English Language Autograph Letters: LU-LY

1. Letter from George Lucas to an unnamed recipient, regarding a portrait of Dr Thackeray, 1 February 1830.

2. Two notes from Philip Bennett Lucas to Dr J. B. Costello, n.d.

3. Note from William Lucas to Edwin Balfour declining to deliver the Hunterian Oration, 27 November 1818. Two signatures of William Lucas, n.d.

4. Letter from General Sir Edward Lugard to Alfred Peachey setting out financial procedures in the case of "lunacy of a half pay officer", with particular reference to Captain Andrew Brine, 1 August 1868.

5. Three notes from Edward Lumley to Thomas Stone, Royal College of Surgeons, 14 December 1852, 29 April 1853, and n.d.

6. Nine letters from Edward Lund to Thomas Stone, 2 June 1854, 4 June 1864, 6 February 1877, 20 August 1877, 1 June 1878, 4 June 1878, 22 June 1878, 29 June 1878, and 22 November 1883. Note from Edward Lund to James Shuter, concerning the Stone Testimonial, 21 December 1882.

7. Note from Dr Lushington to an unnamed recipient, 1828.

8. Three letters from Robert Lyall to Messrs Longman Rees and Co., 12 January 1827; to Dr Roget (written in the third person), n.d.; and Mrs Vigers, thanking her for tickets to the Zoological Society, n.d.

9. Letter from Richard Lydekker to the publisher John van Voorst, asking whether he has any intention of publishing a new edition of Owen's British Fossils Mammals and Birds, and offering to edit this work, 3 February 1885.

10. Letter from Charles Lyell to an unnamed recipient, presenting a copy of his translation of Dante's lyrical poems in memory of their time together at Cambridge, 20 December 1836.

11. Letter from William Bewicke Lynn to Charles Brooke asking for an introduction for his son, 4 June 1857. Autograph of William Lynn, n.d.

12. Three letters from George Francis Lyon, to C. Stokes (written in the third person), 27 April 1824; to Dr Hooker, 20 November 1824; and a certificate in favour of Thomas Jones of the ship Herta, 12 November 1823.

13. Letter from Daniel Lysons to an unnamed recipient, 2 July 1831.

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Purchased from Sotheby's, London, April 1930 (acc.52715), April 1931 (acc.67516), July 1931 (acc.67540), and May 1934 (acc.62777); Puttick and Simpson, May 1930 (acc.62824); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.68133), and August 1934 (acc.68369); Glendining, London, August 1934 (acc.67908), and December 1934 (acc.67935); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; and Messengers Postal Auctions, Exeter, June 1993 (acc.349202). Provenance details of (acc.75932) and (acc.A.323) not recorded.

George Lucas (fl.1830).

Philip Bennett Lucas (1804-1856). One of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons.

William Lucas (fl.1818). Surgeon.

General Sir Edward Lugard (1810-1898). British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India (1857-58) and later as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War (1861-71) at the War Office.

Edward Lumley (fl.1852).

Edward Lund (1823-1898). Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Dr Lushington (fl.1828).

Robert Lyall (1790-1851). Botanist and traveller.

Richard Lydekker (1849-1915). Naturalist and geologist. Fellow of the Royal Society.

Charles Lyell (1769-1849). Botanist and literary scholar.

William Bewicke Lynn (1786-1878). One of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons.

George Francis Lyon (1795-1832). Naval officer and explorer.

Daniel Lysons (1762-1834). Antiquary and topographer.