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Matthew Arnold Papers - Whitridge Collection cont.

I.A. continued - Letters by Matthew Arnold to Mrs Thomas Arnold, nee Mary Penrose.

140. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Undated. [1866. The letter refers to Matthew Arnold's plans for 'next' year; 1867]. 1 l.

141. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Undated [1866? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

142. ALS. [No address. Envelope embossed with an heraldic device]. "Saturday" [1866. Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

143. ALS. [No address. 'Education Department, London' crossed out]. Monday Morning 1866. 1 l.

144. ALS. Eccleston Sq., London. 6 January 1866. 1 l. *

145. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 23 January 1866. 1 l. *

146. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 3 February 1866. 1 l.

147. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 10 February 1866. 1 l. *

148. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 15 February 1866. 1 l. *

149. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 23 February 1866. 1 l.

150. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 28 February 1866. 1 l.

151. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 10 March 1866. 1 l.

152. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 17 March 1866. 1 l.

153. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 24 March 1866. 1 l.

154. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 31 March 1866. 1 l. *

155. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 7 [?] April 1866. 1 l.

156. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 16 April 1866. 1 l. *

157. ALS. West Humble, Dorking. 25 May 1866. 1 l.

158. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. 10 June [1866?]. 1 l.

159. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. 19 June 1866. 1 l. *

160. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. 30 June 1866. 1 l.

161. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 10 July 1866. 1 l. *

162. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 21 July 1866. 1 l. *

163. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 27 July 1866. 1 l.

164. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 4 August 1866. 1 l. *

165. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 11 August 1866. 1 l. *

166. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 18 August 1866. 1 l. *

167. ALS. Chester Sq., London. Sunday 19 August 1866. 1 l. *

168. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 31 August 1866. 1 l. *

169. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 3 November 1866. 1 l.

170. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 9 November 1866. 1 l.

171. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 1 December 1866. 1 l. *

172. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 8 December 1866. 1 l. *

173. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 22 December 1866. 1 l. *

174. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 27 December 1866. 1 l.

175. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. "Sunday" [1867? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

176. ALS. Chester Sq., London. "Thursday Morning." [1867? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

177. ALS. Eccleston Sq., London. 5 January 1867. 1 l.

178. ALS. Eccleston Sq., London. 12 January 1867. 1 l.

179. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 18 January 1867. 1 l.

180. ALS. School House, Rugby. Saturday 26 January 1867. 1 l.

181. ALS. Hampden. "Sunday" [February 1867? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l. [Found with part of a letter marked "no date." No address, date or signature. 1 l.]. *

182. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 2 February 1867. 1 l.

183. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 10 [?] February 1867. 1 l.

184. ALS. [No address]. 22 February 1867. 1 l.

185. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 2 March 1867. 1 l.

186. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Sunday 30 March [1867? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

187. ALS. Colchester. 15 April [1867? Arnold informs his mother that he is to stay with a 'Mr. Cobbold' during the next week of his schools inspection tour. It is known, from the letter of 25 April [1867] found classed as 'undated' with this letter that he was at Mr. Cobbold's a week later]. 1 l.

188. ALS. Stowmarket. 25 April [1867. Reference to his application for the Librarianship of the House of Commons]. 1 l.

189. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 7 May 1867. 1 l. [the two pages of the leaf are almost separated].

190. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. 11 June 1867. 1 l.

191. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 17 June 1867. 1 l.

192. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. "Sunday Morning." [30 June 1867? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l.

193. ALS. Eccleston Sq., London. 4 July 1867. 1 l.

194. ALS. West Humble [Dorking]. 16 July [1867]. 1 l.

195. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 26 July 1867. 1 l.

196. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 15 August 1867. 1 l.

197. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 3 October 1867. 1 l.

198. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 31 October 1867. 1 l.

199. ALS. Stockwell Training School. 8 November 1867. 1 l.

200. ALS. C.S. [ Chester Sq., London]. 16 November 1867. 1 l.

201. ALS. Education Department, London. 23 November 1867. 1 l.

202. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 5 December 1867. 1 l.

203. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 14 December 1867. 1 l.

204. ALS. Stockwell Training School. 19 December 1867. 1 l.

205. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Christmas Day 1867. 1 l.

206. ALS. London. 6 January 1868. 1 l.

207. ALS. Chester Sq., London. 11 January 1868. 1 l.

208. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 18 January 1868. 1 l.

209. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 25 January 1868. 1 l.

210. ALS. Education Department, London. 5 February 1868. 1 l.

211. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 14 February 1868. 1 l. [a piece in the middle of the first page has been torn away and is missing].

212. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 22 February 1868. 1 l.

213. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 2 March 1868. 1 l.

214. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 14 March 1868. 1 l.

215. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 28 March 1868. 1 l.

216. ALS. Eccleston Sq., London. 9 April 1868. 1 l.

217. ALS. Harrow. 18 April 1868. 1 l.

218. ALS. Great Yarmouth. 25 May 1868. 1 l.

219. ALS. [No address]. 2 June 1868. 1 l.

220. ALS. Harrow. 13 June 1868. 1 l.

221. ALS. [No address]. 20 June 1868. 1 l.

222. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 29 June 1868. 1 l.

223. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 4 July 1868. 1 l.

224. ALS. Harrow. Sunday 12 July 1868. 1 l.

224a. ALS. Harrow. 25 July 1868. 1 l. * (48)

225. ALS. Harrow. 1 August 1868. 1 l.

226. ALS. Harrow. 24 September 1868. 1 l.

227. ALS. Harrow. 3 October 1868. 1 l.

228. ALS. Harrow. 28 November 1868. 1 l.

229. ALS. Wesleyan Training College, Westminster. 8 December 1868. 1 l.

230. ALS. Wesleyan Training College, Westminster. 16 December 1868. 1 l.

231. ALS. Harrow. 24 December 1868. 1 l.

232. ALS. Harrow. 16 January 1869. 1 l.

233. ALS. Harrow. 23 January 1869. 1 l.

234. ALS. Harrow. 4 February 1869. 1 l.

235. ALS. Harrow. 13 February 1869. 1 l.

236. ALS. Harrow. 20 February 1869. 1 l.

237. ALS. Harrow. 27 February 1869. 1 l.

238. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 6 March 1869. 1 l.

239. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 5 April 1869. 1 l.

240. ALS. Saffron Walden. 11 May 1869. 1 l.

241. ALS. Knebworth [Herts]. 16 May 1869. 1 l.

242. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 26 May 1869. 1 l.

243. ALS. Harrow. 5 June 1869. 1 l.

244. ALS. Harrow. 13 June 1869. 1 l.

245. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 18 June 1869. 1 l.

246. ALS. Harrow. 26 June 1869. 1 l.

247. ALS. Harrow. 17 July 1869. 1 l.

248. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 2 August 1869. 1 l.

249. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 10/11 September 1869. 1 l.

250. ALS. Harrow. 25 September 1869. 1 l.

251. ALS. Harrow. 2 October 1869. 1 l.

252. ALS. Harrow. 16 October 1869. 1 l.

253. ALS. Harrow. 23 October 1869. 1 l.

254. ALS. Harrow. Sunday 6 November 1869. 1 l.

255. ALS. Harrow. 13 November 1869. 1 l.

256. ALS. Education Department, London. 21 November 1869. 1 l.

257. ALS. Harrow. 27 November 1869. 1 l.

258. ALS. Harrow. 5 December 1869. 1 l.

259. ALS. Harrow. 13 December 1869. 1 l.

260. ALS. Wesleyan Training College, Westminster. 17 December 1869. 1 l.

261. ALS. London [Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall]. Christmas Day 1869. 1 l.

262. ALS. [No address]. Undated [1870. Whitridge/Quinn. Contains a reference to work on his forthcoming book, St. Paul and Protestantism publ. 1870]. 1 l.

263. ALS. Harrow. 16 January 1870. 1 l.

264. ALS. Harrow. 7 June 1870. 1 l.

265. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 16 June 1870. 1 l.

266. ALS. Harrow. 25 June 1870. 1 l.

267. ALS. Somers Town [?]. Sunday [?] 2 July [1870? Whitridge/Quinn. Day/date match for 1870, provided that the day is 'Sunday.']. 1 l. *

268. ALS. [No address]. Undated [31 July 1870. Reference to Jane Martha Arnold's ("K") birthday (1 August) the next day and to a French attack against the Prussians at Saarbruck]. 1 l. *

286. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 21 February 1870 [Given as '1870' by Whitridge, Quinn and Davis although the final figure of the date on this letter is formed as a broad vertical stroke and not like Arnold's usual '0s.' The letter refers to the 1870 Education Act]. 1 l.

269. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 14 September 1870. 1 l. *

270. ALS. Buckland Court, Ashburton. 23 September 1870. 1 l. *

271. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. "Saturday." [October 1870 written in pen in an unknown hand]. 1 l. *

272. ALS. Harrow. 2 October 1870. 1 l. *

273. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 17 October 1870. 1 l. *

274. ALS. Harrow. "Tuesday." [?]. [24 October 1870 written in pen in an unknown hand. Listed as 8 November 1870 by Quinn and Davis]. 1 l.

275. ALS. British and Foreign School Society, London. 15 November 1870. 1 l.

276. ALS. Harrow. 4 December 1870. 1 l. [most of the first page has been cut away and is missing].

277. ALS. Harrow. 11 December 1870. 1 l. *

278. ALS. Harrow. 19 December 1870. 1 l. *

279. ALS. Harrow. Christmas Day 1870. 1 l. *

280. ALS. Harrow. "Sunday." [1871? Whitridge/Quinn. With a slip noting that the paper of this letter is watermarked '1870']. 1 l.

281. ALS. Education Department, Whitehall. Undated [1871? Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l. *

282. ALS. Marine Parade, Folkestone. 7 January 1871. 1 l. *

283. ALS. Marine Parade, Folkestone. 11 January 1871. 1 l. *

284. ALS. Harrow. 23 January 1871. 1 l. *

285. ALS. [No address]. Undated [11 February 1871. Written on Eleanor Mary Caroline ("Nelly") Arnold's birthday. Reference to the recent end of the siege of Paris (which occurred on 28 January 1871)]. 1 l.

286. Moved to envelope marked 1870 - Whit Box 2.

287. ALS. Harrow. 25 February 1871. 1 l. *

288. ALS. Harrow. Sunday 5 March 1871. 1 l. *

289. ALS. Harrow. 12 March 1871. 1 l.

290. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 20 March 1871. 1 l.

291. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Tuesday 28 March 1871. 1 l.

292. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 3 April 1871. 1 l.

293. ALS. Harrow. 16 April 1871. 1 l. *

294. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. 31 May 1871.

295. ALS. Education Department, Whitehall. Undated [11 June 1871. Whitridge/Quinn. Reference to Arnold's wedding anniversary the day before (10 June) and to the end of unrest in France - presumably to the suppression of the Communards in Paris which had been completed by the end of May 1871]. 1 l.

296. ALS. London. 18 July [1871. Whitridge/Quinn]. 1 l. *

297. ALS. Bell' Alp [ Switzerland]. Sunday 13 August 1871. 1 l.

298. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Sunday 8 October 1871. 1 l. *

299. ALS. Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall. Undated [17 October 1871? Russell]. 1 l.

300. ALS. Harrow. 1 November 1871. 1 l. *

301. ALS. Harrow. 28 November 1871. 1 l.

302. ALS. Harrow. Undated [? December 1871 written in pen on the letter in an unknown hand]. 1 l. *

303. ALS. [No address]. 4 December 1871. 1 l. [Mrs. Matthew Arnold, nee France Lucy Wightman has signed her name on the second page]. *

304. ALS. Education Department, Whitehall. Undated [? 23 December 1871. Quinn. Reference to Arnold's recently received birthday presents. This would in fact suggest the 24 December. Reference to a journey about to be made by "the boys" (i.e., Richard Penrose Arnold and Trevenen William Arnold). Reference also to the Commune (established 18 March 1871). The year of the letter must be 1871 as this was the only year following the Commune when Trevenen William Arnold would still have been alive]. 1 l.

[Note: Although Vincent Quinn counted a total of 307 letters from Matthew Arnold to Mrs. Thomas Arnold in the Whitridge Collection he included in his total at least one 'fragment' (for the letter listed as 'number 40' I have catalogued a 'fragment' as the second part of a single leaf letter) and, apparently, a letter to Frances Arnold. Vincent Quinn also catalogued 315 letters and 'fragments' altogether].

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