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171. Add MS 75610-75667

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cccx-ccclxvii. Correspondence of Lady Spencer with Caroline, wife of John Howe, and sister of Richard, 1st Earl Howe; 1759-1814. For the earliest and latest periods many of Lady Spencer's letters are missing; otherwise the correspondence is substantially complete on both sides. Most of Lady Spencer's letters were returned to her son after her death, but those written while she was travelling on the Continent were said to have been promised by Mrs Howe to Lady Spencer's ...
Scope & Content:
Caroline Howe, wife of John Howe; sister of William, 1st Earl Howe: Correspondence with Lady Spencer: 1759-1814.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1814
Extent:
58 items

172. Add MS 75601-75604

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. ccci-ccciv. Letters to Lady Spencer from Lady Sarah Spencer, daughter of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, and afterwards wife of William Henry, 3rd Lord Lyttelton; 1797-1813. Excerpts are printed in Correspondence of Sarah Spencer, Lady Lyttelton, 1787-1870, ed. Maud Mary Wyndham, Baroness Leconfield (1812). Four volumes. Unbound. 235 x 185 mm. average size.
Scope & Content:
Lady Sarah Lyttelton, governess to children of Queen Victoria: Letters to her grandmother, Lady Spencer: 1787-1813.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1797-1813
Extent:
4 items

173. Add MS 75950-75951

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. dcl, dcli. Letters to Spencer from his fifth son, George (1799-1864); 1808-1834. As the youngest son, he was destined for the church from an early age. Having been educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1824 and served as Rector of St. Mary the Virgin at Great Brington until 1830, when he was converted to Roman Catholicism. He then served at the newly opened Roman Catholic church in West Bromwich between 1832-1839, moved to Oscott College, p...
Scope & Content:
Hon George Spencer, son of 2nd Earl Spencer; 'Father Ignatius' of the Order of Passionists: Letters to his father: 1808-1834.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1834
Extent:
2 items

174. Add MS 75415-75419

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxv-cxix. The executors of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough v. John Spencer, afterwards 1st Earl Spencer, his father's executors, and the Duchess's heirs at law: proceedings to have the transactions of the Duchess's executors approved by the court; 1752-1769. Mostly drafts and copies. 5 volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1769
Extent:
5 items

175. Add MS 75422 A-B

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxxii. Private Act of Parliament, 12 Geo. III c. 120, discharging the estates originally belonging to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, from the trusts set up under her will; 1772. Two printed copies. Paper. Modern binding. 345 x 220 mm.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 item

176. Add MS 75423-75425

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxxiii-cxxv. The executors of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and John Spencer v. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, the trustees of the 1st Duke, and George Stephens, brother of Dr. James Stephens: proceedings concerning the ownership of documents in the custody of Dr. James Stephens, executor and trustee to the Duchess, John Spencer and the 1st Duke, at the time of his death in 1759; 1760-1761. Partly drafts and copies. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1761
Extent:
3 items

177. Add MS 76369-76370

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. mlxix, mlxx. Letters from Lord Althorp to Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux; 1823-1844. Several letters are followed by copies, some with annotations by Brougham. One copy (10 July 1834) by Thomas Drummond. All the autograph letters appear to be originals, and many are marked 'Lord Althorp' or 'Lord Spencer', with the date of the letter, on the recto of the first folio or the verso of the last folio of the letter, probably in Brougham's hand. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: Correspondence with 3rd Lord Spencer: 1823-1837, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1844
Extent:
2 items

178. Add MS 75420 A-B

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxx a, b. Deed of settlement of the estates of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of those purchased by her executors, on the trustees of John, 1st Earl Spencer; 19 May 1769. Two printed copies, with a few marginal notes. B has a modern cloth binding stamped on the spine with the Spencer arms. 350 x 215 mm.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1769
Extent:
1 item

179. Add MS 76008-76013

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. dccviii-dccxiii. Letters from Thomas Frognall Dibdin. (1776-1847), 1808-1834. Dibdin first came to Lord Spencer’s attention with the publication of his Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics (1802), and was appointed his librarian at Althorp. He also served as vice-president to the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812. His cataloguing of the rarities of Lord Spencer’s library resulted in Bibliotheca Spenceriana, which made...
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, DD; bibliographer: Letters to Lord Spencer: 1808-1834. Willesborough, county Kent: Deeds rel. to property there: 1338-1723: Mostly Lat. Carter family: Deeds rel. to their lands in co. Kent: 1379-18th cent.: Mostly Lat. Trade and Commerce: Wyatt family; of Kent: Corresp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1834
Extent:
6 items

180. Add MS 76016-76019

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. dccxvi-dccxix. Letters from Count Reviczky, followed by a detailed catalogue of his books; 1789-1793. Mostly French. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Reviczky, Count: Letters, etc., to Lord Spencer: 1780-1793. Willesborough, county Kent: Deeds rel. to property there: 1338-1723: Mostly Lat. Carter family: Deeds rel. to their lands in co. Kent: 1379-18th cent.: Mostly Lat. Trade and Commerce: Wyatt family; of Kent: Correspondence and papers ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789-1793
Extent:
4 items