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Letter from Honoré Chavée to M. Drouet

  • MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 3/ff.15r-15v
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Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Germain des Près (Paris)", signed, to a M. Drouet, in which he mentions being introduced to M. Van de Weyer.

Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat

Letter from Hippolyte Francois Athale Sebastien Bouffet-Montauban to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer

  • MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 7/f.26r
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  • 30 December 1838

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Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Brighton", signed, from Hippolyte Francois Athale Sebastien Bouffet-Montauban to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer.

Colonel Bouffet-Montauban provides a summary of his military credentials, including his presence at the Battle of Waterloo, and offers his services to the Belgian people.

Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat

Letter from Henry Warburton to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer

  • MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 5/ff.142r-142v
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  • 23 February 1835

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Autograph letter addressed from "House of Commons", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer: “I send you my only copy; and hope you can read it”.

Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat

Letter from Henry Keane Bloomfield to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer

  • MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 1/ff.81r-81v
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  • 12 September 1839

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Autograph letter addressed from "Woolwich", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, writing to enclose the dock yard report, as requested, and that he would have done more for Van de Weyer if had it been within his power to do so.

Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat

Letter from Henry Hallam to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer

  • MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 5/ff.63r-63v
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Autograph letter addressed from "24 Wilton Crescent", to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, presenting his compliments. He refers to prints in his letter.

Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, March 1922

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, March 1922

Letter to Ruth Mallory, from the S.S. Caledonia [P. & O. S. N. Co. Letterhead]

Brief Summary
Life on board ship. Opinion on use of oxygen. Opinion of colleagues. Watched porpoises.

Detailed Summary
They were all getting along happily enough. There was a good deal of scientific discussion around the subject of breathing oxygen. Wakefield was somewhat distrustful of the whole affair and sometimes irritated by Finch who was dogmatic in his statements. In this company he was amused by Finch. Was much intrigued by the shape of his head which seemed to go out at the sides where it ought to go up. He was a fanatical character and didn't laugh easily. He greatly enjoyed his oxygen class.

The oxygen drill was being abandoned and so they would hear less on the subject, which was extremely interesting and Finch had been very competent about it. Refers to a full page hand drawing by Somervell, entitled ‘Homeward Bound' [included on the next page of the letter] which showed an unfortunate man whose apparatus had broken and so he was forced to go down taking the oxygen straight from the bottle.

At his first meeting with Strutt, which took place at the Alpine Club, he thought him a dry, stiff solider but he was rather a chatterbox and quite entertaining though never profound. He describes Strutt’s diplomatic role with a mission to Denikin’s army [Russian Lt. Gen Anton Denikin] and an Austrian prince and was High Commissioner in Danzig or some big town in the Baltic. Over one affair Curzon tried to get him court marshalled as a traitor to his country so he concluded he must be a good man.

He had enjoyed good talk, especially with Noel who he particularly liked. The Everest film should be worth £15,000 for foreign rights alone, which gave him some hope that there would be generous terms to the lectures.

Further describes life on the ship, the warm weather and the sunset. The bugle sounded warning them to dress for dinner. He had to go and bathe as he had been playing deck cricket. He slept with a fan in his cabin and thought how romantic a voyage could be if one was lazy enough. If she were there he would take quite a lot of interest in the phosphorescence of the water, the dolphins, whales, sharks, the flying fishes, and all the rest.

[Continues next morning] - previous night he had watched porpoises in the sea which kept pace with them. His porthole and door had closed overnight so the fan was just churning round the same old air and it was very stuffy.

She was very brave about his going away and she wouldn't be dull without him. He will have to wait a long time to hear news from her and wonders if they will still be in Darjeeling when the mail arrives. Many supplies were still on their way notably the oxygen cylinders.

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Skipness on Sunday

Describes his 2 1/2 hr journey on the steamer, his fellow passengers and then the 1 1/2hr coach journey to get to Red House where Ethel Graham was waiting for him in a car. Describes the countryside, house and gardens where he was staying. Amongst the other guests were Cosmo Gordon's father and Lee Warner [who ran the Medici Society], Mary Ann and Frances [Cosmo's wife]. Arran was visible and he was going there on Wednesday to stay in the hostel in Corrie.

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Skipness

He describes a walk up the burn, clambering over obstacles, and descending to a cave where he crawled through a small hole to get out. There was lots of rock scrabbling but he was feeling feeble, stiff and old. His ankle had been feeble. Frances had received a letter from Cosmo [Gordon, from France] and he was alright and out of the line. He had been taking and developing photographs.

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1917

Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Corrie, Isle of Arran, on Wednesday

Describes an expedition to a distant glen. Frances [Gordon] took him in a pony and trap to catch the steamer for Arran. He had a lovely walk over two of the best mountains and was supposed to meet David Pye and Will Arnold-Forster but didn't see them. He saw them later on another summit but didn't try and reach them. Instead he had a bathe and returned to the hotel. He was much pleased with Arran.

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1915

Letter from George to Ruth Mallory, July 1915

Letter to Ruth Mallory written from Pen y Pass [no date]

Had arrived in Pen y Pass but instead of a car there was a little trap to meet them. They were expected but when they arrived the hall was dark as the current had been turned off due to a thunderstorm. They were staying in the lower shack and his bed was too short. Hugh was excited about the prospect of climbing. There was one other guest in the hotel, a man called O’Malley who would climb with them that day. Weather was clearing and they planned to go toward Tryfan. He had been sorry to leave her but was glad to be there.

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