Box 8

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Letter: Gad's Hill Place, Kent, to George W. Childs

AL. Sends thanks for the account of the Newsboys Dinner. "The photographs reached me safely . . . I owe you many thanks for them. The beautiful flowers bloomed through the whole passage home . . . I sank my American catarrh in the Atlantic on the fourth day out, and disappointed my friends by landing in the brownest and most radiant health." With envelope addressed in his own hand.

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Letter: Gad's Hill Place, Kent, to "My dear Mrs. Cattermole"

AL. "The course to take in reference to seeking a pension is to memorialize Mr. D'Israeli the Prime Minister. It is the only course I know of. The memorial need set forth no more than is in the 'appeal'. It should be signed by the best-known Painters . . . Lytton is not on such terms with the Government that he will ask any favours of them."

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2 cartes de visite, taken by Gurney & Son, NY. Probably taken during his 1868 visit to America.; n.d.

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Letter: Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to James Barron, 1769-1851, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. First letter discusses decorum of court martials to Barron, the commanding naval officer at Philadelphia; second letter requests that he distribute letters to those concerned, summoning them to "attend before a Court Martial in the City of Washington."

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Letter: Suckasunny, N. J., to S. Cambreling, Esq., New York, N.Y.

ALS. "I am under many obligations to you for forwarding my letter to your brother -- you will confer a further favor by forwarding the inclosed [sic] --"

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Letter: Washington, D. C., to Mr. Brown, "Ch. Com. on Revolutionary Claims"

ALS. "On motion by Mr. Preston, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of granting a pension or other compensation to the viscompte L'eaumont, a French officer, wounded at the siege of Savannah."

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Letter: Petersburg, Va., to Robert Saunders, Williamsburg, Va.

ALS. Letter to his uncle discusses various family matters, including fundraising for the College of William and Mary, and the author's work on Burk's History of Virginia, "the first volume of which will be completed early in July."

Scope and Contents Letters: London and St. John's Wood, to Miss Boughton; St. John's Wood, to Mrs. Robb; London, to Ellis Wells, Esq.; to "Dear Sir"5ALS. In first Boughton letter, Dicksee regrets he must miss seeing her on the 6th as he is laid up after having stopped a run-away horse. In the second, he must decline another invitation due to influenza. In Robb letter, regrets that he has no more exhibition tickets to spare. Note to "Dear Sir" written to accompany payment of subscription to the...

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Letter: Earlston, Scotland, to John Dickson, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. Begs to know why his brother has not written to him: "If by word or dead [sic] I have injured you only let me no [sic]." Also describes the depressed state of trade in his area: "This town chiefly depended on the weaving class of people and that is now most wretched. Wrights and masons is well imployed [sic] in Edinburgh as there is little or no trade in the country." Contemplates immigrating to America.

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Letter: London, to E. Moran, Esq., London

ALS. Thanks Moran for his "kind information. We have however got so far ahead of our venerable friend that any mention of him in the Athenaeum is giving him a publicity he has no other chance for."