RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Department of Manuscripts
Acquisitions, January-December 1978
.\lexander Hyatt King: Collections relating to
the harmonica or musical glasses assembled
mainly in connection with his papers for the
Royal Musical Association, 1946, and the
Monthly Musical Record, March-April 1956,
copies of which are included; mosdy 1938-71.
Presented by Dr, A. H. King. Add. MSS.
59893, 59804.
Asquith Family: Letters from H. H. Asquith,
ist Earl of Oxford and Asquith, his wife
Margot, and Raymond Asquith to Mrs. Alan
Parsons (\ ioKi Tree, the actress, 1884
1038}; K)04 2(1, n.d. Add. MS. 59895.
Max Kommcrcll: 'Gcsprache aus dcr / c i t dcr
dcutschcn Wicdcrgcburt'; manuscript edition
of poems and verse dialogues, written in the
'Gcorgc-Schrift\ and issued by the Vcrlag der
Blatter fur die Kunst Otto v. Holtcn, Berlin,
1929. German. Add. MS. 59896.
Robert Nichols (1893-1944): Letters to Ellen
Coleman, 1935-44, ^nd drafts of verse. Presented by Mtss Jna de Paszt. Add. MS. 59897.
Ellen Coleman, composer(i884-i973): Letters,
etc., addressed to, mainly from poets, whose
work she set to music, and performers who
performed it. Presented by Miss Ina de Paszt.
Add. MS. 50898.
(ihambcr Issue and Memoranda Book of Henry
VII, in the hand of John Heron, Treasurer of
tbe Chamber; 1502-5: Contains weekly issues
from the Chamber, signed by the King,
followed by memoranda of recognizances,
debts, and other miscellaneous obligations to
the Crown, both current and prospective,
sometimes annotated by the King himself A
partial copy is in Add. MS. 21480, fols. 1328^. The MS. belonged to Craven Ord (whose
extracts are in Add. MS. 7099) and Sir
Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps MS. 4104. Add.
MS. 50899.
Chamber Receipt and Issue Book of Henry
VIII, Michaelmas 1543-Michaelmas 1544:
The MS. belonged to Craven Ord and Sir
Thomas Pbillipps. Phillipps MS. 3852. Add.
MS. 59900.
George Bernard Shaw: 'Heartbreak House';
1017. Typewritten copy ofthe original shorthand draft (which is presumed to have been
destroyed) with extensive autograph revisions
and additions in longhand, and two and a half
sheets of revise in autograph shorthand. Add.
MS. 59901.
Charles Burney, D.D. (1757-1817): Collections
for his history ofthe theatre and materials for
the history of the Greek dramatists. Add.
MSS. 59902-60165.
Edward Burton: Journal of Travels through
Belgium, North Germany, Switzerland, and
France in the months of June, July, and
August 1838. Presented by G. G. Sieveking,
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Es(i., Department of Prehistoric Antiquities,
British Museum. Add. MS. 60166.
Lord Acton: 'History of Liberty'. A typewritten
transcript, made in 1972-4, by George Watson
of St. John's College, Cambridge, of the unpublished manuscript notes on cards and slips
in Cambridge University Library. The
material comprises 6589 notes, mainly from
Cambridge University Library, Add. MSS.
4937-56 and 5442. Presented by George
Watson^ Esq., the transcriber. Add. MS.
60167A E.
Muggletonian archives: Records ot the
Muggletonians' meeting in London; 17th20th centuries. The sect was founded by John
Reeve (1608-58) and Lodowick Muggleton
(1609-98). Comprises
correspondence,
treatises, religious verse, and accounts. Add.
MSS. 60168-256.
Parish Register: Four leaves from a register of
burials for St. Leonard, Colchester, Co. Essex;
1664-89. Phillipps MS. 13635. Presented by
H. P. Kraus, Esq. Add. MS. 60257.
Ronald Emanucl: Compositions of Ronald Guy
Emanuel (d. 1978.'); 20th century. Partly
autograph. Presented by Sydney Emanuel Esq..,
brother of the composer. Add. MSS. 60258-69.
John Robison: Surviving part ofa fair copy, in
an unidentified hand, of notes on lectures
probably delivered by John Robison, Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of
Edinburgh; c. 1782. Add. MS. 60270A, B.
Marin Mersenne, Christophorus Clavius, JcanFran9ois Niceron: 18th-century transcriptions, with diagrams copied from texts, of
three scientific tracts; 1581-1692. Add. MS.
60271.
Jean Thomas: treatise, addressed to Edward
Southwell (.•^1671-1730), on his invention of
locks for canals and harbours, with diagrams;
early i8th century. French. Phillipps MS.
8698. Add. MS. 60272.
Castle Ashby Manuscripts: Literary and other
manuscripts from the library ofthe Earls and
Marquesses of Northampton at Casde Ashby;
17th century. Large and small quarto.
Thirteen volumes, including three plays in
blank verse hy Cosmo Manucci or Manuchc;
n.d.,c. 1660-5. Autograph pvc<.i:^nizt\oni:iix*\^^.
(Add. MSS. 60273-5); plays, pardy in translation, and prose works by James, 3rd Earl of
Northampton; n.d., c. 1646 60. Mainly autograph. (Add. MSS. 60276 82); and VirgiTs
Aeneid, Book IV: translation into 170 rhyming
English stanzas; n.d. early r7th century; the
work has been attributed to Sir John Harington (1561 1612) of Kelston. Scribal fair copy.
(Add. MS. 60283). ^ec W. H. Kcllihcr, 'A
hitherto unrecognised Cavalier Dramatist',
The British Library Journal., vi, 2, pp. 158-87.
Add. MSS. 60273-85.
3rd Marquis of Hertford: Political, personal,
and business letters to John Wilson Crokcr,
politician and writer, and unofficial agent and
adviser to the former; together with enclosures
and a few copies of Croker's replies. The last
volume contains a few letters of the 4th
Marquis and others concerning the 3rd
Marquis's health and the legal disputes arising
from his will; see also Egerton MSS. 3257-65;
Add. MSS. 52471-2; 1812-46, n.d. Add.
MSS. 60286-9.
Sir George Hamilton Seymour, diplomatist,
private secretary to Lord Castlereagh, and
Ambassador at St. Petersburg at the outbreak
ofthe Crimean War: private diaries; 1818-78.
Add. MSS. 60290-312.
T h c T . S. Blakcncy Memorial Purchase: Wardrobe Counter-Roll of Edward I, containing the
expenses ofthe King, Queen Eleanor, and the
royal household; 20 Nov. 1289-19 Nov. 1290.
Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps
MS. 13641. Purchased in memory of Thomas
Sidney Blakeney, benefactor of the British
Museum and the British Library, wtth the aid
of a contribution from the Friends of the
National Libraries, of which he was the
Honorary Secretary from 7956 to 7976. Add.
MS. 60313.
Stanley Bate (1913-59): unpublished works:
(i) Four songs for voice and piano to texts by
A. E. Housman, op. 51; 1945; (2) Sonata no. 3
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lor piano; 1040; (3) Seven pieces for piano;
n.d.; (4) Twelve preludes for piano; n.d.
Autograph (no. 3) and photostats (nos. i, 2, 4).
Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bush in
memory oj Ivy Froome, to whom they were given
by the composer. Add. MS. 60314.
Edward Klgar: Presto for piano; 8 Aug. 1889.
Autograph and apparently unpublished. Add.
MS. 60315.
Edward Klgar: Early wind quintets; 1877-81.
Five partbooks (1st and 2nd Flutes, Oboe,
Clarinet, and Bassoon) used by 'The Sunday
Band', the wind quintet formed by Elgar in
1877. Original compositions by Elgar include
Harmony Music nos. 1-3, Promenades nos.
1 -6, 'Shed' nos. 4-7, Intermezzi nos. 1-5, etc.;
other contents include arrangements of
ballads, traditional tunes, and hymns. Mostly
autograph. The partbooks were formerly
owned by (Sir) Hubert Leicester who directed
the band. Add. MS. 60316A-E.
Trinidad: Four Spanish charts showing the
coastlines, the islands separating it from the
South American mainland and part of Venezuela, with soundings and indications of the
nature of the seabed. Apparently part of a
projected revision ofthe 'Atlas dc la America
ScptcntritinaP [T. Jeffrey's
Pilote de
VAmerique Seplentrionale, 1776?!. Pen-andink and grey washes; 1792 3. Add. MS.
60317A D.
Lytc Family of Lytescary, Co. Somerset: Notes
concerning family history and pedigree by
Henry Williams Maure Light, vicar of
Wroughton, Co. Wilts., made c. 1840, in a
reprint (1814) of Henry Lyte, The Light of
Britayne (London, 1588). Accompanied by
miscellaneous correspondence relating to the
pedigree. Presented by Mrs. James W.
Alexander from the estate of Arthur Maxwell
Lyte Temple. Add. MS. 60318.
John Emrys Evans. Controller ofthe Treasury,
Transvaal, 1000; Auditor-General, Transvaal,
1901: correspondence and papers; 1894-1923.
(See also papers of P. V. Emrys Evans, son of
John Emrys Evans, Add. MSS. 58235-73 )
Presented by his granddaughter., Mrs. Carlme
Henderson. Add. MSS. 60319-31.
The Rcvd. Alfred Watson Hands: Journal,
March to 14 May 1887, describing his visit
to Ceylon and Palestine. Inserted are twelve
leaves of archaeological notes on places in
Palestine. On the front cover is the name of his
wife, Emily Agnes Blyth; with the date 1880.
Presented by the diarist's daughter, the late
Mrs. Margaret S. G. MacLeod. Add. MS.
60332.
Falkland Islands: six maps, with hand-eoloured
features depicting the activities ofthe earliest
British settlers, drawn following Captain
Jordan's expedition in 1768, by T. Boutflower,
a member ofa 1760s Falkland Island Expedition. Add. MS. 60333A-F.
Illustrated Nursery Rhymes: The illustrations
appear to be the originals (or copies) of those
made for the published nursery rhymes of
F. W. N. Baylcy (1808-53), though the text
is not identical. Presented by Lady Twysden.
Add. MS. 60334.
John Elliott (1795-1834): 'A Continuation of
the Memoirs ofthe Early Life of John Elliott,
of Elliott House, near Ripon, Yorks, Esq. and
Lieut, ofthe Royal Navy, written by himself,
at the request of his Wife, for the Use and
Amusement of his Children only.' A continuation of Add. MS. 42714, covering the years
1782 to 1821 in the life of John Elliott. Add.
MS. 60335Charles Lamb's hbrary: An annotated list of
'such hooks as it was agreed should be
destroyed after the more valuable, with notes,
had been selected —preserved at the request of
[Captain Francis Jackson] and purchased by
him at Edward Moxon's sale . . . on the death
of Mary Lamb'; after 1897. Presented hy
Donald Ellis, Esq. and James Wilson., Esq. Add.
MS. 60336.
Shee Family: Miscellaneous private, political,
and diplomatic correspondence of Sir
George Shec (1754-1825), istBart., Secretary
to the Irish Treasury 1799-1800, Under
Secretary for the Home Department 1801-3
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and for War and Colonies 1806 7, ReceiverGctieral of Customs (Ireland) 1804 25, and
of his son Sir George Shcc (1785-1870), 2nd
Bart, Under Scctctary for Foreign Affairs
1830-4, Minister to Prussia 1834, Minister to
Wurttemberg 1835 44. The collection has
heen calendared by the National Register of
Archives, a copy of whose report (1975) is
available in the Students' Room; 1771-1862.
Add. MSS. 60337-42.
Mexican Gilt Binding, c. 1585: Reeord in
Spanish of litigation between Gabriel dc
Escobar and his creditors, 1585; bound in
dark-brown goatskin, tooled in gold and blind.
Add. MS. 60343.
Williams Papers: Two journals of Captain
W. H. W'iUiams R.A. relating to his service in
Uganda as head of the British forces at
Kampala. Another journal for 1877-84 is
preserved in the National Army Museum;
7 Oct. 1890-26 Oct. 1891; 27 Oct. 1891-23
Feb. 1893. Album of newspaper cuttings
relating to Sir Gerald Portal's mission to
Uganda and to the deaths of Sir Gerald and
his brother Captain Melville Raymond Portal.
The latter died whilst accompanying Sir
Gerald, and the album also contains his
photograph and a photograph of his grave.
The album was compiled by 'Daisy Speneer
Churchill', presumably
Lady
Adeline
Spencer-Churchill who later married Captain
Williams; 1892-4. Add. MSS. 60344 6.
Warren Royal Dawson (1888-1968; broker at
Lloyds' and historian, especially of Egypt and
medicine): Correspondence with Sir (Harold)
Idris Bell and Theodore Cressy Skeat,
Keepers of Manuscripts in the British
Museum 1929-44 and 1961-72 respectively;
1925-66. Bequeathed by Warren Royal Dawson
in ig68, and incorporated in ig78. Add. MS.
60347English Vocal Music: Mostly consisting of glees
by W. H. W^oakes of Hereford. Other items are
by Dr. John W^all Callcott, Sir Henry Bishop,
William Knyvett, Stephen Paxton, Samuel
Webbe, Lord Mornington, Charles James
Dare of I Icrcford, Sir George Smart, and John
Stafford Stnith, Partly in the hand of W. LI.
Woakcs, one item dated 'Scp 1835'. The contents of this volume were once pp. 203-325 of
a larger collection. Add. MS. 60348.
Alexander Hyatt King: Letters to, 1960-3,
relating to his researches preparatory to the
lectures delivered by him in C^amhridge,
Michaelmas Term 1961, as Sandars Reader in
Bibliography, and to the subsequent publication of the lectures as Some British Collectors
of Music c. t6oo f()f)o (1963). The writers arc
scholars, librarians, antiquarian music dealers,
and collectors (now deceased). Presented by
Dr. A. H. King. Add. MS. 60349.
Commonplace Book: Literary commonplace
book; 1823-4. Compiler not identified. Add.
MS. 60350.
John Eamcs, F.R.S. (d. 1744): 'Anthropology
or Leetures on Man'; n.d. Add. MS. 60351.
E. H. Locker (1777-1849): Diary ofa tour in
Spain; 5 Oct. 2 Dec. 1813. Locker made some
use of this diary in his I lews tn Spain
(London, 1824). Add. MS. 60352,
Spain: Anonymous journal ofa tour in Spain;
Mar. Sept. 1834. The writer was probably a
Scot. Add. MS. 60353.
A. C. Andros: 'Tour in Spain'; travel journal
29 J u h - I Sept. 1859. Add, MS, 60354.
'Rcgolamcnto per la Casa di Correzionc' concerning the Grand Ducal prison at Florence;
dated 4 Aug. 1782. Italian. Copy sent to John
Howard, prison reformer, with an accompanying letter from Sir Horace .Mann; 14 Apr.
1786. Formerly Phillipps MS. 9050. Add. MS.
60355Theodosius Keene, son of Henry Kccne, the
architect: Journal of a journey through
northern France and the Netherlands;
II Aug.-2 Sept. 1769. Autograph, with seven
full-page water-eolour sketches of views and
a map ofthe route. The text and illustrations
arc virtually identical with those in a copy of
a journal ofthe same tour in Add. MS. 422-^2,
fols. 2-21, but the unnamed author of this
version, which is apparently based on Kccne's
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narrative, must have been another member of
the party. Add. MS. 60356.
Edw'ard i'Jgar: Letters to Sir Hubert Leicester;
15 July t(S<S6 6 Dec. 1933. Included are
references to l^tgar's early works for St.
Cieorgc's Church, Worcester, the 'Shed'
books, 'The Dream of Gerontius', 'The
Apostles', and other major works and general
matters concerning Worcester, Elgar's travels,
engagements, and health. Add. MS. 60357.
Ayrton Papers: Papers and correspondence of
William .Ayrton (1777-1858), musician and
editor of The Harmonicon., and his family,
supplementary to Add. MSS. 52334-58;
1784-1858. See P. W^illetts, 'The Ayrton
Papers', The British Library Journal, vi, i,
pp. 7 23. Add. MSS. 60358-81.
Leslie Poles Hartley, author: letters to
Christabel Mary McLaren, wife of Henry
Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway,
supplementing Add. MSS. 52432-5, 57485,
52550 6; 1944-71, n.d. Presented by the
recipient at various times and hitherto reserved.
Add. MSS. 60382, 60383.
Algernon C>har!cs Swinburne: Autograph fair
copy with revisions, of 'The Eve of Revolution'; 1870. The MS., which has served as
printers' copy, is in a binding by Riviere of
the type favoured by T. J. Wise. Add. MS.
60384.
Capcl Papers: Papers of the Capel family,
barons Capel of Hadham and Earls of Essex;
1646-1797. Add. MSS. 60385-9.
Exempla Familiaria: A collection of tales in
Latin originating probably in S.E. France and
compiled by a member of the religious order
of Brothers of Penance of Jesus Christ
(generally known as the Friars of the Sack)
in the second half of the 13th eentury. Written
in France (?); before 1350. Add. MS. 60390.
NOTES ON OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTORS
P. F. K o R M C K i : lecturer in Japanese at the University of Tasmania.
P\L I. N F E D H A M : curator of printed books and bindings at the Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York; consultant to the British Library (Dept. of Printed Books),
on B.M.C. (England).
C O L I N G . C . T I T K ; historiati; author o^ Impeachment and Parliamentary Judicature in
Early Stuart England (London, 1974).
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