John Kenyon Autograph Album: Finding Aid

Box 1

Manuscripts & Correspondence -- Aikin - Iddesleigh. HM 69273-69328

-----. List of Autographs [in the John Kenyon Autograph Album], A.MS. (5 p.), ([before 1869?]). HM 69273

Also enclosed: typewritten list (1 p.), of letters which were originally bound in the album but were removed and sold as separate lots in July 1964; none of these letters are in the Huntington Library.

Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1850], Jan. 17), London (Eng.). HM 69274

Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, 1819-1861. 1 note to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806- 1884, A.N.S. (1 p.), (1861, Feb. 22), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69275

Note: autograph only.

[Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of, 1823-1900]. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L. (2 p.), (1861, July 2). HM 69276

Note: written in the third person.

Austin, Sarah, 1793-1867. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1861], Apr. 13). HM 69277

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1856, Dec. 24), London (Eng.). HM 69278

Berry, Mary, 1763-1852. 1 letter to [John Kenyon, 1784-1856]?, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1844?], Apr. 10), London (Eng.). HM 69279

[Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849]. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L. (4 p.), (1839, May 29), London (Eng.). HM 69280

Note: written in the third person.

Bright, John, 1811-1889. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1864, May 14), London (Eng.). HM 69281

[Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868]. 1 letter to [H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871], A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69282

Note: addressed to “My dear K” and signed “H.B.”

[C-----, A-----]. 1 note to [Dr.] ----- Quin, A.N.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1867?]), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69283

With envelope.

Cairns, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Earl, 1819-1885. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806- 1884, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1861, July 1), London (Eng.). HM 69284

Campbell-Bannerman, Henry, Sir, 1836-1908. 1 letter to Charles Frizell, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1885, Feb. 2), Dublin (Ire.). HM 69285

Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, Viscount, 1813-1886. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1864, Apr. 4), London (Eng.). HM 69286

Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796- 1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1862?], July 9). HM 69287

Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1849]), London (Eng.). HM 69288

Chesney Charles Cornwallis, 1826-1876. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1870?], Jan. 12), Brighton (Eng.). HM 69289

Circourt, Arthur de. 1 letter to [Cher Monsieur], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1878, Feb. 13), Fontainebleau (France). HM 69290

In French.

Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of, 1800-1870. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1852, Jan. 12), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69291

Followed by: copy of a letter from James Booth to George…Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, Jan. 14, 1852; copied out by Vere Henry Hobart, Baron Hobart, secretary to James Booth (2 p.).

[Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861]. 1 note to James Booth, 1796-1880 and Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.N. (1 p.), ([1851?], July 18), London (Eng.). HM 69292

Note: written in the third person.

Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904. 1 letter to [my dear Friend], A.L.S. (4 p.), ([ca. 1858?]), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69293

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1860, May 4), Paris (France). HM 69294

Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, 1802-1852. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (8 p.), ([ca. 1846?], May 15), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69295

Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874. “Song:” [poem], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1853). HM 69296

Note: Cornwall was the penname of Bryan Waller Procter.

[Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874]. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1856, Sep. 16), Brighton (Eng.). HM 69297

Note: Cornwall was the penname of Bryan Waller Procter; letter is signed “B.W. Procter.”

Cousin, Victor, 1792-1867. 1 letter to Ellen Julia Holland, 1822-1884, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1864, Nov. 30), France. HM 69298

In French.

Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1854, Nov. 4), London (Eng.). HM 69299

Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868. 1 letter to Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley of Adderley, 1802-1869, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1855, Apr. 1), London (Eng.). HM 69300

Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1850?]), London (Eng.). HM 69301

Eastlake, C.L. (Charles Lock), Sir, 1793-1865. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1856, Dec. 17), London (Eng.). HM 69302

Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893. 1 letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1864, Oct. 2), Milan (Italy). HM 69303

[Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849]. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L. (2 p.), (1844, Feb. 8). HM 69304

Note: written in the third person.

Erle, William, Sir, 1793-1880. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1846, Feb. 15), London (Eng.). HM 69305

Fitzgerald, M----. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1870?], Sep. 20). HM 69306

Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1861, June 7), London (Eng.). HM 69307

Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1870?], Apr. 22), Boulogne (France). HM 69308

Forster, John, 1812-1876. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1854, May 1), London (Eng.). HM 69309

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1851, July?]), London (Eng.). HM 69310

Gibson, Thomas Milner, 1806-1884. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1862, Jan. 3), London (Eng.). HM 69311

Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1860, Mar. 20), London (Eng.). HM 69312

Glenelg, Charles Grant, Baron, 1778-1866. 1 letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1850?]). HM 69313

Gore, S----. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1838, May 7), Rugby (Eng.). HM 69314

Note: fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.

Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl, 1815-1891. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796- 1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1863, Apr. 4), St. Neot’s (Cornwall, Eng.). HM 69315

Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1852, Oct. 8), London (Eng.). HM 69316

Note: Greenwood was the penname of Sara Jane Lippincott.

Grote, George, 1794-1871. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1860?], Feb. 21), London (Eng.). HM 69317

Guizot, M. (François), 1787-1874. 1 letter to [John Kenyon, 1784-1856], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1848, June 17). HM 69318

In French. Note: fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.

Halifax, Charles Wood, Viscount, 1800-1885. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1864, July 21), London (Eng.). HM 69319

Head, Edmund Walker, Sir, 1805-1868. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1864, Apr. 22), London (Eng.). HM 69320

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne, 1793-1835. 1 letter to [Mrs.] ----- Gower, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([ca. 1830?], Mar. 13). HM 69321

Henley, J.W. (Joseph Warner), 1793-1884. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1854, Dec. 25), Waterperry (Oxon., Eng.). HM 69322

Hertford, Francis George Hugh Seymour, Marquess of, 1812-1884. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1875, Aug. 1), Ragley Hall (Warwickshire, Eng.). HM 69323

Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1866, Jan. 30), London (Eng.). HM 69324

Hope, James, Sir, 1808-1881. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1871, June 20), Portsmouth (Eng.). HM 69325

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 1809-1885. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1870?], May 5). HM 69326

Hutt, William, Sir, 1801-1882. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1865, May 26), Vienna (Austria). HM 69327

Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of, 1818-1887. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1859, June 9), London (Eng.). HM 69328

Box 2

Manuscripts, Correspondence & Ephemera -- James - Woods; Unidentified. HM 69329- 69383

[James, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868]. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1852, June 9). HM 69329

Note: signed “J Brooke,” for Sir James Brooke.

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (8 p.), ([1856], Nov. 22), Ealing (Middlx., Eng.). HM 69330

Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1852, Dec. 4), London (Eng.). HM 69331

Kingsdown, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron, 1793-1867. 1 letter to Samuel Spence, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1864, Feb. 22), London (Eng.). HM 69332

Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873. 1 letter to Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount Powerscourt, 1836-1904, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1864, Sep. 6), London (Eng.). HM 69333

Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1866?], Aug. 18), London (Eng.). HM 69334

Le Marchant, Denis, 1795-1874. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1865, Feb. 24), London (Eng.). HM 69335

Le Verrier, U.-J. (Urbain J.), 1811-1877. 1 note to [Mon Cher], A.N.S. (1 p.), (1870, Jan. 22), Paris (France). HM 69336

In French. Note: autograph note is written on a printed form, filled in.

Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir, 1806-1863. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1844, June 14), London (Eng.). HM 69337

Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863. 1 letter to Samuel Spence, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1862, Dec. 14). HM 69338

M’Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907. 1 letter to Alexander Carte, 1805-1881, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1864, Jan. 23), Cowes (Eng.). HM 69339

Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1850?], Sep. 1), London (Eng.). HM 69340

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([ca. 1860?]). HM 69341

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. 1 letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?-1871, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1864, May 19), France. HM 69342

Montrose, Douglas Beresford Graham, Duke of, 1852-1925. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1875?], July 13), London (Eng.). HM 69343

Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900. 1 letter to Robert Caesar Childers, 1838-1876, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1870], Aug. 30), Oxford (Eng.). HM 69344

Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880]?, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1860, Oct. 18), London (Eng.). HM 69345

Newman, Francis William, 1805-1897. 1 letter to [John Kenyon, 1784-1856]?, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1849, Feb. 5), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69346

Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877. 1 letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?- 1871, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([ca. 1870?]), [Cannes (France)]. HM 69347

Ormonde, James Edward William Theobald Butler, Marquis of, 1844-1919. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1877, Apr. 14), Clommel (Ire.). HM 69348

Overstone, Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron, 1796-1883. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1855, Oct. 12), Northampton (Eng.). HM 69349

Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1851, Mar. 7), London (Eng.). HM 69350

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865. 1 letter to Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton, 1798-1869, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1851, July 11), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69351

Panizzi, Anthony, Sir, 1797-1879. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1865?], June 10), London (Eng.). HM 69352

Powerscourt, Mervyn Edward Wingfield, Viscount, 1836-1904. 1 letter to [My dear ? ], A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1903?], Oct. 13), Enniskerry (Ire.). HM 69353

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1848, Oct. 16), Pepperell (Mass.). HM 69354

Note: fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.

[Ripon, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of, 1827-1909]. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1864, Dec. 18), Ripon (West Yorks., Eng.). HM 69355

Note: signed “de Grey” as he was Earl de Grey & Ripon from 1859-1871.

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1845?]). HM 69356

Romilly, John Romilly, Baron, 1802-1974. 1 letter to Jane Noble Booth, d. 1872, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([ca. 1850?]). HM 69357

Roscoe, Thomas, 1791-1871. 1 letter to [James Booth, 1796-1880], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1849, June 13), London (Eng.). HM 69358

[Russell, Frances Anna Elliot, Countess of, d. 1898]. 1 letter to [Mr.] ----- Barton, A.L. (3 p.), (1879, May 22), Richmond (Surrey, Eng.). HM 69359

Note: written in the third person. Cataloger’s Note: written to the brother of Robert Johnston Barton, who was killed in action in Zululand in 1879.

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. 1 letter to John Kenyon, 1784-1856, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1843, Apr. 25), New York (N.Y.). HM 69360

Note: fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.

[Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 1812-1895]. 1 letter to Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1863, Dec. 10), London (Eng.). HM 69361

Note: signed “Roundell Palmer.”

Senior, Nassau William, 1790-1864. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1850?]), London (Eng.). HM 69362

Sherbrooke, Robert Lowe, Viscount, 1811-1892. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1858, Nov. 1), Caterham (Surrey, Eng.). HM 69363

[Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816]. 1 letter to [William Cobbett, 1763-1835], A.L. (1 p.), ([1806, Nov. 12]), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69364

Note: copied out in an unknown hand.

[Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1804-1885]. 1 letter to [Thomas Milner Gibson, 1806-1884], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1862, Nov. 20). HM 69365

Note: signed “S” Followed by: A.N.S. by Gibson.

Stanley of Adderley, Edward John Stanley, Baron, 1802-1869. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1865, May 31), [London (Eng.)]. HM 69366

Stephen, James, Sir, 1789-1859. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1852, May 28), Cambridge (Eng.). HM 69367

Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de, 1797-1873. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1862?], Mar. 29), Salisbury (Wilts., Eng.). HM 69368

Taunton, Henry Labouchere, Baron, 1798-1869. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1854, Nov. 6), Over Stowey (Somerset, Eng.). HM 69369

Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1853?], Nov. 3). HM 69370

Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875. 1 letter to [Samuel] Spence, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1869, Jan. 20), Abergwili (Carmarthen, Wales). HM 69371

Cataloger’s Note: Thirlwall was Bishop of St. David’s.

Trevelyn, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1807-1886. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1853, Mar. 2), London (Eng.). HM 69372

Trollope, Theodosia Garrow, 1825-1865. 1 letter to [Miss] ----- Clarke, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1863?], Apr. 13), Florence (Italy). HM 69373

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892. 1 letter to H. Bellenden (Henry Bellenden) Ker, 1785?- 1871, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1863, June 1), Florence (Italy). HM 69374

Wagner, Theodor von, 1800-1880. 1 letter to James Booth, 1796-1880, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1844, Oct. 8), Stuttgart (Germany). HM 69375

Note: fragile -- please do not remove from mylar.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. “When you & I are dead & gone…:” [poem], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1839, July 19), Windsor (Berks., Eng.). HM 69376

Note: addressed to John Kenyon, 1784-1856.

[Wemyss, Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, Earl of, 1818-1914]. 1 letter to [Sir William], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1867, July 1), London (Eng.). HM 69377

Note: signed [Lord] Elcho.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. “Long has passed the summer…:” [poem of 8 lines from “The Garrison of Cape Ann” ], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1871, Nov. 1), Amesbury (Mass.). HM 69378

Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John), 1821-1878. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1875, Sep. 3), St. Andrews (Scot.). HM 69379

[Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827]. “What wounding thoughts this Gift can make…:” [poem], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1818, Jan. 1). HM 69380

Note: signed “Will Williams.”

Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1875?], Aug. 6), Yorktown (Surrey, Eng.). HM 69381

Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1878, Dec. 14), Utrecht (The Netherlands). HM 69382

-----, Fred. 1 letter to Robert Johnston Barton, d. 1879, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1878, Mar. 21), [London ( Eng.)]. HM 69383

Note: signature illegible.

Folder 56

Ephemera: misc. autograph note, ([ca. 1850?]), 1 piece.

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