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...
Miscellaneous papers, mostly political; 1780-[1802?]. 1. ff. 1-9. Correspondence between the 5th [1933] Marquess of Lansdowne and R. A. Humphreys, historian, with a copy of pages from Lord Shelburne’s memorandum book, 1763; 1933. Partly typewritten. 2. ff. 10-13v. Memorandum and draft agreed ...
Political and estate papers, mainly relating to Ireland. 1. ff. 1-2v. Preface and notes on Irish History; w.m. 1794-1797. 2. ff. 3-14v. Correspondence relating to an address from the Ossory Club in Queen’s County; 1772. 3. ff. 15-28. Proposals and notes on the government of Ireland, with extr...
Political notes and memoranda, mostly used by Lord Fitzmaurice for his Life of William, Earl of Shelburne. 1. ff. 1-29v. Historical and political memoranda on the following subjects: - (a) Lord Bute and the events of 1762; aft. 1762. Printed in Life, vol. i, pp. 104, 107f. ff. 1-7; - (b) The g...
Miscellaneous personal, political and estate papers of Lord Shelburne. 1. ff. 1-18v. Election expenses; 1767-1796. 2. ff. 19-20v. William Lock, petition for a bill; 1770. 3. ff. 21-40. Correspondence, letters of thanks and freedoms granted by various cities and bodies; 1782. Partly seal and ...