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Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the successful application of Henry Bevington for the post of Organist in the College Chapel.

Manuscript papers sent to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the building of a Natural Philosophy Laboratory, including a bound account of the sums expended in the construction of apparatus; bills from May & Walton for timber supplied; bills from George Wright for wages and materials; other bills.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including W Waldron donating his father’s books on ‘chirurgical science’ to the College Library; Thomas Watson (1792-1882), Professor of Forensic Medicine, thanking College Council for his appointment and informing Council of the time of his lecture in which he would dissect the body of John Bishop, 9executed in 1831 for murdering a boy to sell to the College for dissection known as the ‘Italian Boy’); James Lowe Wheeler of the Society of Apothecaries informing College Council of their decision to allow King’s students to use their botanical gardens; Edward William donating his copy of Nineteen Sermons Concerning Prayer by Lancelot Andrewes (Cambridge, 1641) to the College Library.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Louis Theodore Ventouillac thanking College Council for appointing him the Professor of French Language and Literature and presenting a book by Molière to the College library; Edward Upman, bookseller, enclosing a list of books he would like to offer to the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Sharon Turner (1768-1847), historian, offering to sell copies of his publications to the College; William Tuson, modeller, offering ‘casts of the two culprits Bishop & Williams’ to the College (John Bishop and Thomas Williams were executed for murdering a boy they tried to sell to College for dissection known as the ‘Italian Boy’ case).

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Henry William Smith ([1788]-1872), Secretary to the College, regarding the building of the College and the possible appointment of Mr Gilbert as the College printer; Mary Smith supporting her unnamed sister’s application for the post of House Keeper at the College; the Society for the Printing and Publishing of the Work of Emanuel Swedenborg, (Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) the Swedish scientist and Christian mystic), requesting permission to place their publications in the College Library; the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge donating books to the College Library; James De Carle Sowerby (1787-1871), naturalist and artist, and Charles Edward Sowerby offering, to the College, a collection of minerals from the natural history collections of their father, James Sowerby (1756-1822), natural history artist; J G Stovie of the Free Grammar School, Camberwell, requesting his school be brought in union with the College, (‘Schools in Union’ were district and other grammar schools which the College awarded an annual scholarship and other privileges).

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including John Radford & Son forwarding samples of gowns worn by professors at Cambridge University; James Rennie (1787-1867), Professor of Natural History, supporting the admission of women to lectures at the College, citing examples of Colleges who admitted women to their lectures; Renshaw & Rush, Booksellers and publishers, offering to supply medical books to the College; Frederick Bolingbroke Ribbans, later appointed Landscape Drawing Master at King’s College School, regarding his terms for teaching drawing; Captain William Ronald donating specimens collected from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to the College; the Royal Society requesting permission to use the eastern terrace of Somerset House as a meteorological observatory.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including J B Nichol, regarding the donation of books to the College.

Manuscript letters and printed papers sent to the Secretary of King’s College London including John Richardson Major (1797-1876), Headmaster of King’s College School, regarding the formation of the School and the appointment of Joseph Edwards as his Assistant Master; William Manning (1763-1835), member of the College Council, presenting books to the College; Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), Professor of Anatomy, giving an account of the arrest of a group of men who presented an ‘intentionally destroyed’ body of a boy to the Medical school for dissection (two of the men, John Bishop and Thomas Williams, were later executed for murdering the boy in a notorious case dubbed the ‘Italian Boy’ which led to the Anatomy Act 1832) ; Robert McClure offering to privately tutor students; Henry Moseley (1801-1872), regarding his appointment as Professor of Experiment Philosophy and Chaplain.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Joseph Lowe, Professor of Principles and Practice of Commerce, accepting his appointment and regarding the formation of his course; Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Professor of Geology, requesting funds to purchase specimens for his course. Also includes papers regarding land tax due for the houses demolished on the Strand to construct the entrance to the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London.

Manuscript and typescript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including W D Haggard presenting a ‘mummy cat’ to the College; Thomas Grainger Hall ([1802]-1881), Professor of Mathematics, complaining that his lecture timetable was imposed on him by College Council; Mr Harcourt advertising his self-acting apparatus for the administering ‘Lavenients’; Bissett Hawkins (1796-1894), Professor of Materia Medica, presenting books to the College Library; James Horsburgh (1762-1836), hydrographer and chart maker, donating nautical books to the College Library; J H Howlett, Secretary of Kensington Grammar School, requesting the school be brought into union with the College (‘Schools in Union’ were district and other grammar schools which the College awarded an annual scholarship and other privileges); William Howley (1766-1848), Archbishop of Canterbury, confirming his attendance at the opening of the College and accepting the Chair of College Council; Joseph Hunt offering to supplying coconut oil and candles to the College; Hurst, Chance & Co, offering the Library of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), historian, to the College; W D Haggard requesting that the proposed Greenwich Proprietary School be brought into union with the College, including a prospectus of the School. Also includes letters regarding the purchase of the anatomical museum of Dr Robert Hooper (1773-1835), physician and medical writer.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Thomas H Goodhall presenting a box of minerals to the College museum on behalf of W Stockwell; Francis Goodwin regarding the College’s rental of 2 Parliament Street.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Robert Ferguson (1799-1865) thanking the Council for his appointment as Professor of Midwifery; John Fisher informing the College that he is unable to pay for his subscription because of agricultural failure; George Fincham offering his services as apothecary or surgeon-apothecary at the College; Benjamin Fellowes thanking the College for appointing him as the College bookseller and publisher; J Falconer Junior enclosing a list of subscribers in Doncaster.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including letters from Joseph Edwards ([1802-1875]), Assistant Master of King’s College School, requesting permission to take in boarders and regarding the formation of the School. Also includes papers from James Elmes (1782-1862), writer on architecture, proposing to teach Philosophy of the Fine Arts at the College, enclosing an outline for a course of lectures.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) thanking the Council for appointing him the Professor of Chemistry; George D’Oyly (1778-1846), College founder and member of College Council, regarding the purchase of an organ for the Chapel and his suggestions for the opening ceremony of the College; Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864), editor of the Athenaeum, requesting a copy of the design of the College for his magazine; Duland & Co offering to sell French and Italian books to the College; H W Dewhurst offering to prepare anatomical illustrations for the College. Also includes an extract from the will of Sarah Duppa bequeathing four thousand pounds to the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Professor Edward Coleman (1765-1839) of the Royal Veterinary College, thanking College Council for allowing his students to attend lectures at King’s; the application of William Cull to be the glazier to the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including the successful application of Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835) for the Chair of Botany; Adolphus Bernays (1795-1864), accepting the post of Professor of German; William Thomas Brande (1788-1866), Chemist, presenting the College with a complete set of the Quarterly Journal of Science; Dr Batten complaining about students being allowed to enter the College Chapel after the service had started; Francis Bedford (1799-1883), bookbinder, recommending the College appoint their own bookbinder for the new library; George Black offering his services as a porter or messenger; George Blake and William Hayes, Assistant Masters at King’s College School, regarding the their salaries; C Bower proposing the College offer a ‘Logical Class’; Henry Bryceson (1775-1870), organ maker, regarding the organ he sold to the College for the Chapel.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including the successful application of Henry Angelo (1780-1852) for the post of Professor of Fencing and Fencing Master at King’s College School; Joseph Anstice (1808-1836) Professor of Classical Literature, thanking College Council for his appointment. Also includes a copy of a statement from the Audit Office regarding a report given to them by Robert Smirke (1780-1867), College Architect, on the construction of the College buildings.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London mainly from John James Park (1793-1833) regarding his appointment as the Professor of English Law and Jurisprudence and the development of his syllabus.