32 . ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Letter from the Lord Protector Oliver to his son Henry on 

 private affairs, 13 Oct. 1657. 



Nelson Papers, including the log-books of H.M.S. " Aga- 

 memnon," 1793-1796, and Lord Nelson's order-book, 1798- 

 1804. 



Letters from Admiral Lord Dundonald to W. R. O'Byrne, 

 with regard to his naval services, 1844-1848 ; vnth a narrative 

 of his career, compiled by O'Byrne from his own statements. 



Six commonplace books of F. Place, 1817-1834, of similar 

 character to the Place collections already in the Department. 



Presented by Graham Wallaa, Esq. 



Census of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island, compiled by 

 W. Rawkins, 1869. Presented by the Compiler. 



Accompts of the income and expenditure of a working man, 

 1842-1900. 



Proclamation signed by Queen Victoria, 1886, with regard 

 to a catseye ornament taken from the King of Candy, and 

 presented by Sir E. D. Lawrence, Bart., M.P., to form a 

 Crown jewel. Presented by Sir E. D, Laivrence. 



Official Papers relating to the late Orange Free State, 

 including the oaths of office signed by Presidents Brand, 

 Reitz, and Steyn, 1874-1896; a petition addressed to the 

 Volksraad by the committee of burghers of the Transvaal, 

 signed by Pretorius, Kruger, and others, asking for help to 

 recover their independence, 1879 ; a letter of Christian de 

 Wet, 1899 ; and a receipt for sheep for the use of the Trans- 

 vaal commandos, signed by J. H. De la Rey, 1900. Presented 

 by Henry Pearce, Esq., J. P., Orange River Colony. 



Diary of David Hume as Judge Advocate to General St. 

 Clair's expedition to Port L'Orient, 1746. 



Twelve letters to John Flaxman, R.A., from Lord Mans- 

 field, Lord Elgin, Lord Aberdeen, and others, 1790-1824. 

 Presented by ill. Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A, 



Will (1769) and letter (1829) of Jeremy Bentham. 

 Presented by Mrs. Gertrude Lewes. 



Diary of E. E. Williams, the friend of Shelley and Byron, 

 from 21 Oct. 1821 to 4 July 1822, four days before the 

 author's death by drowning in company with Shelley. Pre- 

 sented by his grandson, J. W. Williams, Esq. 



Letter of Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 15 June 

 1848, with reference to girls' education and the life of a 

 governess ; signed " Currer Bell." 



Holograph copy of the Chorus and Ariel's song from the 

 beginning of the Second Part of Faust, by Johann Wolfgang 

 von Goethe ; with a letter from Eckermann substantiating 

 its authenticity. 



Papers of Thomas Sampson, Protestant Dean successively 

 of Chichester and Christ Church, including a draft of the 



