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GB 0096 AL26 · Fonds · 1692

Letter from Sir Josiah Child of Streatham to the Hon. Sir Thomas Cooke, Governor of the East India Company, 28 Dec 1692. Recommending 'Bearer' [unidentified], who is willing 'to returne to Bombay a leift. In the meane time he is willing to be knowne to his Masters of which you are nowe ye Cheif'.

Autograph, with signature.

Child , Sir , Josiah , bap 1631, d 1699 , 1st Baronet , economic writer and merchant
Chichester canal speech
GB 0096 MS 188 · [1600-1606]

Manuscript volume containing a [transcript of a] speech by the Recorder of Chichester to King James I, [1600-1606], requesting a licence to export grain produced in Sussex from the city's port in order to pay the costs of cutting a channel from Chichester to the sea.

Unknown
GB 0096 AL211 · Fonds · 1876

Letter from Michel Chevalier of Lodeve Herault to Sir Edward Watkin MP [railway promoter], 7 Aug 1876. Concerning a project to construct the metropolitan railway in Paris after the International Exhibition [Exposition Universelle] has been held there [i.e. after Nov 1878]. 'Mr. Fenton, the general manager of the Metropolitan of London, has forwarded me a set of documents and notes which are of great interest. I will make use of them for some communications to the press'.

Autograph, with signature.

Chevalier , Michel , 1806-1879 , French economist
GB 0096 MS329 · Fonds · 1733

Certification of the Chaves Echavarri Y Vidal family's nobility issued by Juan Alphonso de Guerra y Sandoval to Philip V of Spain, 1733.

Unknown
Chatley, Herbert
GB 0096 MS 420 · 1895-1947

The boxes contain notebooks and papers, 1895-1947, mainly on the history of science and technology, with special reference to China.

Chatley , Herbert , fl 1895-1947 , historian
GB 0096 AL22 · Fonds · 1848

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Apr 1848. On algebraical formulae.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL25 · Fonds · 1852

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 4 Oct 1852. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL24 · Fonds · 1852

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 31 Aug 1852. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
GB 0096 AL23 · Fonds · 1850

Letter from Michel Chasles of Paris to Augustus De Morgan, 17 May 1850. On mathematical matters.

Autograph, with signature.

Chasles , Michel , 1793-1880 , French mathematician
Charitable Association
GB 0096 MS 427 · c1826

A history, c1826, and copies of three Royal Licences permitting it to enlarge its stock. Both the history and the licenses are in the same hand.

Charitable Association
Chapman, Sidney
GB 0096 MS 193 · 1885-1886

Paper entitled The Strike in the London Boot Trade, 1885-1886.

Chapman , Sidney , fl 1885-1886 , solicitor
Chapman, John: letter (1858)
GB 0096 AL21 · Fonds · 1858

Letter from John Chapman of 1 Albion Street, Hyde Park, [London] to George Grote, 17 Nov 1858. Regarding the copyright of the Westminster Review.

Autograph, with signature.

Chapman , John , 1821-1894 , publisher and physician
GB 0096 AL172 · Fonds · 1901

Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers of University College London, Gower Street, London to Dr [H F] Heath, Registrar of the University of London, Jun 1901. Concerning Chambers's duties as a supervisor at University examinations and referring to his work in the library at University College.

Autograph, with signature.

Chambers , Raymond Wilson , 1874-1942 , Professor of English Language and Literature
GB 0096 AL167 · Fonds · 1895

Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers of 47 Clarence Road, Wood Green, [Middlesex] to the Academic Registrar of the University of London, 22 Jun 1895. Asking for supervision work 'during the ensuing examination'.

Autograph, with signature.

Chambers , Raymond Wilson , 1874-1942 , Professor of English Language and Literature
Chamberlain's warrant
GB 0096 MS 769 · 1437

Chamberlain's warrant to the Clerk of the Rolls to make out letters of discharge to John Brompton, abbot of Jervaulx, who had made homage to the King at Sheen (Shene) on 8 Nov 1437 for all the lands and lordships which he claimed to hold of the king by knight service. Signed 'WP le Bardolff Chaummberlein' (possibly Sir William Phelip, later Lord Bardolf, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VI). Endorsed 'To the Clerk of the Rolls'.

Unknown
Chalmers, William
GB 0096 MS 628 · 1740-1744

A letter book of William Chalmers, 1740-1744, containing letters addressed to agents in Great Britain, Europe, the United States and North Africa. Commodities included wine, tobacco, cloth, spices, leather, copper, papers, butter, citrus fruit, figs, salt, cork and rum.

Chalmers , William , fl 1740-1744 , merchant
GB 0096 AL19 · Fonds · 1788-1804

Letters from George Chalmers to Sir Joseph Banks, 1788-1804. Including a letter eulogizing Arthur Young's Example of France a warning to Britain, 26 Feb 1793; and another discussing a publication of [William] Cobbett's, 14 Apr 1802.

Autographs, with signatures.

Chalmers , George , 1742-1825 , antiquary and public servant
GB 0096 AL20 · Fonds · 1821

Letter from George Chalmers of the Office for Trade, Whitehall to T Cadell, Esq, publisher, 17 Feb 1821. Referring to Chalmers's work Caledonia.

Autograph, with signature.

Chalmers , George , 1742-1825 , antiquary and public servant
Chalmers, George (1742-1825)
GB 0096 MS13 · Fonds · 1558

A manuscript volume containing a transcript by George Chalmers of a discourse, [1558], by John Yonge recommending the establishment of a bank of money for the relief of the poor. The proposal is for this bank to be formed by the payment of a death duty by all members of society, consisting of the best garment of the deceased. The manuscript also contains a proposal for the reformation of the coinage and a dedicatory epistle to Queen Elizabeth I.

Chalmers , George , 1742-1825 , antiquary and public servant
Chalmers, George
GB 0096 MS30 · Fonds · 1641-1808

A manuscript volume containing a collection of papers made by George Chalmers chiefly relating to Ireland including notes and transcripts relating to royal activity in Ireland from the time of King Henry II, tables of imports and exports for Ireland made in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century, a letter by Sir Peter Pett dated Dec 1678, and letters to Chalmers from General Charles Vallancey, Apr 1791, and Francis Douce, [1808]. On one paper, giving the exports of Ireland for 1641, 1665 and 1669, Chalmers has written 'This paper is worth more than its weight in gold'.

Chalmers , George , 1742-1825 , antiquary and public servant
GB 0096 MS1123 · Fonds · -46134

Certificate by James Butcher, prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas, 1773, concerning judgements against the Honourable John Dottin in the period, 1740-1773.

Butcher , James , fl 1773 , prothonotary
Certificate of Henry Wright
GB 0096 MS 871 · [1797]

Printed certificate with texts in English and French testifying that Henry Wright was an Englishman, possessed a 'handsome property', and 'may be depended upon in any mercantile concern he may transact between England and France, or any other nation', signed by Wright and 16 inhabitants of the parish of Tamworth, Staffordshire. With two duty stamps, one dated 1797. Printed by 'Cotton, printer, Tamworth'.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 988 · 1738

Certificate of burial in wool, 1738, for Mary Wilbey of the parish of St Benedict, Cambridge.

Unknown
GB 0096 AL279 · Fonds · 1878

Letter from Henri Cernuschi of 17 Avenue Velasquez, Parc Monceau to [Henry Hucks] Gibbs, 17 Nov 1878. Covering letter enclosing a copy of Cernuschi's La Diplomatie Monétaire en 1878 (1878), made up from a series of articles previously published in Le Siècle.

Written in another hand and signed by Marbeau.

Cernuschi , Henri , 1821-1896 , Italian politician and economist
Cayley, Arthur
GB 0096 MS1012 · Fonds · 1891

Nine foolscap pages of handwritten mathematical calculations and notes by Arthur Cayley entitled 'Areal Co-ordinates' (December 1891)

Cayley , Arthur , 1821-1895 , mathematician
Cavalier Playing Cards pack
GB 0096 MS1092 · 1886

Cavalier Playing Cards collection, 1886, comprises a bound volume containing a pack of cavalier playing cards, designed in the era of Charles II, forming a complete satire of the Commonwealth, published by the Clarendon Historical Society, with accompanying typescript explanation on each card by Edmund Goldschmid (1885-1886).

Unknown
Catch Club, London
GB 0096 MS 970 · 1821-1832

Lists of the several catches, glees and canons to which gold medals have been adjudged by the Catch Club, from the year of its institution in 1761; with the names of the respective composers and the dates of their compositions. The awards for 1821-32 are added in manuscript.

Catch Club, London
GB 0096 MS 617 · 1847

Manuscript volume cotaining a 'Catalogue of the library of Colonel Thomas White of Woodlands, County Dublin. Dublin. Executed by Hodges & Smith, 1847'. The volume has an engraved titlepage and an index, and is arranged by subject.

Hodges and Smith
GB 0096 MS367 · Fonds · 1543

Notarial warrant authorizing possession by order of Ludovico Ortiz, mayor of Madrid, to Francisco de Castaneda of the premises in the Canos del Peral in the vicinity of Salamanca, sold to him by Ana de Vivera, 24 Jul 1543.

Unknown
GB 0096 AL18 · Fonds · 1817

Letter from John Cartwright to Mr Chantry, 2 Nov 1817. Recommending Mr Gualter as 'a candidate for an expected vacancy of surgeon to the Westminster Hospital.'

Autograph, with signature.

Cartwright , John , 1740-1824 , political reformer
GB 0096 AL17 · Fonds · 1828

Letter from Edmund Cartwright of Lyminster, Arundel, [Sussex] to [the Editor of the Edinburgh Review], 29 Jan 1828. Describing the services rendered by his late father in the invention of the power loom and the inadequacy of the Government grant of £10,000, which 'did not repay one fifth part of loss which his family sustained, and which, as his only son, has continually fallen on me'. With the letter are 7 printed verses which Cartwright senior had desired 'might be engraven on his tomb'.

Autograph, with signature.

Cartwright , Edmund , 1773-1833 , clergyman and son of Edmund Cartwright senior
Carte, John
GB 0096 MS 627 · 1793-1815

Two manuscript volumes containing accounts of John Carte of Ampthill, giving details of work done as a glazier, and, less frequently, as a plumber and decorator, 1793-1811. Customers are named, as are their places of residence, mostly in the immediate vicinity of Ampthill. Inserted loosely are four bills addressed to Carte for plumbing equipment and glass supplied from Birmingham and London, 1810-1815.

Carte , John , fl 1793-1815 , glazier
GB 0096 AL494 · Fonds · 1869

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of the University of London, Burlington House, London to Edward Walford, 29 Mar 1869. Concerning Walford's application for the Examinership in Classics.

Autograph, with signature.

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator
GB 0096 AL16 · Fonds · 1859

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of University of London, Burlington House, London to Augustus De Morgan, 24 Oct 1859. Referring to the possibility of examination papers being seen surreptitiously before the examination. On the question of 'cramming' he doubts 'the possibility of destroying it by any method of Examination. I believe, however, that a viva voce Examn. would furnish the best antidote to it.'

Autograph, with signature.

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator
GB 0096 AL364 · Fonds · 1875

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of the Registrar's Office, University of London, Burlington Gardens, London to Mr W H Herford, 18 Jun 1875. 'We shall not refuse to receive your son's entry when his certificate arrives; but we ought not to be asked to commit this irregularity. If all the candidates were to commit it, the business of the University could not be carried on ...'.

Autograph, with signature.

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator
Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919)
GB 0096 AL 15f · Collection · 1913

Papers of Andrew Carnegie, 1913, comprise a letter to R A Rye, thanking him for a copy of 'The Libraries of London'.

Carnegie , Andrew , 1835-1919 , manufacturer and philanthropist
Carlyle, Thomas
GB 0096 SL V 10 · 1854-1867

A holograph manuscript, 1854-1867, of the essay Prinzebraub.

Carlyle , Thomas , 1795-1881 , historian and philosopher
Carlton, William
GB 0096 MS Carlton · 16th century-20th century

Manuscripts written in and about shorthand, 16th-20th centuries.

Carlton , William , 1886-1973 , collector
GB 0096 MS1140 · Fonds · 1805-1847

Correspondence of William Carey, John Campbell, Jospeh Hume, Thomas Babington Macaulay and John Philips, 1805-1847, comprising a letter from Joseph Hume to John Campbell, Apr 1843, regarding the petition from Montrose against the Factory Bill; a letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay to an unknown recipient, 6 Apr 1847, regarding the probable loss of his seat in Parliament; a letter from John Philips of Aberdeen to his brother, 19 Apr 1815; a letter from William Carey of Calcutta, to his father, 31 Dec 1805, describing conditions in India; and a letter from John Campbell to his "Christian Brethren" in Copenhagen, 7 Jan 1807.

Carey , William , 1761-1834 , orientalist and missionary Campbell , John , 1766-1840 , Independent minister, philanthropist and traveller Hume , Joseph , 1777-1855 , radical and politician Macaulay , Thomas Babington , 1800-1859 , Baron Macaulay , historian Philips , John , fl 1815 , of Aberdeen
Canudo, Ricciotto
GB 0096 MS 507 · c1908

A typescript, c1908, entitled La Renaissance de la Tragédie et les Spectacles de Plein-air en France. Alterations and additions in the author's own hand.

Canudo , Ricciotto , fl 1908 , writer
GB 0096 MS 392 · 1762

Manuscript relating to customs duties on alcoholic spirits imported to Quebec, Canada, 1762, entitled 'Account of all Spirituous Liquors paying Duty to His Majesty Entered inwards in the Port of Quebec in Canada between the 26th May & 31st August 1762, with the particular Quantity & Quality of Spirits & the Duties Levied thereon'. Signed by John Gray, Collector of Customs, and dated 31st Aug 1762. The manuscript is endorsed 'Amount of Duties on Spirituous Liquors. Quebec 31st Aug 1762.' The following ships are mentioned, together with their masters' names and the ports whence they had come: William and Sarah, Union, Sally and Lucy, William and Elizabeth, Juno, Hope, American, Success and La Rette.

[Possibly] Gray , John , fl 1762 , customs official
Campo, Domingo del
GB 0096 MS351 · Fonds · 1656

Exemption from lodging courtiers and soldiers, Domingo del Campo, 31 Dec 1656.

Unknown
GB 0096 AL228 · Fonds · c 1815-1841

6 letters written by Thomas Campbell, c 1815-1841. Correspondents include Lord Jeffrey [Francis Jeffrey], Cyrus Redding and Bess Campbell. Topics covered include social engagements and Campbell's health.

All items are autograph, with signatures.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 AL125 · Fonds · 1823

Letter from Thomas Campbell of 10 Upper Seymour Street West, [London] to Longmans and Co, Paternoster Row, 4 Apr 1823. Asking for copies of his works Pleasures of Hope and Gertrude of Wyoming.

Autograph, no signature. With seal.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 AL124 · Fonds · 1809

Letter from Thomas Campbell to [? Henry Thomas, Lord] Cockburn, 22 Apr 1809. 'I have put to press my farrago [Gertrude of Wyoming (1809)] and if Bensley can print it fast enough I shall be out in a few weeks but they compose almost as slowly as myself - You will think it odd ... that I have not seen Marmion [published 1808] but in a random glance at some pages - When you come to town we shall settle every thing about its merits'. The 3 remaining lines of the letter have been scored out.

Autograph, with signature.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 AL127 · Fonds · 1838

Letter from Thomas Campbell of 61 Lincoln's Inn Fields, [London] to [Mr Fonblanque], 14 Aug 1838. Apologising for breaking a dinner engagement without warning: he was called suddenly to Edinburgh to the bedside of his eldest sister. Complaining of feeling 'wretchedly feeble' himself.

Autograph, with signature.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 AL126 · Fonds · 1838

Letter from Thomas Campbel of Lincoln's Inn Fields, [London] to S Shoberle, Esq [for the publishing firm of Henry Colburn], 12 Marlborough Street, 10 Apr 1838. Acknowledging receipt of Coxe's manuscript Life of Petrarch; asking for other books on Petrarch and 'also a small copy (and a common one) of Petrarch's works'.

Autograph, with signature.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 AL128 · Fonds · [1830-1844]

Fragments of 5 letters from Thomas Campbell, of which 3 were written to Cyrus Redding, [1830-1844]. Including one wrapper with a seal.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
Campbell, Thomas
GB 0096 MS 478 · 1830-1831

Two holograph manuscripts, 1830-1. The first is a six verse poem written for The Metropolitan. The second is a draft of an article, 'Notices of the Life of Lord Byron by Mr Moore, and remarks on those notices by Lady Byron', published without significant alteration in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Vol. 28 (1830), pp. 33.

Campbell , Thomas , 1777-1844 , poet
GB 0096 MS 205 · 1668

Authorisation, 1668, to seize upon contraband Irish beef and other provisions, on the attempt being made to import them into Scotland.

Campbell , Archibald , 1629-1685 , 9th Earl of Argyll