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'D. Pettiward. Trinity. Nov. 21 1786' on first page; 'D Pettiward' has been gone over in ink. 'Vince' is also written out several times in ink, as well as 'Young' and 'Mary' [or 'many'], and several squiggles of the pen.

The notes begin in a philosophical vein: 'Idea is the object of thinking. Whence has the mind all the materials of reason & knowledge from experience.' However, most of the notes are on mathematical topics: 'Vulgar Fractions', 'Reductions', 'Multiplications' and so on, including discussion of surds and fluxions. Many pages are crossed through.

Lecture presented in Montreal at the Shakespeare Association of America conference.

Duplicated printed playscript inscribed to Shaffer on the title page, accompanied by a letter from Corrêa dated 4 July 1999.

Bound duplicated typescript revised Oct. 2000 with a loose sheet of paper from a printed playscript of two pages of Act I.

Bound duplicated typescript in a pfd (Peters Fraser + Dunlop) folder.

Delivered at a writers' conference in Utah.

A draft of the extracts, with revisions by Shaffer.

Comb binding includes a letter from Rosenthal to Shaffer dated 5 Apr. 2013 inviting emendations. Shaffer has revised the pages throughout.

Screenplay adapted from the play by Anthony Shaffer for Castle Rock Films accompanied by a letter from Judy Daish Associates Ltd to Patricia Macnaughton dated 21 Feb. 2007.

Bound thesis for the Università degli studi di Verona, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere inscribed to Shaffer on the front flyleaf.

Typescript memoir.

Duplicated typescript inscribed to Shaffer on the first page.

Lecture given for the Colorado Festival of World Theatre 24 July 2006.

Bound duplicated typescript accompanied by a letter from Caldecott thanking Shaffer for his comments..

Bound duplicated typescript, with a copy of an advertisement and cuttings bound in at the front of the playscript.

Bound duplicated typescript of a dissertation submitted in fulfilment of requirements for BA J/H Philosophy and Theology at Durham University, accompanied by a card to Peter Shaffer from Hadrian Briggs.

Bound duplicated typescript, inscribed to Peter on the title page.

Shorter scientific correspondence

Including references to portraits of Houghton; anecdotes and reminiscences by others; notes for biographies etc: some after Houghton's death.

Includes a letter from the Daily Mail's Editorial Department, London, asking Thomson to review the Physics section of the forthcoming Encyclopaedia Britannica

Includes a letter informing Thomson of his election as a member of the Royal Institution, 8 May 1905.