The collection contains correspondence; lecture notes on history; newspaper cuttings; papers of other members of the family, including an undated letter of Danton which belonged to A H Beesly; printed reports; pamphlets containing articles by or about Beesly; other pamphlets and reviews; other printed works; and an autographed photograph of Karl Marx. The correspondence is rather slight and only isolated letters from individual correspondents are preserved. There are sets of Beesly's own letters to Henry Crompton and to Frederic Harrison which were probably returned to the family after his death. There are also a few letters to Beesly's brother A H Beesly and to Alfred Beesly, E S Beesly's son.
Beesly , Edward Spencer , 1831-1915 , positivist and historian Beesly family
GB 0103 BEESLY
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1852-1915
GB 0103 MS ADD 196
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1875-c1900
Notes on bibliographical references on the topography of London in the seventeenth century.
Firth , Sir , Charles Harding , 1857-1936 , Knight , historian
GB 0103 MS ADD 271
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1953-1977
Files containing working papers of published works, lectures, broadcasts and book reviews, including manuscript drafts, notes, correspondence, typescript drafts and final copies.
Hurstfield , Joel , 1911-1980 , Professor of History
GB 0103 MS ADD 12
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Created c1897
Notes on French history.
Francis Charles Montague (1858-1935)
GB 0103 MS ANGL 4
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17th century
Manuscript volume, 17th century: the Manner of Holdinge a Parliament in England in 24 Articles, comprising eight texts on parliamentary history, back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and on procedure, concerning both the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their powers.
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