Vol. cdxxxiv b. Alphabetical list by Lady Spencer of inhabitants of St Albans, with their addresses and notes of subscriptions on their behalf; [early 19th cent.?] Contemporary paper covers. 230 x 190 mm.
Vol. cdxxxiv c. Alphabetical list by Lady Spencer of loans to inhabitants of St Albans from a loan fund; 1802-1807. Marbled paper covers. 205 x 170 mm.
Vol. cdxxxiv d. Account of money received and given on behalf of Lady Spencer by Thomas Taylor for various charitable purposes in and near Brington, co. Northant.; 1802-1811. Leather covers. 180 x 110 mm.
Althorp Papers. Vols. cclxxv-ccxcvii. Letters to Lady Spencer from her son, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, 1764-1814. Twenty-three volumes. Unbound. 240 x 185 mm. average size.
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George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letters to his mother: 1764-1814.
Althorp Papers. Vols. ccclxix-ccclxxxii. Letters to Lady Spencer from George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; 1759-1804. Including a few drafts of Lady Spencer's replies, a few letters from his wife, Elizabeth, and a few from Lord Jersey to Lord Spencer. Many of the letters, particularly those in 75670-75672, contain political gossip and accounts of proceedings in the House of Commons. This is presumably `the series of gossiping letters of old Lord Jersey's', which was said to have been d...
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George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey: Letters to Lady Spencer: 1759-1804.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cccvi-cccviii. Correspondence of Lady Spencer with her daughter, Henrietta, wife of Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; [1768?]-1814. The letters from Lady Bessborough, chiefly of the period 1809-1814, represent only a fraction of those she wrote to her mother, the remainder having been returned to her family after Lady Spencer's death in 1814. Those of Lady Spencer end in 1789. A few of them, and others after 1789, are printed in Lady Bessbo...
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Henrietta Ponsonby, wife of Frederick, 3rd Earl of Bessborough: Letters to her mother, Lady Spencer: [1768?]-1814.