Literature
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 05 Aug [1898]
Letter from WSC (Nile [Egypt]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] enclosing letters [not present] to Sunny [Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough], Jack Leslie, Ernest Becket[t] and Lumley which he asks her to use to settle a "matter". He also gives instructions regarding the serialisation of his novel ["Savrola"] and a second edition of ["The Story of the] Malakand [Field Force"].
(Untitled), 10 Aug 1898
(Untitled), 16 Aug 1898
Letter from WSC (Atbara Fort [Sudan]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he informs her that he is going to ride after the squadrons with Hubert Howard; outlines plans to progress to Omdurman; reports that Colonel Wingate complimented him on ["The Story of the Malakand Field Force"]; and comments on the heat and poor food.
(Untitled), 27 Sep [1897]
Letter from WSC (Camp Ghosan [West Pakistan, now Pakistan]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the fighting at Zagai and Tangai, his efforts to go on an expedition to Tirah in order to get a clasp or medal, and financial affairs.
(Untitled), 14 Aug 1891 - 16 Aug 1891
(Untitled), 01 May 1900
(Untitled), 09 Jun 1900
Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been unable to write due to "almost ceaseless operations against the enemy" but that he intends to return home. He discusses the military action against the Boers; a future lecture tour in the United States and his hopes that ["London to Ladysmith via Pretoria"] has been well-received. Signed typescript with manuscript corrections.
(Untitled), 10 May [1898]
(Untitled), 16 May [1898]
(Untitled), 11 Dec [1898]
Letter from WSC (S S Shannon, off Aden [later South Yemen, then part of Yemen]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has made progress with his book ["The River War"], reports that the ship's copies of ["The Story of] the Malakand Field Force" are regularly read, and asks her to send him copies of the Annual Register.
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1898
Letter from WSC (4th Hussars [Bangalore] India) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has been awarded a Soudan medal and that he hopes to receive a Frontier medal and that he has been working hard on his book ["The River War"].
(Untitled), 18 Nov [1899]
Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that he has been captured by the Boers and that he hopes that he will not be detained as he is a Press Correspondent. He asks her to try and secure his release, commenting "After all this is a new experience - as was the heavy shell fire". Envelope present.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1895
(Untitled), 01 Jan 1901
(Untitled), 27 Sep 1902
Letter from WSC (Balmoral Castle) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he has enjoyed his stay and that King [Edward VII] has treated him "vy kindly" and asks her to send him notes about [Lord Randolph Churchill].
(Untitled), 26 Jan 1898
(Untitled), 23 Nov 1891 - 24 Nov 1891
(Untitled), [Mar] [1898]
Letter from WSC to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he lists some of the mistakes he has noticed in the proofs [of "The Story of the Malakand Field Force"], describes his objections to alterations made by Moreton Frewen and says that he hopes that the mistakes have not been printed in the final version. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 25 Oct [1897]
(Untitled), [Nov] [1897]
(Untitled), [1896]
Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for her letter and for sending him money, asking her to buy a copy of the Pall Mall [Gazette] as it contains an article about Sandhurst by WSC and discussing the expulsion of two boys from Harrow.
(Untitled), 03 Apr 1900
Letter from "Jack" [John] S Churchill (Ladysmith [South Africa]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including a description of the unpleasantness and monotony of camp life; the news that WSC has gone to join [1st] Lord Roberts; a request that she should pay a bill on his behalf; the news that she received a great reception in Cape Town; conditions [on the hospital ship] Maine and the reaction to WSC's telegrams about the treatment of the Boers.
(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.