Ashburnham Place "Appendix" Collection Papers, 1847-1909.

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Ashburnham Place "Appendix" Collection Papers, 1847-1909.

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The papers relate chiefly to the purchase of the collection by Henry Yates Thompson in 1897 and the disposition of various manuscripts. Included are: ALS Nov. 19, 1847, John Holmes, British Museum, to Lord Ashburnham concerning ownership of a Cleves coat of arms, with enclosure of 5 ALS to H.Y. Thompson; Feb. 16, 1897, from E. Maunde Thompson, British Museum, stating government refusal to purchase the collection. Nov. 30, 1902, from M.R. James, Kings College, Cambridge, acknowledging receipt of Ms. CI; July 9, 1904, from L. Delisle, Bibliotheque Nationale, concerning an anticipated visit by H.Y. Thompson and S.C. Cockerell and inquiring about ownership of Ms. CI; and Feb. 17 and Mar. 3, 1909, from W.C.D. Whetham (afterwards Dampier) Trinity College, Cambridge, inquiring about ownership of Ms. LXXVIII. Also included are a clipping from the Jan. 18, 1901, Times reporting the sale of Ms. IX [to J.P. Morgan]; a copy, in Thompson's handwritting, of a letter from Lord Acton to Prime Minister William Gladstone, Mar. 7, 1883, concerning the qualifications of L. Delisle for representing France in recovering items from the collection found to have been stolen from French libraries [by Count Guglielmo Libri]. An updated ms. table initialed H.Y. T[hompson] showing the history of sales and appreciated value of Ms. CXLV. In the book are an inscription from Asgburnham to H.Y. Thompson, 1897; on vs. of front flyleaf, a table showing B.M. valuation of the retained fifty M.S.S., made in 1896; and ms. notes throughout indicating purchasers and prices of the mss. sold.

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