Letters from Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, to Sir William Wyndham, with a few letters from other correspondents; 1710-1755. Copies in a late 18th century hand, apparently transcribed from the originals in the Egremont papers at Petworth House (now on deposit at the West Sussex Record ...
Miscellaneous papers of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Two volumes, as follows: 1. Index to Lord Shelburne’s official correspondence as Secretary of State, 1766-1768. Arranged by country, including America, West India, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Swiss Cantons, Ireland, Dunkirk, ...
Miscellaneous papers of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Contents as follows: 1. Letter from Edmund Burke [to Viscount Kenmare], 21 February 1782. Copy in an early 19th century hand. The letter was published as A Letter from a Distinguished English Commoner to a Peer in Ireland (1783), and...
A small group of American documents; 1776-1814. Contents as follows: 1. Naval commission to Benjamin Wormell, commander of the schooner Viper, 9 September 1776. Printed, with the signature of John Hancock, President of Congress. 2. Commission to Thomas Coward, appointing him lieutenant of mili...