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437 folios. On fo. 4v is a letter from Allott to Richard Allott junior, 14 April 1822, and on fo. 18 is a note from J.E. Jackson, 11 March 1817. On fo. 437 is Anthony Topham, 'In Inaugurationem serenissimi Regis Caroli', transcribed from Cantabrigiensum dolor et solamen seu decessio Jacobi succesio Caroli (Cambridge, 1625), p. 7. Some leaves are blank.

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198 folios.

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338 folios.

Scope and Contents Notebook concerning studies at Trinity College Cambridge and matters of Naval administration. Includes: (fo. 1v) Campion's signature, followed by terms of measurement; (fos 2-39, 46-8) mathematical notes; (fos 42v-45, 49v-74) 'The art of pleasing in conversation' (English and French exercises); Reversing vol.: (fos 192-191v) astronomical notes; (fos 190v-161v) mathematical notes; (fos 158-153v) patent of commissioners for victualling Navy; (fos 151v-140v) duties of the principal officers and...

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Lists of graduati and members.

Scope and Contents 282 folios: (fo. 1) will of John Powell; (fo. 3) will of Mrs Helen Pindar; (fo. 5) extracts from wills; (fo. 8) list of vice-chancellors of Cambridge University, 1506-1765; (fo. 21) list of registries of Cambridge University, 1506-1778; (fo. 24) notes of wills and biographical notes; (fo. 106) extracts from the burial registers of All Saints and St Michael's, Cambridge, relating to members of Trinity College; (fo. 124) extracts from the burial registers of All Saints, Cambridge, relating to...

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Notebooks, correspondence and notes on mathematical subjects.

Scope and Contents The collection contains letters and papers relating to the life and career of Hugh Fraser Stewart and to the lives of the members of his family. The papers include correspondence of Stewart's wife Jessie, and of her father, mother and sisters. There is also correspondence of Stewart's brother-in-law Francis Jenkinson, as well as papers acquired by Stewart for his Memoir of the late librarian, published in 1926. The Stewart and Crum families's shared interest in music is represented in the...

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Arranged under the headings of Fellows, Fellow Commoners etc., written on sheets of paper pasted on to a large sheet.

Scope and Contents John Emerich Edward Charles Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834-1902), was born in Naples on 10 January 1834, the son of Sir Ferdinand Richard Acton, 7th Baronet. He studied at the University of Munich under the church historian Ignaz von Döllinger. In 1859 he became Liberal MP for the Irish constituency of Carlow, and in 1869 accepted a peerage. During this time Acton acquired The Rambler and developed it as a liberal Catholic journal dedicated to discussing social, political and...

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231 folios.

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354 folios

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Includes: I) copy of petition by Samuel Lee, Regius Professor of Hebrew, and by James Scholefield, Regius Professor of Greek, to William IV, Feb. 1833; II) Trinity College: copy of charter of endowment, 24 Dec. 1546, transcribed 18 Apr. 1833 from CUL MS Mm.1.38; III) Trinity College: copy of statutes of 1552, apparently transcribed from CUL MS Mm.1.42

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Material concerning Sheepshanks' Memorial, including papers on the establishment of funds; letters on the fund from Airy, Miss Sheepshanks, Dr W. Whewell, the Revd W.H. Bateson and W. Sharp; letters from Trinity and other Cambridge University colleges; and a public letter to Miss Sheepshanks, in Latin.

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Material concerning Sheepshanks' Memorial, including correspondence with Miss Sheepshanks, W. Sharp, the seniority of Trinity and other Cambridge University colleges, Professor J. Challis and W. Simms. There is also correspondence on the examination of 1859 and 1861, with related papers and results.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Professor Safford, 1894, concerning errors in the 1860 Star Catalogue: north polar distance of 16 Persei.Letter from G. Dunn concerning 73 Leonis being a variable, 1894.Letter from S. Newcomb, 1894, concerning the north polar distance of standard stars during 1891-1893, with a reply including the Greenwich observations for 1891.Correspondence with Major Gore, R.E., concerning the place of double stars, 1894-1895.Letter from Professor...

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Airy's printed papers, volume 7, with a list of titles numbered 214-148. The papers are dated from 6 November 1858 ('Draft of Proposed New Statues for Trinity College, Cambridge') to 14 December 1860 ('Note on a Translation of a Passage in a letter of Hansen's relating to coefficients').

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Signatures of R. Bentley, Master, T. Bainbrigg, Vice-Master, J. Ekins, W. Stubbe, N. Spencer, P. Cock, E. Chester, G. Modd, and E. Bathurst.

Scope and Contents School and Cambridge papers, 1909-19; family letters, c.1910-27; copy letters, miscellaneous letters, and correspondence in India, 1915-19; papers about Malaya, 1924-26; photographs of Malaya and India; letters and papers on his ministry, 1928-38; Westminster College papers and lecture notes, 1938-63; letters and papers as Moderator, 1949-50; University sermons, 1944-61; Presbyterian Historical Society, essays, lectures, broadcasts, and conferences; schemes of union (Presbyterian Church of...

Scope and Contents Airy's personal correspondence on scientific matters with, among others, F.W.A. Argelander, F. Beaufort, J.B. Biot, J.R. Hind, T. Brooke, R.C. Carrington, W. Cubitt, W. Denison, J.F. Encke, H.A.E.A. Fayé, J.D. Forbes, B.A. Gould, H. Goulbourn, J.A. Grunert, P.A. Hansen, S. Herbert, G. Fisher, U.J.J. Le Verrier, O.M. Mitchel, R. Owen, G. Peacock, C. Pritchard, K.L.C. Rümker, A. Sedgwick, R. Sheepshanks, W.H. Smyth, G.G. Stokes and W. Whewell. The papers include J.C. Adams' application for a...

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Including notes on the following MSS.: Gonville and Caius 1072, 175; Trinity R.3.19-21; University Library Ll.4.14; Corpus Christi 45, 50, 80, 91; Jesus Q.I.8 (?); St John's B.6, C.9, K.26, F.18. fo. i: (signed) F. Madden / April 1838'. fo. iiv: '397-1873 / B. Quaritch' (in another hand). fos 47v-9, 54-86: blank. From the title page (fo. ii) Madden's original intention seems to have been to include MSS. from Oxford and elsewhere.

Scope and Contents Part I. Correspondence A-Z Correspondence. PP Other personal papers. Part II. Research, lectures and speeches BD Drafts of books. PD Drafts of published scientific papers and lectures. ED Drafts of contributions to dictionaries and encyclopaedia. UD Drafts of unidentified or unpublished works. SN Notes for speeches. NC Notes and calculations. PH Photographs and diagrams. UL University lecture notes. EX Draft Examination questions. Part III. Thomson's work outside physics Government...

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Includes lists of members, books and names of candidates. There are many blank pages.

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Signatures of R. Scott, deputy Vice-Master, W. Lynnet, R. Stedman, J. Hawkins, R. Moyle, B. Pulleyn, W. Corker, and T. Bainbrigg. Endorsed in 17th-cent. hand: 'Mr Atkinson's Testimoniall'.