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1. Add MS 40862-40877

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Add MS 40862-40877
Title:
RIPON PAPERs. Vols. I-XVI. Correspondence of the Hon. Frederick John Robinson (b. 1782, Id. 1859), created Viscount Goderich 28 Apr. 1827, and Earl of Ripon 13 Apr. 1833. The bulk of the collection relates to the affairs of India during the critical period (May 1843-June 1846) when Ripon was President of the Board of Control in Peel's second administration. His chief correspondents are Lord Ellenborough and Lord Hardinge, successive Governors-General of India, and, at home, Sir Robert Peel a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
May 1843-Jun 1846
Extent:
16 items

2. Add MS 40878-40880

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Add MS 40878-40880
Title:
RIPON PAPERS. Vols. XVII-XIX. Three volumes entitled "Applications for Colonial Appointments, 1832," but containing also other correspondence of Lord Ripon (at that time Lord Goderich) as Secretary for War and Colonies. The replies are in many cases drafted by the private secretaries, Blayney Townley Balfour or Charles Eurwicke Douglas (K.B. 12 Oct. 1832), to whom a certain amount of the correspondence is directly addressed. Arranged in order of date within the alphabetic letter, but occasio...
Scope & Content:
Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas, MP: Correspondence, drafts, etc., as sec. to Lord Goderich: 1832. Colonies British: Applications to Lord Goderich for colonial appointments: 1832. Blaney Townley Balfour, junior, of Townley Hall, Drogheda: Correspondence, etc., as Private Sec. to Lord Goderich at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
3 items