Miscellaneous documents

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
2 Documents relating to Isaac Newton's ruler and compasses Item 9 Feb. 1839-29 Jul. 1841
12 Letter from David Vesey to the Master of Trinity Item 26 Nov. 1944
19 Memorandum of agreement signed by Hamo Thorneycroft to produce a statue of Tennyson for Trinity Item 29 Jan. 1906
19C Press cuttings from the Westminster Gazette: 'Dr. Butler as Dramatic Censor' Item [n.d.]
26 'Copy of a Codicil to the Will of Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Matilda, dated 29 July 1843' Item [Jan. 1845?]
36 Argument that the translation of Milton's Paradise Lost by Thomas Powers does not belong to Trinity College, and that it is only held in trust for the benefit of his creditors Item [1708 or later]
40 'A List of Oriental MSS, chiefly on Astronomical Subjects, formerly in the possession of Mr. J. Bentley...' Item [Feb. 1858]
41A Fragment of Sanskrit [?] MS, endorsed on back 'Krishna's bath [?]...' Item [n.d.]
50 Letter from William Cecil Dampier Whetham to [?] Bidder Item 18 Mar. 1916
51 'Orders by the M[aste]r and Seniors for the better preserving the books in the Library' Item 20 Feb. 1650/1
53 Photocopy of manuscript report, 'The Newton Collection in Trinity', by John Harrison. 28 Oct. 1974 Item [1974?]
62 Anthony Storr, 'Isaac Newton', British Medical Journal, Vol. 291, No. 6511, Dec. 21-28, 1985 Item [mid 1980s]
21 Copy of poem by George Brimley on non-attendance at Chapel, in Edmund Gosse's hand Item [n.d.]
15 Letter from Rev. Frederic Willett to the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College, with thanks for telegram on his 100th birthday Item 17 Jun. 1938
4 Typed copy of letter from James G. Frazer to Florence Image Item Nov. 1919 [original letter]
17 Letter from Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, to Henry Yates Thompson about the proposed statue of his father at Trinity Item 10 Jan. 1906
18 Letter from Henry Montagu Butler to William Aldis Wright about the proposed statue of Tennyson at Trinity Item 9 Jan. 1906
23 Letter from William Cornish, bookseller, to Archdeacon [Thomas] Thorp Item 16 Jan. 1843
25 Letter from Stephen Gaselee to Alwyn Faber Scholfield Item 10 Oct. 1919
27 Letter from Lady Alicia Gordon to the Master of Trinity Item 6 Jan. 1845
32 Letter from Dan Smith and J. Bevan to the Master of Trinity Item 6 Feb. 1698/9
33 Letter from Joseph Martyn to William Lynnet Item 31 Mar. 1699
42 Letter from Anne Wintringham to Thomas Postlethwaite Item 21 Aug. 1794
44 Letters from Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart to George Macaulay Trevelyan Item 12 Mar. 1944-19 Mar. 1944
45 Material relating to A.R.P. provisions etc at Trinity College Item [Oct. 1939]-Oct. 1944
47 Copies of documents, 1821-1882, relating to Trinity College business, predominantly concerning the college cook Item [n.d.]
48 Letter from David Smyth Torrens to Edgar Douglas Adrian Item 13 Aug. 1953
49 Documents relating to proposals for a new building on the Brewhouse site Item Mar. 1954
52 Photocopy of article by P. E. Spargo: 'Newton's Library', Endeavour, Jan. 1972 Item [1972?]
57 Offprint of article by John Harrison, 'Newton's Library: Identifying the Books', Harvard Library Bulletin Vol. XXXIV No. 4 Item Oct. 1976