Add. MS b/60/177-178
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22 Feb 1886-7 Mar 1886
Part of Additional Manuscripts b
Add. MS b/60/241-244
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8 Apr 1885-27 Mar 1886
Part of Additional Manuscripts b
60/243 is a large bifolium used to write out a shorthand message with possible interpretation below. In 60/243 E. M. Thompson writes to Wright, 'When Nichols sends up what he refers to in the telegram - you shall have it', connecting this gathering with 60/177-178.
Add. MS b/60/246-250
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4 May 1885-8 Mar 1886
Part of Additional Manuscripts b
Several of the letters refer to Thompson's British Museum colleague T. N. Nichols' investigations into the shorthand alleged by William Squire to have been written by Cromwell. 60/248 is a letter from Nichols to Thompson, 11 Feb 1886, sent on by Thompson to Wright on 12 Feb 1886.