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Letter attributed to Susanna Burney, 1770

Manuscript letter attributed to Susanna Burney. The letter comprises four unnumbered pages on one long sheet, folded vertically. The letter is not addressed to a particular recipient but instead begins: "Appendix to follow, April 19 1767. - Written this Year of our Lord 1770." Inscription "No. 4" is found on upper left corner and "21 [p?]" on upper right corner. Letter is written in brown ink on laid paper.

The letter describes her acquaintances in France from April 1767, including descriptions which she mentions as having been omitted from her journal for the year 1767.

Burney, Susanna, 1755-1800

Draft of Autobiography - School and Cambridge

File contains drafts of chapter 3 of Lord Noel Noel-Buxton's autobiography, entitled "School and Cambridge." Includes sections titled Harrow, Switzerland, Miss Marsh, Cambridge, Fowell Buxton, and Uncle Charles.

Invoice, 10 March 1772

Invoice for the purchase of sacks bought from Millis & Fossick by Messrs David Strachan & Co. Invoice includes a small illustration of a horse with tack.

Hamadryas Baboon

Drawing of a Hamadryas Baboon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Balfour

Two letters from Arthur James Balfour to Lord Noel-Buxton. The letters are related to a paper Noel-Buxton write about Bulgaria, and about territorial resettlement during the Paris peace talks in 1919.

Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)

Two mounted drawings of a vulture affixed to a single page. Upper image is a small painting of the bird, lower is a life-sized bust portrait of the bird with a rough sketch of the whole bird in upper right corner. The lower painting also includes some illegible pencil notes in the bottom left, probably relating to the measurements of the bird. Inscription beneath the lower painting reads: "Indian long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Correspondence, Charles Burney and Michael Kelly, 16-20 May 1806

Autograph letter in the third person, as Mr. Kelly, requesting the use of Dr. Burney's Box at an Opera Salon in Pall Mall to be held on May 20th, 1806. In a response dated on the 20th May 1806, Burney explains that he was on the road and unable to send the letter until 4 o'clock that day, and therefore sends apologies to Kelly.

Burney, Charles, 1726-1814

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