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Personal papers

(1) Passport for Alexander F Low, ‘accompanied by his wife, daughter and son, travelling on the continent with a maid servant’, 1865 [Damaged - stuck down on board]
(2) Itinerary [2pp] of ‘AFL & Mary Low tour to Switzerland 1/8/1876-19/9/1876 via Paris, Strasbourg’, 1876
(3) ‘In Memoriam’, order of burial of the dead for Alexander Fairweather Low, 1898

Correspondence

(1) Letters, [part of one missing] from JC Low to his father from school, [1 Bath Villas, Cheltenham College], 1866-1867
(2) Postcard to AF Low, announcing his arrival at Stavanger, 1894
(3) Letter from James C Low to his brother Alick regarding the difficulties of selling Tellicherry [in Mangalore?] so 'the sooner we can clear out the better', 1893 with news cutting on bankruptcy of Alston, Low & Co,. 1895,
(4) Postcard, JC Low to AG Low, noting loan of ‘the crest’ 1903
(5) Letters [2] from James to Alick describing his trip to Columbo, China, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, 1909
(6) Letter to Alick from James about moving banks and retiring as a soldier, 1915
(7) Note from JC Low concerning money meant to be paid to Violet, 1920

Legal papers

(1) Marriage settlement of William Elliott and Evaline A Lucas, with related papers, 1866
(2) Probate of the will of William R Elliot, Lieutenant 29th Regiment [first husband of EA West], 1867
(3) Extract copy probate of Susan Ann Lucas, with details relating to Evaline A West underlined, 1879
(4) Certificate of death for Thomas Allen of Brighton as requested by Mrs West with letters [2], 1891-1893
(5) Papers relating to the Stammers Trust, including the copy will of Edward Stammers, 1910-1927
(6) Draft license granted by Mrs West to Mrs Carr for property in Brighton with associated papers, 1915-1926
(7) Annotated and damaged letter from the Public Trustee Office concerning a decision relating to the West Settlement Trust, 1916

Ephemera

(1) Sketches [2] of Low armorials, 19C
(2) Unused envelopes with AFL initials, 1867-1899
(3) Bundle of unused mourning envelopes and notepaper featuring Low family crest, and AF Low’s address, 1885-1900

Personal papers

(1) Envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Halley’, containing hair [‘Annie Halley’s hair when 2 yrs taken 1867 & kept in envelope addressed to Emily Jane nee Harland’ source: AJS Low ]
(2) Book of common prayer, inscribed ‘Annie Halley with best love from Maggie Hudson July 31st 1876’
(3) Annie Low diaries [32] detailing her activities, 1884–1942 [with gaps]
(4) Blank ‘With Mrs A Low’s Compliments’ sheets of 9 Holland Park, c1909
(5) Bees in Amber, poetry book, inscribed ‘Annie Low from her friend Mary D Allen Christmas 1916 [damaged]
(6) ‘Books Worth Reading’ listing novels read by Annie, 1920s-1930s
(7) ‘The Inca’s Prayer’, nd
(8) Blank postcard headed Mrs Annie Low with Ealing address, [1941]
(9) ‘Notes of 9 Holland Park W11’, exercise book, 1941

Financial papers

(1) Specifications of works, invoices and receipts for 84 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, [bought on the family's return from Mexico] including list of articles bought at the De la Rue’s sale, 1866-1899
(2) Insurance certificate for the ‘Christina’, sailing from Rangoon to the UK, 1877
(3) George Stewart & Co payment receipts [3] to AF Low, 1891-1899
(4) Receipt for donation by AF Low to Paddington Green Children’s Hospital, 1895

Correspondence

(1) Letter from Charles W Low to ‘Papa’ from his school, detailing his news, 1868
(2) Letter to his nieces and nephews thanking them for their wedding gift, [1900]
(3) Note about ‘our Crest’, 1903
(4) Wellington Court address cards, post 1904
(5) Short letter to brother Alick of general news, 1908
(6) Reference for J Fraser as ‘motor driver’, 1916
(7) Postcard to Lieut. AH Low, [1917?]

Financial papers

(1) Letters, receipts and and statement of account for EA Elliott, 1868-1874
(2) Cheques, shares and business letters, 1870s – 1909
(3) Letters relating to financial and business matters, including those of her son and of her husband, of shares, of the Elliot Trust, West’s Estate, club memberships, with letters and statements of accounts relating to the Hallow Estate, 1875-1928
(4) Invoices, receipts, cards and letters of personal and domestic expenditure, including Mr & Mrs West’s collection of silver storage bills from Dixon’s Depository, 1879-1931
(5) Letters, receipts, and invoices relating to debts and payments to be made on behalf of Lieutenant GA West, including Trustees account, letter and receipt relating to costs, 1897-1912
(6) Solicitor statement of costs [damaged] concerning EA West’s will, 1918
(7) Charges as to appointment in favour of Capt. GEJA West, 1927

Financial papers

(1) Receipt for the administration of Alexander Hally’s will, 1847
(2) Notice of legacy duties to pay under Alexander Hally’s will, 1849
(3) Engraver’s receipts [2] for jewellery, 1861
(4) Note, copied from ‘The Times’, 1866 of the death of Major Kirkpatrick and his assets, nd
(5) Letter from Alexander Easton relating to an unknown payment, 1867
(6) Copy statement of assets of deceased Joseph Cragg with accompanying letter with accompanying note, 1868
(7) Stock exchange receipts with and notes of stock and related letter, 1869
(8) Letters [2] concerning buying and selling of shares, 1870
(9) Letters {2} between Dr Halley and ‘JSGK’ about risky shares, 1870

Personal papers

(1) Visiting cards ‘Mr M R West, Royal Artillery’, nd
(2) Army & Navy Provision Market life member ticket for Capt. M R West, nd
(3) Visiting card ‘Major M Richard, West Royal Horse Artillery’, nd
(4) Extract of orders [2] to Lieutenant RM West to deploy, ‘Nagpore’ India, 1868
(5) News cutting noting the promotion of Major MR West to the rank of Lieutenant -Colonel, 1888
(6) News cutting noting the return of Col West to Portsmouth, commanding time-served and injured servicemen and their families, 1894
(7) Notes [2] confirming West’s resignation from the Junior United Service Club, 1896

Photographs and artwork

(1) Photocard portraits [4] of Mary Ann, 1869-1872
(2) Miniature of Mary AJ Low, [damaged] c1870
(3) Family photographs [2] [poor condition] of Alex F, Mary Ann and Annie Low, with children Alex H Low and Harriet M Low, 1893
(4) Photograph of elderly lady, Mary Ann, c1894

Financial papers

(1) Bundle of personal bills, 1870s- 1900
(2) Letter and receipt from military outfitters, 1890-1891
(3) Wellington College fees for pupil GJEA West, 1892
(4) Stamped receipt for term fees, 1895
(5) Letter to Colonel West regarding his India Office annuity, 1898
(6) Letters and receipts for payment concerning debts incurred by GA West, 1898-1899

Newspapers

Scarborough Gazette, 1870 and The Standard, 1899, pages from The Art Journal, 1886, The Illustrated London News, with supplement engraving of ‘The war in the Soudan-Battle of Tamasi: gallant recapture of the guns’, 1884, page of Engineering, 1875, with piece about Henry Harland’s arrangement of fixing lifebuoys, page from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of the Arts' featuring obituary of Robert Kaye Gray, 1914, pages from the 'Daily Mail' , featuring war news, 1940, page from the 'Daily Telegraph' featuring bomb damage, 1941, copy of the 'Daily Mail', 1950, reprint of 1915 issue of 'The Daily Mirror' featuring the sinking of the Lusitania, 1972

Ephemera

(1) ‘Ricordo de Venezia’, tourist photo book [1890s]
(2) Photographic panorama from Buuku Hile, nd
(3) Album of newscuttings relating to companies, 1902, with loose cuttings, including list of Royal Military Academy candidates, 1892, letter from ‘Aerophobia’, and ‘Some Company Notes’, 1932
(4) Judicial Trustees Act, 1896 with newscutting of letter, nd
(5) News page, The Morning Post, of facsimile of Kipling’a ms of ‘The English Flag’, 1899
(6) Advertising material, including The London Sanitary Protection Association booklet, [19C], Brooks’ Rupture Appliance catalogue with associated letter [1919] and ‘The Watkin Switch’ advertising leaflet, [1920s?] and insurance coupons, nd
(7) Packet of external and internal photographs of buildings in Berlin, nd
(8) Bundle of postcards, London scenes, c1900
(9) Railway map of India [damaged], nd
(10) Campbell’s Hotel tariff card, [19C]
(11) The Queen’s Club fixtures, 1933
(12) Blank mourning letterheads for 9 Holland Park, nd
(13) Rough sketch of Chabot family tree, nd
(14) Envelope of European stamps, nd, with envelopes addressed to AG Low, London, some with overseas stamps, with legal envelopes, 1892-1927 and photographic packets, early 20th century

Financial papers

(1) Account book, annotated ‘AG Low Vol III June 18 1872 London’
(2) Letter of credit authorising payment of £500 to Alexander Graham Low, 1877
(3) Domestic and personal bills, 1887-1931
(4) Letter authorising sale of shares, from the marriage settlement of AG and Annie Low, with notes on reverse, 1891
(5) Bill of charges for marriage settlement of AG Low with Annie Halley, 1891
(6) National Bank of Scotland letter of indication and list of correspondents, signed AG Low, 1891
(7) AG Low’s notebook containing financial and Trust notes, draft wills and draft of JC Low’s marriage settlement, with lose papers, 1891-1919
(8) Receipt for moneys paid to AG Low as executor of Mrs [Jessie/Janet] Paris [nee Low] of Dundee, 1895
(9) Share certificates and associated letters including Nundydroog Mines, Ltd, 1921, 1895-1936, Coolgardie Gold Fields, 1896, 1899 , Port Curtis Land Company, 1896-1906, Dharwar Gold Mines, 1903-1921
(10) Triple notebook of cashflow and business notes, 1898-1900
(11) Receipt for AG Low membership and 2 x letters of West Middlesex Golf Club, 1903 *
(12) Insurance docket for goods shipped from Yokohama to London, 1909
(13) Letter concerning claim for Super Tax on shares issued by the Vulcan Foundry, 1920
(14) Outline of insurance policy taken under Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
(15) National Bank of Scotland notebooks of AG Low’s income and expenditure, 1927-1934
(16) Letters to AG and KG Low concerning funding for the care of Captain [GEA] West 1932
(17) Bundle of notices of sales of shares of AG Low deceased, 1936-1937 with receipt of bonds sold by executors of AG Low, 1939

Financial papers

(1) Business accounts ledger, 1873
(2) Costs of marriage settlement of Charles Watson Low, 1900
(3) Inventory and valuation of 23 Wellington Court, Hyde Park, London W9, 1904, with balance sheets of values, and blank visiting card, 1904-1915 [volume cover has mould damage} with photocopy
(4) Bundle of share certificates, some in the name of VA Low, c1906-c1945
(5) Revised schedule of items for insurance with accompanying letter, 1907
(6) Personal accounts ledgers [2] for CW and VA Low, 1910-1925
(7) Insurance valuations, mainly of jewellery, 1919-1925 with list, possibly noting which family members are to receive items, nd
(8) Letter re temporary share certificates, 1925
(9) Scrap of doctors account, 1926
(10) Inventory & Valuation of property and effects of CW Low, 1928
(11) Correspondence, mainly to Violet, concerning duty and payments on her husband's estate, 1928-1929
(12) Account and receipt for the funeral of CW Low, 1929
(13) Receipts for payment of CW Low’s legacies, 1929

Correspondence

(1) Letters and postcards between Annie and her friends and family, including letter to her mother with a sketch, and one, 1915, from R Heuff [French], and from Mary Willis, 1874-1945
(2) Letters to Alick [AG Low] just prior to their marriage with a wedding invitation and card of wedding hymns, 1891

Papers

(1) Letter from Harriet to ‘Papa’ with her general news, [1867?]
(2) ‘Of the Imitation of Christ’, 1874 inscribed Harriet M Low, 1881 [fragile]
(3) Invitation to Miss Chabot to Harriet’s wedding, [1884]
(4) Thankyou letter to Edith Chabot for gift of a clock, 1884
(5) In Memoriam card for Harriet Mary, 'dearly beloved wife of AK Stewart', 1885

Personal papers

(1) Birth certificate, for the son of Matthew Richard West, 1875
(2) Passports for George Evelyn Annesley West journey to Russia and his return to England, 1905, 1912
(3) ‘Russian as she is spoke’, typescript, c1910

Legal papers

(1) Extract birth and baptismal certificates for Violet Augusta West, 1876
(2) Marriage certificate of Charles Watson Low and Violet Augusta West, sent to Violet’s mother with note, 1900
(3) Solicitor’s letter concerning his instructions from Mrs West [Violet’s mother] to act for the family, particularly in ‘Captain West’s affairs’, 1908
(4) Surrender of lease of 23 Wellington Court, unsigned, 1930
(5) Lease of 23 Wellington Court in the name of Mrs VA Low, with associated papers directed to her executors, 1930-1935
(6) Extracted Probate '1st Duplicate' [2] of Violet Augusta Low, 1931
(7) Inland Revenue and executor legacy receipts of the estate of Mrs VA Low, with list of legatees, signed, 1931
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