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Acc. 2011.296","/repositories/2/resources/49"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2011.296","/repositories/2/resources/49","Broome Family Papers","Europe--Description and travel--20th century","Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel","South America--Description and travel.","Virginia--Genealogy","Deeds--Virginia","Genealogy","Photograph albums","Real property","Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th century","Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs","Women travelers--Diaries","Women--Travel","Cabinet photographs","Correspondence","Deeds","Diaries","Genealogical tables","Genealogies","Photographs","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.","Organized into five series.  Series 1: Photographs, Series 2: Travel Diaries, Series 3: Family Papers, Series 4: Genealogy and Series 5:  Legal Records.","Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in May 2011. Arranged and described by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in April 2012.","Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)","Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America."," The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.","Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.","Photograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"","Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.","Travel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.","Documents and correspondence of individual family members.","Marriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.","Papers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.","Ellie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.","Ceritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"","William Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.","Copy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.","Letter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"","Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.","Three letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.","Empty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.","Partially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.","Letter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.","Promissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914","Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)","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","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family","Taliaferro, Louise B.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Arranged and described by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in April 2012."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWedding March\u003c/emph\u003e sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and correspondence of individual family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEllie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCeritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmpty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America."," The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.","Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.","Photograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"","Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.","Travel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.","Documents and correspondence of individual family members.","Marriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.","Papers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.","Ellie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.","Ceritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"","William Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.","Copy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.","Letter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"","Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.","Three letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.","Empty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.","Partially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.","Letter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.","Promissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWedding March\u003c/emph\u003e sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)"],"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_coll_ssim":["Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family","Taliaferro, Louise B."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company"],"famname_ssim":["Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family"],"persname_ssim":["Taliaferro, Louise B."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":31,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:08:44.319Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_49","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_49","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_49","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_49","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_49.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Broome Family Papers","title_ssm":["Broome Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Broome Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1862-1995"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1862-1995"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2011.296","/repositories/2/resources/49"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2011.296","/repositories/2/resources/49","Broome Family Papers","Europe--Description and travel--20th century","Richmond (Va.)--Description and travel","South America--Description and travel.","Virginia--Genealogy","Deeds--Virginia","Genealogy","Photograph albums","Real property","Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th century","Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs","Women travelers--Diaries","Women--Travel","Cabinet photographs","Correspondence","Deeds","Diaries","Genealogical tables","Genealogies","Photographs","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.","Organized into five series.  Series 1: Photographs, Series 2: Travel Diaries, Series 3: Family Papers, Series 4: Genealogy and Series 5:  Legal Records.","Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in May 2011. Arranged and described by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in April 2012.","Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)","Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America."," The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.","Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.","Photograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"","Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.","Travel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.","Documents and correspondence of individual family members.","Marriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.","Papers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.","Ellie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.","Ceritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"","William Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.","Copy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.","Letter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"","Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.","Three letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.","Empty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.","Partially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.","Letter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.","Promissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914","Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)","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","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family","Taliaferro, Louise B.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments and correspondence of individual family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEllie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCeritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmpty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Broome family of Richmond, Virginia. Includes 2 diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro from a 1924 European trip and one diary of an unknown woman from a 1924 European trip.  Includes photographs, genealogical material, legal and business papers and correspondence, including letters of Talbot Broome during voyages to South America."," The connection between Louise B. Taliaferro and the Broome Family has not been established.  Louise B. Taliaferro was married to William M. Taliaferro and lived in Richmond, Virginia.  It is possible that Louise Taliaferro and Ellie Broome were friends.","Photographs of the Broome Family, mostly from the period 1867 to 1930. Includes studio portraits of children and adults plus photographs of family, friends, animals and homes. Sizes range from 1\" square to 8\"x10\";. Very few photographs are labeled, but some locations mentioned are Richmond, Norfolk, Sarasota, Belgrade, Craigville, Tampa Leo, Bethel, Savanna and Kimberley. Names written on the reverse of some photographs include William Theodore Bloome, Ellie Adele Williams (Bloome), Talbott Dornin Broome, Ellie Broome, Emma Dornin Broome, William Broome, Edith Livingston Broome, Ellie Montclair, Alice Newkirk (Elliott), Ruth Searing and Miss Cary. Two 8\"x10\" group photographs of the Commonweath of Virginia, Purchases and Supply department for 1966 and 1971, a wedding picture from Bee Allen's wedding and a group photograph of girls from their graduation from Kimberley. There are duplicates of many photographs, scattered among the different sizes. The photographs are filed loosely by size.","Photograph album of an unknown member of the Broome Family. Photographs appear to be from a family vacation on a lake with a rustic log lodge. 4.5\" x 5.5\"","Three travel diaries describing European trips. Two diaries are written by Louise B. Taliaferro and one by an unknown writer.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of May 27th to July 24th. She left on the French Cruise Line, S.S. La Bourdonnais and shared a room with Katherine, Sister Margaret and May. She gives the itinerary of her trip at the beginning of the diary. This diary covers her trips through France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. She has one or more page entries for each city she visited. She also includes names of people she met, people who attended a party, gifts she received and more. Notation at end of book, \"From Katherine Bemise, Mrs. Hunter McGuire. 1924.\" Small pencil holder with pencil is on the side of the diary.","Travel Diary of Louise B. Taliaferro from her trip to Europe in 1924, covering the dates of July 29th to September 1st. Her itinerary includes France, Belgium and Great Britain. Contains two poems and one gargole postcard insert.","Travel diary written by an unknown woman during a trip to Europe, from February 20 to June 20, 1924. She leaves from New York. The handwriting is different from the diaries of Louise B. Taliaferro.","Documents and correspondence of individual family members.","Marriage certificate of Edward P.S. Broom and Emma Dornin on December 18, 1862 from the Church of the Ascension in New York, New York signed by Horatio Southgate, Rector of Zion Church.","Papers of Ellie Adele Williams of Richmond, Virginia who married William Theodore Broome of New York. Her parents were Harriet Jean Talbott and Richmond LeRoy Williams and grandparents were Caroline Moore Benson and Charles Talbott. Mother of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbot Dornin Broome. June 15, 1896 certificate for membership in the Richmond Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, as Ellie A. Williams. Newspaper clippings of Ellie Adele Williams marriage to William Theodore Broome in Richmond, Virginia. July 1896. Newspaper clipping of the death of William Theodore Broome, son of William T. and Ellie Williams Broome. June 6, 1898. Newspaper clipping about a party held in the Broome's home in honor of Miss Evelyn Williams of Richmond, Virginia and sister of Ellie Adele Williams Broome. undated. Letter from \"Grandpa\" to his daughter, Mrs. Ellie Broome in Montclair, New Jersey. August 18, 1917. Typed letter from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on the S.S. Virginian, a cargo ship, on a trip to South America. He tells about the weather and his experiences on the ship. He also describes his experiences in Reo. The letters date from Monday, April 12 to May 11, 1920. May 20 -June 8, 1926 letter(s) from Talbott Broome to his Mother while on a voyage with Captain and Mrs. Cann and Mr. Morris, the Chief Engineer. Most \"mates\" are from England or Scotland. Gives daily schedule and recounts how boring it is and how he looks forward to seeing land. Mentions seeing millions of albatross flying overhead \"as far as the eye could see, and for all one day, from daylight to dark.\" Comments on how much better he feels. June 21[1926] letter from Talbot Broome in Argentina to his Mother about a 150 mile ride to one of the \"big ranches.\" Condolence letter from Jno. Lucas on the death of her husband. November 18, 1931. Christmas card from Bill, Peg and Win Cook. December, 1940. Letter from Miss Lucy T. Fenner of South Orange, New Jersey, about items in her house that belonged to Elizabeth [Strong] that should stay in the family, including a Dornin Family Bible. April 23, 1946. Obituaries of Mrs. Ellie Williams Broome, November 27, 1950. Card to \"Mother\" and card from \"My Precious Son.\" Undated. Newspaper article about a meeting of the \"Monclair unit of the New Jersey Democratic Women's Association\" where Mrs. William T. Broome was a new member. Undated. Invitation to membership in the Woman's Club of New York with brochure, undated.","Ellie Williams Broome is the daughter of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome. Certified copy (1955) of the birth certificate of Ellie Williams Broome on March 9, 1905. June 3, 1924 certificate from \"The Kimberley School\" stating that \"Ellie Williams Broome has satisfactorily completed the General course of this school.\" June 15, 1926 letter from her brother, Talbot, while in Bahia Blanca, where he decribes the town and terrain. Brochure for the Montclair Art Museum where Ellie exhibited a sculpture, \"Meditation\" with a pricetag of $200.00. November 15-December 20, 1931. 3 copies. Poem to Ellie from \"Marietta\" [Ewald Cook] with note \"For Ellie, to be opened en route - not before.\" 1933. This poem also with her obituary notices. Newspaper clippings and wedding invitation for the marrieage of Marietta Chapin Ewald to Winthrop Olmstead Cook in Monclair, New Jersey. May 2, 1936. October 1941 birth annoucement for William Ewald Cook. Job acceptance letter from the Commonweath of Virginia noting \"you are employed...as a clerk on a trial basis of six months for service in the Division of Purchase and Printing...\" Acknowledgement letter from the Valentine Museum for the gift of a toy dog, 1951, and announcement of its display in 1951 and 1961. Letters from the Personnel Section of the Commonweath of Virginia to J.C. Rees about a job review for \"position No. 27, Clerk B, Division of Purchasing and Printing; incumbent, Ellie W. Broome,\" where he praises Ellie but cannot raise her position. February 25 and 28th, 1955. Invitation to join the Pi Omicron National Sorority, Alpha Delta Chapter In Richmond, Virginia. March 20, 1964. Personal letter from Ruth Bullock, National President, accepting Ellie as a member in the Pi Omicron National Sorority, July 30, 1965. Obituary, funeral card, copies of poem by Marietta Cook and a Westminister-Canterbury death checklist for Ellie Williams Broome. 1995. Poem to Ellie, possibly by one of her coworkers, Undated. Envelope labeled \"Prayers\" with clippings of prayers.","Ceritified copy (1951) of the birth certificate of Talbott Dornin Broome, born August 4, 1900. List entitled \"Talbott's vocabulary at 18 months, single words.\" Letter to \"My dear little boy\" from \"Your Dear Old Daddy,\" where he writes \"...been out in a horse and buggy for three long days...\" October 28, 1904. Church Bulletin of St. Luke's Church when Talbott was confirmed. May 10, 1914. Citizen's Seaman's Identification card and book for traveling on a ship. Each include a photograph and description. The card is dated March 22, 1920 and the book, May 12, 1926. Certificate from the Junior Industrial Army of New Jersey, Agricultural Division, for \"Talbot B. Broome as a member. \"...has rendered satisfactory farm service during the season of 1917.\" November 1, 1918. Letter from the president of the \"Centennial Celebration\" at the University of Virginia appointing Talbott as the delegate to \"represent the University at the alumni meeting to be held in your community...\" December 7, 1920. Certified photostat copy of a life insurance application to the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. 1920. Letter from Ellie Williams to \"Dear Brother\" about her visit in Richmond. November 29, 1922. Newspaper obituaries and card for Talbot Broome, January 28, 1958. Newspaper photograph of \"Commercial Construction Judges\" which includes Talbot Broome. Undated. Newspaper article entitled \"Broome is Named Analyst for CPA,\" undated. A cartoon entitiled \"puzzle picture\" where the people are labeled \"Mother, Auntie, Evelyn, Little Sister and \"Who is this?,\" undated. Note: On his birth certificate, Talbott was spelled with two \"t's\" but often during his life, it was spelled with one \"t.\"","William Theodore Broome was married to Ellie Adele Williams and was the Father of Ellie Williams Broome and Talbott Dornin Broome.  His parents were Emma Dornin and Philip Livingston Broome. A birthday letter from his father addressed to \"Willie T. Broom...Ludlow, Vermont.\"  Attached business card for \"Mr. William T. Broome\" has a handwritten note, \"April 9th 1891 - 1896.\"  August 15, 1871. Letter from Heidelburg, Germany to W.T. Broom, care Mr. W.C. Dornin...New York City\" from Helen S. Mitchell.  She describes her experiences in Germany as a part of a group of 8 women.  Mentioned seeing the comet out the window on the way to Cologne.  October 29, 1882. Letter from his Mother c/o R.W. Evans of  Hudson-Columbia County, New York.  May 26, 1887. Letter from \"Shef\" with silly word plays.  May 25, 1893. Small advertisement for \"New Wholesale Hat and Cap House...E.P.L. Broom...\" addressed to W.T. Broome in Richmond, Virginia.  April 1894. Correspondence between W.H. Williams, General Manager of the Union News Company, New York City and W.T. Broome.  William Bloome, who works for The Union News Company, asks for a better position in the company, which is refused because of business restraints.  Clarence Williams also responds with a personal letter.  Includes a letter to Uncle William C. Dornin, April 1894. Letter from sister Ellie Bloome about the Broome coat-of-arms and other genealogy comments, November 4, 1894. Letter from Uncle Will congratulating him on the good news, November 3, 1895. Letter from his Grandmother saying she was so proud of his success \"I went to my room and cried for joy.,\"  December 2, 1895. News clippings pasted on a sheet of paper with four leaf clovers about the marriage of Ellie Adele Williams and William Theodore Broome.  Clippings are from the Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, The Philadelphia Press and the Richmond State.  Includes telegram from Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dornin and Thomas P. Armisted with marriage congratulations, July 1896. February 26, 1900 letter from Ellie Broome to her husband at the Hotel Lexington in Lexington, Virginia about her \"sweet lovely baby.\" Letter from Ellie, his wife, about her baby and other birthdays, August 15, 1900. News clipping about the appointment of William T. Broome as the manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 1907. Handwritten note from Talbott to his Father, circa 1908. Letter from W.C. Dornin, on Columbia University Club stationery, about copying material on the \"coffins\" \"...they are so far off your line.\"  Notes items sold (family items?) and land in Jamaica (New York?). Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, telling about his time in \"Reo\"  and Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Laments that he had not realized he would need so much money while he was in port, May 18, [1920]. Letter from his son, William Theodore Broome, on American-Hawaiian Steamship Company letterhead, about how lazy the people are, borrowing money from Captain Greene, and the price of items.  \"If I had enough money I could buy a package of Skunk Skins for 180 peso...,\" May 23, 1920. Obituary of William T. Broome, Undated. List of flowers and cards at the funeral of \"Mr. William T. Broom, November 18, 1931\" from the L.T. Christian Funeral Service in Richmond, Virginia. Bill from Arthur K. Brown, Inc. for the funeral expenses, $766.78, November 19, 1931. Letters from the funeral home to Talbott Broome about the evergreens on the grave, December 14, 1931 and  August 3, 1932.  The bill includes the planting of evergreens.","Copy of Chancery case with C.C. Taliaferro against Erasmus Taylor, administrator of Mrs. Ann M. Allen and others. Concerns money paid by Taliaferro in the interest of Mrs. Allen M. Allen to many people. Orange Circuit Court. December 20, 1884. Edward L. Travis, lawyer from Halifax, North Carolina to Mss. Christian and Christian, Richmond, Virginia about the case of Taliaferro vs. Sater and Company which was brought in the name of H.B.Taliaferro and Co. States that the death of a partner in a company does not mean a lawsuit does not continue. February 6, 1893. Copy of Bill of Information written to Honorable Samuel F. Coleman, Circuit Court Judge, Buckingham County, Virginia by Nathan T. Payne about liens on his lands. Lein trust prepared by N.T. Payne to Daniel Lyon, Jr., trustee, and given to C.C. Taliaferrto who is selling the land, 1891-1893. State of Virginia Supreme Court publication for H.B. Taliaferro and Company versus W.A. Sater and Company, et. al, all from Halifax, Virginia. Concerns ownership of timber cut from land either owned by S.T. Rawls as an individual or as a partner in Hale Brothers, February Term, 1893. Check or receipt for $400 from Taliaferro and Co. to \"Myself.\" for sixty days, undated.","Letter from E.H. Williams, Gloucester C.H., to Harriet offering condolences for the death of a relative. Mentions Hattie, Martha, Wilson Family and Mrs. Cook, November 2, 1878. Letter from Talbot Broome to J. Henry Brown and Son of Richmond, Virginia with the notation, \"the dates you requested for the stone for Evelyn R. Williams are as follows: August 20, 1872 -November 21, 1945. November 15, 1946.\"","Genealogy material on the Broome, Ruggles, Livingston, Talbott and Crooke families, including applications for the Sons of the American Revolution through Corporal Gamaliel Marchant.","Three letters from George B. Kinkead, College of Preachers, Cathedral Close, Washington, D.C. to Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Broome about a headstone in Poughkeepsie, New York for Charles H.H. Broome, deceased December 12, 1872. Kinkead states that the area has no other burials and was \"supposed to belong to Ruggles\" though the Crookes, Ruggles, and Broomes are related. He also found an old Crooke burying ground near Hyde Park which contained Charles Crooke and his wife, Jane Van Valkenburgh, plus other ancestors of the Broomes. He wants to use the plot to move the stones to the Poughkeepsie cemetery, where a Crooke is buried near the Broome family. He gives the genealogy of Jan Van Valkenburgh through the Crooke and Broome families.","Empty envelope addressed to Capt. W. G. Coffin of Cincinnati, Ohio from Spencer [Houss] of Cumberland CH, Virginia, November 7, 1867. Newspaper article from the New York World about Charles Broom finding old letters from his Livingston, Barker and other ancestors at an old family farm near Woodburn, Sullivan County, June 25, 1878. Copy of a newspaper article about Miss Edith Livingston Broome and her success as the manager of the store on the Lapland during her maiden voyage. New York Journal, April 20, 1909. (Sister of William Theodore Broome). Handwritten family trees for the Dornin, Coffin, and Broome familes. Hand colored Coat of Arms of the Broome family on a tattered piece of poster board. Genealogical reports tracing William and Anneke Brooke Broom to Talbot Dornin and Ellie Williams Broome. \"Family Record,\" possibly from a Bible, beginning with Charles Crooke who married Jane Van Valkenburgh. Report on Emma Dornin, daughter of William Henry and Poebe George Coffin Dornin and wife of Edward Phillip Livingston Broom. Request from H.A. to L.E. B., in a newspaper article, to contact him for more information on the Broome Family, undated. Obituary for Clermont Livington, on the Judson three miles north of Tivoli, the son of Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Livingston. Newspaper article on the death of John Lloyd Broome while his son, George C. Broome and new bride were rushing to his bedside. Byline is Binghamton, New York, undated.","Partially completed application by William T. Broome to the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the New York State Sons of the American Revolution through his ancestor, Corporal Gamaliel Marchant. Undated. Correspondence with the Montclair Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution about application process. 1920. Blank application for the State of New York Sons of the Revolution Form letter to Mrs. W.T. Broome, with partial list of members, for membership in The Order of Jamestown, 1926.","Letter of E.L. Travis of W.H. Day law office to Jackson Bolton of Richmond, Virginia about signing a $50 bond, January 10, 1893. Signed copy of last will of Edith Livingston Broome with signatures of witnesses, Frances L. Watkins and Frank C. [?], April 4, 1920.","Promissary note between Greenville Land and Improvement Company, who is indebted to H.B. Taliaferro of H.B. Taliaferro and Company in Richmond, Virginia for $5042.89, to be transferred to Thomas J. Jarvis. Pitt County, North Carolina, September 1, 1892. Deed between James Brown of Pitt County, North Carolina and William P. Smith, trustee, of Richmond, Virginia concerning land and property transferred to P.B. Taliaferro by Thmas J. Jarvis in 1893 and then to James Brown, May 8, 1894. Typed instructions and to-do list for mortgage closing entitled \"Memorandum for S.C. Hamilton, Jr..\" 1896. Blank note form for The Pedigo-Beller Real Estate Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, circa 1890. Papers concerning the purchase of Lot 48, Stanmont Estates in Brookhaven, New York by William T. Broome of Norfolk, Virginia and Darr Realty of New York State. Includes deed and correspondence about payments and taxes, 1911-1914"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWedding March\u003c/emph\u003e sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts have been separated from the collection and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including: handcolored portrait of girl affixed on glass (2011.296.01),  Wedding March  sheet music souvenir (2011.296.02), daguerreotype of George Bunker Coffin (2011.296.03), daguerreotype of Abigail Allen Coffin (2011.296.04), tintypes of Emma Dornin Broom (2011.296.05, 2011.296.06, and 2011.296.07), tintype of unidentified man (2011.296.08), brass calling card printing plate for Mrs. William T Broome (2011.296.09), photo of girl affixed on beveled glass circle (2011.296.10), lock of hair (2011.296.11)"],"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_coll_ssim":["Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company","Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family","Taliaferro, Louise B."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Taliaferro, H.B. and Company"],"famname_ssim":["Broome family","Dornin family","Williams family"],"persname_ssim":["Taliaferro, Louise B."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":31,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:08:44.319Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_49"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9074","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9074#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Curtis, Georgia Ragsdale, 1913-2008","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9074#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCollection contains printed materials, photographs, and church-related documents related to Georgia Ragsdale Curtis of Roanoke, Virginia and her family including her sister Laura Ragsdale Barnett. The earliest materials include a 1912 handwritten diary of a Ragsdale family member. The papers in the collection include newspaper clippings of family obituaries, family funeral service programs, family photographs, civil rights related papers and magazines, Addison High School and Patrick Henry High School papers and yearbooks related to Georgia's career as a teacher, and several papers related to the Blue Ridge Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia which Georgia was very involved with from at least 1966 until her death in 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9074#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9074","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9074","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9074","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9074","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9074.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Curtis, Georgia Ragsdale Papers","title_ssm":["Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers"],"title_tesim":["Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1912-2002","1930-1975"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1930-1975"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1912-2002"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 2010.500","/repositories/2/resources/9074"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2010.500","/repositories/2/resources/9074","Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers","African Americans--Virginia--Photographs","African Americans--Virginia--Roanoke","Baptist Church--Virginia--History","Virginia State University--Students","Cabinet photographs","Photographs","Printed ephemera","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.","Box 1 folder 7 is housed with the Manuscripts Artifacts Collection.","Georgia Ragsdale Curtis lived in Roanoke, Virginia and was born on June 4, 1913. She received a teaching degree from Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia (the present-day Virginia State University) and later received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the same institution in 1943. Georgia married James William Curtis who was involved in the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home of Roanoke, Virginia. She was a member Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a member of the NAACP, and particiapted in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Georgia Ragsdale Curtis died on April 11, 2008.","Accessioned and minimally described by Benjamin Bromley in October 2010."," Processed and finding aid written by Austin W. Smith in November-December 2010.","Yearbooks and books separated and catalogued as rare books include: 1966 Lucy Addison High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Georgia C. Curtis, B.S., M.A.\" is featured with a photograph as a teacher in the English Department on page 13; 1974 Patrick Henry High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Mrs. Georgia Curtis\" is featured with a photograph as guidance counselor on page 24 (This is the year that Curtis retired and handwritten notes from colleagues appear throughout the front portion of the yearbook); book Nabala, by J.A. Caskie, 1922; book The Origin of the Black Man, by John W. Tyndall, AM. LL.D., 1927 (signature of J.E. Ragsdale in front and back of book along with Blue Ridge, VA); book Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin, 1928 (signature of Randolph Bolles and date 1929 in front of book); book Utica Jubilee Singers Spirituals, by J. Rosamond Johnson, 1930.","Phonograph records from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.","Collection contains printed materials, photographs, and church-related documents related to Georgia Ragsdale Curtis of Roanoke, Virginia and her family including her sister Laura Ragsdale Barnett. The earliest materials include a 1912 handwritten diary of a Ragsdale family member. The papers in the collection include newspaper clippings of family obituaries, family funeral service programs, family photographs, civil rights related papers and magazines, Addison High School and Patrick Henry High School papers and yearbooks related to Georgia's career as a teacher, and several papers related to the Blue Ridge Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia which Georgia was very involved with from at least 1966 until her death in 2008.","Diary, school diplomas, autograph books, school papers, funeral service programs and obituaries, civil rights papers, and other documents related to the Ragsdale family, especially Georgia Ragsdale Curtis and Laura Ragsdale Bruce.","A Wannamaker 1912 diary with handwritten daily entries of a few sentences each. It is not clear whose diary it is, but may be determined by a thorough reading of it. Presumably owned by a member of the Ragsdale family.","Diploma awarded by Blue Ridge School, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma awarded by Lucy Addison High School in Roanoke, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma awarded by Lucy Addison High School in Roanoke, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma to teach elementary grades, awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes Normal School in Petersburg, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia.","Awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia.","Book used at Virginia State College, Ettrick, Virginia.","Placed inside Georgia Ragsdale 1934 College Autograph Book.","Book used at Lucy Addison High School.","Includes photograph.","Includes photo of Laura Ragsdale.","Includes photograph of Georgia Curtis.","Including Mabel Watson.","Narrated by Ralph Cooper, Audio Record. Transferred to Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.","Headlines include: \"Untold Story: Seven Days of Crisis in Selma\" and \"Tragedy Stalks King in Alabama.\"","Headline: \"The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.\"","Headlines include: \"Business People Take a Bible Break,\" \"Revivals Can't Be Organized,\" and \"The World Out of Which Books Grow.\"","\"From – The Senior Chorus Berean Baptist Church, To – Our Beloved President, Laura R. Bruce, June 1965\" Bible includes handwritten family births, marriages, deaths, and burials. Births: J.E. Ragsdale – May 8, 1879; Ethel Ragsdale – March 31, 1889; Mabel Ragsdale – June 1, 1905; Laura Ragsdale – July 27, 1911; Georgia Ragsdale – June 4, 1913; Guy Ragsdale – July 22, 1915. Marriages: Robert Barnett to Laura; Silas Ragsdale to Sallie Flood. Deaths: J.E. Ragsdale – August 29, 1961; Ethel Ragsdale – November 16, 1969; Mabel R. Watson – February 28, 1972; Hobo – January 26, 1973. Burials: Papa – September 2, 1961; Mama – November 19, 1969; Mabel – March 2, 1972; Hobo – January 31, 1973.","Two copies.","Thirteen copies.","Regarding flight to Los Angeles, California and Roanoke, Virginia.","By Maxie C. Jackson, Jr.","Papers, blueprints, service programs, and account ledger of the Blue Ridge Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia. Also includes programs related to other churches and assorted religious booklets.","yearly budget, finances, and other notes regarding the church","Three copies.","Three copies.","Two copies.","Two copies.","Two copies.","Four copies.","Maroon cloth covering, contains 14 photographs.","Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Housed in oversize box.","Housed in oversize box","Yearbooks and books separated and catalogued as rare books include: 1966 Lucy Addison High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Georgia C. Curtis, B.S., M.A.\" is featured with a photograph as a teacher in the English Department on page 13; 1974 Patrick Henry High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Mrs. Georgia Curtis\" is featured with a photograph as guidance counselor on page 24 (This is the year that Curtis retired and handwritten notes from colleagues appear throughout the front portion of the yearbook); book Nabala, by J.A. Caskie, 1922; book The Origin of the Black Man, by John W. Tyndall, AM. LL.D., 1927 (signature of J.E. Ragsdale in front and back of book along with Blue Ridge, VA); book Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin, 1928 (signature of Randolph Bolles and date 1929 in front of book); book Utica Jubilee Singers Spirituals, by J. 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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.","Box 1 folder 7 is housed with the Manuscripts Artifacts Collection.","Georgia Ragsdale Curtis lived in Roanoke, Virginia and was born on June 4, 1913. She received a teaching degree from Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia (the present-day Virginia State University) and later received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the same institution in 1943. Georgia married James William Curtis who was involved in the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home of Roanoke, Virginia. She was a member Delta Sigma Theta sorority, a member of the NAACP, and particiapted in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Georgia Ragsdale Curtis died on April 11, 2008.","Accessioned and minimally described by Benjamin Bromley in October 2010."," Processed and finding aid written by Austin W. Smith in November-December 2010.","Yearbooks and books separated and catalogued as rare books include: 1966 Lucy Addison High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Georgia C. Curtis, B.S., M.A.\" is featured with a photograph as a teacher in the English Department on page 13; 1974 Patrick Henry High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Mrs. Georgia Curtis\" is featured with a photograph as guidance counselor on page 24 (This is the year that Curtis retired and handwritten notes from colleagues appear throughout the front portion of the yearbook); book Nabala, by J.A. Caskie, 1922; book The Origin of the Black Man, by John W. Tyndall, AM. LL.D., 1927 (signature of J.E. Ragsdale in front and back of book along with Blue Ridge, VA); book Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin, 1928 (signature of Randolph Bolles and date 1929 in front of book); book Utica Jubilee Singers Spirituals, by J. 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The papers in the collection include newspaper clippings of family obituaries, family funeral service programs, family photographs, civil rights related papers and magazines, Addison High School and Patrick Henry High School papers and yearbooks related to Georgia's career as a teacher, and several papers related to the Blue Ridge Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia which Georgia was very involved with from at least 1966 until her death in 2008.","Diary, school diplomas, autograph books, school papers, funeral service programs and obituaries, civil rights papers, and other documents related to the Ragsdale family, especially Georgia Ragsdale Curtis and Laura Ragsdale Bruce.","A Wannamaker 1912 diary with handwritten daily entries of a few sentences each. It is not clear whose diary it is, but may be determined by a thorough reading of it. Presumably owned by a member of the Ragsdale family.","Diploma awarded by Blue Ridge School, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma awarded by Lucy Addison High School in Roanoke, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma awarded by Lucy Addison High School in Roanoke, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Diploma to teach elementary grades, awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes Normal School in Petersburg, Virginia. Rolled when acquired, flattened and housed in oversized box.","Awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia.","Awarded by Virginia State College for Negroes in Ettrick, Virginia.","Book used at Virginia State College, Ettrick, Virginia.","Placed inside Georgia Ragsdale 1934 College Autograph Book.","Book used at Lucy Addison High School.","Includes photograph.","Includes photo of Laura Ragsdale.","Includes photograph of Georgia Curtis.","Including Mabel Watson.","Narrated by Ralph Cooper, Audio Record. Transferred to Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.","Headlines include: \"Untold Story: Seven Days of Crisis in Selma\" and \"Tragedy Stalks King in Alabama.\"","Headline: \"The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.\"","Headlines include: \"Business People Take a Bible Break,\" \"Revivals Can't Be Organized,\" and \"The World Out of Which Books Grow.\"","\"From – The Senior Chorus Berean Baptist Church, To – Our Beloved President, Laura R. Bruce, June 1965\" Bible includes handwritten family births, marriages, deaths, and burials. Births: J.E. Ragsdale – May 8, 1879; Ethel Ragsdale – March 31, 1889; Mabel Ragsdale – June 1, 1905; Laura Ragsdale – July 27, 1911; Georgia Ragsdale – June 4, 1913; Guy Ragsdale – July 22, 1915. Marriages: Robert Barnett to Laura; Silas Ragsdale to Sallie Flood. Deaths: J.E. Ragsdale – August 29, 1961; Ethel Ragsdale – November 16, 1969; Mabel R. Watson – February 28, 1972; Hobo – January 26, 1973. 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Caskie, 1922; book The Origin of the Black Man, by John W. Tyndall, AM. LL.D., 1927 (signature of J.E. Ragsdale in front and back of book along with Blue Ridge, VA); book Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin, 1928 (signature of Randolph Bolles and date 1929 in front of book); book Utica Jubilee Singers Spirituals, by J. Rosamond Johnson, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Yearbooks and books separated and catalogued as rare books include: 1966 Lucy Addison High School Yearbook, Roanoke, VA, \"Georgia C. 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Rosamond Johnson, 1930."," All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection."],"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","Curtis, Georgia Ragsdale, 1913-2008","Barnett, Laura Ragsdale, 1911-1979"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"persname_ssim":["Curtis, Georgia Ragsdale, 1913-2008","Barnett, Laura Ragsdale, 1911-1979"],"language_ssim":["English","English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":176,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T13:57:27.156Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9074"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8560","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Richard G. 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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://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. 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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.","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. 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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. 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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. 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