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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM E
1914-1919
Pencil sketch of mosque (nd); 2 watercolour sketches (nd); German postcard (nd); Typescript verse 'The Motor-Lorry Man' by AL Jones (1918); Photograph of Princess Mary (nd); Overseas service stripes (...
Elizabeth Williams Collection
1800-1950
Elizabeth Williams (1938-2012) studied at Bedford College, London, and came to Leeds as an assistant lecturer in English Language and Medieval English Literature in 1965, after working for a year in t...
Saville, William to Scruton, William
Saville, William
17 Jun 1910 - 13 Apr 1911; 1 n.d.
1) Reference to Scruton's work in "Yorkshire Weekly Post"; seeks a piece from Scruton for his dialect almanac. Signed pseudonymously "Bob [Stubbs]". 2) Seeks a dialect contribution for a forthcomi...
Sender: Gamble, William
Recipient: Carr, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 7 Nov 1815
Location: SC MS 646/28
Note: Concerning alleged fee farm rents due upon property at Birstall. 2 ff. Endorsed with Carr's draft reply.
Sender: Fairbairn, William
Recipient: Bennett, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 2 Oct 1824
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 193/150
Note: Accompanying a sketch of machinery.
Sender: Gott, William
Recipient: Rutson, William
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1 Jun 1846
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/1
Note: Condolences on the death of his son William. 3 pp. Recipient is second husband of sister of WG's wife.
Sender: Boone, William
Recipient: Gott, William
Letters: 25
Date(s): 14 Feb 1860 - 20 Dec 1860
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/28-29, 31-34, 37, 39-54, 60-62
Note: 1) Enclosing a copy (3 pages) of part of the preface to a translation of the works of the Persian poet Firdausi. 1 p. 2) On books. 1 p. 3) Enclosing his report on the books in Ferguson's sale. 5 pp. 4) Describes the condition of lot 206 (Scottish prayer-book) in Ferguson's sale. 3 pp. 5) Informing him of the purchase of books for him from the sale. 3 pp. 6) Offering for sale a volume of the Surtees Society (Dugdale's "Visitation of the County of Yorke"), and Whewell's "On the Philosophy of Discovery". 2 pp. 7) List of lots purchased on Gott's behalf at Sotheby's sale. 2 pp. 8) About books offered for sale. 2 pp. 9) On Bibles in a sale. 2 pp. 10) More on the Bibles. 2 pp. 11) On the Bibles in the sale. 1 p. 12) Reporting on the Bibles in the sale. 3pp. 13) Reporting on lot 1801 in the sale. 14) Reporting on books in various sales. 3 pp. 15) Reporting on books in a sale. 4 pp. 16) Report of a sale. 2 pp. 17) Describes some books he has for sale.
3 pp. 18) Informing him that he has not bought the folio "Spectator". 1 p. 19) On the purchase of the Bible. 1 p. 20) About books bought for Gott. 3 pp. 21) On a
manuscript Franciscan service-book, and others. 4 pp. 22) On
books. 2 pp. 23) On Bibles. 3 pp. 24) Describing books in a sale. 3 pp. 25) List of lots purchased at a sale. 3 pp. 26) Noting prices of books in a sale. 1 p. Sender is of of T. and W. Boone, booksellers.
Sender: Pickering, William
Recipient: Gott, William
Letters: 3
Date(s): 28 Feb 1851 - 22 Mar 1851
Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/6/109-111
Note: 1) Listing a collection of English liturgies which he has for sale. 2 pp. 2) More on English liturgies. 3 pp. 3) On editions of the Book of Common Prayer. 2 pp.
Williams
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1992-1994
This file contains correspondence relating to Hill's involvement in the case for Charles Williams being memorialised in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey. Includes 2 typescript letters to Hill from Gil...