C. ESTATE PAPERS EGMONT PAPERS. Vols. CXXVI-CXXXVI. Estate Papers, mainly 17th-18th centt., relating to the estates of the Perceval family, chiefly those in Ireland, but also to property in England and the New World. Armorial bookplates, 1702, 1715, of the 1st Lord Egmont in Add. MSS. 47035, 47037, 47038-47042, 47044. Twenty-one volumes.
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Perceval (Sir John), 1st Lord Egmont 1733: 1702-1736. Accompts: Perceval family, Earls of Egmont and Barons Arden; private and estate accompts, etc.: 1632-1825.
E. NEWSLETTERS EGMONT PAPERS. Vols. CLVII-CLXVI. Egmont MSS. 52-54, 160, 55-60. Newsletters addressed from London to John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont; 1720-1733. The newsletters mostly contain reports of parliamentary proceedings and political intelligence from the Continent. Two volumes in the same series, acquired in 1869, now Add. MSS. 27980 and 27981, follow immediately upon Add. MSS. 47077 and 47082 respectively. At the end (ff. 129-233b) of Add. MS. 47079 are printed 'Votes' of the I...
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Sir John Perceval, 5th Baronet; 1st Earl of Egmont: Correspondence and papers: 1697-1748, n.d. England; Parliament: Newsletters rel. to proceedings: 1721-1733. Newsletters: From England. London: 1672-1733. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Perceval (Sir John), 1st Lord Egmont 1733: 1702-1736. Acco...