Research Catalog

Title

Ada King, Countess of Lovelace manuscript material, 1840-1851.

Author

Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.

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Additional Authors

• Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871
• Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872
• Ford, Richard, 1796-1858
• Marryat, Horace, 1818-1887
• Moffatt, George, 1806-1878
• Molesworth, Andalusia, -1888
• Prandi, Fortunato
• Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854
• Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859

Description

18 items

Subjects

• Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 > Correspondence
• Mathematicians > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Family

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Ada King, countess of Lovelace, née Augusta Ada Byron, English mathematician and computer pioneer. She was the only legitimate child of George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, the poet.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

714841831

Author

Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852.

Title

Ada King, Countess of Lovelace manuscript material, 1840-1851.

Summary

· To Mr Andrews, bookseller at Bond St : 1 autograph letter, third person : [no date] : (B'ANA 0778) : from 10 St James Sqre : requesting someone from Andrews to call upon her "respecting a Box she wishes to take at the French Play on Friday next."

· To Charles Babbage, mathematician and computer pioneer : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0052) : from Ockham : begins, "It is an omission not to have sent me the drawings to which continual reference is made throughout your packet of papers ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0053) : [no place] : begins, "The solution was (as you supposed) of the simplest description." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. Jul-Aug 1843] : (B'ANA 0091) : from St. James' Sqre. : begins, "I have just told Wea[t]stone that I cannot consent to your making the reuse of the remaining notes. So send them to me at once, pray." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug [1843] : (B'ANA 0090) : from Ockham Park : begins, "In consequence of the enclosed, I am starting for Town; & I shall send this to you immediately on my arrival ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Aug [1843] : (B'ANA 0054) : from Ashley Combe : begins, "We are quite delighted at yr (somewhat unhoped for) proposal, this mor.g received."

· To John Fane, Lord Burghersh, later 11th Earl of Westmorland, diplomat and composer : 1 autograph letter third person : 23 Jun [1840] : (B'ANA 0108) : [no place] : saying she "considers that £30 per annum is as much as can be afforded for the boy ..."; in a post-script she says that she "has made up her mind that for the first year £40 might perhaps be laid out upon him, but that sum is certainly the ultimum."

· To Albany Fonblanque, political journalist and journal editor : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Nov [1848?] : (B'ANA 0535) : on stationery with blue embossed circular design (a crown above a cursive capital "L"); begins, "I was indeed delighted to get yr letter, but am much vexed that mine (of about July 18th I think) never reached you."

· To Richard Ford, art connoisseur and author : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Mar [no year] : (B'ANA 0642a) : from G[rea]t C[umberland] St. : begins, "I have refused everything right & left, the Molesworths (young & old), Lord Fitzwilliam, Moffatt, &c. &c. So I must make no exceptions for the present." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Aug [no year] : (B'ANA 0642b) : on stationery with pink circular embossed stamp depicting East Horsley Tower; begins, "Yes -- to everything. You can come to Wybridge Station, & there take a Fly ..."

· To Mary King, née Hooker, wife of Dr. William King, physician and promoter of co-operative principles : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Apr 1834 : (B'ANA 0739) : from Fordhook : begins, "Indeed you must not suppose that my silence is from neglect ..."

· To Horace Marryat, travel writer : 1 autograph note third person : [no date] : (B'ANA 0528a) : [no place] : reads in full, "The Countess of Lovelaces Party for June 26th is postponed to Saturday the 17th."

· To George Moffatt, tea broker and politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1850 : (B'ANA 0109) : from Ashley [Coombe, Porlock (by Taunton)] : begins, "I think that our accidental meeting at Paddington, (which was the means of affording me so agreeable a journey), was in some respects as opportune as it was pleasant."

· To Andalusia Molesworth, Lady Molesworth, society hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Mar [1848?] : (B'ANA 0642c) : begins, "Will you and Sir William come to us on Sat.dy the 18th?"

· To Fortunato Prandi, Italian exile in England, journalist and translator: 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Feb [1842?] : (B'ANA 0071) : from Horsley : begins, "I find a cold I have had for this last week, is so very bad, that I almost think I shall still be dumb on Sunday next ..." -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : "Saturday" [ca. 1842?] : (B'ANA 0070) : [no place] : begins, "I have a most important service to ask of you, which only you can perform." Also: "I can in writing explain nothing except that you must come to me at 6 o'clock, & be prepared to be at my disposal till Midnight. You must be nicely, yet not too showyly dressed. You may have the occasion for both activity & presence of mind."

· To Thomas Noon Talfourd, writer, judge, and politician : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Aug [1851?] : (B'ANA 0092) : from East Horsley Park : on stationery with pink circular embossed stamp depicting East Horsley Tower; begins, "Will it suit you to come visit us here next Sat.y, the 16th?" The letter is addressed to "T. F. Talfourd," but it is assumed that this is a mistake.

· To Mrs. Thomson at The Parsonage : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Mar [1845?] : (B'ANA 0352) : from Ockham Park : begins, "Will you and Mr. Thomson give us the pleasure of your company to dinner this evening ..."

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Ada King, countess of Lovelace, née Augusta Ada Byron, English mathematician and computer pioneer. She was the only legitimate child of George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron, the poet.

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Added Author

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871, addressee.

Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872, addressee.

Ford, Richard, 1796-1858, addressee.

Marryat, Horace, 1818-1887, addressee.

Moffatt, George, 1806-1878, addressee.

Molesworth, Andalusia, -1888, addressee.

Prandi, Fortunato, addressee.

Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854, addressee.

Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS