Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

Library catalogue of the library of the Right Honorable Charles William Earl of Charleville at his residence near Tullamoore, Ireland, dating from 1825-1826.

A complete set of the original issues of the Tatler British society magazine, dating from April 12, 1709- January 2, 1710, with the addition of interleaved manuscript annotations and published items. Loose items have been removed to MS P553.

This collection consists of 3 letters sent to publisher and friend Grant Richards (1872-1948) from British essayist and novelist Llewelyn Powys, who was the younger brother of Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953) and John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), other British literary figures of the late 19th and 20th centuries. The collection also includes a clipping of a review.

Collection of 23 letters and 6 miscellaneous documents: business, family, estate, and other topics, from a merchant and his connections, situated in London, England during the latter half of the 17th century.

Private diary or minutes by an uknown author. Title on leaf 3: "Notes of the things moved and preffered In p[ar]lament since my cuming hether wch was on the 18 of aprill 1614 but was begun the 5 of aprill." Original, perhaps compiled notes. Largely a narrative of proceedings in the House of Commons, digesting each speech; some transcripts of speeches; a few anecdotes, such as the account of the death of the Duke of Richmond, 1624. Some royal letters, petitions, etc.

(Incomplete?) list of executions conducted at the Tyburn gallows in England for the years 1731 and 1732. The list consists of three pages and a fragment; the list provides names, dates of execution, and sometimes the offense committed. The list notes that an experiment was made on a criminal in 1731: "pierce Tympanum and test hearing." The list may have been made for "Dr. Cotton"(?).

Miscellaneous letters from William Cobbett.