Manuscripts
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1866?], Aug. 18), London (Eng.)
- Description
- The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts and letters written by leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers. The manuscripts include poems by Daniel Webester, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Helen Maria Williams. The political correspondents include John Bright, Hugh McCalmont Cairns (Earl Cairns), George William Villiers (Earl of Clarendon), Frances Power Cobbe, Richard Cobden, William Ewart Gladstone, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Temple (Viscount Palmerston), and George Frederick Robinson (Marquess of Ripon).
- Production date
- 1806-1903.
- Call number
- HM 69334
- Provenance
- Purchased from Soethby's, lot 522, July 1964.
