Copies, corrected proofs and published text (with annotations). Includes minutes by Lord William Bentinck and George, Lord Auckland, as well as a draft letter by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 28 Mar. 1836, in reply to the Calcutta Memorial.
Includes 'List of Books removed from the Muniment Room to the Library' and 'Upper Muniment Room in the Edward IIII Clock Tower' (typed lists); 'Plan of Senior Bursar's Muniment Room'; correspondence re moves of material and loans to fellows.
Adams, Herbert Mayow (1893-1985), librarianLetter, 15 Oct. 1883, from J. W. L. Glaisher to the mother of a young man who may wish to become a student at Trinity, explaining what needs to be done to seek admission, the unlikelihood of his getting a college room in his first year, and the difficulty of estimating an undergraduate's expenditure. Enclosing a printed sheet with information on the entrance examinations to be held in Jan. 1884; a certificate at the bottom is to be to be filled in and returned to the College Tutor. There is also a printed folded sheet with information relating to non-collegiate students at Cambridge.
The prospective student is most likely William Hastings Bagshaw, son of William Edward Bradshaw of Pitt Place, Epsom, given the provenance of the documents; he was admitted as a student at Cambridge in October 1884, but at Pembroke rather than Trinity. His mother was Maria Roberts Bagshawe.
The essays listed below were written by Eddington while at Brynmelyn School, the Quaker school at Weston-super-Mare he attended between 1893 and 1898. They were presented to the Library in August 1945 by Lieutenant-Commander Cyril Alderson Lund, a former member of Trinity, who had found them in a drawer while headmaster of Brynmelyn. Lund also enclosed a letter written to him by Eddington in 1940, probably not long after the discovery of the papers, which, according to Lund, was a response to his inquiry as to ‘how old [Eddington] was when he wrote them’. The plural pronoun, however, appears to be misleading, for Eddington’s letter indicates that Lund sent him only one paper, written in October or November 1896. This was evidently 5, which may have been selected as being the earliest dated item. Corresponding holes in the essay and in Eddington’s letter show that they were formerly pinned together.
It is possible that some, if not all, of the essays were written for inclusion in a school magazine, but no specimens of such a magazine are known to exist [The records of the school, which had closed by the date of Douglas’s biography (1956), do not appear to have survived. There are none at the Somerset Record Office or the Library of the Society of Friends. The Public Library at Weston-super-Mare has a file of information about the school (ref. A\BWG/4/52/14).] . Several of the papers belong to what seems to have been a regular series of astronomical reports, each perhaps intended to cover a month’s celestial activity. Eddington had begun writing these by February 1896, when he mentioned one in a letter to his sister (Douglas, p. 3) [The bursting of an aerolite over Madrid, mentioned in this letter, occurred on the 10th.], but there are no surviving examples earlier than October 1896, unless the date assigned to 6 is incorrect (see below). Douglas also refers to an essay on ‘Jupiter’ (p. 3) and another entitled ‘A Holiday Ride’ (p. 4), written in autumn 1897, from which an extract is given; the whereabouts of these is unknown.
After the papers came into the Library they were simply numbered in the order in which they lay, no attempt being made at a logical arrangement. In compiling the present Catalogue, the opportunity has been taken of arranging the essays in an approximate chronological order, and the numbering has been altered accordingly. The original numbers were as follows: 1 (11), 2 (9), 3 (10), 4 (12), 5 (13), 6 (4), 7 (7), 8 (5), 9 (2), 10 (3), 11 (8), 12 (6), 13 (1). The two letters and the envelope were not previously numbered.
Only five of the essays (4, 5, 7, 8, and 13) are explicitly dated. The first of these lacks the year, but references to certain occultations indicate that it belongs to 1896. 1, 2, and 3, which seem to be the three earliest of the undated items, are paginated respectively 393-398, 399-410, and 411-420, and this may be an indication of their chronological relationship and their closeness in date—though 9, which is probably later (see below), is paginated 369-388. 2 contains a reference to an opposition of Mars—clearly that of October 1894—as having taken place the previous year; it must therefore have written in in 1895, and 1 and 3 probably belong to the same year. 10 contains a reference to the aerolite which burst over Madrid ‘early in 1896’, from which it may be conjectured that the paper was written in 1898, as a reference to either ‘this year’ or ‘last year’ would be expected in 1896 or 1897. 11 is explicitly stated to have been written at the beginning of 1898, and 12 contains an apparent reference to the supposed discovery of a second satellite of the earth by Dr Georg Waltemath, announced in the same year. References in these two papers to other astronomical phenomena have been used to fix the dates more narrowly. 6 and 9 have been tentatively assigned respectively to the years 1897 and 1898 by the character of the writing.
Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley (1882-1944), knight, theoretical physicist and astrophysicistTyped copies of circular letters written by Gow and sent to correspondents, mostly former pupils, serving abroad; a book, published in 1945, was made of the letters from 1939-1944. News from Trinity and Cambridge; comments on Gow's Air Raid Precaution work, his reading, and other similar matters.
'I hope you will forgive a letter which resembles a circular. It seemed to me that in these uncheerful times those in foreign parts might perhaps like rather more gossip than they usually get out of my correspondence, and that as the gossip would have to be more or less the same for all, it would be a good thing to duplicate it rather than write it all out separately for different people...' [from the first letter, 8 Sept 1939]
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1978), classical scholarGow's bookplate at front. Typed copies of circular letters written by Gow and sent to correspondents, mostly former pupils, serving abroad; a book, published in 1945, was made of the letters from 1939-1944. News from Trinity and Cambridge; comments on Gow's Air Raid Precaution work, his reading, and other similar matters.
'I hope you will forgive a letter which resembles a circular. It seemed to me that in these uncheerful times those in foreign parts might perhaps like rather more gossip than they usually get out of my correspondence, and that as the gossip would have to be more or less the same for all, it would be a good thing to duplicate it rather than write it all out separately for different people...' [from the first letter, 8 Sept 1939]
Each letter has a note in Gow's hand at the top recording the number of copies sent out and the date of postage [the typed dates included in the letter denote the date of composition]. Pagination running through for letters from 1939-1944, presumably for the publication of these letters in 1945. Typed list of addresses of correspondents on pp. 269-283, dated Oct. 1943 but with MS corrections and annotations; record of which letters were sent to each correspondent, pp.285-297.
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1978), classical scholarNotes on textual criticism.
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1978), classical scholarOriginally housed in portfolio bearing date '1842'. Also includes several verses and translations by Thomas Babington Macaulay. With newspaper cutting: 'Macaulay: thirty years in letters: a gift to Trinity College', from The Times, 24 Jan 1928.
No 26: letter, 14 Mar. 1839, from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Thomas Flower Ellis has been divided; the remainder is at 258.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian, essayist, and poetOriginally housed within two envelopes, one labelled in what may be the hand of Margaret Holland, née Trevelyan, Lady Knutsford, the other by George Macaulay Trevelyan, and a folded sheet of card noting that the letters were 'used freely in G. O. T[revelyan]'s Life of Macaulay'.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian, essayist, and poet'Macaulay - Original Letters' on spine.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859), 1st Baron Macaulay, historian, essayist, and poetLetter of 16 Nov. 1821 in German, the others in English.
Thirlwall, Connop (1797-1875), bishop of St David's, historianA journal of Whewell's daily work as Master of Trinity College. Item 1 is the journal, and items 2-9 are letters which are believed to have been found laid in loose to the volume.
Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of scienceThis is volume one of a two volume set of copies of William Whewell's correspondence (see vol. II, O.15.47) gathered by Isaac Todhunter for his William Whewell, D.D. Master of Trinity College Cambridge. An account of his writings with selections from his literary and scientific correspondence London: Macmillan and Co., 1876, 2 vols. Many of the copies are not in Todhunter's hand, but some carry his notes. The source of the original letters is not always noted.
A note on letters used by Mrs Stair Douglas is laid in loose at the front of the volume.
This is volume two of a two volume set of copies of William Whewell's correspondence and related papers (see vol. II, O.15.46) gathered by Isaac Todhunter for his William Whewell, D.D. Master of Trinity College Cambridge. An account of his writings with selections from his literary and scientific correspondence London: Macmillan and Co., 1876, 2 vols. The copies are in Todhunter's hand. The source of the original letters is not given.
Todhunter, Isaac (1820-1884), mathematician and historian of mathematicsItems 1-57 are letters from 1846. Items 58-84 are letters from Whewell to Adam Sedgwick dated 1828-1843, with one letter from Sedgwick dated 1845. These are accompanied by over thirty miscellaneous lists of books.
Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of scienceAn undated finding aid to some of the Whewell papers in Trinity College Library, with descriptions of papers as they were found in Box A (now Add.MS.a.51-69) with general descriptions as well as more detailed descriptions of some papers, all in D. A. Winstanley's hand. Accompanied by a 16 pp. typescript outline of the papers by Walter F. Cannon describing their arrangement in July 1961.
Winstanley, Denys Arthur (1877-1947), historianA finding aid to the Whewell papers in Trinity College Library, with the names of correspondents and the descriptions of parcels in which they were found. This finding aid was superseded by the "Report on the papers of William Whewell" compiled by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in 1973 and the current catalogue records in Trinity's archival database.
Letters patent dated 1 Dec. 1886 in the original red box with the royal arms stamped on the top of the box. This is accompanied by eight letters and a related document and printed item.
Four letters from John Hassard of the Vicar-General's Office over the last half of November 1886 relate to the logistics of resigning the Deanship of Gloucester and the appointment as Master of Trinity. One of his letters is accompanied by a note from Randall Davidson the Dean of Windsor regretting he cannot attend Butler's installation. Another letter from E. J. Perowne invites Hassard to spend the night at the Lodge of Corpus Christi College the night before the installation. The letters are accompanied by a copy of sections 1 and 2 of the "Pluralities Act" of 1838 concerning the restriction of holding a Deanship and Mastership at the same time and a printed sheet listing "Days Fixed" for the prelates of England for 1887, issued by Hassard of the Vicar-General's Office.
Two letters relate to practical details relating to the Master's Lodge and its staffing. The previous Master's widow Elizabeth Frances Thompson informs him of the death of her sister (Laetitia), and describes the state of the Lodge, items needed for housekeeping, and her recommendation of the housekeeper Mrs Jones. The Junior Bursar Gerard F. Cobb's letter contains practical details relating to the Master's Lodge and its staffing. A letter from Trinity Vice-Master Coutts Trotter forwards a copy of the statutes of the college and carries a description of the installation ceremony.
Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), college headWith some annotations in pencil.
Records dates and visitors' name; addresses are also intermittently recorded. Royal signatures have a page to themselves, with the date written calligraphically at the top: a visit from Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on 20 Oct. 1955; from Princess Margaret on 6 Nov. 1958; from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 8 Jun. 1960 for the opening of Angel Court; from King Paul and Queen Frederica on 9 Mar. 1961, for a visit to the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory; from Elizabeth II on 28 May 1962 for the opening of Addenbrooke's Hospital. A black and white photograph of the Queen with Lord Adrian and the Lord Lieutenant in the street is inserted in the book.
Adrian, Edgar Douglas (1889-1977), 1st Baron Adrian, physiologist'Dec. 13 1834. Ordered by the Master and Seniors that no Manuscripts be taken out of the Library without an order of the Master and Seniors; and no Book from any of the Lock-up Classes or Cases without a note countersigned by the Master'.
Addition made on piece of paper pasted to top right corner 'No Persons except Members of the College allowed to go into the Classes. Aug[ust] 15th 1841'.
Includes folded sheet with draft of three letters by Power: one written from Nevis, 5 Jul. 1698, to George Stepney; one to Benjamin Portlock; one to Matthew Prior. Verse in English and Latin, including translations of Virgil, Aeneid VI and Horace Epistle 2.1, and drafts of Power's Latin translation of Milton's Paradise Lost.
Note on front page 'Delivered in Trinity Chapel Nov. 4. 1829'.
Manuscript. Covers the period from the creation of the world to the departure of Richard I and Philip II of France on the Third Crusade.