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0716 - Papers of Sir James Thomas Knowles, Architect and Editor, 1850-1908, with additional papers, 1909-1920
1 - Diaries of a tour of Italy and Sicilly
2 - Letters from James Thomas Knowles to Henry Gay Hewlett
1 - Letters from 1 Raymond's Buildings, Grays Inn, concerning establishment of a journal to be distributed in Clapham. [The Clapham Magazine, 3 issues November 1850-January 1851
2 - Letter from 1 Raymond Buildings describing the demise of a local debating society, whose members had included Henry Dumas (whose brother later married Julia Knowles), John Hopgood, Stanley Dent and Thomas Bosworth, bookseller and publisher
3 - Letters from Grays Inn referring to a theory on comets which had been noted among the correspondence of The Athenaeum magazine and mentioning work on Runic letters on a slab found during excavations for building of new premises (by Knowles' firm) for Messrs Cooks Son and Co., drapers, St Paul's Churchyard and a letter by him on Turner's perspective, printed in The Builder
4 - Letters from 6 Chandos Place, and Clapham Park, Broadstairs, with description of Canterbury Cathedral and reference to his Essay on Architectural Education for which he was awarded a medal of merit by RIBA in April 1853. The essay was published as a pamphlet by Thomas Bosworth and printed in August edition of The Builder
5 - Letter from 1 Raymond Buildings about architectural competition for design of town hall in Pontypool, Monmouthshire
6 - Letter from Clapham Park delaying departure to Paris (start of tour) because of a cold.
7 - Bill for stay at hotel at Fluelen, Canton of Uri, Switzerland
8 - Letters from Florence and Milan, describing travels in Sicily and journey back through Naples, Bologna and Parma
9 - Letters from Clapham Park and Raymond Buildings, mentioning rehearsals for plays put on for neighbours, and anniversary of his fever in Venice at the end of his tour of Italy
10 - Letter from Clapham Park, mentioning a local debating society 'The Lunatics' and competition for the Brown Library, Liverpool which he was entering with his father
11 - Letter from Raymond Buildings on means of wooing Knowles' sister [Emmeline Mary, his youngest sister who married Hewlett in Apr 1860] and a card inviting Hewlett to dinner
12 - Note from Clapham Park about collection of property by Hewlett and painting bought for his father [after return from Europe]
13 - Letter from Raymond Buildings to Hewlett on his wedding tour
14 - Letter from Bedford Hotel, Brighton describing rush on the banks (after the Overend-Gurney crash)
15 - Note inviting him to Clapham and referring to a 'pending dinner' at the Reform Club (Knowles was elected a member of Reform Club in Nov 1865), nd [1866]
16 - Note from Clapham mentioning death of Mrs Borrodaile (mother of Jane, Knowles' first wife; they were married 13 October 1860 at St Mary, Tothill Fields), nd [1866]
17 - Letter from Raymond Buildings about business with 'Redgrave' and other matters
3 - Notes for speeches, papers and poems
4 - The Metaphysical Society
5 - Correspondence of James T Knowles
6 - Letters from the Royal Family
7 - Papers relating to the Paris Food Fund
8 - General papers relating to the journal "XIXth Century"
9 - Photographs and papers relating to the knighthood and death of Sir James Thomas Knowles
10 - Other material
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