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Mitford, John, 1781-1859,. Letters : from various correspondence, 1812-1843.

Title: Letters : from various correspondence, 1812-1843.

Letters concern Mitford's work on Thomas Gray, including some personal accounts of Gray and transcription of Gray manuscripts. Correspondents include Sir Charles Edward Grey, John George Cochrane, Sir Egerton Brydges, James Boswell, Thomas Green, and others.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (ca 200 leaves) ; 29 cm.

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, 1841 Jan. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, 1841 Jan. 8.

Expressing concern that he has not heard from [John] Cochrane recently; mentioning that he saw another candidate for the librarian position named Fisher who was "totally without experience" and "without habit of selfdirection in any kind"; asking for Christie's opinion about a third candidate named Washbourne.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19 cm.

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Cochrane, John George, 1781-1852. Letter: 1851 Jan. 13, London Library, 12 St James's Square, to David Laing / J.G. Cochrane.

Title: Letter: 1851 Jan. 13, London Library, 12 St James's Square, to David Laing / J.G. Cochrane. 1851.

Request for the gift of transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Antiquarian Society of Scotland [sic] for the London Library. Describes incomplete sets of Scottish club publications in the British Museum.

ArchivalResource: [3] p.

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Heber, Richard, 1773-1833,. Autograph letter signed from Richard Heber to Phelps [manuscript], 1816 Saturday February 10 [?].

Title: Autograph letter signed from Richard Heber to Phelps [manuscript], 1816 Saturday February 10 [?].

Asks Phelps to bid for him at the sale of the Gordonstoun library, enclosing a list of those items he wishes to have (incomplete). Also, letter from J.G. Cochrane to Heber, April 9, 1816, listing items with prices, bought for Heber at the sale.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, [1841 Feb. 5?].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, [1841 Feb. 5?].

Sending an Italian list of books from which to select books for the library; noting that he told [John] Cochrane that he was elected to the position of librarian and would be expected to start by Feb. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with address) ; 11.4 cm.

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, [1840 Dec. 31?].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, [1840 Dec. 31?].

Listing reasons for hiring Cochrane as the librarian for the London library; noting the need for a good manager who will be "a wise servant"; discussing the library's budget (£4000) and what he thinks the library should buy; asking to borrow a library catalog; mentioning that their "first set of purchases ought to be popular, entertaining, & what people will read and continue to read."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.) ; 22.6 cm.

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, 1840 Dec. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W.D. Christie, 1840 Dec. 24.

Sending a letter from a candidate for the librarianship named Simpson; mentioning that Cochrane, another candidate, sent "an immense letter" and a "considerable pamphlet of testimonials"; stating his conviction that Cochrane "will be the most important of acquisitions" for the library.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.8 cm.

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