‘Design of Tittenhanger & Pondside’. Pen and ink plan of gardens and pond, with part of house and moat. Half the folio is missing. 18th century? Design for dog kennels. Recto: front elevation (pen and ink and watercolour) and plan, with measurements for dog house, yards and storage areas. V...
Letters to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and notes on an apprenticeship
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1. Letters to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke as patrons: Letter from Dr Clark, Emanuel Close Cambridge, 25 March 1812. Regarding the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke’s patronage of an edition of the vocal works of Handel. Letter from William Cooke, 11 December 1815, regarding his new plough, w...
Documents relating to the Earl of Hardwicke’s house in St James’s Square, London
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Security bond from Thomas Fülling, Kent Couse and Thomas King to the Earl of Hardwicke and other trustees of St James’s Square, 1 May 1782. Receipt for fire insurance for the Earl of Hardwicke’s house in St James’s Square, to 27 May 1784, dated 29 May 1783. 11 bills and receipts for building w...
Former file enclosures, now empty. 1. Blue paper folded sheet used as a file enclosure, inscribed ‘Tenants Accompts to Ladyday 1786’ 2. Manila folder with the following inscriptions: ‘Sundry labouring, carpet beating, chairman’s & other similar; chimney sweeps’ (scored out) ‘Legal etc.’ i...