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Gunner was a childhood friend who made contact again late in life. The letters reveal much of Larkins political opinions. The collection also includes 31 letters and 22 carbon copies of letters from Gunner to Larkin. 250 of the grant was paid out of the Philip Larkin fund

Written five weeks before his death, Johnson writes to instruct Mrs White to wait on Strahan and collect three guineas for herself, Betsey Barber and Mrs Desmoulins. This is the only known letter to Mrs White, few Johnson letters to servants survive

Two thirds of the archive dates from before 1500 and represents one of the most significant collections of medieval deeds to survive for Lancashire.

27 items, including the heavily revised typescript of Wintry Peacock and the manuscript text of the play Touch and go. Page proofs include those for the collected poems Amores, 1916 and New Poems, 1918

Letters on theological and philosophical subjects and the politcs of Unitarianism. Martineau was Principal of Manchester College 1869 - 1885

An important group of documents showing the development of the cotton-spinning complex on the River Dove at Tutbury into a plaster grinding mill.

The bulk of the collection is connected with the legal and business affairs of John Ludford and William Priest in the mid 18th century

Montagu and Walpole first met at Eton and shared many tastes, this most significant collection of letters is remarkable for its literary quality and joie de vivre.

Official papers of Wodehouses fifty years service in government, together with a five volume journal of particular interest for events during the Gladstone ministry 1868 - 74.

Early prototype Book of Hours, excessively rare.