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Bright, Richard, 1789-1858.1
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Laski, Harold Joseph to Kramer, Jacob

Laski, Harold Joseph

10 May 1944

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Claxton, A. O. D. to Lay, Cecil Howard

Claxton, A. O. D.

27 Jul 1952

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Sender: Smith, Eleanor Furneaux, Lady

Recipient: McGrigor Phillips, Mrs (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe)

Letters: 1

Date(s): n.d.

Location: BC Romany Collection (Letters, not in Books)

Note: From 40a King's Road, Chelsea. p.1, 18*14cm.

Sender: Lobel, Edgar

Recipient: Davison, John Armstrong

Letters: 2

Date(s): 30 Jul 1946 - 3 Aug 1946

Location: SC MS 455/40.4, 40.5

Note: 1) Reply to MS 455/40.3. MS. 2) Willing to look at a draft

paper by JAD. MS. Postcard.

Sender: Griffiths, John

Recipient: Kyle, John Torrens

Letters: 1

Date(s): 2 May 1879

Location: SC MS Dep 1989/1/75

Note: 2 ff. Attached: extract from University of Oxford matriculation

register of 1639/40 in respect of John Pearson (1 f.).

Sender: Brown, Maurice J.E.

Recipient: Sams, Eric

Letters: 3

Date(s): [n.d.]

Location: Schubert

Note: Drafts. Two of the letters are written in red hard-backed "Day book", pp. 1, 5. Another is loose in same between pp. 40 and 41.

Sender: Thompson, Thomas Perronet

Recipient: Thompson, Edith

Letters: 40

Date(s): 19 Apr 1854 - 6 Sep 1868

Location: SC Thompson Correspondence: MS 277/1.84, 1.87-90, 1.97-113, 120,

122, 124-132, 136-138, 140-143

Note: 1) Invitation to dine. 1 p. 2) Enclosing letters from J.W. Thompson. 1 p. 3) About shrimps, etc., at the sea-side. 4 pp. 4) On sea-side fish. 4 pp. 5) On crabs and razor-fish. 4 pp. 6) About singing and dancing letters in Boulogne. 3 pp. 7) About his book "Just Intonation" and Signor Carulli, the Boulogne singing-master, etc. 2 pp. 8) About Boulogne. 4 pp. 9) About singing. 4 pp. 10) On a book about to be published, and Swift's "Directions to servants". 4 pp. 11) On grass-hoppers, snails, and places on the Isle of Wright. 4 pp. 12) Family news. 4 pp. 13) About singing lessons and his book. 4 pp. 14) About a remark of hers on American affairs. 1 p. With it is a note in ET's hand explaining allusions. 15) About singing lessons, his organ, and frogs. 4 pp. With it is a note in ET's hand explaining allusions. 16) About astronomy. 5 pp. 17) About Roman Catholics, a crocodile, and family news. 4 pp. 18) About his book "Just Intonation", the
Boulogne museum, and earthquakes. 4 pp. 19) About a passage in the "Edinburgh Review". 1 p. 20) About the singing class at Jewin Street. 4 pp. 21) On a monument to two Danish soldiers at Beverley, etc. 5 pp. 22) About Miss Northcote at Jewin Street. 2 pp. 23) About singing lessons with Signor Lablanche. 2 pp. 24) About songs, and Vergil's "Aeneid". 3 pp. 25) On Sydney Smith, "Just Intonation", and a magistrate at Bow Street. 6 pp. 26) On Sydney Smith, etc. 5pp. 27) About a hunt ball, geese, and ships. 4 pp. 28) On a ball-dress, and birds. 4 pp. 29) On ancient stones at Cottingham, fox-hunting, and woodcuts. 4 pp. 30) On stamps, geese, and a fire at the Zoological Gardens. 3 pp. 31) On a translation by Lord Derby, fox-hunting, and meteors. 6 pp. 32) On meteors, pepper, and Jewin Street. 3 pp. 33) On scorpions, Glastonbury, the atmosphere. 4 pp. 34) About plants. 3 pp. 35) Enclosing Hannah Adams' remarks on the five points distinguishing
Calvinists from Arminians. 2 pp. 36) On the Fenians. 4 pp. 37) On the Fenian troubles, capital punishment, and an anecdote about two Yorkshiremen. 6 pp. 38) About Bridlington in the Civil War, wasps and hornets. 4 pp. 39) About the Methodists at Cottingham, John Bright, and Jewin Street. 2 pp. 40) On the Methodist Chapel in George Yard, George Hall. 1 pp. Sender is grand-father of reipient, by his daughter Ellen.


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Horovitz, Michael to Hamburger, Michael

Horovitz, Michael

17 n.d.

Includes: Envelope 1: (i) In letter of 9 Sept. 1972: (a) invitation to poetry reading by Horovitz. (b) newscuttings about Horovitz (1 from "Trinity Times", 17 Nov. 1971). (c) poems by Frances Hor...

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Sender: Stanfield, Clarkson

Recipient: Rogers, Samuel

Letters: 1

Date(s): 13 Jan [n.y.]

Location: BC MS 19c Crabbe 1. In "Extra illustrated life of Crabbe", vol.1, p.40

Sender: Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett

Recipient: Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish

Letters: 43

Date(s): 12 Oct 1937 - 19 Feb 1955

Location: SC 709/63, 94, 95, 99, 101, 103-111, 113, 116, 121, 122, 124,

127, 131, 135, 138, 139, 141-154, 156, 161, 164, 190, 192

Note: 1) Matters arising from memorandum on agriculture. 2 ff. 2)

Anxiety about Federal Union. 3) Arrangements about bases. 4)

Possible publication of memoranda. 5) Suggestion that Arthur

Bryant rewrite HDW's material for publication. 6) Suggestion

that Sir Frank Fox edit HDW's work. 7) American drive against

imperial preference. 8) Lease Lend Agreement. 9) Hindu-Moslem deadlock. 10) Acknowledgment of memorandum to be passed on to Fox for editing. 11) Suggestion that HDW's book be published in the UK as well as Canada. 12) Death of HDW's father; publication of book underway. 13) Publication of "The Foundation of the Future". 14) Encloses review of "The Foundation of the Future". 15) Utley appointed to edit HDW's papers. 16) Revision of HDW's memoranda. 17) General election results. 18) Cassation of land-lease. 19) Utley's abridgment of HDW's 1944-1945 reports. 20) Renewal of covenant with Bendor (i.e. Duke of Westminster). 21) Address of Scribner's agent. 22) Sends copy of "In the Rain and the Sun". 23) Typescript copies of 4 letters, May 1947. 24)

Imperial preference. 25) Meeting in Geneva. 26) Memorandum

on "Non-discrimination, customs union and preference. 27)

Beaverbrook's attitude to imperial preference. 28) Suitability

of pamphlet for American circulation. 29) Printing costs. 30) International trade. 31) "The Declaration of Independence". 32) Possible review of "The Declaration of Independence"; requests for help for Michelle Thomas, former fiancee of John Amery. 2 ff. 33) Grateful for money sent to Michelle Thomas. 34) "The Delaration of Independence" received by King Paul of Greece. 35) Activities of the Empire Industries Association. 36) Promises to send copy of his speech made to the English Speaking Union. 37) Anxious to meet HDW for discussion. 38) Problem of national nomenclature and the Crown. 39) Contact with Winston Churchill. 40) Tory conference at Blackpool. 41) International political

situation. 42) Use of economic terms for English readers. 43) Correspondence with Professor Taylor.

Sender: Jay, Douglas Patrick Thomas

Recipient: Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish

Letters: 44

Date(s): 10 Jul 1962 - 24 Sep 1976

Location: SC 709/316, 360, 371, 399, 400, 443, 451, 474, 481, 482, 485,

487, 490, 502, 510, 511, 517, 519, 522, 524, 531, 534, 535, 538,

541, 550, 553, 558, 562, 563,564, 569, 574, 584, 586, 587, 589,

590, 591, 594, 599, 601, 604, 606

Note: 1) Proposed autumn campaign. 2) Acknowledgment. 3) Debate on Commonwealth trade. MS. 4) Commonwealth trade. 5) General agreement on tariffs and trade. 6) Acknowledgment. 7) Acknowledgment. 8) Requests financial support for the Common Market Safeguards Campaign. 9) Appreciation of HDW's help in setting up the Common Market Safeguards Campaign. 10) Acknowledgment of donation. 11) Examples of literature being

sent to all election candidates. 12) Acknowledgment. 13)

Campaign progress report. 14) No advantage in linking the

Commonwealth Policy Safeguards Campaign to the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 15) Acknowledgment of donation. 16) Confirms receipt of cheques. 17) Distribution of "Sovereignty and Fiscal Freedom". 18) TUC vote against entry. 19) Acknowledgment of donation. 20) In agreement with HDW's memorandum. 21) Campaign strategy following signature of the Treaty of Accession. 2 ff. 22) Requests payment of third annual donation. 2 ff. 23) Acknowledgment. 24) Acknowledgment of donation; second reading of the EEC Bill passed by only eight votes. 25) Acknowledgment; demand for referendum. 26) Acknowledgment; passage of the EEC Bill. 2 ff. 27) Campaign to continue until the next General Election; financial appeal from Ron Leighton on reverse. Printed

circular. 28) Acknowledgment; request for donation. 29)

Appreciation of promised donation. 30) Labour Party conference. 31) Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 2 ff. 32) Current campaign strategy. 2 ff. Photocopy. 33) Problems of establishing Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. as a charity for tax purposes. 2 ff. 34) Progress with the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 35) Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. and the Common Market Safeguards Campaign. 3 ff. 36) Memorandum to be sent to Peter Shore. 37) Acknowledgment. MS. 38) Documents to be passed to Peter Shore. MS. 39) Discussion with Peter Shore; request for donation. 40) Referendum result. 41) Political situation after the referendum. 2 ff. 42) Acknowledgment. 43) Process of setting up new organisation. 44) Aims of the campaign.

Sender: Bright, Richard, 1789-1858.

Recipient: Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827.

Letters: 5

Date(s): 11 Feb 1817 - 11 Aug 1818

Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Constable 38-40, 46, 48