- CA RBD MSG 53
- Fonds
- 1797-1800
Conains a log or "continuation of proceedings" of the H.M.S. Hannibal maintained by its commander, E.J. Smith.
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Conains a log or "continuation of proceedings" of the H.M.S. Hannibal maintained by its commander, E.J. Smith.
Fonds consists of original manuscript for the romantic opera, "Conrad, or, The Heir of Holstein," adapted from Matthew Gregory Lewis's One O'Clock. Libretto was composed by W. H. Bellamy and music by William Hutchins Callcott.
Bellamy, William Henry, 1800-1866
Fonds consists of an album of autograph letters and signatures, including letters both to and from Nichols. Correspondents include John Temple (26 November 1821) and Charles Burney Jr. (5 January 1809). Also represented in the fonds are Nichols's children John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863) and John Gough Nichols (1806-1873), including a letter to John Gough Nichols from Sir Henry Ellis (2 December 1842).
Nichols, John, 1745-1826
Jean Baptiste de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye Fonds
Contains six manuscript volumes of extracts concerning French antiquities from manuscripts by de la Curne de Ste Palaye and Denis-François Secousse.
La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, Jean-Baptiste de, 1697-1781
In the days of old. A Quaker child, 1893. The original typescript has critical notes by Samuel Butler and Holman Hunt at the end.
Tylor, Isabella, 1893
Fonds includes The Duel, a prose short story, December 1838, 68 pages. Also included are prose pieces by Susan Corse, dated March-August 1838, and Elements of the philosophy of the human mind [approimately 1860?].
This manuscript is the final portion of a treatise on political economy. There are also prose stories and fragments.
Hunt, Thorton Leigh, 1810-1873
This is the pay ledger for Wolfe's Regiment of Marines.
Wolfe, Edward, 1685-1759
Anecdotes of Painting in England, annotated with manuscript.
The fonds consists of manuscript travel journals, engravings, and letters of naturalist, artist, and author James Forbes. The fonds containsa five-volume fair copy of a manuscript travel journal prepared by Forbes describing his travels and stays in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland during 1796 and 1797. Entries describe the climates, cultures, art, monuments, and historical sites of the places he visited. Some entries also reflect current events, such as the French Revolution, and comparison between the places he visited and his native England. The journals were prepared by Forbes ostensibly for his daughter, to whom the first volume contains a dedication. The fifth volume contains an addendum dated 1799. The The fonds also contains two letters, one a letter to Forbes from his grandson, the Count of Montalembert, and one a letter from Forbes to his sister, Eliza Fothergill, dated 1788. The final materials in the fonds are two hand-coloured engravings of illustrations created by Forbes in 1771 and 1783, and published by Richard Bentley (London, 1834).
Forbes, James, 1749-1819