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Add. MS c/101/1 · Item · 2 Sept. 1900
Part of Additional Manuscripts c

Writes on the death of Henry Sidgwick, and expresses his, Lady Acton's and others' sympathies on her 'dreadful loss'. Declares that he has lost 'the best of friends and colleagues...' Refers to the sympathy and admiration he felt for Henry in relation the manner in which he bore his illness. Reports that [Andrew?] Forsyth spent an hour discussing things with Sidgwick at Jebb's, 'and had no idea till long after that anything was wrong.' States that they were not aware of the gravity of the situation until three weeks earlier, when he met Nora with Arthur J. Balfour.

O./6.6/2 · Item · 16 Oct. 1923
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class O

On embossed notepaper for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. - Would be glad to have the selections from the Cayley papers which Rouse Ball has set aside for him; already has a few specimens of Cayley's autograph work which Forsyth sent him when editing Cayley's collected works, but the papers Rouse Ball has chosen may have an 'intrinsic interest' for him. Has 'never really "gone in for" polyhedra', and doubts whether he deserves to have the Taylor collection, but would like to inspect it; wonders whether Hobson was right to decline it for the School [of Mathematics?]; polyhedra 'have now rather an extra importance, with the mathematical crystallography so much to the fore'; asks when and where he may see the models.

O./6.6/36 · Item · 16 Jun. 1923
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class O

Garden House Cambridge. - Is sending Rouse Ball some 'curves and figures drawn by my Father... Some of them are interesting for the care with which they are drawn if for nothing else and I thought one might be selected for the library if nothing of the sort was selected with the books'. Also encloses a letter from Professor Forsyth [now O.6.6/40]; 'you may consider this will justify you in destroying any of the papers which no one will care to keep for sentimental reasons'.

O./6.6/38 · Item · 12 Jun. 1923
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class O

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Is 'somewhat staggered by the quantity of Cayley papers' sent to him; asks if he is right in thinking that Forsyth went through them when preparing the collected edition of Cayley's works, and that his own task is 'chiefly that of distribution to those who would value letters and notes by him'.

O./6.6/39 · Item · 25 Sept. 1923
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class O

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Has been through Cayley's father's papers gathers that 'everything of value in the MS memoirs and papers has already been printed. All appear to have been carefully examined by Forsyth many years ago, and nothing more can be picked out for publication'. The largest part of the papers 'consist of notes for and incomplete drafts of memoirs included in his published works. All these rough and incomplete notes I propose to destroy'.

Lists proposed recipients of materials. Has no letters himself from Arthur Cayley. Thinks letters from living writers should be either returned to them or destroyed; is therefore returning MacMahon's letters, and destroying those from Glaisher and Forsyth. Of letters from people now dead he proposes to send those from Sylvester to the Master of St John's [R. F. Scott]; thinks most of the rest should be destroyed, though he mentions a few people to whom he would like to send 'a certain number' which he feels would be unproblematic to send. Encloses a few letters and papers 'of a personal character' for Cayley to take care of.

O./6.6/40 · Item · 13 Jun. 1923
Part of Manuscripts in Wren Class O

Imperial College of Science and Technology (Royal College of Science), South Kensington, London, S. W. 7. - Shortly after Cayley's father's death, Forsyth went through his papers at his widow's request; considers that 'everything had already been published save one short paper: and this was included in one of the volumes of his Collected Works'. Understands from personal experience how troublesome the task of dealing with papers can be.