Papers of W. Aldis Wright relating to philology, etc.

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5 Leaf from the St James’s Gazette, containing the second part of an article by John W. Hales entitled 'Milton and the Gray's Inn Walks' Item 30 July 1891 View
2 Printed notices of sales of farming stock, etc. File 1872-5
4 Printed notice of an auction sale of farming stock belonging to Anthony Chapman, the sale to be conducted by Anthony Askew at Ridding, in Howgill (near Sedbergh), on 24 Sept. 1875 Item 1 Sept. 1875 View
3 Cuttings relating to dialect words File 1867-1910
2 Cutting from The Times, containing an article headed ‘Supposed Murder of a Woman’, in which the word ‘shaw’ has been underlined Item 18 June 1867
3 Cutting from the Cambridge Chronicle, containing a short notice of items for sale, in which the words ‘kine rods’ have been underlined Item 14 Mar. 1874
1 Cutting from Thomas Kerslake’s Catalogue of Books, containing details of a copy of Bensley’s edition of the Plays of Shakespeare (8 vols, 1804) and remarks on a conjectured misprint in The Two Gentlemen of Verona Item Jan. 1866
2 Printed menu and programme of the ‘46th Annual State Banquet of Sapience’ of the Society of Noviomagus on 4 July 1874, including quotations from the works of Shakespeare Item 1874
5 Letter from W. G. Stone to W. Aldis Wright Item 15 Mar. 1885
9 Cutting from the Derby Mercury, containing an article headed ‘A Find at Haddon and Ashford’ concerning discoveries made by F. J. Furnivall at Haddon Hall and Ashford church; annotated by Furnivall Item 22 Aug. 1888
10 Printed leaf or cutting, containing four versions of the casket song in The Merchant of Venice, as printed in four different editions, with handwritten notes in an unidentified hand Item 19th c.
1 Letter from Robert H. Groome to W. Aldis Wright Item 9 Mar. 1866
3 Letter from —— to W. Aldis Wright Item 17 June 1867
7 Letter from Edmund Gosse to W. Aldis Wright Item 5 May 1885
9 Letter from Charles E. Grant to W. Aldis Wright Item 4 Apr. 1887
12 Letter from Basil R. Airy to W. Aldis Wright Item 28 Oct. 1895
13 List of ‘Keysoe Words and Phrases’, compiled by William Airy Item before 1874
14 Rough list of notable words and phrases, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
16 List of notable words in Barclay’s Ship of Fools (1570), compiled by W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
20 Two extracts of literary interest from a college conclusion book (not that of Trinity), 1658 and 1659, in the hand of W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
6 Letters and papers from an envelope marked ‘Halliwell’s Dictionary | vol. 2 | Loose papers’ File 18th c.-1904
4 List of Huntingdonshire words, sent to W. Aldis Wright by Mrs Warren of Over Item 22 Nov. 1868
6 Letter from Alfred Ainger to W. Aldis Wright Item 6 Mar. 1885
9 Letter from C. H. Griffith to A. F. Kirkpatrick Item 25 Oct. 1904
1 Letter from Alfred Newton to W. Aldis Wright Item 20 Mar. 1880
1 Letter from Robert H. Groome to W. Aldis Wright Item 14 Nov. 1877
3 Letter from Francis H. Groome to Robert H. Groome (incomplete?) Item c. 14 Nov. 1877
5 Proof of three articles under the heading ‘Suffolk Notes and Queries’: (i) ‘Captain Ward’ by ‘Rector’ (Robert H. Groome), annotated by the author; (ii) ‘William Dowsing’ by R. H. G. (the same); and (iii) ‘“County Biography”’ by L. O. Item c. 23 Nov. 1877
6 Text of the ballad ‘Captain Ward’ (Child Ballad No. 287), in an unidentified hand, with a quotation from Twelfth Night in the hand of Robert H. Groome Item Nov. 1877?
9 Letter from T. Smith Woolley on the word ‘shot’ File 1881