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Autograph letter, signed, to the manager of the Olympic Theatre, Wych Street, London instructing that particular lines from his play be omitted.

Letter from Frederick Cornwallis [Archbishop of Canterbury] to the Duke of Newcastle [Chancellor of the University] asking for help to secure a benefice for the Professor of Divinity and protesting against Barton Wallop becoming Vice-Chancellor

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My Lord,

It was in the light of a public man, & with an intent to serve the University, that I took the liberty to propose, in conjunction with your Grace, to obtain some benefice for Dr Watson that might enable him to live in Cambridge, with a dignity becoming the Professor of Divinity. Your grace has kindly & generously proposed a plan that will well answer the purpose & which I fully approve of. As to your friend at Bury, your Grace may certainly command me. I at the same time, mentioned to your Grace that it would be well if it could be contrived, by way of exchange to prevent Mr Barton Wallop from claiming the Mastership of Magdalene College which he may do next Lady Day and which if he does he will, I think, disgrace both himself & the University. It is worth about £200 a year with a good Lodge. I submit this to your Grace's consideration & am my Lord with the truest regard,

your Grace's most faithful servant Frederick Cornwallis

Autograph letter addressed from "Dudley House", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, presenting his compliments and regrets being unable to receive him recently.

Autograph letter addressed from "Eton College", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to breakfast and dinner.

Autograph letter addressed from "Deanery, St Paul’s", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to a gathering on Saturday.

Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Rio de Janeiro", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Letter from Dr Peter Peckard to Mr Lombe, solicitor, as to the purchase of leasehold premises (relates to land in the parishes of St Giles and St Peter).

Autograph letter addressed from "36 Cambridge Terrace, Edgware Road", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to an evening with literary and musical friends on Tuesday evening, where he would be introduced to other guests. He would also like to speak to Van de Weyer about the Belgian railroad.

Autograph letter addressed from "Washington", signed “Dan’l Webster”, to Dr. Perkins.

Autograph letter addressed from "5 Parliament St", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, saying he will do himself the honour of waiting on Van de Weyer the next day, and other matters.

Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink (Master of Magdalene).

Francis had told him that his opinion might be sought about whether to include those 'curious' passages in a new publication of the Pepys diary. As he couldn't be sure of being able to attend the next Governing Body meeting he was writing to set out his opinions.

A prudential and moral problem was involved.

The prudential one was concerned with (a) the chances of prosecution and (b) with the chances of disrepute and ridicule. In the presence if Master and Mickey [Mickey Dias] it would be ridiculous for him to express an opinion both were lawyers]. As to 9b0 a journalist might make the College distasteful t the public for a week or two but what was a few weeks or years in the life of the College and a decision shouldn't be made on that basis.

It came down to whether the inclusion of such passages would lead someone to commit an immoral act they would to have done if they had suppressed them. The effect of words on people's behaviour is impossible to foresee. But the chances of any lechery being caused by a few obscure passages begin published in a very long and expensive work seemed unrealistic.

A very severe moralist might argue that it was not enough to be unable to forsee heaven and one ought before we act to be able to forsee with certainty an absence of heaven. But that was an argument against doing. He was therefore in favour of printing the whole unexpurgated Pepys.

Typed letter (signed) from C.S. Lewis to Sir Henry Willink about the offer to take the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English.

Writes to Sir Henry in his capacity as Master of Magdalene College [he was also Vice-Chancellor of the University].

Thanks him and the College and says inches of bookshelf space was the important factor. In light of the confidential nature of their arrangements he asks how he should respond to any other College offering him a Fellowship. He was a child in such matters.