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Letter: to "Dear General" , after 1946

ALS. Informs his correspondent of his impending return to the United States: "You may tell the public I am coming," and adds: "I herewith send you a sketch of my ship wreck [sic] on the Nile . . . perhaps it may be interesting to the readers of [your] Journal." (Sketch not included.)

Letter : London, to John Murray, 1778-1843, London

ALS. R. H. Barham asks Murray to look over his manuscript: "look particularly at what I have said about Horrestan Castle which . . . it is clear was never in the Byron family after it was seized by Henry II."

Letter: Liverpool, to W. F. Read, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa., via Europa

2 ALS. Requests payment for recent delivery.

Letter: London, to Laurence Housman, 1865-1959, Somerset

TLS. Invites Housman to become a member of the Council of the League of British Dramatists. "It is not suggested that the Council should be purely ornamental; its function will be to advise the Executive Committee in the event of any matter arising of vital importance to the whole body of British dramatists."

Letter: Woodbridge, to Robert Baldwin, London

ALS. To the publishers Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, Barton sends letters to be forwarded to the editors of the British Review and the London Magazine, as well as two copies of his book of poems. He praises the London's anonymous literary critic and comments on a recent article on Keats's Endymion. "There was a genuine feeling of poetical beauty, and accurate perception of what Poetry itself is."

Letter: Norwich, to Laman Blanchard, 1804-1845

Sends along copies of her two latest works, The Value of Time and The Value of Money.

Letter: Chicago, Ill., to J. T. Ryerson, Esq.; J. T. Ryerson to William Barry, Chicago, Ill.

2 ALS. Written on Historical Society of Chicago stationery, thanks Ryerson for his donation of books. Also enclosed is Ryerson's brief reply to Barry.

Letter: New York, N.Y., to "My dear Mr. Allen"

ALS. Discusses upcoming business ventures; writes that "Mr. Roth will call upon you with a letter of introduction from me."

Letter: London, to Jordan Harrison, Mount Pleasant, Ohio

ALS. Writing to his uncle, describes a trip to the Lake Country where he visited William Wordsworth. "He asked many questions about America--and spoke in highest terms of the country, her citizens and institutions . . . He converses very agreeably and has a very fine flow of language." Goes on to describe visits to London monuments.

Letter: to John D. Ward

ALS. An apologetic letter to Ward, as Bauman has accidentally received and read his mail. The mistake was only recently discovered, for "no one could tell to whom [the mail] was directed."