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Correspondence, 1896-1897

File consists of three letters from Meta de Forest (Mrs. Lockwood de Forest) to her daughter Judith B. de Forest (1896), Rudyard Kipling to Lockwood de Forest (1896), and Carrie Kipling to Meta de Forest (1897).

Letter to Richard Pennington

Manuscript letter to Richard Pennington from Ruth Fritzsche, the daughter of Rainer Maria Rilke and Clara Westhoff. Thanks him for copies of the Rilke letters and notes that the 9 July 1907 was written to a Mrs. Schurgast. Accompanied by typescript English translation.

Placenta

File consists of mounted illustration of placenta drawn on the service of J. R. Goodall and signed "R. S. Goodall, '34."

Ledger, 1897-1898

Consists of paperbound manuscript ledger book with only 10 pages of entries for the years 1897-1898. Also includes two loose sheets of math problems with the name of Stella Curtis, Clarenceville Model School, laid in at the front. Financial transactions recorded under individual accounts with no additional details.

Letter

Consists of autograph signed letter to Forbes from the historian Charles Forbes Réne de Montalembet (the Count of Montalembert), son of Forbes's daughter Eliza Rose.

Letters from Napoleon to Alexander

I. (Schoebrunn, 10 October 1809) Acknowledgement of Russia’s recent peace agreement with Sweden. Highlighting the peace settlement with Austria; Napoleon emphasizes his view of the leniency of the agreement. Description of Wellesley’s landing in “le plus terrible pays du monde” (Iberian Peninsula). Mention of the United States’ growing discontent towards Britain and the possibility of a rapprochement between France and the U.S.
II. (19 February 1811) High praise for Caulaincourt and his role as ambassador in St-Petersburg. Napoleon justifies recalling his ambassador for ‘health reasons’ – marking a shift in France’s policy towards Russia in the build up to the Campaign of 1812.
III. (Paris, 6 April 1811) Faced with news of approaching (Russian) divisions to the borders of the Duchy of Warsaw, Napoleon declares he will raise fresh levies. Bonaparte nevertheless claims he wants peace, desires to remain amicable, and assures that he will “never to attack”.
IV. (Vilna, 10 July 1812) Request to transfer Alexander’s correspondence to the King of Saxony. Note Letter is misfiled as correspondence between Napoleon and Alexander

Autograph letter, 15 December 1819

File consists of an autograph letter from Abraham to his father, Thomas Abraham, containing a transcript of a 64-line poem titled 'Verses occasioned by the Scenery by the River Emont’, as well as news on the scarcity of silver, the movements of soldiers, and the present public mood.

Abraham, Robert, 1804-1854

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