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Letter from Thomas Perronet Thompson of Blackheath, [Kent] to George Pryme, Esq of Wiston, near Huntingdon, 19 Mar 1848. 'For the first time I appear to have got under the fallacy about a paper circulation based on all the land in the country. I just now perceive this included in the latest manifesto of Robert Owen.'

Autograph, with signature.

Copy of the newspaper, The Post Boy. Includes letter to Lady Rokeby of Northallerton, Yorkshire.

Newspaper, Not (Yet) The Times, printed by Slough Newspaper Printers, during strike (16pp) (August 1979).

Items relating to Iris Murdoch presented to the archives by Anne Rowe. Includes:

1) Papers on a proposed Festschrift on Iris Murdoch collated by Peter Conradi

2) Copies of the newsletter for the Iris Murdoch Society of Japan

3) Press articles on Iris Murdoch

4) Letters written to Anne Rowe and Peter Conradi regarding Iris Murdoch

5) Original text copies of the Iris Murdoch Society Newsletters Nos 1-19

6) Unpublished essay by Rachel Cusk on Iris Murdoch

Letter from Sir James Robert George Graham of Grosvenor Place, [London] to an unidentified recipient, 18 Mar 1839. 'The [Morning] Chronicle now reports much better than the other morning papers; but none of them are able to report, as you can. I am greatly obliged by your anxiety to give a good report of my speech on the Corn Laws [delivered in the House of Commons, 14 Mar 1839] ... Not one word was committed to paper beforehand, except the concluding passage which I send in confidence for your use, begging you will destroy it when you have used it ...'.

Autograph, with signature. Marked: 'Private'.

Comprises:

1. The Hospital: a weekly journal of Science, Medicine, Nursing and Philanthropy, editorial marked files, 1890-1923, containing manuscript annotations on each page identifying contributors to the Journal, with details of their remuneration;

2. The Hospital , incorporating the Hospital Gazette, bound volumes, 1935 - 1971, vols. 1-39 , continued as: The Hospital and Health Service Review, vols. 40-84, 1971 - 1988, vol. 85-87; continued as: Health Services Management, 1989 - 1991 (60 volumes + 60 volumes of duplicates);

3. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Burdett's Hospitals and Charities: being the year book of philanthropy and The Hospital annual: 5th edition, 1894 - 38th edition, 1928;

4. . The Charity Record and Philanthropic News, vols. 1-4, 1881 - 1884 (4 volumes);

5. The Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols 5-17, 1920 - 1930; continues as The Incorporated Association of Clerks and Stewards of Mental Hospitals Journal, vols. 1-10, 1931 - 1942 (6 volumes);

6. Aldridge's Hospital Diary and Buyers's Guide, 1947 - 1953 (7 volumes);

7. Sir Henry Burdett [et al.]: Hospitals and Asylums of the World. vol. 1 Asylums; vol. 2. Asylum construction with plans and bibliography (1891); vol. 4. Hospital construction, with plans and bibliography (1892). J & A Churchill, London.