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'An Alphabetical Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Singers and Composers of both Sexes and of all Nations Vol 2nd', 98 folios. The first name is Paisiello, the last Walther. Fos 1-82 are paginated by the writer 193-255. Fos 83-90 are blank. Commencing at the other end of the book are a few notes on legal subjects.

Scope and Contents Comprises a typescript biography completed in 1936, and revised c. 1960 with the addition of supplementary inserts and photographs. 292 pp., with six portrait photographs inserted. The supplementary information, now housed in an accompanying file consists of: photograph of Gardiner memorial plaque at Hawthorn, with a descriptive note; list of ships passing between Van Dieman's Land [Tasmania] and the Port Phillip settlement in 1835-6 compiled by Wilmoth from the Launceston Advertiser; copy...

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Concerning a proposed Life of Newton

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Biographical memoir of Mrs Ann Slater by the Revd B. Slater, 196 folios. The memoir consists largely of extacts from Mrs Slater's diary, and is addressed to her children. It is divided into a preface, five sections and an appendix. On a fly-leaf is a lithograph portrait of the Revd B. Slater.

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The collection primarily consists of drafts and notebooks created during the preparation of Tomline's biography of his friend William Pitt the Younger: 'Memoirs of the life of the Right Honorable William Pitt' by George Tomline, first published in 1821. There are also 2 small sets of correspondence (GBR/1058/TOM/10).