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Account book of Rev. J. Edleston, Senior Proctor, at Trinity College, 1854 - 1857

Annual accounts of the receipts and payments on account of the University Chest for (1856 - 1862), 12 February 1857 - 30 December 1862

Rough draft of the Income and Expenditure account of Joseph Edleston as Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge, for the year ended 1 June 1863

Rough accounts of (expenses?) incurred in conveying property from the College to various individuals, 1860 - 1863

Graces to be offered to the Senate, 8 April 1843 - 1863

College Lodges notices, 4 December 1858 - 1 May 1863

Annual reports of the Syndics of the University Library, February 1859 and 19 February 1862

Copy of a statement by A. Thurtell of Caius College, Cambridge, urging an improvement in mathematical standards, 19 November 1845

Recommendation to the Senate from the Fitzwilliam Museum Building syndicate, 4 April 1851

Draft of a memorandum from J. Edleston and C.S. Drake, Senior and Junior, Proctors of Trinity College, Cambridge notifying the Senate of a meeting to discuss the Cambridge University Bill, 4 May 1855

Letter of Professor Adam Sedgwick addressed to the Members of the Senate and the Graduates of the University of Cambridge requesting subscriptions to help him purchase a collection of Mesozoic fossils for the University, [16] February 1856

Notice issued by the Vice-Chancellor that the Council of the Senate have sanctioned a Grace to consider the Report of the Previous Examination Syndicate, 20 May 1857

Address to the Senate on the proposed increase in the fee for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity by William Selwyn, Lady Margaret's Reader in Theology, 17 May 1858

Circular addressed to the governing body of the University, outlining his view of how to arrest the increase in immorality in the University, n.d. [1850's]

Draft of (regulations to be proposed for adoption by the University) regarding the tenure of fellowships by married men, n.d. [1850's]

Address to the Senate by G. Elvey about his candidature for the Professorship, n.d. [mid-19th Century]

Report of the Syndicate appointed to regulate the examinations of students not members of the University, 6 March 1860

Report to the Senate about the Fitzwilliam Museum fences, 21 March 1861

Notice drawing attention of members of the Senate to a Grace, to be offered to them the following day, and advising great caution in dealing with it, 26 March 1862

Annual Report to the Senate, of the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 14 March 1863

Papers including notices and correspondence to the Rev. J. Edleston concerning the election of representatives of the University for members of parliament, 1811 - 1859

Papers concerning petitions re admission of non-christians to Parliament, 17 February 1853

Correspondence re the election of the University librarian chiefly to Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge from correspondents to whom he wrote soliciting support, 21 February - 7 May 1845

Letters to J. Edleston re election in 1848 in which he was a candidate, 24 - 29 May 1848

Miscellaneous papers concerning various elections for University posts including the directorship of the Cambridge Observatory, 9 December 1846 - 12 December 1861

Papers concerning examinations including examination papers, notices re examinations and correspondence to Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge about examinations, 1830's - 15 December 1862

Papers concerning Social functions especially re dining in hall, including regulations, notices, invitations to dinners on commemorative occasions and college feasts, replies to invitations from the Master and Fellows of Trinity College and letters of the junior bursar of Trinity College to Rev. J. Edleston, 1840's - 1890's

Correspondence to Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge and Gainford, about college affairs at Cambridge especially re Trinity College, including educational matters, college appointments, invitations to dinner, concerning the college library and re bursarial matters especially re college property, 5 February 1833 - 21 July 1891

Draft letters of Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge re college affairs, 1850's - 1860's

Letter of J. Raincock for Mr. Lowndes to Mr. Grave at Penrith, Cumberland, giving the names of the Jury in a plea of trespass case between Edward Hasell and Isaac Harper, 12 August 1797

Letter of Thomas Bonner at Collerton, Northumberland to Sir J. Graham M.P. at Kirkstall, Yorks., with copy of reply about the right to preserve game to the estate at Black Collerton, 13 September 1814

Letter of W.G. Judge, bursar at Trinity College, Cambridge to T. Freer, solicitor at London about the failure of Blaby tenants to maintain their properties in accordance with their leases, 5 May 1824

Of J. Lawrence at London about Mr. Hogarth taking over the farm and asking for the sale to be arranged soon, 28 March 1829

Of R. Nichol at Queen Street about cases involving Howard v Askew, Wilkinson v Askew and Pattinson v Smith, 26 June 1830

Letter of Few Hamilton and Few and reply, dated 15 December, about Howard v Askew case, 13 December 1830

Letters between James Tate at London and James Tate concerning a portrait of James Tate presented to him by his pupils with list of subscribers, 1834

Letters of James Tate at Edmonton to Rev. Christopher Wordsworth at Harrow about his work on St. Paul he is preparing for publication and re other works in preparation including letters to Dr. Bentley, 12 and 19 September 1840

Autograph letter from Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution to Rev. J. Cumming at (Trinity College, Cambridge) asking him to read the papers he is sending, 20 March 1846

Letter of J.H.G. (Minster and Bristol) at Stapleton; expressing satisfaction that the (Library?) is now under Mr. Edleston's control, 21 March 1848

Letter of Wm. Mackie at Edinburgh to the librarian of Trinity College, about some MSS. relating to the monastery of Deen, 20 September 1855

Letter of R.S. Ellis at Ansley Hall to the steward about some wine, n.d. [1850's]

Letter to Master and Fellows of Trinity College from the master of Sidney declining invitation, n.d. [late 19th Century]

Bundle of circular letters from the Junior Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge concerning events at the College, 23 September 1893 - 23 June 1894

Invoices to J. Edleston at Cambridge for tuition, books and other college expenses, 1832 - 1863

Articles written by J. Edleston about the University Statutes and a royal visit to Trinity College, 1850's

Articles on University Education and Trinity College Statutes, 1841 - 1860

"Extract from Order in Council for Abolishing Peculiars, shewing that recent legislation has not subjected the University Pulpit to the jurisdiction of the Diocesan", n.d. [mid-19th Century]

Articles concerning the East Window in the Chancel of Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, 5 - 17 February 1868

Circulars with lists of subscribers about the Bishop Thirlwall Memorial Fund, 1876 - 1882

Letters to Rev. J. Edleston and list of subscriptions re the Sedgewick Memorial Fund, 26 March 1873 - 22 October 1874

University Queries in Gentle Touch By the By, 1659

Humorous version of an examination paper Utopia University, 1816

Curriculum of a Course in Positive Philosophy, March 1826 - March 1827

Card giving numbers of those resident in College and those in lodgings, at the various Cambridge Colleges, 24 November 1840

List of Prizemen of Trinity College for (1846), 22 December 1846

Verses about Trinity College, Cambridge, n.d. [1840's]

List of subscribers to the Image Fund, and enlarged cabinets of the Woodwardian Museum, n.d. [1840's]

Statement about the scheme of arrangement of Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum by (the Master of Downing College, Worsley), 7 February 1850

List of books missing from University library at inspections in 1846 and 1849, [c.1850]

List of guests to be invited to "Commemoration" on 16 December 1853

Testimonials of W. Sterndale Bennett, candidate for the Professorship of Music in the University of Cambridge, 1856

Statement of reasons why the University should not surrender its jurisdiction with respect to Great St. Mary's Pulpit, 30 October 1857

List of Reasons for not signing a Resolution re vacant Sizarships, 25 November 1857

A proposal by Mr. Edleston submitted to the Fellows of Trinity College re alteration of the Statutes, 5 December 1857

Verses by "E.A.L." about "Trinity Chapel", March 1858

Regulations governing the distribution of seats in the College chapel, issued by the Senior Dean, May 1858

Notes on the terms on which Mr. F.H. Cartwright will agree to exchange houses with Rev. A.D. Carey, n.d. [1858]

A proposed alteration in the Statutes of Trinity College, Cambridge, with signatures, n.d. [c.1858]

Circular letter of W. Whewell at Trinity College, Cambridge giving report on meeting held to consider new Statutes, 23 November 1859

Testimonial for George Lawrence for position as cooper, 1 January 1860

List of persons in Hall at 2 o'clock on 6 May 1861

Rough notes by J. Edleston about a meeting of the Fellows, with an academic timetable, 31 May 1861

Address to the Geological Section of the British Association at Cambridge, 2 October 1862 by J. Beete Jukes

Statement of the sums due from members of Trinity College to the University and Library for the quarter ended (25 March 1863), 7 April 1863

Circular stating the opinion of W. Whewell on the intended Grace appointing a Board of Mathematical Studies, 1863

Draft of a brief essay commending the opening of all the Cambridge scholarships written by (J. Edleston), n.d. [1868]

Copy of a petition against the University Tests Bill 1870, from Cambridge University, n.d. [1870]

Article on "University Tests and Trinity College" reprinted from the Cambridge Chronicle of 14 January 1871

Notice about a meeting of the Cambridge Philological Society on 29 April, n.d. [1880]

The Statue of Byron in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge by R. Sinker, 1881

Copy of a standard letter entitled "A few Words to Freshmen", n.d. [mid-19th Century]

Copy of a leaflet detailing the works of Robert Potts of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Liber Cantabrigiensis, and the works of Anna H. Potts, n.d. [mid-19th Century]

Order of proceedings in the Senate House on the presentation of the recipients of honorary degrees, n.d. [mid-19th Century]

List of tutors of Cambridge Colleges, n.d. [mid-19th Century]

Part of a speech/draft concerning a Bill re the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University and the direction of the University in general, n.d. [19th Century]

Words of "The Cabman's Song", n.d. [19th Century]

Speech in the Senate House by the Bishop of Ely, May 1912

Statements concerning Degrees in Divinity, 6 June and 4 November 1912

Statement and list of subscribers to the "Kennedy Professorship", March 1866

List of persons to write to chiefly of Trinity College, n.d. [1850's - 1890's]

Part of a commentary upon the Greek New Testament, by (J. Edleston), n.d. [early 19th Century]

Tracts on the Cases, Prepositions and Syntax of the Greek Language, by James Moor and James Tate, 1830

On Quintus Smyrnaeus and the 'Homer' of the Tragic Poets, by F.A. Paley, 1876

A Table of Irregular Greek Verbs classified according to the arrangement of Curtius's Greek Grammar, 1879

Part of a grammatical article on The Predicate, n.d. [19th Century]

Latin and Greek verse, n.d. [19th Century]

Extracts from classical Greek and Latin authors, n.d. [19th Century]

Geometrical drawings and calculations, n.d. [1850's]

Extracts copied from Barrow's Oratio Praefatoria in schola Publica Mathematica, n.d. [19th Century]

Incomplete notes on Reflection and Refraction, n.d. [19th Century]

Book containing extracts copied from the records of Trinity College, Cambridge covering the mid 17th to the late 18th centuries, concerning College regulations, and information on various Fellows, especially Isaac Newton, and letters from colleagues at Trinity to J. Edleston giving information on the same topics, pasted onto the blank pages; the book also contains 19 loose sheets of correspondence and notes, 1847 - 1850

Thirteen Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to John Covel D.D., from Original Manuscripts in the Library of Dawson Turner, Esq., Yarmouth, 1848

Expenses list from a paper in Newton's handwriting among the Portsmouth MSS. sent to him by Sir David Brewster, date 1682, [September 1849]

Copy of Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society, (2 October 1866), 15 October 1866

Transcript of a letter to L'Abbe Conti, from an unidentified person, taken from the Birch MSS. 4284 fol. 222, dated 11 September, n.d. [late 19th Century]

An article by W.W. Rouse Ball, entitled, "A Newtonian Fragment Relating to Centripetal Forces" reprinted from the Transactions of the London Mathematical Society, 12 May 1892, vol. XXIII pp.226-231, n.d. [1892]

List of lectures delivered by (Isaac Newton) between 1679 and (1683) with notes by (J. Edleston), n.d. [late 19th Century]

Notes re Isaac Newton, n.d. [late 19th Century]

Account of payments by various dons at (Cambridge), towards the (Newton Monument?), n.d. [1850's]

Letters of Thomas Winter at Grantham, Lincs to Rev. J. Edleston at Cambridge, enclosing list of subscriptions for the monument, 7 December 1856 - 6 March 1858

Commenting upon three paragraphs from the first edition of Newton's Principia, which are in her possession, 11 January n.d. [1870's]

Three paragraphs copied from Newton's Principia, n.d. [1870's] Enclosure in I

Arranging for some manuscripts in her possession to be examined by Mr. Edleston, 8 February n.d. [1870's]

Informing him about her cousin's progress at University, the deposit of some of her brother's papers at Aberdeen University and her current interests, 9 February n.d. [1870's]

Offering to give him some of the Gregory MSS, and expounding her theory as to the source of the Nile, 15 February n.d. [1870's]

About sorting the manuscripts in her possession to decide which to send to the Royal Society, 2 March n.d. [1870's]

Commenting upon climatic changes on the Earth in the past, 19 April n.d. [1870's]

About points arising from Walton's examination of Newton's Principia, 27 January n.d. [late 19th Century]

At Edinburgh describing some experiments she has carried out using dust, and expressing her opinion of Mr. Bennett's views on the fertilisation of winter flowering plants, n.d. [19th Century]

At North Warnborough suggesting some additions to Mr. Ellis's memoir about her brother, 29 June n.d. [19th Century]

Letters to Rev. J. Edleston chiefly from D. Brewster at St. Andrews Scotland, and Samuel Crompton at Manchester about Isaac Newton or individuals and places connected with him, 21 October 1847 - 1 July 1892

Rough notes about Liebnitz, n.d. [1850's]

Letter of Mr. Morrison to Mr. Swift requesting information about Mr. Hoare's tenure of the office of Keeper of the Jewels at the Tower, 19 July 1848

Of J. Madden at the British Museum about J. Edleston's researches, 25 September 1850 and 17 June 1855

Of Henry Hayman at Aldingham, Cumberland, about Byron at Trinity College, 3 November 1892

Draft letter of J. Edleston at Gainford to someone about an antiquarian inscription