Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville; Printed material
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Index, ff. i-ii. Trade card of Louis Mallet, horloger, Paris. f. 1. Cutting relating to the Garde Nationale of Marseille. ff. 2-2v. Map of Warsaw with MS. colouring and additions. Printed in Berlin, 1794. f. 3. Declaration concerning the war with France. Dated at: Westminster. 28 October 1797, ff...
Correspondence between Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and Russian Government, etc
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Letter from Maxim Alopeus, Russian plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia, to the Imperial Customs authority to pass the baggage of the British Ambassador to St. Petersburg without delay (Russian). Dated at: Berlin. 23 December 1805-4 January 1806, ff. 1-3. Copy of despatch from Count Worontzoff ...
Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
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Correspondence and papers of Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891), politician, who served as Foreign Secretary under Gladstone. He was one of four children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773-1846) and Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (née Lady...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
c 1825-1899
Extent:
607 files, some sub-divided (349 bound volumes + 258 files of unbound papers)
Expenditure relating to the mission to Russia for the coronation of Tsar Alexander II. Bundle of bills, labelled ‘2. Sundry Russian Bills’. Includes Moscow house contracts, expenditure on furniture, kitchen utensils, crockery, lighting, repairs, provisions, wine, beer, liveries, tailors, flowers ...
Expenditure relating to the mission to Russia for the coronation of Tsar Alexander II. Bundle of bills, labelled ‘3. Russian Building Acct.’. Includes damage to Moscow house, cleaning and repairs.
Expenditure relating to the mission to Russia for the coronation of Tsar Alexander II. Bundle of bills, labelled ‘4. Russian Washing Acct.’ Bills for Moscow laundry expenditure.
Expenditure relating to the mission to Russia for the coronation of Tsar Alexander II. Bundle of bills, labelled ‘5. Francois Receipts in Russian Acct.’ Bills for wages, expenses en route, and expenditure at both St Petersburg (including visiting cards, horse forage and harness, carriage hire, l...