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Letters from Dora Porter to her parents (Sir James and Lady Porter). (Manuscript)
1909-1910
PTR/22/6
Letters from Dora Porter to her parents (Sir James and Lady Porter).
Letters from Lady Porter to her children. (Manuscript)
1909-1910
PTR/22/7
Letters from Lady Porter to her children.
Porter family letters. (Manuscript)
1898-1909
PTR/22/4
Porter family letters.
Letters from Dora Porter to her parents (Sir James and Lady Porter). (Manuscript)
1910
PTR/22/5
Letters from Dora Porter to her parents (Sir James and Lady Porter).
Part of a diary, 1902. (Manuscript)
1902
PTR/23/2
Part of a diary, 1902.
Porter family letters. (Manuscript)
1908-1933
PTR/22/10
Porter family letters.
Diary 1900, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1900
PTR/23/1
Diary 1900, with various inserts.
Porter family letters. (Manuscript)
1909
PTR/22/8
Porter family letters.
Porter family letters. (Manuscript)
1910
PTR/22/9
Porter family letters.
Letters, with newspaper cuttings, historical notes, ephemera. (Manuscript)
1886-1973
PTR/22/2
Letters, newspaper cuttings, historical notes, ephemera.
Historical notes regarding the Cowan family, and newspaper cuttings. (Manuscript)
1854-1969
PTR/17/2
A hand-drawn family tree of Michael Taylor and Jane Cowan; Typed notes about Commander John White Pritchard; hand-written notes about Michael Waistell Cowan, MD, RN, 1830-1903; further Cowan notes with 1869 diary pages pasted on; a letter to Betty and Stephen from Lutie (possibly May Cowan's da…
Malta: A Short History and Guide. (Manuscript)
PTR/16/22
White booklet with a red spine containing a Short History and Guide to Malta by R.J.L. Wilkinson, with coloured illustrations and pictoral map. Published in Malta. No date.
Miscellaneous Printed Material. (Manuscript)
1894-1937
PTR/17/5
Menu for the Mayor's Luncheon, 3 April 1894; programme for South African War Medals distribution, 12 June 1901; typed and signed letters to Mrs H.S.…
Letters and miscellaneous printed material. (Manuscript)
1902-1927
PTR/17/6
Small red notebook; ticket to the launch of HMS BELLEROPHON, 27 July 1907; copper plate for William Waddy's card; Royal Charter for the Grand Priory of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John, Jerusalem, 1926; pamplet with photographs of the Chapel of St. Michael and St.…
Letters and miscellaneous printed material. (Manuscript)
1865-1918
PTR/17/4
3 letters to Mrs Waddy, 1865, and letters to Lutie (Lady Porter) and Mary (?) from Charles E. Bennett, 1882; Printed material: book split in two (pages 1 to 66, and pages 67 to 100) "Pritchard the Poisoner" by Hargrave L.…
Japanese publication. (Manuscript)
circa 1909
PTR/16/21
Blue album containing images of Japanese military personnel and text, with a portrait photograph (inserted) of Sir James Porter's friend Y. Kamimura dated 1909.
Royal Hospital Chapel, Greenwich, Lists of Subscribers and Committee. (Manuscript)
circa 1912
PTR/16/18
Blue hard-covered booklet containing Lists of Subscribers and Committee of the Royal Hospital Chapel, Greenwich, with an illustration of a stained-glass window. Possibly published upon the erection of the window by the Rawson Memorial Fund in 1911 or 1912, according to an insert.
Souvenir of Aberdeen postcard album. (Manuscript)
PTR/16/19
Red booklet containing postcards depicting various scenes in and around Aberdeen. No date.
The Statutes of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1911. (Manuscript)
1911
PTR/17/8
Publication with ornate blue, red, white and gold cover: The Statutes of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1911.
Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society. (Manuscript)
1912
PTR/16/6
White booklet (16 pages) with red printed cover: Conversazione for the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society at Burlington House, 17 July 1912.
The Ghastly Blunders of the War. A guide to the report of the Royal Commission on the South African War, 1899-1890. (Manuscript)
PTR/16/3
Blue booklet titled "The Ghastly Blunders of the War" containing a guide to the report of the Royal Commission on the South African War, 1899-1890. Cover also quotes Lord Lansdowne: "If anybody has to be hung, it is the Secretary of State for War".…
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter, November 1891. (Manuscript)
1891
PTR/15/18
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter, November 1891. She was staying at Lauriston Place, Edinburgh during this time. James was Royal Navy Staff Surgeon on HMS SCOUT. The folder contains several letters to Lady Porter and Sir James from friends and family.
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter, October 1891. (Manuscript)
1891
PTR/15/17
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter, October 1891. She was staying at Lauriston Place, Edinburgh during this time. James was Royal Navy Staff Surgeon on HMS SCOUT. The folder contains several letters to Lady Porter and Sir James from friends and family.
The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: Statutes and Regulations. (Manuscript)
1926
PTR/16/13
Green/grey booklet containing Statutes and Regulations for the private use of Members and Associates, annotated by Sir James Porter on front cover in blue ink.
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