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

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15 List of ‘Sussex Words’, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
17 List of notable words in Legh’s Accedens of Armory (1562, etc.) and Holme’s Academy of Armory (1688), compiled by W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
19 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on literary references to henbane and on the etymology of the word 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
2 Letter from Thomas Colpitts to James Lambert(?) Item 30 Apr. 1793
3 Bill of a laundress of Settle, Yorks., in which the word ‘singlet’ has been underlined Item June 1868
7 Note by J. W. R. on the phrase ‘slike off’ Item 23 May 1885
8 Notes on the word ‘scale’, with reference to Coriolanus, I. i, in an unidentified hand Item 1880s?
11 List of ‘Hampshire Words’, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
12 Note by C. B. on the word ‘welch’ Item late 19th or early 20th c.
7 Letter from Alfred Newton relating to a phrase in Coriolanus File 1880
2 Extracts relating to Icelandic dogs, compiled by Alfred Newton Item 1880
2 Letter from W. E. Crowfoot to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 Nov. 1877
3 Letter from Francis H. Groome to Robert H. Groome (incomplete?) Item c. 14 Nov. 1877
3 Printed pamphlet headed ‘Chronicles and Memorials [in capitals]. | General Directions for the Guidance of Editors’ Item c. 1862
10 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 Dec. 1874
13 Letter from William Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 4 Oct. 1878
12 Letters and papers relating to Anne Deane Butcher’s system of ‘orthotype’ File 1909
1 Letter from Anna Deane Butcher to W. Aldis Wright Item 20 Nov. 1909
2 Copy of a letter from W. St Clair Tisdall to Anna Deane Butcher Item 20 Nov. 1909
3 Printed sheet illustrating Anna Deane Butcher’s system of ‘orthoëpic print’ Item c. 1909
4 Printed sheet illustrating the interlinear types used in Anna Deane Butcher’s system of ‘ortho-type’ or ‘orthoëpic print’ Item c. 1909
3 Printed sheet containing the second amended report of a committee of the Cambridge Philological Society on the ‘Reform of Latin Pronunciation’, subscribed by John Peile, J. P. Postgate, and J. S. Reid Item 24 Nov. 1886
2 Letter from Joshua Fayle to W. Aldis Wright Item 15 Mar. 1871
5 Letter from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 7 July 1876
17 Letter from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 6 May (late 19th or early 20th c.)
9 Printed paper entitled Classification des dialectes anglais modernes, by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, accompanied by a map of the principal English dialects Item 1873
15 Printed notice headed ‘Directions to Readers for the English Dialect Dictionary’ Item c. 1886
2 Note by W. W. Skeat on the word ‘quintain’ (cf. As You Like It, I. ii. 230), with reference to the Canterbury Tales Item c. 1876
3 Transcripts by W. W. Skeat of inscriptions in Redgrave church, Suffolk, relating to Sir Nicholas and Lady Bacon, 1609 and 1616 Item late 19th c.