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A letter, 17 May [1840] (watermark 1840), signed Augusta Ada Lovelace, to a Mrs Tynte, discussing the educational future of a musical prodigy, presumed to be the harpist John Thomas [Pencerdd Gwalia], and asking Tynte to use her Welsh connections to advance his career. Lovelace refers to her communications with [John Fane], Lord Burge[r]sh, co-founder of the Royal Society of Music (f. 73).
Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 10 April 1961, to H. B. Ward, Great Baddow, from the bookseller Winifred Myers, London, offering the Ada Lovelace letter for sale and transcribing its contents (f. 74).

Two certificates, signed by [John Fane], Lord Burghersh, chairman of the committee of the Royal Academy of Music, 24 December 1834 and 20 December 1836, of the distinction of one of 'The King's Scholarships' awarded to Master Henry Brinley Richards, and a letter dated 8 March 1841 announcing his nomination as Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.