling, and hiring of enslaved persons between the Stephens family and other community members. Many of the enslaved persons were purchased or inherited from the estate of John Stephens, Richard Stephens' father. The enslaved persons are only referred to by name in three documents and are otherwise described as \"negro\" or \"slave.\" They are identified as Ellen, Hester, Hannah, and five children named Henry, Isaiah, Margaret, John, and George.","A folder of papers documenting Richard Stephens' medical exemption from military service during the Civil War is also included. The papers include surgeons' and doctors' description of Stephens' maladies, certifying that he is incapable of military duty. Additional documents mention his substitute, Benjamin Barr. Stephens' amnesty oath, dated June 20, 1865, is also included and is foldered chronologically with his papers.","A sizable portion of this series documents Richard Stephens acting in the capacity of estate administrator, particularly for Reuben Holt Humbert, and guardian to his younger siblings, Phebe Francis \"Fannie\" Stephens and William L. Stephens. These documents are primarily receipts with additional materials documenting the estates of the aforementioned persons, particularly Reuben Humbert. Humbert's personal property inventories are included as is a Confederate States of America registered bond.","The wills of Richard Stephens and his daughter Sallie Stephens are included. Sallie's will is notable in that she directs her executor to move \"all of my dead relatives that are buried in the family lot [Dovel-Stephens Family Cemetery]\" to her \"lot in Woodbine Cemetery, and there placed along with sister Laura and I, at the expense of my estate.\" Sallie died in 1938 and all of her deceased family members were removed to Woodbine Cemetery in 1940.","Materials related to Myrtie Stephens Yount's career as a teacher include two teaching contracts, printed examinations, and handwritten school material. Though many of these are not identified, it is presumed that they were used by Myrtie in her teaching.","Three military furloughs dated 1862 and 1863 and signed by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rodman Drake DeKay (1836-1886) are also included, but have no apparent connection to the Stephens family.","Oversize materials include an 1813 land indenture between Valentine and Nancy Wolf and Jacob Wolf. Valentine Wolf was Lewis Stephens' father-in-law. Lewis Stephens was Richard Stephens' grandfather and is also mentioned in several documents pertaining to Stephens' father, John Stephens. Also housed in oversize is a January 8, 1891 broadside advertising the public sale of Richard Stephens' personal property. The broadside describes 26 head of stock cattle, 100 tons of prime timothy hay, 300 bushels of wheat, and various farm implements.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1857-1931, 1991, contains letters to and from several members of the Stephens and Yount families. Corresponding envelopes are included as are envelopes with no corresponding letter.","A significant portion of the collection comprises the correspondence of Myrtie Stephens Yount, daughter of Richard and Mary E. Stephens. The correspondence is largely comprised of letters addressed to Myrtie with many of the letters from her future husband and cousin Joseph Byron Yount. Generally, the subject matter of the correspondence is newsy, providing updates on family and community members. While most of the correspondence between the couple dates prior to their marriage, a few letters date to after their September 1891 marriage. Of interest is a hastily written letter dated July 10, 1899 from Myrtie to Yount in which she delivers the news that her sister Josie has passed away. In the letter, Myrtie requests her husband bring her mourning clothes to her as soon as is possible. Another notable letter is dated June 14, 1899 to Myrtie Yount in which the correspondent recounts going to Harrisonburg for the unveiling of the Turner Ashby monument. Much of Myrtie's correspondence also discusses her and her colleague's teaching careers. One particular letter dated November 6, 1890 is written to Myrtie by a fellow teacher. He writes about his experiences teaching children in Brocks Gap.","A limited selection of correspondence addressed to or written by Richard Stephens, Mary E. Stephens, Josie Stephens, Sallie Stephens, and Laura Stephens is also included. Of note is a letter from Henry T. Garnett, Chief Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for Virginia, to Richard Stephens, dated November 6, 1861, appointing Stephens Collector of the Confederate States War Tax for the 3rd District of Rockingham County. A handwritten note by Garnett on the back of the letter reads: \"The owners of slaves are to give me the value and pay the tax upon all their negroes, whether said negroes are hired out or in their service.\" Stephens' November 1887 letter and certificate of reappointment as director of the Valley Turnpike Company is also included.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1916-1957, includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a few miscellaneous items including a half stick of chewing gum dating to 1916. Noteworthy items include a folder of seven vinegar valentines featuring color illustrations and corresponding poems. These lithographs likely date to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and feature racist sentiments or are otherwise insulting in tone. Two of the lithographs evoke Jim Crow era values and depict African Americans with stereotypical physical characteristics.","Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1812, were presumably collected by Joseph Byron Yount III, the last private owner of the Stephens and Yount Family Papers, as part of his genealogical research into his family. The subject files include undated photographs and facsimiles of primary source material relating to the Yount family in Pennsylvania. Of interest is a handwritten genealogical note relating to Ludwig/Lewis Stephens, the grandfather of Richard Stephens.","Series 5: 2018 Accessions, 1867-1995, comprises materials acquired in two separate accessions in 2018. Personal papers, research and genealogical materials, and photographs relate directly to immediate and extended Yount family members, specifically the children of Myrtie Stephens Yount and J.B. Yount.","Spotswood Hall, Turner Ashby Monument, New Hope Garage, Goshen, New Hope High School, South River, Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial at Goshen Pass, Marine's Camp at Ft. Defiance, Harriston, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Capitol, assorted Washington DC sights and buildings, Hightown, Monterey, Towers School, pet fawn, Natural Chimneys/Cyclopean Towers and jousting tournament, Langley Field, Naval Base, Jamestown, Yorktown, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Mt. Solon Dam, Stonewall Cottage (Melrose), North River Dam, Blacksburg, Castle Hill, University of Virginia, Kanawha River, Chicago World's Fair, Handley High School, Apple Blossom Festival, Skyline Drive, etc.","(Accession 2018-0315)","Inscribed: \"Presented to C.E. Koiner by J. Yount. May 1867\"","Includes a young J.B. 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The right edge of the newspaper has been trimmed and, as a result, the issue is incomplete."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_ba57889d7ff83f0fcf341190658eb73b\"\u003eThe Stephens and Yount Family Papers, 1812-1995, primarily document the Richard Stephens family of Rockingham County, Virginia and his descendants. 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At some point several members of the Strickler family moved out west to Washington (Sprague and Harrington), Nevada, and California to engage in various professional ventures including the lumber industry.","Strickler family members documented in this collection include Reuben Thomas Strickler (1854-1937) of Page County; William Isaac Strickler (1857-1928) of Nevada; and David Benton Strickler (1869-1898), Joseph Gideon Strickler (1855-1924), and Jacob Perry Strickler (1872-1934), all of Washington.","David Benton Strickler frequently wrote letters on his business letterhead including Shields \u0026 Bassett Lumber, D. B. 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Letters were written from Sprague and Harrington, Washington where David Strickler lived and worked in the lumber industry. The correspondence provides updates on family and work matters, and are generally newsy in their content.","Additional correspondence was written to Reuben Strickler by his brothers Jacob Perry, Joseph Gideon, and William Isaac. William Isaac Strickler (1857-1928) also wrote to his niece Mary Stickler Hoover (1895-1972). A cross-hatched style letter was written to Joseph Gideon Strickler in February 15, 1887 by an unknown sender.","An April-May 1928 travel diary chronicles a trip out west from New Market, Virginia to Nevada (and further on to Washington, Oregon, and California) after the death of William Isaac Strickler in March 1928. Contextual clues suggest that the diary was likely written by Mary Lucy Strickler Hoover (daughter of Reuben Strickler) who traveled with husband Samuel Beery Hoover. 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The correspondence provides updates on family and work matters, and are generally newsy in their content.","Additional correspondence was written to Reuben Strickler by his brothers Jacob Perry, Joseph Gideon, and William Isaac. William Isaac Strickler (1857-1928) also wrote to his niece Mary Stickler Hoover (1895-1972). A cross-hatched style letter was written to Joseph Gideon Strickler in February 15, 1887 by an unknown sender.","An April-May 1928 travel diary chronicles a trip out west from New Market, Virginia to Nevada (and further on to Washington, Oregon, and California) after the death of William Isaac Strickler in March 1928. Contextual clues suggest that the diary was likely written by Mary Lucy Strickler Hoover (daughter of Reuben Strickler) who traveled with husband Samuel Beery Hoover. The goal of the trip appears to be settling William Strickler's estate as well as visiting with family. Someone known only as \"B.\" is the diarist's companion on the trip. 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