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Photographs, 1862-2007

The photographs are arranged under the following headings: Armaments Ascension Island Bazett Beatson Boer War Churches (and memorials) Coast Countryside Development and trade Education Elections Events …
Found in: Photographs
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 93
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1862-2007
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To Mrs Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - R. Butler -…, 10 Jul 1826

To Mrs Ruxton from Edgeworthstown - R. Butler - date of marriage - M. Sneyd's return to England - Harriet and Lucy Edgeworth - Lord Mahon - Sir H. Davy's visit - his Discourses - his character and manners - Sir J. Sebright's Essay on training hawks - Napoleon's criticism of Talma - Emperor of Russia - Naples and the 'corda' - Mrs Bowdick - Captain Parry and Polar expedition - J .L. Foster and politics - Nimmo
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 718, fols. 17-19
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 10 Jul 1826
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Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth to Mrs Charles (Sneyd)…, 16 Jul 1827

Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth to Mrs Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth (née Henrica [Harriette] Broadhurst) from Edgeworthstown - Fanny Edgeworth - Molly Bristow and Hetty Crofton - society at Edgeworthstown - Davidoff, Colyer and Dr Brewster - Scott has sent Maria Edgeworth his Life of Napoleon - William Edgeworth - the Beddoes - Honora Edgeworth - Fanny Edgeworth and the girls' school - Sketches in Persia and his failure to read as 'in this house…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 741, fols. 128-129
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 16 Jul 1827
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To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street -…, 10 Jan 1841

To Harriet Butler from North Audley Street - thermometer - Scott's Napoleon - H. Martineau, Toussaint de L'Ouverture - Basil Hall, Patchwork - the Hollands - Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle - Lady Anna Maria Dunkin - Lord Dudley and Ward's Letters: article in Edinburgh Review - Mrs Stevenson (wife of American Ambassador) - pp. 9-16…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 713, fols. 1-8
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 10 Jan 1841
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Honora Edgeworth to Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth -…, 12 Jan 1826

Honora Edgeworth to Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth - Lovell Edgeworth's affairs given up to Maria Edgeworth and Mrs Edgeworth - possibility of help from Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth - other mortgage prospects - disaster due to 'benevolence preceding justice' and great neglect and ignorance of business - Mrs Strickland - Sayings and Doings said to be by T. Hook (it is) - Jason (? Janus) ed. Lockhart - Woodstock - Scott's…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 739, fols. 23-24
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 12 Jan 1826
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Claire Clairmont to Mary Shelley, 16 Sept. 1834

Original, signed. Concerning Claire's life and the Villa Cittadella; news of the Masons and Jane Bocella; Claire's meeting with Madame Murat, Napoleon's sister; family news; on free women and illegitimate children; et al. Mentions [Margaret] Mason; …
Collection: The Abinger Papers
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 48, fols. 132-3
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 16 Sept. 1834
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To Mrs Ruxton - Mrs Mordecai - Charlotte Sneyd's…, 21 Apr 1821

To Mrs Ruxton - Mrs Mordecai - Charlotte Sneyd's illness - Maria Edgeworth's eyesight - Orlando Furioso - Hooke's Essay on the means of improving natural philosophy - Madame de Sévigné - Letters of Madame de Villars - Memoirs of St Simon - Fleury's Memoirs of Napoleon - Lovell Edgeworth and his school - Life of Wesley - the Catholic…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 717, fols. 85-87
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 21 Apr 1821
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Maria Edgeworth to Honora Edgeworth from Berne -…, 19 Aug 1820

Maria Edgeworth to Honora Edgeworth from Berne - Coppet: the house - Madame de Staël - J. Hecker - Dix années d'exil - anecdotes of Madame de Staël and of Napoleon - Madame de Staël and B. Constant and Manuscrit de St Hélène - Miss Randall - Alphonse Rocca - Yverdun and the local inns - J.P. Greaves - Pestalozzi - the Hillyars - Paienne: the inn - Freyburg - Berne - local dress - (continued by Fanny Edgeworth) - museum at Berne - Dr…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 704, fols. 51-56
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 19 Aug 1820
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To Mrs Edgeworth - finance for Francis Beaufort…, 2 Apr 1837

To Mrs Edgeworth - finance for Francis Beaufort Edgeworth - gas shares - the Steeles - Steele's building a church at Ballymahon and his losses as a builder - invitation to Francis Beaufort Edgeworth and family and Rosa Florentina Edgeworth (née Eroles)'s sister Mariquita - Barry Fox and his children - money affairs - Napoleon in Council - Life of Scott - a governess - Charles (Sneyd) Edgeworth and Lovell Edgeworth's deed - Maria…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 701, fols. 90-93
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 2 Apr 1837
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Maria Edgeworth to Francis Beaufort from Paris -…, 1 Jul 1820

Maria Edgeworth to Francis Beaufort from Paris - (xerox) - health of William Edgeworth and effect of his state on Lovell Edgeworth - Bibliothèque du Roi - Langlès and anecdote of Napoleon - the Creeds - Malthus - Camille Jordan - Madame Récamier - Ultras at house of Duchesse de Clermont Tonnerre - Bréguet - Arago on Brinkley and Pond and the parallax - visit to Ivry and Duchess Dowager of Orleans - Madame de Casteras - La Baume, Relation circonstanciée - visit to…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 716, fols. 142-149
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 1 Jul 1820
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National Trust, New Longwood House, Oakbank, Observatories, 1821-2007

(file 1) National Trust of St. Helena, 2004-2005, including: 'Behold the Birds! A guide to the birds of St. Helena and Ascension Island' by Hearl, Mar 2004 (review of Neil McCullcoh's book) (file 2) New Longwood House, 1821-2000 (papers dated pre-1949 are mostly copies), including: …
Found in: Research files / J-O
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 37
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1821-2007
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Prisoners, Pritchard, Purchases, 1895-2005

(file 1) Prisoners, 1895-2005 (papers dated pre-1993 are copies), comprising: correspondence, with a few related photocopies, relating to prisoners on St. Helena, including Dinizulu. Includes 'The Zulus of Ladder Hill' by Hearl, Aug 1989 [see also 'Boer War']. (file 2) Pritchard, 1976-2002, comprising: …
Found in: Research files / P-Y
Shelfmark: MSS. Atlan. s. 23 / 40
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1895-2005
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Early drafts, poetry and prose stories and essays, 1906-1919, n.d.

Includes Manuscript essays or lectures on Florence, Hamlet, sailing ships, and A. Munnings, 1912, c.1914-c.1916, n.d. Draft manuscript poetry and prose stories, n.d., with letters from Edward Bridges and Margaret Bridges, 1914, n.d. Sailing-related notes, 1906. Unpublished verse play featuring Napoleon and Talleyrand, n.d. [prior to 1913]. …
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 314/2
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1906-1919, n.d.
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Photograhs used by Carola for publications with further family and holiday photographs, [1909-1974], n.d.

Including (fols. 52-58) photographs considred for inclusion in Carola Oman's Ayot Rectory as relating to the Sneade family, [1964] (fols. 59-75) photographs considered for inclusion in Carola Oman's Napoleon' Viceroy as relating to the de Beauharnais family, [1965] (fols. 76-84) photographs considered for inclusion in…
Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 502 (fols. 52-135)
Extents: 1 Leaves
Dates: [1909-1974], n.d.
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Correspondence, 1786-1913, n.d.

Comprises letters from and between non-family-members: Autograph letter from [Napoleon] Buonaparte Empereur, 20 Jul 1786 [in French] Letter from Joseph [-] to Lady Layne, née Baronne de Kölbel, 1 Aug 1788 [in French] Letter from [-] Bideau to Monsigneur [-], 29 Dec 1790 [in French] Letter to the Earl of Ilchester, Sun 19, n.y. [late 18th century?] …
Shelfmark: MS. WHF Talbot 139
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1786-1913, n.d.
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Photograph album, 1900-2

Comprises: (passim) photographs, comprising: (fol. 5) 'Governor's House, St. Helena' (fols. 7, 72) Jamestown, St. Helena (fols. 9, 56, 89) Deadwood Camp, St. Helena (fol. 11) 'Main Street, Jamestown, St. Helena, collected by Winifred McCalmont…March. 1900' (fol. 14) 'Boer P.O.Ws passing St. Helena's post office' …
Shelfmark: MS. Afr. s. 2374/1
Extents: 99 Leaves
Dates: 1900-2
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Miscellaneous papers, 19th-20th cent.

Some papers relate to the Bruce, Brisbane and Dallas families, including some verse, and (fols.1-3) list of officers present with Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (fols.73-4) Brisbane and Hely-Hutchinson family pedigrees, 20th cent. (fols.77-8) a letter from Lady Keith to Sir George Dallas, 1818 (fols.84-92) papers relating to Napoleon, 1814-16,…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 5769
Extents: 200 Leaves
Dates: 19th-20th cent.
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Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 50-77, by Disraeli, mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)

Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 51-77, by Disraeli, mainly of eminent people he had met, or important events, mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated) including: (fols. 1-17) Queen Victoria and other members of the royal family (fols. 20-1) Richard Cobden (fols. 26v, 65, 83-85, 88-90) Lord Palmerston and his wife (fols. 57, 62v, 86)…
Shelfmark: Dep. Hughenden 26/3
Extents: 117 Leaves
Dates: mainly 1863-1865, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)
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Autograph Letters of eminent foreigners of the 18th and 19th centuries, written in 1578-1830

Autograph Letters of eminent foreigners of the 18th and 19th centuries, chiefly collected by W. Wilson, arranged in two divisions, and within them alphabetically, with a few engraved portraits. The chief items are: 1. Women. Catherine II, empress of Russia (d. 1796), notes stated to be in her handwriting, undated, in French (fol. 3). Scudery, Madeleine de, Aug. 30 (1675?),…
Collection: Montagu Manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Montagu d. 20
Extents: 388 Leaves
Dates: written in 1578-1830
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Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 1-49, by Disraeli, c.1825-1863, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)

Anecdotes and accounts, numbers 1-49, by Disraeli, mainly of eminent people he had met, or important events, c.1825-1863, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated), including: (fols. 1-2) the Duke of Wellington (fols. 8-10) his visits to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford in 1825 (fols. 23, 39-44, 135v-138v) visits to Paris in 1842-1843 and 1856-1857 (fols.…
Shelfmark: Dep. Hughenden 26/2
Extents: 174 Leaves
Dates: c.1825-1863, composed 1860s and earlier (many undated)

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Bonaparte | Napoleon | 1769-1821 | Emperor of the French 4
Hearl | Trevor William | 1924-2007 | teacher, writer and historian 2
Napoleon | I | 1769-1821 | Emperor of the French 2
Bate | William | d 1838 | Captain Commandant of Ascension Island 1
Bennet | James | b.1773 | employee of the East India Company 1
Bonaparte | François-Charles-Joseph | 1811-1832 | Herzog von Reichstadt 1
Bruce | (Patrick) Craufurd | 1748-1820 | banker 1
Bruce | Michael | 1787-1861 | traveller; lawyer and member of parliament 1
Clark | William Donaldson | 1916-1985 | Journalist 1
Curtis | Lionel George |1872-1955 | colonial historian 1
Curzon | George Nathaniel | 1859-1925 | 1st Marquess Curzon | Statesman 1
Curzon | George Nathaniel | 1859-1925 | Marquess Cuzon of Kedleston | politican, traveller and viceroy of India 1
Edgeworth family | Edgeworthstown 1
Edgeworth | Maria | 1768-1849 | novelist and educationist 1
Edgeworth | Richard Lovell | 1744–1817 | inventor 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Colonial Office 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Exchequer 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Home Office 1
Great Britain and Ireland | Office of Works 1
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Maltese 1
Multiple languages 1
Persian 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
Syriac 1
Welsh 1
 
Collection
Papers of Trevor Hearl relating to Saint Helena 49
Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century 47
Curzon Collection 44
The Abinger Papers 7
Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family 3
Archive of the Oman family 3
Papers of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) and of his family 3
Archive of Charles Eastland de Michele, 1829-94, with family papers, 18th-20th cent. 2
Archive of H.A.L. Fisher 2
Archive of Lionel George Curtis 2
Archive of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson 2
Archive of the Bruce Family 2
Letters from Maria Edgeworth to Peter Holland and letters from Sir Henry Holland to Maria Edgeworth, Lucy Aikin and Peter Holland 2
Montagu Manuscripts 2
Papers of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, with papers of related families 2
Papers of Joh. Noothout 2
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs 2
Additional Wilberforce papers 1
Albany Autographs 1
Album connected with the Byron family 1