Fonds GB 0096 AL438 - Miscellaneous correspondence and cuttings, [1763]-1925

1 volume (c 108 pages)

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GB 0096 AL438 [1763]-1925 fonds 1 volume (c 108 pages) Hutchinson , Thomas , fl c 1880-1925 , collector

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

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Transferred from the Saudek Graphological Collection (a gift from Dr Dingwall) within the Harry Price Library, 1966.

Bound volume containing approximately 100 letters and other miscellaneous writings, c 1763-1925, comprising copies of poems; newspaper cuttings; cuttings from booksellers' catalogues and biographical dictionaries; handwritten notes; and engraved and photographic portraits. The following items have been inserted at the front of the volume: 4 newspaper cuttings; catalogue number 46 of P J and A E Dobell, booksellers (Jul 1925); and the address portions of 2 envelopes, 1837-1838.

The majority of the correspondents are poets, authors, academics or clergymen, mainly from the 19th century. Letter-writers include the following: Charles Hamilton Aidé; Archibald Alison (later Sir Archibald); Edwin Atherstone; James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford; Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Peter Bayne (Ellis Brandt); Arthur Christopher Benson; Rev Edward Bickersteth (?Dean of Lichfield); Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon; Professor John Stuart Blackie; Professor John James Blunt; Thomas George Bonney; Oscar Browning; Edward Capern; Edward Daniel Clarke; George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta; Charles Henry Olive Daniel; John Disney; John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle; Reverend Henry Drury; Robert John Eden, Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells; Rev John Wogan Festing, Bishop of St Albans; Rev James Fleming; Francis Fulford, Bishop of Montreal; William Nugent Glascock; Rev Sabine Baring-Gould; Eugene Jacob Lee-Hamilton; William Hayley; Charles Harold Herford; John Hoole; William Howitt; William Jerdan; Augustus Jessopp; Edmund Keene, Bishop of Chester; Charles Mackay; Halford John Mackinder (later Sir Halford); John Richard Magrath; Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough; Thomas Gerald Massey; Hugh Boyd McNeile, Dean of Ripon; John Miller Dow Meiklejohn; Rev Charles Merivale, Dean of Ely; Rev Frederick Brotherton Meyer; Richard Monckton Milnes (later Lord Houghton); Rev John Murray Mitchell; William Mitford; James Montgomery; Robert Montgomery; Thomas Moore; Rev John Morison; John Henry Muirhead; Professor Friedrich Max Müller; the Hon Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel; Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark; Professor James Pillans; Sir Lyon Playfair (later Lord Playfair); Professor Richard Potter; John Critchley Prince; John Edmund Reade; William Stewart Rose; John Towill Rutt; Anna Seward (the 'Swan of Lichfield'); Mary Montgomerie Singleton (Violet Fane, afterwards Lady Currie); William Skinner, Bishop of Aberdeen; George Barnett Smith (Guy Roslyn); Robert Payne Smith, Dean of Canterbury; Robert Southey; Charles Swain; Sir Henry Taylor; John Timbs; Sir George Pretyman Tomline, Bishop of Winchester; Rev Henry Baker Tristram; John Matthias Turner, Bishop of Calcutta; Patrick Fraser Tytler; Aubrey Thomas de Vere; Paul Gavrilovitch Vinogradoff (later Sir Paul); Edwin Waugh; Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of Windsor; Stanley John Weyman; Joseph Blanco White; Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen; Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta; Rev Christopher Wordsworth (later Bishop of Lincoln); and William Aldis Wright. Many of the letters are autograph and bear signatures.

Some of the letters were purchased or solicited from their writers or owners by one Thomas Hutchinson, who may also have compiled the whole volume.

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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Compiled by Anya Turner.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Aug 2008 Reade , John Edmund , 1800-1870 , poet and novelist Prince , John Critchley , 1808-1866 , poet Potter , Richard , 1799-1886 , university professor Playfair , Lyon , 1818-1898 , 1st Baron Playfair , chemist Pillans , James , 1778-1864 , university teacher and educational reformer Noel , Roden Berkeley Wriothesley , 1834-1894 , poet and essayist Muirhead , John Henry , 1855-1940 , philosopher Morison , John , 1791-1859 , Congregational minister Moore , Thomas , 1779-1852 , Irish poet Montgomery , James , 1771-1854 , poet Müller , Friedrich Max , 1823-1900 , Sanskritist and philologist Mitford , William , 1744-1827 , historian of ancient Greece Mitchell , John Murray , 1815-1904 , missionary and orientalist Milnes , Richard Monckton , 1809-1885 , 1st Baron Houghton , author and politician Meyer , Frederick Brotherton , 1847-1929 , Baptist minister Merivale , Charles , 1808-1893 , historian and Dean of Ely Meiklejohn , John Miller Dow , 1836-1902 , Professor of Education and writer of school books McNeile , Hugh Boyd , 1795-1879 , Dean of Ripon Massey , Thomas Gerald , 1828-1907 , poet and writer x Massey , Gerald Magrath , John Richard , 1839-1930 , college head Marsh , Herbert , 1757-1839 , Bishop of Peterborough and biblical critic Mackinder , Sir , Halford John , 1861-1947 , Knight , geographer and politician Mackay , Charles , 1812-1889 , poet and journalist Keene , Edmund , 1714-1781 , Bishop of Ely Jessopp , Augustus , 1823-1914 , schoolmaster and historical writer Jerdan , William , 1782-1869 , journalist and antiquary Howitt , William , 1792-1879 , writer Hoole , John , 1727-1803 , translator Herford , Charles Harold , 1853-1931 , Professor of English Hayley , William , 1745-1820 , poet and biographer Hamilton , Eugene Jacob Lee- , 1845-1907 , poet and novelist x Lee-Hamilton , Eugene Jacob Gould , Sabine Baring- , 1834-1924 , Church of England clergyman, author, and folksong collector x Baring-Gould , Sabine Glascock , William Nugent , c 1787-1847 , naval officer Fulford , Francis , 1803-1868 , Bishop of Montreal Fleming , James , 1830-1908 , Church of England clergyman Festing , John Wogan , 1837-1902 , Bishop of St Albans Eden , Robert John , 1799-1870 , 3rd Baron Auckland , Bishop of Bath and Wells Drury , Henry , 1812-1863 , Church of England clergyman Douglas , John , 1721-1807 , Bishop of Salisbury and writer Daniel , Charles Henry Olive , 1836-1919 , printer and college head x Daniel , Henry Olive Currie , Mary Montgomerie , 1843-1905 , nee Lamb , Lady Currie , poet and writer x Fane , Violet x Singleton , Mary Cotton , George Edward Lynch , 1813-1866 , Bishop of Calcutta Clarke , Edward Daniel , 1769-1822 , antiquary and mineralogist Capern , Edward , 1819-1894 , poet Browning , Oscar , 1837-1923 , educationist, historian and mountaineer Bonney , Thomas George , 1833-1923 , geologist Blunt , John James , 1794-1855 , Church of England clergyman and theological writer Blackie , John Stuart , 1809-1895 , university teacher and writer Bickersteth , Robert , 1816-1884 , Bishop of Ripon Bickersteth , Edward , 1814-1892 , Dean of Lichfield Benson , Arthur Christopher , 1862-1925 , writer Barrington , Shute , 1734-1826 , Bishop of Durham Bayne , Peter , 1830-1896 , journalist and author x Brandt , Ellis Atlay , James , 1817-1894 , Bishop of Hereford Atherstone , Edwin , 1788-1872 , poet and writer Alison , Sir , Archibald , 1826-1907 , 2nd Baronet , General Religious groups Aide , Charles Hamilton , 1826-1906 , author and musician Clergy Eighteenth century Twentieth century Writers Authors People Poets People by occupation Academics Centuries Nineteenth century Rose , William Stewart , 1775-1843 , poet and translator Rutt , John Towill , 1760-1841 , politician and writer Seward , Anna , 1742-1809 , called the Swan of Lichfield , poet and correspondent x Lichfield , Swan of Skinner , William , 1778-1857 , Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Aberdeen Smith , George Barnett , 1841-1909 , author and journalist x Roslyn , Guy Smith , Robert Payne , 1818-1895 , orientalist and theologian Southey , Robert , 1774-1843 , poet, journalist and biographer Swain , Charles , 1801-1874 , poet and engraver Taylor , Sir , Henry , 1800-1886 , Knight , poet and public servant Timbs , John , 1801-1875 , author Tomline , Sir , George Pretyman , 1750-1827 , 5th Baronet , Bishop of Winchester and political adviser x Pretyman , George Tristram , Henry Baker , 1822-1906 , geologist and naturalist Tytler , Patrick Fraser , 1791-1849 , historian Vere , Aubrey Thomas de , 1814-1902 , poet x de Vere , Aubrey Thomas Vinogradoff , Sir , Paul Gavrilovitch , 1854-1925 , Knight , historian and jurist x Vinogradov , Pavel Gavriilovich Waugh , Edwin , 1817-1890 , poet Wellesley , Gerald Valerian , 1809-1882 , Dean of Windsor Weyman , Stanley John , 1855-1928 , novelist White , Joseph Blanco , 1775-1841 , author x Crespo , José María Blanco y Wiffen , Jeremiah Holmes , 1792-1836 , poet and author Wilson , Daniel , 1778-1858 , Bishop of Calcutta Wordsworth , Christopher , 1807-1885 , Bishop of Lincoln Wright , William Aldis , 1831-1914 , literary and biblical scholar P J and A E Dobell , booksellers x Dobell, P J and A E

Transferred from the Saudek Graphological Collection (a gift from Dr Dingwall) within the Harry Price Library, 1966.

Bound volume containing approximately 100 letters and other miscellaneous writings, c 1763-1925, comprising copies of poems; newspaper cuttings; cuttings from booksellers' catalogues and biographical dictionaries; handwritten notes; and engraved and photographic portraits. The following items have been inserted at the front of the volume: 4 newspaper cuttings; catalogue number 46 of P J and A E Dobell, booksellers (Jul 1925); and the address portions of 2 envelopes, 1837-1838.

The majority of the correspondents are poets, authors, academics or clergymen, mainly from the 19th century. Letter-writers include the following: Charles Hamilton Aidé; Archibald Alison (later Sir Archibald); Edwin Atherstone; James Atlay, Bishop of Hereford; Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Peter Bayne (Ellis Brandt); Arthur Christopher Benson; Rev Edward Bickersteth (?Dean of Lichfield); Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon; Professor John Stuart Blackie; Professor John James Blunt; Thomas George Bonney; Oscar Browning; Edward Capern; Edward Daniel Clarke; George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta; Charles Henry Olive Daniel; John Disney; John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle; Reverend Henry Drury; Robert John Eden, Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells; Rev John Wogan Festing, Bishop of St Albans; Rev James Fleming; Francis Fulford, Bishop of Montreal; William Nugent Glascock; Rev Sabine Baring-Gould; Eugene Jacob Lee-Hamilton; William Hayley; Charles Harold Herford; John Hoole; William Howitt; William Jerdan; Augustus Jessopp; Edmund Keene, Bishop of Chester; Charles Mackay; Halford John Mackinder (later Sir Halford); John Richard Magrath; Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough; Thomas Gerald Massey; Hugh Boyd McNeile, Dean of Ripon; John Miller Dow Meiklejohn; Rev Charles Merivale, Dean of Ely; Rev Frederick Brotherton Meyer; Richard Monckton Milnes (later Lord Houghton); Rev John Murray Mitchell; William Mitford; James Montgomery; Robert Montgomery; Thomas Moore; Rev John Morison; John Henry Muirhead; Professor Friedrich Max Müller; the Hon Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel; Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark; Professor James Pillans; Sir Lyon Playfair (later Lord Playfair); Professor Richard Potter; John Critchley Prince; John Edmund Reade; William Stewart Rose; John Towill Rutt; Anna Seward (the 'Swan of Lichfield'); Mary Montgomerie Singleton (Violet Fane, afterwards Lady Currie); William Skinner, Bishop of Aberdeen; George Barnett Smith (Guy Roslyn); Robert Payne Smith, Dean of Canterbury; Robert Southey; Charles Swain; Sir Henry Taylor; John Timbs; Sir George Pretyman Tomline, Bishop of Winchester; Rev Henry Baker Tristram; John Matthias Turner, Bishop of Calcutta; Patrick Fraser Tytler; Aubrey Thomas de Vere; Paul Gavrilovitch Vinogradoff (later Sir Paul); Edwin Waugh; Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of Windsor; Stanley John Weyman; Joseph Blanco White; Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen; Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta; Rev Christopher Wordsworth (later Bishop of Lincoln); and William Aldis Wright. Many of the letters are autograph and bear signatures.

Some of the letters were purchased or solicited from their writers or owners by one Thomas Hutchinson, who may also have compiled the whole volume.

See hard copy catalogue.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• English

• Latin

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

The originals of the archive material may be found at the US National Archives in Maryland, the Library of Congress, and the National Security Archives, both in Washington DC.

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English