Autograph letter addressed from "Alnwick Castle", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, concerning accurate accounts of the history of his family, for which he recommends Collins’s Peerage and the work of Joseph Edmondson.
Autograph letter addressed to "Bradenham House, Wycombe", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, referring to the loan of some books from Van de Weyer’s collection and a discussion of those books.
Autograph letter, signed, to an unidentified recipient.
Transcription: "My dear Sir, I commit to your friendly care the inclosed letter and beg to offer my best regards & wishes to the ladies of your family Yours truly obliged J Baillie"
Autograph letter addressed from "Manchester", signed, to Messrs Baring & Co. Knowles thanks them for their “honourable rapports to the United States” and sends his very best wishes. Knowles departed for a nine-month trip to the United States shortly after, sailing from Liverpool to New York in early August 1834.
Transcription: "Miss Jane Porter presents her best comp[limen]ts to Mr Vail – with the enclosed letter - which he will have the goodness to forward by his free dispatches, or directed, along with the book (or rather number of a work) Mrs [?] to convey to his kind charge, Miss J Porter begs Mr Vail to accept [?] thanks for his continued obligements to her".
Autograph letter addressed from "Shirley Park near Croydon", to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, about Sarah Belzoni and sending correspondence from her to Belgium.
Autograph letter addressed from "Cambridge", signed, to Elizabeth Van de Weyer.
Having promised to send prints of [George] Washington and his wife, Sparks encloses some impressions that are not as good as he would have wished, but which he hopes will nevertheless prove worthy additions to Elizabeth's collection.
Autograph letter addressed from "5 Orme Square, Bayswater", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, presenting his compliments and inviting him to an early tea table at his house on Thursday evening to introduce him to some friends.
Autograph letter addressed from "Herring Court", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, informing him of his residence in Richmond and invites Van de Weyer to dine with him.
Autograph letter addressed from "Spencer House", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, seeking an introduction to a person in Belgium who could act as a guide for his friend Mr. Henry Thompson.
Autograph letter addressed from "Portland Place", signed, to Elizabeth Van de Weyer. Colville passes on Lady Yarde-Buller’s request to make the acquaintance of Elizabeth Van de Weyer.
Autograph letter addressed from "33 Upper Harley Street", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, leaving a memorandum and asking for an interview with Van de Weyer at his convenience.
Autograph letter addressed from "Cleveland Place", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer concerning a friend Cuthbert Sharp who is writing a history of the rebellion of 1569 and needs to access the archives of the State of Brussels. He asks for Van de Weyer for assistance in the matter.
Autograph letter addressed from "174 Piccadilly ", signed, to Charles Mathews. Transcription of opening lines: “My dear Canning, I mean Mathews, I have not refused to sit for you, that I know of, and I do not see that I have broken my promise to you by consenting to sit for Lord Essex.”
Autograph letter addressed from "30 Allsop Terrace, New Road", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, requesting to pay his personal respects to King Leopold, in thanks for the order of Leopold being conferred upon him.
Autograph letter addressed from "Southampton Street, Fitzroy Square", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, enclosing reading material and discussing Statisticians in Belgium.
Autograph letter addressed from "4 Harley Place", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, inviting him to dinner on Friday next. The early hour of the dinner is owing to Mr Seaward the engineer who comes all the way from Limehouse. In addition he expects the American Minister, Mr Babbage and Professor Wheatstone.