| Description | 1. 6 Jun 1872 to William Henry Fox Talbot thanking him for a present.
2. 15 Jul 1877 to Matilda on her sixth birthday.
3. 1 Jun 1886 on the occasion of Matilda's confirmation.
4. 29 Apr 1887 regarding his return to Cambridge from Venice.
5. 22 May 1887 includes architectural comment on St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
6. 1 Jan 1888 to Matilda sending New Year felicitations and chiding her for getting "mumps".
7. 15 Jul 1889 to Matilda on her eighteenth birthday and hoping she will soon recover from her illness. Consolation as she had to give up an exam through overwork.
8. 9 Jan 1891 with account of the festivities at Markeaton.
9. 20 Mar 1891 asking her to send him some items.
10. 25 Mar 1891 social and political comment.
11. 5 Apr 1891 from Northumberland. Notes on fishing.
12. 21 Nov 1891 from Bishop Auckland with his movements and the trying on of his parson's clothes.
13. 27 Nov 1891 from Bishop Auckland describing an exam.
14. 8 Dec 1891 from Bishop Auckland, asking Matilda to attend his ordination.
15. 7 Nov 1892 from Gateshead, general religious matters and a comment about the engineers' and miners' strikes.
16. Undated from Norway. On geography of Norway.
17. 19 Jul 1893 postcard.
18. 23 Jul 1893 postcard.
19. 6 Feb 1893 from Gateshead-on Tyne, with personal comment. Loss of religious faith in Greece
20. 10 Apr 1893 from Gateshead-on-Tyne, thanking for picture. On urging use of pictures in worship
21. 5 Jun 1893 from Gateshead-on Tyne, on her decision to work for Magazine Articles, and travel abroad for the first time.
22. 10 Jun 1893 from Gateshead-on Tyne, have read article on whale-catching.
23. 8 May 1893 discussion about summer holidays.
24. 18 May 1893 mentioning that a guide to Iceland will supply necessary information.
25. 30 May 1893 asking for photograph from Cologne of Virgin as child.
26. 13 Jun 1893 regarding travel arrangements. Danish Ordnance Survey should be obtained. Their mother suggested advisability of Jaeger sheets in letter.
27. 8 Sep 1893 sending cheque for his expenditure. Asking opinion on putting down their experiences in black and white for long suffering public, disliking joint authorship as well as two separate articles on same.
28. 14 Sep 1893 Matilda will be visiting when he is busy.
29. 9 Mar 1894 he feels she is badly used. He will visit Lacock and London (where she stays). Are photos good enough to illustrate their article?
30. 20 Apr 1894 telling her to go to Zoo to see new wild cats. Quotation from John Bossewell (1597) on wild cats. Friend asked William to recommend him as Madrid correspondent to some paper there, asking if Matilda could help. Her exams. Likelihood of "gas-governor".
31. 21 May 1894 congratulating Matilda on her examination success. Been proposed Black Forest.
32. 2 Jun 1894 from Gateshead-on-Tyne, him entering thirtieth year. Received Sphinx.
33. 2 Jul 1894 personal letter including Matilda's trip to London and the opening of Tower Bridge.
34. 21 Nov 1894 political comment including the avocation of the German system of Board Schools. Religion has no place in teaching there.
35. 23 Dec 1894 from Gateshead-on-Tyne, notes on Christmas present.
36. 1 Sep 1894 comparisons between decay of religious beliefs and fight of Platonism and decaying paganism.
37. 11 Feb 1895 from Gateshead-on-Tyne. Defining chivalry. Cure for indolence. Norwegian quotation.
38. 1 Mar 1895 Lent has begun. Gave up pipe.
39. 6 Mar 1895 swinish habit of lying too long in bed, caused by original sin. Does righteousness of God imperatively demand that man shall be made righteous? Matilda is suited with cousin Charlie.
40. 26 Mar 1895 monetary arrangements.
41. 29 Mar 1895 monetary matters.
42. 28 Apr 1895 he won't make it to London.
43. 3 May 1895 him acting treasurer of Melanesian Mission. Clerical Society going to hear a paper on Atonement.
44. 13 May 1895 feeling like being in woods. His intention to leave for Lacock.
45. 18 May 1895 him undergoing treatment for ear. What makes some sick beds so beautiful is triumph of spirit over matter.
46. 25 Jun 1895 from Gateshead-on-Tyne. He might get no holidays this year. Her travel plans.
47. 20 Aug 1895 God's greatest gift on Earth in person of Alice [Harriet Alice Selwyn] as Matilda's future sister in law.
48. 6 Nov 1895 news of Stewart's engagement.
49. 25 Nov 1895 warning her not to overwork herself. She met Alice.
50. 31 Dec 1895 he might go to Shropshire as duty.
51. 22 Jan 1896 their week of duty at cemetery.
52. 22 Feb 1896 asking if she wrote much poetry.
53. 24 Feb 1896 mentioning his marriage to Alice will take place at the end of June. He says it's a mystery that he will be married to her. Mysteries are revelations of the love of God. After much consideration both him and Alice decided it was right.
54. 10 Mar 1896 things have brighter outlook for Matilda at Greenwich. Music more of necessity to her than him. He was asked to undertake the monastic part of History of Wiltshire.
55. 20 Mar 1896 asking her to lend him £50. Both would be better off than dealing with bank.
56. 27 Mar 1896 he lectured on Dante. She will visit.
57. Undated with personal matters including her potential inability to come to wedding.
58. 9 Jun 1896 what she should give Alice.
59. 11 Jun 1896 sending reminder of Holy Island to her.
60. 8 Jul 1896 him with Macleods.
61. 22 Oct 1896 from Gateshead-on-Tyne. He has much less time to write her. Uncle Charles might get closer to relatives if Aunt Monie gives up London job and moves in with him. "What a comfort it is to be a philosopher and know that you can't know". Church Congress in agreement that the Pope is no good and church needs reforming.
62. 21 Dec 1896 he enclosed cheque for interest on her loan to him. Her holiday to Lacock. His sermons on why he believes in Bible. Bromfield, Alice's family home minimally affected by earthquake
63. 25 Feb 1897 mentioning the strike: wrong as without notice.
64. 12 Jul 1897 from Clunburg Vicarage, Aston-on-Clun, Shropshire. He changed his name to William Gilchrist Clark Maxwell.
65. 14 Jul 1897 from Clunburg Vicarage. He wants her to get a Swan Fountain Pen for her birthday as from him, and a bottle in a wooden case with india rubber cork , such as is joy of his life. Mrs Armstrong's terribly sudden death. Mr and Mrs Selwyn have been with William and Alice for a few days.
66. 4 Jan 1900 from Clunburg Vicarage. Pantheism, Deism and Theism. He sends a cheque.
67. 4 Dec 1901 stayed in London with a member of the school board and comment on necessity of publicly funding education.
68. 10 Dec 1901 from Clunburg Vicarage. Mention of the concentration camps in the Boer War.
69. 13 Dec 1901 Clunburg Vicarage. Extensive comments about the suffering in the Boer War and Miss Hobhouse's involvement.
70. 6 Feb 1902 from Clunburg Vicarage. Further comments regarding the Boer War. Chamberlain with reference to German's methods in 1870. Matilda wished to travel to South Africa to help, William saying her duty is at home.
71. 15 Jul 1916 about the National Mission of church workers.
72. 27 Apr 1923, asking her to copy Rosamond Talbot's watercolour sketch to send.
73. 21 May 1923 comment on Bonar Law's resignation.
74. 15 Nov 1923 about an interview with the Fire Brigade after some cottages burnt down and the installation of fire hydrants in the Abbey.
75. 30 Mar 1928 wish for house (Lacock Abbey) to be used as was meant by nuns in the 13th century.
76. 26 Aug 1929 from Carruchan, Dumfries. Including the idea of Lacock as a Woman's College or asking the National Trust to acquire the village and the abbey.
77. 10 Apr 1932 mention of his lectures and Chauffeur Reed as he can't drive.
78. 1 Jun 1931 archaeological expedition into Cheshire. Sent documents, parchments after the sale of Markeaton Hall to the basement in the library in Derby which was flooded on 22 May meaning some were ruined.
79. 30 Nov 1931 he keeps his estate account separate from his money. Her plans for America.
80. Undated part of a letter. Folk dancing and community singing of Medieval English songs desirable.
81. 9 Mar 1932 from Mackworth. Family relations.
82. 13 Jul 1932 his travel plans.
83. 8 May 1933 Mackworth Vicarage, Derby. Travel plans. Mention of letter arguing about Fox Talbot's great-granddaughter.
84. 27 May 1933 about travel arrangements.
85. 16 Sep 1933 mentioning building work at Lacock.
86. 21 Sep regarding building work and Mr Gerrish's employment at Corsham.
87. 18 Sep 1933 mentioning tithe maps of the estate.
88. 25 Sep 1933 with further comment about work at Lacock and the birth of the seventh grandchild.
89. 1 May 1934 describing the information in his grandfather's letters when attending Rottingdean and Harrow. He has found the Grant of Arms in the back of a drawer.
90. 29 Nov 1934 replying to queries about marriages and portraits.
91. 6 Aug 1934 regarding the Spanish tile he sketched and believes has not been moved out with the Sharington tiles.
92. 13 Sep 1935 will return to Mackworth due to preaching engagements.
93. 1 Dec 1935 Mackworth House, Derby. His phlebitis. |