Arthur William Symons' holograph manuscript of 'London Nights' in ink with occasional corrections and two poems, 'At Corinth' and 'Ada', which were not included in the published volume of poems.
Symons , Arthur William , 1865-1945 , editor and poet(1) Letter from Randall Carline Swingler of the Left Review, 2 Parton Street, London to Thomas Sturge Moore, c1938. Asking him to contribute an article to the Left Review. Sturge Moore's draft reply appears on the reverse.
(2) Letter from Randall CarlineSwingler of the Left Review to Thomas Sturge Moore, c1938. Enclosing the final proof [missing] of Sturge Moore's article Fashions in art and literature.The article appeared in the April 1938 issue.
(3)Letter from John Edgell Rickword of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Hampstead Branch, 47 South Hill Park to Thomas Sturge Moore, 15 Feb 1938. Asking him to chair a lecture.
Swingler , Randall Carline , 1909-1967 , writer Rickword , John Edgell , 1898-1982 , poet and book reviewer x Rickword , EdgellMoore , Thomas Sturge , 1870-1944 , writer and wood engraver x Sturge Moore , Thomas
Papers of Algernon Charles Swinburne, [1869], comprise To "Sorella Cara" [?one of Swinburne's sisters]. '... my attempt at a translation of the great words "ai Giovanni" is as nearly complete as you expected it to be by this time if I did undertake it.' 'Have you seen the truly chivalrous and bortherly defence of Byron by Martin Tupper? Read and rejoice. There is a communion of spirits between the great, in life or death.' The remainder of the letter comprises 'genealogical information'.
Swinburne , Algernon Charles , 1837-1909 , poetA holograph manuscript, 1890, of an article entitled Robert Davenport, written by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Swinburne , Algernon Charles , 1837-1909 , poetManuscript volume containing a paper entitled 'A state of the trade to Sweden before and since the Prohibition', presented to the House of Commons as a petition for the relaxation of restrictions on trade with Sweden, 1717-1718.
UnknownManuscript notebook containing details of supply granted by Parliament for 1740, with the votes from 17 Nov 1739 to 10 Mar 1740 authorising it. Includes details of the resolutions of the Ways and Means Committees from 26 Nov 1739 to 11 Mar 1740.
UnknownPrinted warrant, completed in manuscript and dated 28 May 1751, directed to the constable of Thornham Magna (Great Thornham), Suffolk, to produce Ann Lincoln, single woman, before E. Frere, Justice of the Peace to answer charges brought against her by Thomas Mottram of 'keeling false and short yarn'. There is a note of conviction 'but the punishment was respited on account of sickness'. Signed by E.Frere.
Suffolk , Quarter SessionsManuscript volume containing the minutes of the sub-committee of the House of Lords for printing the Rolls and Journals of Parliament, 9 Mar 1767-30 May 1777.
House of Lords , sub-committee for Printing the Journals and Rolls of ParliamentManuscript volume relating to English territorial possessions in the East Indies, entitled 'Mémoire sur l'État actuel de l'Angleterre dans l'Inde', [1785], with corrections and notes said to be in the hand of Abbé Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713-1796), who altered the title to read 'Mémoire sur les possessions territoriales de l'Angleterre dans l'Inde'. The work is written on the left hand half only of each page, the other half containing [Reynal's] manuscript notes.
UnknownA collection of letters, printed circulars, etc, mainly addressed to William Blackwood, of Messrs Stuart and Blackwood, Peebles, Scotland, 1859-1901. The topics covered reflect the firm's business activities: requests for legal advice or legal action; requests to act as agents or trustees; and legal advice or legal action on insurance, assurance and debts. A signficant proportion of the letters concern the Symington extension of the Caledonian Railway Company (1861).
Stuart and Blackwood, legal writers and insurers, of Peebles, Scotland.Two way bills of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, 1862, one dated 10 Feb from Adelaide Colliery, Bishop Auckland; the other dated 13 Feb from North Bitchburn Colliery, Witton-le-Wear, Durham.
Stockton and Darlington Railway CompanyManuscript account of expenses occurred by Dr Thomas Hume for the printing by John Stockdale's firm of Odes of Anacreon, translated by the poet Thomas Moore, 1800. The discharged account bears a note 'Settled in full November 11th 1800', and the signature of Thomas Hume. With a duplicate receipt for £181.18.0 signed by John Stockdale.
Stockdale , John , [1749]-1814 , publisherDocuments, 1902-1922, relating to the granting of arms to Sir Edward Stern.
Stern , Sir , Edward David , 1854-1933 , 1st Baronet , Lieutenant ColonelPapers of Sir Louis Saul Sterling (1879-1958), including: lists and catalogues of books, manuscripts and other material held in the Sterling Library, perhaps compiled by Sir Louis Sterling or by members of the University of London Library prior to the transfer of the Library to Senate House, c1950; ephemera and photographs relating to the opening of the Sterling Library at Senate House Library, University of London by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 1956; material concerning the life and work of Sir Louis Sterling, including an early scrapbook concerning Sterling's work in the gramophone industry, bound and boxed scrapbooks of letters and ephemera celebrating Sterling's 50th birthday and the award of his knighthood, certificates and other ephemera, 1903-1981; material relating to the functions and running of the Sterling Club which aimed to organise theatrical performances and other social events in order to raise money for charity; and to 'further the interests of Anglo-American friendship', 1938; photographs concerning the life and work of Sir Louis Sterling, including photographs of Sterling and Lady Sterling, personal holidays and meetings with friends and family, social engagements and from the official opening of the Sterling Library at Senate House Library, University of London, 1904-1956; letters, mostly to Sir Louis Sterling, concerning Sterling's library and its contents, the purchase of books or manuscripts for the library, arrangements to visit the library and personal matters, including letters from H.E.Bates, Hector Bolthio, Sir Compton MacKenzie, Louis Golding, Emil Ludwig, various booksellers and others, 1923-1974.
Sterling , Sir , Louis Saul , 1879-1958 , Knight , businessman and book collectorLetter from Robert Stephenson of 24 Great George Street, [London] to Edward Ackroyd, 28 Jun 1845. Concerning the importance of good gradients and the 'engineering of the West Yorkshire [railways]'.
Stephenson , Robert , 1803-1859 , railway and civil engineerLetter from Magnús Stephensen of Copenhagen to His Excellency the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 17 Oct 1807. Referring to Banks's visit to Iceland and complaining of the severe effects of war [i.e the Napoleonic Wars] on the trade of that country. 'For it is altogether unavoidable for this Island to escape hunger if it is only to hold out one single winter without being supplied with provisions.'
Written in another hand and signed by Stephensen.
Stephensen , Magnús , 1762-1833 , Chief Justice of IcelandLetter from Joseph Rayner Stephens of Stalybridge, Lancashire to an unspecified recipient, 6 Aug 1853. 'I am afraid it will not be in my power to comply with your request [to sell or give away some of his father's letters]. Continuing that he will try to obtain an autograph of his father's [John Stephens].
Autograph, with signature.
Stephens , Joseph Rayner , 1805-1879 , Methodist minister and social reformerLetter from James Stephen, Master in Chancery's Office, London to James Cropper Esq of Liverpool, 7 Nov 1825. 'I have just recd. a letter from our friend [?Zachary] Macaulay informing me of an intended publication of the Liverpool anti-slavery society of which he supposes a copy has been also sent to me. I have not received it, but from what he says of its contents, am afraid of losing a post in saying to you that I earnestly request its publication may be at least suspended, till we can submit to the consideration of your Society the remarks we have to make on it ...' [no such tract was published by the Liverpool Society of the Abolition of Slavery around this time, perhaps due to Stephen's letter]. Discussing current aspects of the problem of emancipation and concludes that direct legislation by parliament is 'the only means by which anything good for the slaves can or will ever be effected. My hopes I lament to say of any early adoption of such means are very faint indeed, but it is nevertheless our duty to call for them ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
Stephen , James , 1758-1832 , lawyer and slavery abolitionistManuscript notebook compiled by Andrew Henry Lynch, [1812-1819], giving statistics of the population of counties, parishes, baronies and boroughs of Ireland, chiefly drawn from the census returns. Includes notes on the population of Ireland in previous centuries. A label on the back of the volume reads 'Lynch. Irish Statistics'.
Lynch , Andrew Henry , fl 1812-1819 , demographerCopy of a précis of a statement by Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, made before the Russian ambassador to Paris, Prince Alexander Borisovitch Kurakin, on 15 Aug 1811, ostensibly proposing a basis for negotiations with Alexander I, Emperor of Russia. The document refers to the battle of Rudchek between the Turks and Russians, troops in Danzig, Warsaw and Poland, the size of French armies and Russia's violation of the Tilsit agreements. The source of the copy was a dispatch of the Austrian ambassador to Paris, Karl-Philip von Schwarzenberg.
UnknownLetter from Walter Fitzwilliam Starkie of Consejo Británico, El Representante en España, Almagro, 5 Madrid to Miss [D] Proctor, 2 Jun 1950.
Starkie , Walter Fitzwilliam , 1894-1976 , scholar of Spanish literatureA holograph letter, 1746, from Stanhope to Thomas Prior, secretary of the Dublin Society.
Stanhope , Philip Dormer , 1694-1773 , 4th Earl of Chesterfield , statesman(1) Letter from Charles Stanhope of Chevening, near Sevenoaks, Kent to William Frend, [May 1795]. Declining an invitation to be 'one of the Stewards for your dinner ... But wherever I am, you know that I am unalterable in all my civic Principles.' Deploring the 'studied Incivism' shown by the petition from the county of Middlesex. (2) Letter from Mrs A M D Wilhelmina Stirling, 30 Launceston Place, Palace Gate, London to William Frend De Morgan, [1944-1960]. Includes comments on the content of item (1).
Both letters autograph, with signatures.
Stanhope , Charles , 1753-1816 , 3rd Earl Stanhope Stirling , Wilhelmina , 1865-1965 , collector and sister of Evelyn De MorganManuscript volume containing Letters Patent of King James I, 1622, addressed to Henry Montague, Viscount Mandeville and several other Lords, Knights and Esquires, appointing them Commissioners on a Standing Committee on Trade. This manuscript would seem to be a contemporary copy of the original document, containing the composition of and the instructions issued to what was practically the first English Board of Trade.
UnknownThe Cobden Club prize winning essay for 1912 The taxation of the "unearned increment" by Josiah Charles Stamp.
Stamp , Josiah Charles , 1880-1941 , 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands , statisticianPapers of Reginald Stephen Stacey, 1931-1972, mainly relating to his pharmacology work at St Thomas's Hospital, London, comprising laboratory notebooks, 1931 and 1956-1967, containing pharmacological testing methods, experiments, observations and research; working papers, 1952-1972, notably comprising notes, correspondence, drafts and offprints relating to Stacey's work on 5-Hydroxy-tryptamine (5-HT), platelets, brain amines, and the effects of various drugs; publications, 1949-1970, including works on platelets, the relation of brain amines to depression, and other pharmacological issues; lectures by Stacey, 1955-1971, on platelets, 5-HT, iatrogenic diseases, therapeutics, and types of drugs; conference papers, 1967-1968; material relating to committees and societies, 1963-1972, including the British Journal of Pharmacology, the British National Committee for Physiological Sciences, the British Pharmacological Society, the British Pharacopeia Commission, the Research Defence Society, and the Society for Drug Research; correspondence, 1959-1972, with academics and scientists; teaching material, 1949-1970, for courses in pharamacology, therapeutics and anaesthetics; papers relating to the University of London and other examining bodies, 1964-1970; and biographical material relating to Stacey, including photographs, 1932-1938 and 1968, and obituary notices.
Stacey , Reginald Stephen , 1905-1974 , pharmacologistA book of accounts, 1603-1655, relating to the pier at St Peter's Port, Guernsey.
St Peter's Port Pier GroupAdmission book of St Peter's Sunday School, 1913, comprising a list of students in class 3; details of teaching materials; details of payments for teachers; and the liturgy for Church of England Sunday Schools.
St Peter's Church of England Sunday SchoolNine notes and memoranda, 1861-1864, addressed to Rainford Junction, near St Helens on railway traffic matters, mostly from the Engineer's Office and the Passenger Dept., St Helens, but also from the Goods Dept. at Garston and Widnes Docks.
St Helens Canal & Railway CompanyMaps and rent rolls of the estate of Sir Richard St George, 1775.
Frizell , Charles , fl 1755 , attendant to the estate of Sir Richard St George(1)The Mirfield Papers (1925-c.1969) mostly containing correspondence between Amy Buller and Father Edward Keble Talbot (d. 1949), Superior of the Community of Resurrection, Mirfield 1922-40; (2)The Bennet Papers (1949-1968) are papers of Dr. E. A. Bennet relating to the establishment and operation of St. Catharine's Cumberland Lodge; (3)The Scott Papers (1941-1966) consist mostly of correspondence between Amy Buller and Francis Scott concerning the Scott family's financial support; (4)The James Papers (1976-1979) contain correspondence, taped recollections and notes assembled by Walter James, Principal 1974-1982, during the writing of A short account of Amy Buller and the founding of St. Catharine's Cumberland Lodge (printed privately, 1979); (5)The Eastaugh Papers (1955-1959) contain correspondence collected by Cyril Eastaugh, Bishop of Kensington during his time as Chairman of the Trustees of St. Catharine's; (6)Cumberland Lodge Papers (1944-1972) contain: constitutional and administrative records of St. Catharine's (1944-1972); (7)The Vick Papers (1962-1966) consist of correspondence between Dr. Francis Arthur Vick (later Sir Arthur Vick), member of the Council of St. Catharine's, and Amy Buller. (8)The Pateman Papers (1953-1978) consist of correspondence and other papers of John Anderson Pateman, Honorary Secretary of the Trustees and of the Council of St. Catharine's 1960-1973, trustee 1972-1980; (9)The Harvey Papers (1966-1974) consist of correspondence and other papers of Major Thomas Cochayne Harvey, CVO, DSO, trustee of St. Catharine's 1960-1988 and chairman of the Council 1961-1968; (10)Secretarial Papers (1964-1984) concern constitutional and administrative aspects of St. Catharine's during the period; (11)The Pool Papers (1979-1984) consist of correspondence of John Arthur Pool, Honorary Treasurer of the Trustees of St. Catharine's 1972-1973 and Honorary Secretary of St. Catharine's 1973-1980, trustee 1980-date; (12)The Charteris Papers (1979-1987) consist of correspondence of Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Charteris of Amisfield, Chairman of the Trustees of St. Catharine's 1978-1986.
Buller , Amy Ernestine , 1891-1974 , warden of St. Catharine's Cumberland LodgeManuscript volume containing 'The Public and private life of Squallina, enriched with various anecdotes of distinguished persons, compiled by an intimate acquaintance of all', dated to the 19th century.
UnknownBook, c1835, entitled Longinus on the Sublime in Writing. Translated, with notes original and selected, and three dissertations.
Spurdens , William Tylney , fl 1835 , writerLetter from Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury of 1 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London to Sir William Job Collins, 20 Jun 1925. Writing as Secretary of the Medico-Legal Society to express the hope that he would attend the next meeting of the Society and take part in the discussion. Autograph, with signature.
Spilsbury , Sir , Bernard Henry , 1877-1947 , Knight , pathologistLetter from Sir Stephen Spender of Panton House, 25 Haymarket, London to [? J H P Pafford, Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London Library], 30 Sep 1953. Covering note enclosing 'a copy of our new venture, Encounter', a magazine of which Spender was one of the editors.
Typescript, signed by Spender.
Spender , Sir , Stephen Harold , 1909-1995 , Knight , poet and criticPapers of Brenda Elizabeth Spender, 1925-1947, fourteen letters written to Spender from Constance Holme (1 letter), Walter de la Mare (1 letter), Wilson Midgley (1 letter), George E B Saintsbury (6 letters and 4 cards) and Siegfried Sassoon (1 letter). Most items concern business carried out by Spender in her role at the literary editor of Country Life.
Spender , Brenda Elizabeth , 1884-1967 , author and journalistLetter from Sir Stanley Spencer of 3 Vale Hotel Studios, Hampstead, London to Thomas Sturge Moore, 26 Apr 1926. 'Here at last is the monograph of my works ... The much wanted or unwanted explanation of my pictures will be found in the book of words, so there will be no more trouble now, all is clear at last ... I am doing a big picture of the resurrection ... (18ft x 9ft) and it is going to take years to paint and I love painting it so I am enjoying myself ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
Spencer , Sir , Stanley , 1891-1959 , Knight , artistLetter from Herbert Spencer of 340 Strand, [London] to Robert Chambers, 31 May 1852. Covering note enclosing a copy of Spencer's pamphlet A theory of population (1852).
Autograph, with signature. The front wrapper of the pamphlet is inscribed to Chambers.
Spencer , Herbert , 1820-1903 , philosopherLetter from Herbert Spencer of 38 Queen's Gardens, Bayswater, London to an unknown recipient, 28 Apr 1874. Written on the blank page of a lithographed letter giving reasons why Spencer 'must take measures for diminishing the amount of his correspondence', etc.
Written in another hand and signed by Spencer.
Spencer , Herbert , 1820-1903 , philosopherLetter from Herbert Spencer of the Bristol Hotel, Brighton to Mr Williams, 25 Jan 1878. 'I did not ask for the Second Edition of [Henry] Sidgwick's Ethics. I asked for the additions and alterations ... printed separately ... As for the book itself I do not want it. I do not regard it worth the paper it is printed upon.'
Autograph, with signature. Annotated in a different hand [?by an assistant of Williams] on the dorse of the first leaf.
Spencer , Herbert , 1820-1903 , philosopherCorrespondence, papers, drawings and newspaper cuttings relating to Herbert Spencer. Also contains photographs, portraits and drawings of Spencer, his family and other subjects, 1830-1936, as well as minutes of meetings of Herbert Spencer's trustees (1905-1936). Correspondents include Sir Robert Peel, Richard Cobden, John Bright, Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Sir John Herschel, Charles Darwin, George Grote, Edward Henry Stanley, Benjamin Jowett, John Stuart Mill, Charles Kingsley, Edward Stanley [fourteenth earl of Derby], Thomas Henry Huxley, William Gladstone, Leslie Stephen, Beatrice Webb, Sir Hubert Parry, James Anthony Froude, Lord Queensberry
Spencer , Herbert , 1820-1903 , philosopherContains the following items: ff 3-8. Certaine replies and obiections Answered by William Lord Burleigh at the Councell Table vizt. whether it may stand with good polecy for her Majestie to ioyne with [ciphers] in their enterprize of [cipher]. ff 9-24. A collection of speeches by Sir Nicholas Bacon while Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1558-1579) ff 27-31. An extract of House of Commons proceedings for Nov 1601. ff 32. A Speech made by the Lord Chauncellor of Fraunce [King?] at such time as he was by the kinges [Louis XIII] commaund willed to [resign] his office. ff 34-35. Wise and grave precepts. ff 36-47. Another collection of speeches by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper. ff 48-60. To Mr. Anthonye Bacon. An apologye of the Earle of Essex agaynst those that falslye and Maliciouslye taxe him to be the onlye hinderer of the peace and quiet of his Cuntrye. ff 64-77. Severall speeches made by Sir Francis Bacon Lord Keeper of the greate Seele of England. ff 80-118. A collection of certen letters written by Sir Frauncis Bacon Knight and others. [f 112 is blank].
UnknownSpecification for Leeds and Selby Railway, contracts numbered 1 and 2, Sep 1830. This specification was owned by Rastrick but may not have been created by him.
Rastrick , John Urpeth , 1780-1856 , civil engineerLetter from Robert William Speaight of 6 Maze Road, Kew, Richmond, Surrey to Miss [Joan] Gibbs, 20 Dec 1943. Accepting an invitation [to speak at Queen Mary College, University of London].
Autograph, with signature.
Speaight , Robert William , 1904-1976 , actor and authorSpaccio della Bestia Trionfante. Proposto da Giove, Effetuato dal Consiglio, Revelato da Mercurio, Recitato da Sophia, Udito da Saulino, Registrato dal Nolano, Diviso in tre dialoghi, Subdiviso in tre parti e Consecrato al Molto Illustre ed Eccellente Cavaliero Signore Philippo Sidneo. Stampato in Parigi. MDLXXXIII.
UnknownLetter from Robert Southey of Keswick, [Cumberland] to the Chairman of the Committee on the Record Commission, 14 Jul 1836. Replying to a series of questions put forward by the Committee. Including a list of the publications of the Record Commission in Southey's possession. Autograph, with signature.
Southey , Robert , 1774-1843 , poet, journalist and biographerSL V 28 is a holograph letter written by Robert Southey to John May and SL V 29 is a holograph manuscript of Southey's The Book of The Church Vindicated, 1797-1826.
Southey , Robert , 1774-1843 , poet, journalist, biographerPapers relating to shipping at Southampton, 1844-1847, comprising:
- Printed form, completed in manuscript, headed 'The Grand Turk. Captain V. Wrightson from Southampton to Havre'. The form provides for entries of the number and names of hands (not entered), log of the voyage (Southampton and Portsmouth), nature and value of merchandise carried, and cabins occupied, 28-30 Sep 1844. It is endorsed '1 Havre Station. G.Turk. Sep 28 - Oct 1 [18]44. £85 12s.O. C.B. 56.'
- Valuations of the following vessels: Monarch, Atalanta, Ariadne, Camilla, and Sarah (coal hulk), all th £8,800; Calpe, Transit, South Western, Grand Turk, Lady de Saumarez, Robert Burns, City of Edinbro', and Queen Mab (coal hulk), all worth £14, 718; and also of 12 horse boxes on wheels (£84), and one office on wheels (£15) belonging to the South Western Steam Packet Company; and of mooring chains, anchors, etc., of the hulks Queen Mab and Sarah (£70). Each valuation is signed by Joseph White, ship builder, East Cowes, for Ritherdon & Carr, Oct 1844.
- Three bills of sale, completed in manuscript, for the Ariadne, Camilla and Monarch, all dated 8 Jun 1847, sold to George Henderson of Southampton, and Matthew Uzielli, merchant, of 62 King William Street, London, by the trustees of the South of England Steam Navigation Company. Each bill is endorsed 'Custom House Southampton' 21 June 1847, with signatures of customs officials. The bills include details of the construction (and subsequent alterations) of the ships, date of building, and date of registrations. On the dorse of each bill is a printed form, completed in manuscript, for the receipt of money.
(a) Bill of sale for Ariadne of Southampton, master John Fuszard, sold for £3,000.
(b) Bill of sale for the Camilla of Southampton, master John Priaulx, sold for £2,000.
(c) Bill of sale for the Monarch of Southampton, master Richard White, sold for £10,000.
Orders for payment of dividends or transfer of stocks, 1712-1783, mostly addressed to John Grigsby, accountant of the Company, and his successor, Charles Lockyear.
South Sea CompanyPapers relating to investments in the South Sea Company, 1712-1783, mainly receipts, printed forms completed in manuscript, bonds, legal documents and other papers, some printed. The collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the investments of the Manners family in South Sea stock, 1713-1724, notably Katherine Manners, Dowager Duchess of Rutland, John Manners, 10th Earl and 2nd Duke of Rutland, Lucy Manners, Duchess of Rutland, Lord William Manners, Lady Frances Manners and Lady Katherine Manners; a text, in the hand of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, of the agreement between the Bank of England and the South Sea Company for the latter to take over the National Debt, 23 Sep 1720; three letters from Charles Cotes to Thomas Snow, Goldsmith, relating to Cote's speculations in South Sea stock, 28 Sep-15 Oct, 1720; a copy of the minutes of the Directors of the South Sea Company on 15 Sep 1720, relating to the Company's dealings with the Bank of England, made in order to gain the legal opinion of Sir John Chesshyre on the enforceability of the contract, 13 Jan 1721; minutes of evidence taken at the examination of the Directors of the Company, Jan-Apr 1721, including the evidence of Edmund Waller regarding his transactions in South Sea stock on behalf of his family and his father-in-law John Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer; an Order to Edmund Waller to attend the Committee appointed to enquire into the parliamentary act allowing the South Sea Company to increase its capital stock and fund, 6 Feb 1721; a copy of the evidence given by Directors of the Company in the House of Lords, 1 Jun 1733, mainly to determine what money had been received from the sale of the estates of the late directors, and the use made of it, including an account of the cross-examination of the Company Director, Sir Richard Hopkins.
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