Calendar of the Angus Collection of Autographs from the original Glass Cases and Wall Frames in the Library at Holford House, Regent’s Park

Acc. no. Angus 168

Compiled by Timothy Whelan

This collection includes autographs of John Adophus, W. J. Ainsworth, John Barrow, William Beattie, John Berridge, C. M. Birrell, Henry Brougham, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, John Chamberlain, John Chardin, Chateaubriand, Edward D. Clarke, G. Colman, S. T. Coleridge, T. J. Conant, Isaac de Costa, Doddridge, George Dyer, John Foster, John Galtt, W. Henry Green, George Grotte, Basil Hall, D. Hartung, Reginald Heber, Thomas Hood, Thomas Horsfield, Washington Irving, Edward Jenner,  Thomas Kelley, William Knibb, J. S. Knowles, John Landon, Letitia E. Landon, William Lawrence, A. H. Layard, Jacob Lennep, Sir Charles Locock, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Macgregor, C. Merivale,  William Mitford, James Montgomery, Henry Morley, John Newton, Job Orton, ?Passow, Thomas Poole, Sir H. Rawlinson, Lord Redesdale, William Romaine, Rev. Thomas Robinson, T. T. Royaards, William Russell,  de Sacy, Dr. William Sharpey, Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, Lord Earl Stanhope,  Miss Mary Steele, Bishop Thirlwall, Charles Waterton, Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen.  There are also signatures (all on one MS.) of Charles Dickens, Charles Knight, Frank Stone, W. Wilkie Collins, R. H. Horne, and others who were apparently involved in Dicken’s  amateur acting company.   Included as well are autographs of George III, George IV, the Duke of York, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cumberland, Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert.

Calendar

1--Letter from John Adolphus, Political Historian.

2--Short letter from W. J. Ainsworth (Travels).

3--Letter of John Barrow, Traveller.

4--Letter of William Beattie.

5--John Berridge (1716-93), Everton, to the Revd Mr. Richard Woodgate, Chatham, 16 September 1775 [postmarked from Biggleswade].

6--One (possibly two) letters from C. M. Birrell at Liverpool to ?

7--Henry Brougham (1778-186?) to a Mr. Browne, 18 October 1860.

8--A signature of Lord Byron.

9--Thomas Campbell, author of The Pleasures of Hope, to ?, 30 November 1820.

10--John Chamberlain, BMS missionary in India, to Joseph Ivimey, London, 31 March 1819.

11--Letter of John Chardin (1643-1713).

12--Letter of Chateaubriad.

13--Letter from Edward D. Clarke (Travels).

14--Letter of G. Colman, 23 November 1824.

15--S. T. Coleridge to Purkis, c.  28 February 1800.

16--Rev. T. J. Conant [includes a picture], Brooklyn, New York, to Joseph Angus [on a visit to America], 7 September 1873.

17--Letter from Isaac da Costa.

18--A page with autographs of Charles Dickens, Charles Knight, Frank Stone, W. Wilkie Collins, R. H. Horne, and others, apparently those who were involved his amateur acting company. 

19--A leaf from Doddridge’s Family Expositor [the other volumes are in the Angus Library].

20--George Dyer, Cliffords Inns, Fleetstreet, London, to the Earl of Buchan, Castle Street, Edinburgh, 7 October 1809.

21--John Foster, Chichester, to Joseph Hughes, Battersea, 29 April 1799. 

22--Letter from John Galt.

23--W. Henry Green, Princeton, New Jersey, to Joseph Angus  [on a visit to America], 25 November 1873.

24--Letter of George Grotte.

25--Letter of Capt. Basil Hall.

26--Letter of D. Hartung.

27--A note by Reginald Heber D. D.

28--MS. of a poem by Thomas Hood.

29--Thomas Horsfield to Thomas Stamford Raffles, Esq., 28 April 1840.

30--Washington Irving (during his trip to England in 1819-20) to his brother in New York, 15 August 1820.

31--Letter of Dr. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) from Cheltenham, 4 December 1806.

32--Letter of Rev. Thomas Kelley of Dublin.

33--William Knibb from Falmouth to ?, 16 August 1845.

34--Letter of J. S. Knowles, 13 October 1855.

35--Letter of John Landon, African traveller.

36-A letter from L. E. Landon.

37--Letter from William Lawrence, F.R.S.

38--Letter of A. H. Layard.

39--Letter of Jacob Lennep.

40--Letter from Sir Charles Locock.

41--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, USA, to ?, 13 September 1870.

42--Letter of Thomas Babington Macaulay, 18 November 1857.

43--Short letter from John Macgregor, 1 July 1817 (Rob Roy).

44--Letter from C. Merivale, Historian, 19 June ?

45--Letter of William Mitford (author of work on Greece).

46--MS. hymn by James Montgomery of Sheffield.

47--Letter of Henry Morley, 22 September 1859.

48--John Newton, Olney, to the Rev. Thomas Robinson, Leicester (“by favor of M.r Venn”), 3 May 1776 (apparently received on 7 May 1776).

49-- Job Orton (1717-83), Salop, to Mercy Doddridge, 4 August 1763.

50--Letter from Passow, 16 January 1810.

51--Thomas Poole, Nether Stowey to John Sheppard, Esq., 44 Bernard St., Russell Square, London, 2 February 1837 [postmarked 6 March 1837; in another hand, on the back page, above the address, is written “Mr Poole”].

52--Letter from Sir H. Rawlinson.

53--Letter from Lord Redesdale.

54--William Romaine (1714-95), Blackfriars,  London, to a Mrs. T--, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, 17 May 1774.

55--Thomas Robinson (1749-1813), Leicester, to Mrs. Boys, Messal near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, 14 January 1791.

56--Letter of T. T. Royaard.

57--Royalty--Autographs of George III, George IV, the Duke of York, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cumberland, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert.

58--Letter of William Russell (author of work on modern Europe).

59--Letter of de Sacy.

60--Letter from Dr. William Sharpey.

61--Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, Hartford, CT, to Mr. and Mrs. Angus, 30 March 1842.

62--MS. Poem by Southey--“A Tale of Paraguay” (two cantos) (1825)

63--Letter of Earl Stanhope, 3 July 1857.

64--Mary Steele, [postmarked from Stockbridge], to Dr. Stennett, c/o Mr. William Strapham’s, 62 Upper Thames Street, London, 11 October 1786.

65--Letter from Dr. Thirlwall, Bishop of St. David’s, 31 Octobeer 1849.

66--Letter from  Charles Waterton.

67-- J. H. Wiffen, Woburn Abbey to [Thomas Raffles in Liverpool], 4 April 1826.