MS 309 02 03 05
Reference code
MS 309 02 03 05
Title
William Johnson Cory: Additional papers: Miscellaneous letters and ephemera
Level
File
Date
1826-1892
Extent & medium
1 envelope containing a total of 25 items
Content description
Containing:
a. A letter from H.E. Luxmore to Charles Wellington Furse on the death of William Johnson Cory
b. A Printed memorial to William Johnson Cory, written by Charles Wellington Furse
c. A Lock of William Johnson Cory’s hair, taken in 1826
d. Manuscript beginning ‘Wm. Johnson is a Boy of 14yrs & 18 months’. Inscription on the reverse state that it was written by William Johnson Cory and copied out by Charles Wellington Furse in September 1837 after he accidentally packed the original when leaving for Eton.
e. Autograph letter to Charles William Johnson from Richard Okes, commenting on William Johnson Cory’s progress at Eton 10 July 1835
f. One typed letter to William Johnson Cory and one autograph letter to Charles Wellington Furse from publishers C. Kegan Paul regarding the publication of William Johnson Cory’s ‘Nuces’. One of the letters is badly damaged
g. Autograph exercise. Inscribed at a later date to state it was an exercise by William Johnson Cory, and altered by E.H. Pickering, dated 1834
h. Autograph letter from HAJ Munro to Charles Wellington Furse regarding Cory standing for the Latin professorship
i. A printed list of the names for the Newcastle scholarship, April 1841, which Cory won
j. Printed folio Latin verse. Annotated by Cory and inscribed ‘Cambridge Tripos Verses
k. Manuscript containing English and Greek translations, with numerous corrections. Inscribed ‘W.J. translation of ‘Go, lovely rose’ ‘Christmas 1840’
l. Autograph note in the hand of William Johnson Cory. Inscribed on the envelope ‘A character of a gentleman where handwriting was submitted to a chirographognomister’
m. Autograph letter from Charles Wellington Furse to his father enclosing letters written by William Johnson Cory
n. Manuscript verse entitled ‘Morality’. Written in Greek in William Johnson Cory’s hand and inscribed ‘done by an Eton boy ages 17’ and dated 1863
o. Copy of a letter from William Walpole to Lord Palmerston dated October 17 1859. Copy is in an unknown hand
p. Manuscript verse in William Johnson Cory’s hand, inscribed on the envelope as ‘Lines on Dante’
q. Manuscript verse in an unknown hand beginning ‘Mysterious Night’, unsigned and undated
r. Autograph letters from Arthur James to William Johnson Cory on the death of his wife
a. A letter from H.E. Luxmore to Charles Wellington Furse on the death of William Johnson Cory
b. A Printed memorial to William Johnson Cory, written by Charles Wellington Furse
c. A Lock of William Johnson Cory’s hair, taken in 1826
d. Manuscript beginning ‘Wm. Johnson is a Boy of 14yrs & 18 months’. Inscription on the reverse state that it was written by William Johnson Cory and copied out by Charles Wellington Furse in September 1837 after he accidentally packed the original when leaving for Eton.
e. Autograph letter to Charles William Johnson from Richard Okes, commenting on William Johnson Cory’s progress at Eton 10 July 1835
f. One typed letter to William Johnson Cory and one autograph letter to Charles Wellington Furse from publishers C. Kegan Paul regarding the publication of William Johnson Cory’s ‘Nuces’. One of the letters is badly damaged
g. Autograph exercise. Inscribed at a later date to state it was an exercise by William Johnson Cory, and altered by E.H. Pickering, dated 1834
h. Autograph letter from HAJ Munro to Charles Wellington Furse regarding Cory standing for the Latin professorship
i. A printed list of the names for the Newcastle scholarship, April 1841, which Cory won
j. Printed folio Latin verse. Annotated by Cory and inscribed ‘Cambridge Tripos Verses
k. Manuscript containing English and Greek translations, with numerous corrections. Inscribed ‘W.J. translation of ‘Go, lovely rose’ ‘Christmas 1840’
l. Autograph note in the hand of William Johnson Cory. Inscribed on the envelope ‘A character of a gentleman where handwriting was submitted to a chirographognomister’
m. Autograph letter from Charles Wellington Furse to his father enclosing letters written by William Johnson Cory
n. Manuscript verse entitled ‘Morality’. Written in Greek in William Johnson Cory’s hand and inscribed ‘done by an Eton boy ages 17’ and dated 1863
o. Copy of a letter from William Walpole to Lord Palmerston dated October 17 1859. Copy is in an unknown hand
p. Manuscript verse in William Johnson Cory’s hand, inscribed on the envelope as ‘Lines on Dante’
q. Manuscript verse in an unknown hand beginning ‘Mysterious Night’, unsigned and undated
r. Autograph letters from Arthur James to William Johnson Cory on the death of his wife
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