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Contains both original newsprint cuttings and photomechanical copies, and an entire issue of the Style section of the 31 Jan. 1975 issue of The Washington Post, the Feb. 1975 issue of Vogue, the 1 Sept. 1975 issue of the Roche Report, Frontiers of Psychiatry, and two tv programme transcripts.

Monkhill House, near Pontefract. - Rev. Davy of Knottingley a deserving candidate for a better appointment.

Letters of John Babington to: his brother George Gisborne Babington, Nov. 1837; sister-in-law Sarah Babington, née Disney, Apr. 1833; father Thomas Babington, June 1822 and Apr. 1829; J. S. Elliott; brother-in-law James Parker, Nov. 1826; sister Mary, Jan. 1818-Nov. 1837; nephew Edward Joseph Rose, May 1880-Sept. 1881 (some copies; letter of 13 Apr. 1881 includes a partial transcript of a letter from Lydia Rose to her sister-in-law Charlotte Rose, 25 Feb. 1831).

Also letters from John Babington to his sister Lydia Rose, Feb. 1876-May 1879 (one including transcribed extract from the will of their sister Jean Babington); and niece Mary Ellen Rose, née Parker. Telegram from John Babington to Edward, Viscount Cardwell, Aug. 1852. Sermon preached by John Babington after the death of his brother in law Joseph Rose.

Letters of Joseph Babington to his brother Thomas Babington Dec. 1821-Dec. 1826, some with notes from his wife Catherine (née Whitter) to Thomas.

A clipping sent by H. W. Underwood, from 'The Graphic' of September 9, 1905 depicting a rain-making rite.

Letter from Reay dated 10 Apr. 1917

Moxon and Robson have appropriated land due to writer after death of John Harrison; will Milnes intercede with his father

Chapman, S.

Includes copies of brief letters from C.C. Paterson and W.S. Tucker. 1937

Chaudhri, R. M. 1957-58

27 Rutland St., Hampstead Road - Woolner 'rejoices' that Adam Sedgwick has consented to allowing him to do 'his head in sculpture'. The modelling will probably take a fortnight. Glad Clark likes his photographs and frame.

Discusses the Constitutional Convention and its functions. States that its most important aspect, from earliest times, has been that 'prominent men of each party' served it. Laments the fact that '[t]here has been a decided decline in the quality of the men sent to the last three conventions in New York'. Refers to the influence of men such as Platt and C[roker]. Refers to the referendum, and states that the legislature 'has become a caricature, and nearly all the states are trying to mitigate its evils by diminishing the number of its sessions. Informs Sidgwick that they have 'moved up to a house here for [our] last five weeks before sailing Sept. 3rd.'

Two photographs on one album page. Photo of Head of River crew of men in suits in a photographer's studio, identified in the caption as W. H. Anderson, E. A. Hoare, J. C. Colvill, J. D. Inverarity, F. Ayers, A. Barratt, J. H. H. Moxon, W. J. Pinckney, and J. L. Seager. Photo of the crew of the Black Prince shows men identified in the caption as R. F. Gordon, W. J. Pinckney, S. P. Foster (Coach), A. Barratt, W. A. V. Bagshawe, W. H. Anderson, J. D. Inverarity, F. Ayers, J. L. Seager, and E. A. Hoare. With caption at bottom and top with description of the races.

Relief halftone, Cambridge Portrait Gallery No. 13 in the Supplement to the Gownsman

Diary of visits to Scotland by Henry Babington Smith, 1881-1882, with sketches and notes; further diaries for the years 1882-1894.

Indian Diaries of Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce in three volumes: 1894; 1895-1896; 1897-1898. Edited extracts from letters to Lady Louisa Elisabeth Bruce; typescript, with key to characters and some reproduced drawings. Further diaries kept by Lady Elisabeth in 1902 and 1903.

Concerns the formation, constitution, membership, records of early meetings of The Yacht Research Council. Taylor was a founder member of the Council, and Chairman of the Committee on Sail Design. Includes related correspondence, and a copy of a brochure on the Council's work, 1961. Includes letters from H. M. Barkla, W. J. M. Borthwick, Sir Cecil Bouchier, and John Morwood.

Pontefract. - On the death of Robert Pemberton Milnes; to remember Stainforth in his will is 'an almost overwhelming act of kindness'.

108A Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.—Commends the latest issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine (the first of a new series under the editorship of A. H. Bullen, with McKerrow as assistant).

(With envelope.)

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108A Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.
2 March 1906.

Dear Mr McKerrow,

I am very much obliged to you for your courtesy in sending me a copy of ‘The Gentleman’s Magazine’ for February. It presents a very satisfactory appearance, and will, I do not doubt, prove very serviceable.

I am
Yours very truly,
Sidney Lee.

[Direction on envelope:] R. B. McKerrow, Esq., | 30 Manchester Street, | Manchester Square, | W.

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The envelope was postmarked at Kensington Sorting Office, W., at 1.15 p.m. on 2 March 1906.

{1} This number began a new series of the magazine, under the editorship of A. H. Bullen, with McKerrow as assistant. It was effectively discontinued the following year, though ‘copyright registration copies’, consisting of the wrappers only, continued to be sent to the British Museum till 1922. See F. C. Francis, ‘A List of the Writings of Ronald Brunlees McKerrow’, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 4th series, xxi (1941), 235–6, and McKerrow’s letter in the Times Literary Supplement, 18 June 1931, p. 487.