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Letter from William Cooke Taylor of the National Anti-Corn Law League, 67 Fleet Street, London to [John Lewis] Ricardo, [MP for Stoke-upon-Trent], 15 Mar 1844. Announcing that 'the Somerset House School of Design has given a very favourable hearing to the proposal for establishing a branch in the Potteries ... If you persevere in your design of offering a prize for model or pattern, which I believe would be of great value to your constitutents & certainly highly creditable to yourself, I would deem it a favour ... to announce your intention in one of my articles'. Autograph, with signature.

Letter from William Lygon, Lord Beauchamp, of 13 Belgrave Square, London to Sir William Jameson Soulsby [private secretary to the Lord Mayor of London], 22 Jun 1914. Thanking him for his congratulations [on being made a Knight of the Garter].

Autograph, with signature.

Letters Patent creating Sir Robert Long, Auditor of the Exchequer, a Baronet on 21 May 1662.

(1, 3) 2 letters from Sir Frederic George Kenyon of Kirksted, Godstone, Surrey to John Henry Pyle Pafford of University of London Library, 25-28 Nov 1949.

(2) Note by John Henry Pyle Pafford explaining that the letters from Sir Frederic George Kenyon were in response to Pafford's suggestion that Sir Walter Wilson Greg should receive a knighthood, [1949-1950].

(4) Letter from Sir Walter Wilson Greg of Pirver Cottage, Petworth, Sussex to John Henry Pyle Pafford, 10 Jun 1950. Thanking him for his good wishes [on Greg's receipt of his knighthood].

All items are autograph, (1), (3) and (4) with signatures.

Letter from Jospeh Hardy of 19 George Street, Adelphi, [London] to Lord Sheffield, 23 Feb 1816. Regarding his proposal of the latter as an Honorary Member of the Dublin Society, and dealing with agricultural matters.

Autograph, with signature.

(1) 7 letters from Vita Nicolson [the marrried name of Vita Sackville-West] to Gladys Easdale, 1949-1961.

(2) 18 letters and postcards from Virginia Woolf to Gladys Easdale, 1934-1940.

Some items are autograph and most bear signatures.

6 notebooks containing journals kept by Gladys Ellen Easdale from 1930-1934. The journals describe family, country life and the musical and literary circles in which she moved.

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.

Certificate of Ancient Order of Foresters membership for Edward Papsworth of the Widows and Orphans branch (court number 1840), Jun 1863.