Literature
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1908
Letter from Gustave Kissel (15 West Sixteenth Street, New York [United States]) to Mrs Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that [Claude] Moliere used to seek criticism of his work from his washerwoman and thus asks whether she would accept his criticism of her book ["The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill"]. He compliments her on the book, but recommends that she should expand it and include a fuller account of her work on the hospital ship Maine.
(Untitled), 17 Dec 1909
Letter from de Fleury (23 Rue Jacob [Paris, France]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is working on a review of her book ["The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill"].
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1896
Letter from Joseph Chamberlain (40 Prince's Gardens [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] thanking her for a copy of WSC's article on Cuba which he describes as "the best short account" he has seen.
(Untitled), 05 Oct 1897
Telegram from the Managing Director of the Daily Telegraph (London) to Lady Randolph Churchill discussing the terms on which WSC is to be their correspondent [with the Malakand Field Force].
(Untitled), 02 Aug 1898
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Latimer, Chesham [Buckinghamshire]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes a cricket match, says that he misses her and that he is reading ["The Story of the] Malakand [Field Force"].
(Untitled), 02 Sep 1898
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (1st Brigade, 1st Division, Northern Army, Salisbury [Wiltshire]) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he loves her and that she can trust him; comments on a letter from WSC in the newspaper; discusses arrangements to see her; and describes army manoeuvres and bathing in a reservoir.
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Newlands Manor, Lymington, Hampshire) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] wishing her success with her magazine ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"] and discussing his part in "The Profligate".
(Untitled), 05 Jan 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (50 Park Street, Grosvenor Square [London]) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has decided to go hunting and that his mother [Patsy Cornwallis-West] has suggested that [Lady Randolph] should include a gardening feature in ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"].
(Untitled), 06 Mar 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Compton Verney, Warwick) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that the frost has prevented hunting, that he often wants to send her "endearing telegrams" and that he wishes he could help her in her "enterprise" ["The Anglo-Saxon Review"].
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1899
Letter from "G" [George Cornwallis-West] (Manor House Hotel, Royal Leamington Spa [Warwickshire]) to "Missus" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he describes the Rugby races in which he rode and comments on the terms she has arranged with [John] Lane [concerning "The Anglo-Saxon Review"].
(Untitled), 28 Sep 1900
Letter from [George Cornwallis-West] (Guisachan, Beauly [Invernesshire, Scotland]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he sympathises with WSC's exasperation and urges her to "get rid" of [John] Lane in order that she should make a profit from [The Anglo-Saxon] Review.
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1945
Letter from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to [Alan] Hodge [Private Secretary] (Admiralty) asking him to inform Brendan Bracken [First Lord of the Admiralty] that Sir James Marchant would like to see him about a proposal to publish a book containing articles about the various periods and aspects of WSC's career contributed by those who have known him and intended as a tribute to WSC. Gives contact address for Marchant in London. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1945
Letter from [Alan] Hodge [Private Secretary] (Admiralty) to John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] marked "private" stating that Brendan Bracken [First Lord of the Admiralty] has remarked that "as Sir James Marchant is one of the biggest bores alive, a ranting Methodist, pushful, wholly undesirable, and a gentleman whose projects would do no honour to the Prime Minister, he feels that he could not oblige you by seeing him". [Signed typescript].
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1925
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] denying that he sought to convert Beaverbrook to the gold Standard before the Budget, referring to his intention of finishing the third volume [of "the World Crisis"] when he is out of office, asking Beaverbrook to let him check any words of his he may quote, and agreeing that the economic situation is improving. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 21 Dec 1928
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: British naval policy with regard to that of the United States; the hard work involved in finishing the volume of "The World Crisis" on the peace conferences; Maurice Hankey's vindication of Balfour against the "calumnies" of Ray Stannard Baker; WSC's wish to print a passage from one of Balfour's Cabinet papers which states British policy towards Russia at the end of the war. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 09 Sep [1930]
Letter from Frances Horner (Port Lympne, [Kent]) to WSC praising ["My Early Life"] and mentioning Venetia Montagu [earlier Venetia Stanley] and Osbert Sitwell.
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1895
Telegram from [ ] Diehl to WSC, asking for 400 word article on the situation in Cuba.
(Untitled), 14 Dec 1895
Letter from Ernest Craig-Brown (Lieutenant, West India Regiment, Up Park Camp, Jamaica) to WSC, congratulations on articles from Cuba and award of Spanish Red Cross, and wishing that he too had volunteered for service in Cuba "you can picture me sitting in the mess-stores, totting up accounts and arranging menus while you are gaining experience & renown in the next island.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1895
Note by Arsenio M de Campos, Spanish Captain-General, Cuba, on WSC.
(Untitled), 25 Nov 1895
Note by Antonio Diaz Bento, Spanish Army, Cuba, on WSC and Reginald Barnes.
(Untitled), 26 Nov 1895
Note by Alvaro S Valdez, Spanish Army, Cuba, on WSC.
(Untitled), 09 Dec [1895]
Letter from The Duke of Tetuan, Spanish Foreign Minister, to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador to Spain, on WSC's visit to Cuba.
(Untitled), 26 Nov 1895
Letter from Arsenio M de Campos to The Duke of Tetuan, on WSC's visit to Cuba.
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1896
Letter from Thomas Heath Joyce, Editor, Daily Graphic, to WSC, sending cheque for 25 guineas for publication of his letters from Cuba.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1896
Letter from W L Thomas, Manager, Daily Graphic, to WSC, congratulations on articles and sketches from Cuba, commenting that they were widely read and appreciated.