WILBERFORCE: SLAVERY, RELIGION AND POLITICS

Series One: The Wilberforce Papers from the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Part 1: The Papers of William Wilberforce (1759-1833) and Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802-1857)

Part 2: The Papers of Samuel Wilberforce (1818-1873)

Part 3: The Papers of Samuel Wilberforce cont (1818-1873)

Detailed Listing - Part 3

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Personal and Literary Papers - Diaries

MSS Wilberforce
g. 1 Brief notes by Samuel Wilberforce in Marshall’s New Polite Pocket Repository, 1823
viii + 108 pages

f. 1 Similar brief notes in The Daily Journal, 1828
200 pages

e. 4-8 Five volumes of diary, labelled D. 1-5

e. 4 1830-1831. ii + 126 pages

e. 5 1832 - May 1834. ii + 138 pages

e. 6 October 1834 - 1836. 59 pages

e. 7 1837 - April 1841. ii + 254 pages

e. 8 June 1841 - August 1846. i + 130 leaves

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Personal and Literary Papers - Diaries - continued

MSS Wilberforce
e. 9 Diary of a holiday in Europe, 1851
iii + 185 pages

g. 2-9 Notes of engagements, in Gilbert’s Clergyman’s Almanack -
except g.7 which are in The Churchman’s Pocket Book.

g. 2 1847. xxx + 186 pages

g. 3 1850. xxx + 166 pages

g. 4 1851. xxvi + 166 pages

g. 5 1853. xl + 164 pages

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Personal and Literary Papers - Diaries - continued

MSS Wilberforce
g. 6 1857. vii + 271 pages

g. 7 1866. iii + 179 pages

g. 8 1869. v + 293 pages

g. 9 1873. ii + 278 pages

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Notebooks

f. 2, g. 10-14. Pocket books containing brief notes on books and lectures, on church matters and domestic affairs, notes for speeches, verses and a few sketches.

MSS Wilberforce
g. 10 1823. i + 39 leaves

f. 2 c.1839. 45 leaves

g. 11 c.1839-1840. 59 leaves

g. 12 c.1839-1840. 93 leaves

g. 13 c.1850-1852. i + 70 leaves

g. 14 c.1853. i + 55 leaves

g. 15 Pocket book, containing notes, mainly for speeches, n.d., as Bishop of Oxford. ii + 118 pages

g. 16 Pocket book, containing notes on the architecture of Chichester cathedral, Borneo and the educational system, n.d. i + 40 leaves

g. 17 Pocket book containing sketches, and a few notes, most of them in a child’s hand, n.d.
59 leaves

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Notebooks - continued

MSS Wilberforce
e. 11 Volume of notes of Wilberforce’s conversations with his father, 1823. x + 170 pages

e. 15 Notebook of Emily Wilberforce, 1826 iii + 139 leaves

f. 3 Notebook, 1844, containing:
fo 1 - extracts from Bishop Selwyn’s journal, 1843
fo 13v - notes on the church overseas
fo 83v rev - notes on the Wilberforce family

e. 12 Notebook mainly concerning diocesan matters, 1845-1863.
222 pages

e. 13 Notebook containing rough minutes of private meetings of bishops, 1853-1864.
xii + 214 pages

e. 14 Notebook containing rough minutes of committees of Convocation, 1854.
i + 69 leaves

f. 4 Volume of notes made during a retreat for clergy at Cuddesdon, 1861
i + 36 pages

Other Personal Papers

MSS Wilberforce
b. 1 fos 1-55
Personal papers, including:
fo 1 - four leaves of a diary, 1818
fo 5 - school exercises, n.d.
fo 15 - notes of Wilberforce on his father’s reminiscences, 1831-1832, n.d.
fo 24 - class list at Oxford University, 1826
fo 25 - letters of priest’s orders, 1829, and certificates of subscription being licensed curate, 1828, and on collation of benefices,1830, 1840
fo 33 - printed appeal for funds to endow two churches in the parish of Alverstoke, Hampshire, 1842
fo 34 - life insurance policy, 1845
fo 35 - address from the Central Short Time Committee of Bradford, 1858
fo 37 - four addresses on leaving Oxford diocese, 1869
fo 50 - translation account, 1869
fo 52 - address from the parishioners of Alverstoke, [1870]

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Other Personal Papers - continued

MS Wilberforce
c. 25 fos 94-157
Notes, originally loose, on various church matters, including:
fo 94 - memoranda on meetings of Convocation, 1852
fo 102 - notes on the ‘Colenso affair’, [1853]
fo 113 - draft reply to an attack in the National Standard [1858]
fo 118 - facsimile of signatures of Liverpool clergymen subscribing to a testimonial for the British Workman, [c.1859-1860]

fo 121 - draft of the Creditor’s Sequestration Bill, with related correspondence, 1869-1871
fo 137 - papers relating to the revision of the Authorised Version of the Bible, 1870
fo 140 - papers relating to the revision of the Athanasian Creed, 1872
fo 149 - miscellaneous notes by Wilberforce on church matters.

Literary Papers

MSS Wilberforce
d. 50 Commonplace book 1814. xx + 322 leaves

d. 51 Commonplace book, 1822. xviii + 556 pages

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Literary Papers - continued

MSS Wilberforce
d. 48 Sermon notes, 1833-1859. 237 leaves

d. 49 fo 1 - Sermon notes, 1860-1869
fo 88 - undated sermon notes
fo 142 - meditations on the Bible, n.d.
fo 167 - drafts of articles on religious topics, n.d.

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Literary Papers - continued

MSS Wilberforce
e.10 Notebooks, given to Wilberforce in 1821 by Mary Sophia Elliott, containing:
a - her copy of an account of the death of ‘Mrs Cunningham’
b - prayer of William Wilberforce, 1818 copied by E W,1822
c, p.26 - Wilberforce’s sermon notes, 1835, 1840, n.d.
vi + 145 pages

c. 24 Miscellaneous literary papers, including:
fo 1 - verses by Wilbeforce and others, 1832-1854, n.d.
fo 120 - anecdotes, riddles, and jokes, n.d.
fo 135 - drafts by Wilberforce of articles and stories, n.d. 207 leaves
e. 17 Volume of verses by Wilberforce, 1838-1845
i + 123 leaves

c. 25 fos 1-93
Correspondence and accounts with publishers, including:
fo 1 - James Burns [1844], 1847
fo 7 - John Murray, 1837-1838, 1860-1872
fo 49 - James Parker, 1862-1872
fo 60 - Rivington and Co, 1846-1848, 1868
fo 68 - Saunders, Otley and Co, 1861
fo 70 - Seeley and Co, 1860, 1868-1869
fo 77 - Strahan and Co, 1873
fo 79 - letters and accounts of publishers with Wilberforce’s executors, 1874-1877

c. 30 (i)
Assignment of the copyright of A Life of William Wilberforce, Esq to John Murray, 1837

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Miscellaneous Papers

MSS Wilberforce
b. 1 fos 56-61
Papers of Wilberforce as Archdeacon of Surrey, mainly estate records, including:
fo 56 - list of the chief rents belonging to Farnham rectory, 1726
fo 58 - account of the hop grounds in Farnham parish, 1762
fo 59 - case, with the opinion of Sir Thomas Sewell, on the powers of the archdeacon to grant reversionary leases, 1762
fo 60 - list of the clergy in Southwark, Ewell and Stoke deaneries, [c.1765-1770]

b. 1 fos 107-175
Papers as Visitor of Trinity College, Oxford, including:
fo 107 - copies of correspondence between Bishops of Winchester and Presidents of Trinity College, 1661-1734
fo 119 - correspondence of C R Sumner with the President and Fellows of Trinity College, 1834, 1861-1862, 1867
fo 170v - statement of the revenue and expenditure of the college, 1858-1867
fo 174 - letter from S W Wayte to Wilberforce, 1869

e. 16 Cuddesdon Palace visitors’ book, 1850-1865
i + 55 leaves

e.18 Incomplete copy, parts ii, iii, iv, v, vi and appendix, of Apologia Pro Vita Sua, by J H Newman, 1864

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Papers relating to the Death of Samuel Wilberforce, 1873-1875, 1880

MSS Wilberforce
c. 28 fos 164-241
Letters of condolence on the death of Samuel Wilberforce, most of them addressed to R G Wilberforce, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, July - December, 1873.

All correspondents are listed in the index.

c. 30 (ii)
Linen bag containing newspaper cuttings of obituaries and tributes to Wilberforce, 1873-1875, 1880, n.d.

Materials relating to the publication of the Life of … Samuel Wilberforce, DD by A R Ashwell and R G Wilberforce, 1880-1882

MSS Wilberforce
e. 19-21. Three volumes of notes of Canon A R Ashwell, in preparation for volume I of ‘The Life’, including notes on Wilberforce’s activities, copies of letters and extracts from his diary, n.d.

e. 19 iv + 85 leaves

e. 20 iii + 87 leaves

e. 21 59 leaves

e. 26-28. Letters and notes concerning the three volumes of ‘The Life’, arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

c. 26 fo 1 - Letters, most of them to Canon Ashwell and R G Wilberforce, many in reply to an advertisement in The Guardian, 1874-1880
fo 124 - part of a letter concerning Wilberforce’s part in the Hampden Controversy, n.d.
fo 130 - notes for volume I, n.d.
fo 131 - business letters concerning the publication of volume I, 1875-1880
fo 173 - anonymous reminiscences
200 leaves

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Materials relating to the publication of the Life of … Samuel Wilberforce, DD by A R Ashwell and R G Wilberforce, 1880-1882

MSS Wilberforce
c. 27 fo 1 - Letters to Mr and Mrs R G Wilberforce, thanking them for copies of volume II of ‘The Life’ or commenting on the volume, 1881
fo 101 - extracts from these letters, n.d.
fo 103 - notes in preparation for volume II
fo 106 - notes of corrections to volume II
fo 108 - letters and accounts from John Murray, concerning the sales of volume II, 1881, 1882
fo 114 - letters, mainly to R G Wilberforce, giving information for use in volume III, 1881-1883.
208 leaves

c. 28 fos 1-163
fo 1 - Letters to Mr and Mrs R G Wilberforce, thanking them for copies of volume III, or commenting on its contents, 1882-1883
fo 120 - notes in preparation for volume III
fo 123 - business letters concerning the publication of volume III, 1881-1883
fo 149 - notes and letters concerning later editions of ‘The Life’.

c. 30 (iii)
Macmillan’s Magazine, 1880, containing a review of volume I of ‘The Life’

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Materials relating to the publication of the Life of … Samuel Wilberforce, DD by A R Ashwell and R G Wilberforce, 1880-1882 - continued

MSS Wilberforce
c. 29 Volume containing:
fo I - notes on the gospel of St Matthew in a hand of c.1800 afterwards used as a scrapbook to mount:
fo 8 - newspaper cuttings concerning Wilberforce, 1862, 1869-1870
fo 13v - newspaper cuttings concerning the death and funeral of Wilberforce, 1873
fo 24 v - newspaper cuttings concerning various members of the Wilberforce family, 1873, 1879
fo 28 - newspaper cuttings of reviews of volume I and
fo 58 - volume II, 1879-1882. i + 107 leaves
e. 22 Volume of newspaper cuttings of reviews of volume III, 1882-1883, pasted over an inventory of books in the library of Woolavington House, May 1834.
iv + 118 pages

c. 30 (iv)
Folder of newspaper cuttings, mainly reviews of volume III, 1882-1883

Other Papers

MSS Wilberforce
c. 25 fos 158-289
Miscellaneous papers, mainly connected with the Wilberforce family, including:
fo 160 - certificate of subscription of H E Manning on institution to Woolavington rectory, 1833
fo 161 - prayers of Mrs Mary Sargent, 1833, 1834
fo 167 - printed sermon preached by H P Liddon on the re-opening of the parish church of Graffham, Sussex, 1875
fo 185 - devotional card of Mrs R G Wilberforce, 1877
fo 186 - letter from T R Peebles to R G Wilberforce concerning the park at Graffham, 1883
fo 188 - notes for a genealogy of the Sargent family, n.d., partly in the hand of Samuel Wilberforce
fo 192 - note of the relationship of the Wilberforce to the Sumner family, n.d.
fo 193 - letter from H P Liddon to Mrs R G Wilberforce, 1875
fo 195 - two letters and two fragments from Mrs R G Wilberforce, n.d.
fo 222 - letters to Sir Charles H J Anderson, 1873, 1879,
n.d. fo 234 - letter from Anderson to Mrs R G Wilberforce, 1889
fo 236 - miscellaneous letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent, 1847, 1857-1872, all the correspondents are included in the index
fo 267 - reminiscences and notes in various unidentified hands, 1831, 1862, n.d.
fo 273 - meditations, 1837
fo 277 - seal of William P Austin, Bishop of Guiana, 1842
fo 283 - MS indexes to MSS Wilberforce d13-15, c.1900

e. 23 Commonplace book [of Anna Maria Wilberforce], 1854
i + 64 leaves

c. 30 Box of miscellaneous materials, including:
(v) - a lock of hair from Emily Wilberforce’s notebook
(vi) - pamphlet, Ballot, by Sydney Smith, 1871
(vii) - postcard
(viii - xi) - four unidentified photographs

a. 1 Portfolio containing:
fo 1 - engraving of a portrait of Samuel Wilberforce by George Richmond, published 1845
fo 2 - four photographs of Samuel Wilberforce
fo 6 - four photographs of his funeral
fo 10 - two photographs of the memorial cross at
Eversheds Rough, near Dorking
fo 12 - photograph of Robert Isaac Wilberforce
fo 13 - engraving of a sketch of the Rev E Irving preaching, by G H Jones, published 1823
fo 14 - photograph of the memorial window to William Spooner in St Michael’s Church, Coventry, 1857.
14 leaves

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