Box 8

Letter: London, to "Dear Sir"

ALS. Informs his correspondent that his Poems, Letters & Memories of Philip Sidney Nairn is no longer in circulation, but a copy can be obtained from Sidgwick & Jackson.

Letter: to James Crowdy, Esq., Highworth, Wilts

ALS. "I find Dr. Trenchard of Hamden has a date for the [illeg.] & has promised Lord [illeg.] . . . and you would be doing him a favour if you could prevail upon Dr. T., if you know him, to stay at home."

Letter: Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Lieutenant Colonel Fisher

ALS. Discusses British military appointments and promotions in various parts of the world. Thanks Fisher for congratulating him on his own promotion, stating he has reason to hope "that it is to be the forerunner of my being appointed Governor General to his Majesty's dominions in North America."

Deed poll: Washington County, Pa., to Isaac Franks, 1759-1822

DS. Deed poll of a three-hundred-acre land tract in Washington County, Pennsylvania, to Isaac Franks of Philadelphia, witnessed by Thomas Bradford and Peter Gillion.

Letter: to Mr. John Worthington, near West Chester, Pa.

ALS. Informs Worthington of the scheduled date for a trial. Asks him also to see John Edwards.

Letter: War Department, Washington, D.C., to Joshua Forman, Esq., Syracuse N.Y.

ALS. Letter discusses the status of several cases being considered by the War Department.

Letter: Chester, Pa., to Henry I. Williams, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.

ALS. "I enclose you the rule you wrote for - The rules of Court do not authorize the entry of a rule stipulating so short a notice without a special application to the Court, but in case of the absence of the witness from the State the Court will no doubt win the deposition."

Travel Permit

DS. Travel permit for Girshev Efelman, including a description of his features. Written in Russian.

Cards and letters: London, to Haldane Macfall, 1860-1928

APcS and 19 ALsS. Derry, an authority on Aubrey Beardsley, discusses the details of Beardsley's life with Macfall, who is writing a preface for Derry's Aubrey Beardsley Scrap Book. Letters are signed "R.A. Walker."

Letter: London, to Marquis de Chateaugiron, Paris

ALS. Letter of introduction for "my especial good friend Mr. Baker - the historian of the County of Northampton" asking that Baker be given access to the collections of the Chez M. Desenne Libraire. Dibdin also mentions that his Reminiscences of a Literary Life "is fast getting out of print . . . Vive la Bibliomanie!"