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Three holograph letters from Thomas Price of [Christ Church] Oxford, to George Townshend, 1st marquess Townshend, viceroy of Ireland, 1771-1772 ( improvements to Oxford, the writer's hints for the embellishments of cities executed by the architect [John] Gwyn, the writer's system of education, improvements to Blenheim, noblemen at Oxford, an event in Denmark, opportunities of service by the writer to the recipient).

A Latin prize poem entitled Thamesis written in 1768 by Matthew Lewis when he was at Christ Church, Oxford, together with a letter written by him from the War Office in 1798, when he was deputy secretary-at-war, to George, fourth viscount and first marquis Townshend (1724-1807), with reference to the appointment of Lieutenant William Stalland as Pay Master. Matthew Lewis was the father of Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), author of Ambrosio, or the Monk.