Portrait photographs, 1887-[1900], of subjects including Hamilton
Photograph portrait of Hamilton, Calcutta, 1887 (in small metal oval frame); portrait of unknown man (in small metal oval frame, c1900); photograph of Margaret Heathcote aged five months, with nanny (c1900). 3 photographs
Volunteer artillery', essays by Maj R K Birley, Honorary Lt Col, the Manchester Artillery (Manchester Tactical Society, Manchester, 1887). 1 booklet
Manuscripts of Hamilton's unpublished poems, including 'Brain fever fancies', 'An epicurean's adieu', 'The sick man to a musician', 'On posting a love letter', 'To uproar', 'To quietude', 'A reminiscence' and 'To Meena'. With his translations of French and German poems, including 'Le colimaçon' by Alexis Étienne Pierre Henri Arnoult, 'Prière' by René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, 'Der Erlkonig' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and 'Abschied Vom Leben' by Karl Theodor Körner. 1 file
Maj-Gen Sir Frederick]Roberts, Snowden, Simla, thanking Rawlinson for sending extracts of his father's letter; his idea of Russian Campaign different to Lord Wolseley's. Also he is opposed to sending troops from India towards Bagdad, especially since new railway constructed to Kan Dahor. Manuscript, 4 pp
Offprint of article, 'The Eastern question from an Indian point of view', (from The Fortnightly Review), author's name not supplied, regarding the 'forward policy'in Afghanistan, advocating reinforcement of the British Army in India and an alliance between Britain and Afghanistan as a defence against a potential Russian invasion of India. 15pp
Hugh [Mulden?], asking whether John Frederick Maurice received his criticism on 'Balance of Military Power in Europe'. Manuscript, 3p.
Letters to Hamilton from Jean Hamilton, 1888, chiefly on family and social matters
Letters received by Hamilton from his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to family and social matters. 1 file, 19 letters
Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to Hamilton's tour through Karachi, Simla and Meerut as aide-de-camp of Lt Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Bt, Commander-in-Chief, India; Jean's tour of Europe; arrangements for Jean's return to India. With letter to his sister-in-law Elizabeth Brown Moncrieffe, 30 Jun. 1 file, 12 letters.
History of the Franco-Prussian war, 1888
Francais et Allemands: Histoire Anecdotique de la Guerre de 1870-1871 (Garnier Brothers, Paris, 1888), by Dick de Lonlay. 1 vol.
War-game maps' by Henry T Crook, Capt, 1 Lancashire Engineer Volunteers (J E Cornish, Manchester, 1889). 1 booklet
Draft text for a speech by Wolseley about the role of the Government, c 1888
[Wolseley?] Draft of speech [for House of Lord's?] on the need for the Government to befriend the country. Manuscript, 6pp
Henry Green to Wolseley about possibility of publishing Maurice's article on war in Encyclopedia Britannica in another form. Note added by Wolseley [to John Frederick Maurice], hoping that he will have this done. Manuscript, 3pp
Letter from Gardiner, 1889, about a mutual friend
[Gardiner], about his friend, the son of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and nephew of Sir John Moore. Encloses letter from Lord Aberdare. Manuscript, 4p. Incomplete
Letters to Hamilton from Jean Hamilton, 1889, chiefly on family and social matters
Letters received by Hamilton from his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to family and social matters. 1 file, 9 letters
Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to Hamilton's tour through Calcutta, Benares and Lucknow as Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India, arrangements for Jean's return to India, and including Hamilton's accusation, 26 Feb 1889, that his article on musketry for The Fortnightly Review had been submitted in advance to Col John Frederick Maurice to enable Maurice to write a reply. 1 file, 10 letters
Offprint of article, 'Our true policy in India-a rejoinder', (from The Fortnightly Review), by 'An Indian officer' [Hamilton], regarding the 'forward policy' in Afghanistan, proposing reinforcement of the British Army in India and a British alliance with Afghanistan, and rebutting an article by Colonel John Frederick Maurice in The Fortnightly Review of Feb 1889, in which Maurice had asserted that a potential Russian invasion of India through Afghanistan was unlikely, and which had advocated blocking Russian expansionism in continental Europe by the cooperation of British military forces with other European powers. 11pp
Letter from Lord Aberdare to Colonel Malcolm, 1889, about a proposed book on Sir John Moore
Lord Aberdare to Colonel Malcolm, about the book on Sir John Moore which Malcolm is to write, offering advice. Manuscript, 4p.
Letter from Bulmer Howell to Horace Howell, 1889, on family matters
Manuscript letter from Bulmer Howell (Howell's uncle) to Horace Howell (Howell's father), discussing family matters. 2pp.
Letter from Gardiner, 1889, about the correspondence of Sir John Moore
Gardiner, about his discovery of Sir John Moore's correspondence which he believes will be of help to John Frederick Maurice in his work. Manuscript, 6p.
Offprint of article, 'A progressive or retrograde zeit-geist', from The Fortnightly Review), by 'An Indian officer' [Hamilton], proposing cadet military training for all youths, with continued military service on a voluntary basis, and rebutting an article by Colonel John Frederick Maurice (in The Fortnightly Review of May 1889), in which Maurice had advocated a system of universal conscription for the British Army similar to continental European armies. 12pp