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1. Add MS 75301-78155

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Title:
Althorp Papers
Scope & Content:
Vols. i-mmdccclv. Family and political papers of the Spencer family of Althorp, co. Northant., with related papers acquired by inheritance; mostly 15th cent.-1910, with a few earlier and later items. The Spencer family rose to prominence in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire as wealthy graziers i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1910
Extent:
2855 items

2. Add MS 75570-75772

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Title:
Papers of the 1st Earl and Countess Spencer. Althorp Papers. Vols. cclxx-cdlxxii. Correspondence and papers of John, 1st Earl Spencer, and his wife Georgiana Margaret, née Poyntz; 1754-1822. The greater part of the archive relates to the Countess, most of the 1st Earl's papers apparently having been destroyed in his lifetime or by his widow. Paper. Two hundred and three volumes, classified as follows: Family and personal correspondence: 75570-75700 Papers relating to charities: 75701-757...
Scope & Content:
Georgiana Margaret Spencer, née Poyntz; wife of John, 1st Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of Georgiana Margaret Spencer: 1754-1822.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1754-1822
Extent:
203 items

3. Add MS 75748-75772

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Title:
Financial and Estate Papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1746-1840]
Extent:
25 items

4. Add MS 75753-75771

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cdliii-cdlxxi. Personal and household accounts of the Spencer family; 1769-1775. Consisting of tradesmen's and servants' bills and receipts, which appear to have been preserved as vouchers to the accounts of the Spencers' household stewards between 1772 and 1775. Only fragments of the accounts themselves survive, and the whole collection represents the only surviving portion of what must originally have been a long sequence of such material. Eighteen volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1769-1775
Extent:
19 items

5. Add MS 75769

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Scope & Content:
Althorp Papers. Vol. cdlxix. Unbound. 350 x 210 mm. 1. Building, maintenance and supplies of fodder for the menagerie at Wimbledon; 1772-1775. 2. Labourers' wages at Wimbledon and Combe Nevill, co. Surrey; 1771-1773. 3. Repairs and maintenance at Holywell House, St Albans; 1771-1775. Lieute...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1771-1775
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 75773-76368

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Title:
Papers of the 2nd Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer (1758-1834), Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer (1783). Spencer was M.P. for Northampton (1780-1782) and for Surrey (1782-1783); junior lord of the Treasury (March-July 1782); privy councillor and lord keeper of the privy seal (July-Dec. 1794); First Lord of the Admiralty (1794-1801); Secretary of State for the Home Office (1806-1807); Elder Brother of Trinity House (1795-...
Scope & Content:
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer: 1794-1834.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1640-1948]
Extent:
596 items

7. Add MS 75952-76153

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Title:
General Correspondence. 75952-76153. Althorp Papers. Vols. dclii-dcccliv. Correspondence with individuals not of Spencer's immediate family and not concerned wholly with his official duties. Long sequences from a single correspondent are grouped together under the following broad content classifications; the remainder are arranged chronologically. Two hundred and three volumes. Classified as follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1766-1838]
Extent:
202 items

8. Add MS 76006

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Scope & Content:
Althorp Papers. Vol. dccvi. Letters from A[ngelo?], Comte d'Elci, bibliophile; 1802-1824. French. A[ngelo?] Elci, Comte d'; bibliophile: Letters to Lord Spencer: 1802-1824: French. Willesborough, county Kent: Deeds rel. to property there: 1338-1723: Mostly Lat. Carter family: Deeds rel. to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1802-1824
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 76014

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Scope & Content:
Althorp Papers. Vol. dccxiv. Letters from: 1. Dom. Jean Baptiste Maugerard, librarian to Cardinal Montmorency, secretary to the Academy of Metz (d. 1814); 1797-1801. French. 2. Antoine Auguste Renouard; 1813-1829. French. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, DD; bibliographer: Letters to Lord Spencer: 180...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1797-1829
Extent:
1 item