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1. Add MS 69130-69144

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XCIII-CVII. 'Commentaries of my own Political Life and of Public Transactions connected with it'; [circa 1810-after 1814]. Unfinished draft chapters of Grenville's autobiography. Appparently only an introduction, four chapters and a few appendices were begun, and these survive in several versions, covering roughly the period 1759-1787. Numerous alterations and additions by Grenville. For stray items intended to be copied and added as appendices, see Add. 69...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
15 items

2. Add MS 69130

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIII. Introduction.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
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1 item

3. Add MS 69142

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CV. 'Appendix 1', appendices and commentaries; 1778-1783. Copies of papers relating to Chapter 1, with contents list.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1783
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 69134

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVII. 'Chapter 2nd'; n.d. A continuation of Add. 69131, covering Sept. 1782 to Fox's India Bill of 1783. At the end (vol. rev.) are two draft opening lines of Chapter 4, covering Pitt's fight to remain in office, Dec. 1783-1784.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 69135

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVIII. 'Chapter 2', (formerly numbered '3'), covering Indian history up to 1786; dated 11 Sept. 1810 by Grenville.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1810
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1 item

6. Add MS 69136

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIX. 'Chapter 2'; n.d. On first leaf, 'Book the First' added later to 'Chapter 2' by Grenville. As Add. 69135 above, but with corrections and additions, and with corrections found in the latter incorporated in the text. Apparently complete, but two folios cut o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 69141

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CIV. 'Chapter 4th'; sheets tipped in at pp. 14, 46-47, have 1811 watermarks. 'Book the first' added later on first leaf by Grenville. The text is a later complete version of Add. 69140, but ends at the same point.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 69131

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIV. Incomplete (?) draft of Chapter One; n.d. Towards the end of the volume is a projected title-page for an appendix of relevant documents. With draft passages on Indian affairs for a later chapter (at end, vol. rev.). The chapter ends with Lord Temple's appo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 69132

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCV. Complete draft of Chapter One, ending with Fox's India Bill (1783); dated 26 Aug. 1810 on cover by Grenville.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 69133

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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVI. Later version of Introduction and Chapter One, ending as Add. 69132 above; n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810-after 1814]
Extent:
1 item

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