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51. Add MS 35788-35808

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXL.-CCCCLX. General Post Office Papers, comprising the correspondence and papers of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, as Postmaster-General, with a few papers of his predecessor, Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquis of Clanricarde; 1852,1853. The contents consist chiefly of letters and memorials on behalf of applicants for appointment or promotion in the Post Office. Besides these there are a few letters requesting the establishment of new branch post-offices; c...
Scope & Content:
Post Office: Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke, when Postmaster General: 1852-1853.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1853
Extent:
21 items

52. Add MS 35809-35813

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXI.-CCCCLXV. General Post Office Appointment-Books, or registers of candidates, successful and unsuccessful, most of whom are mentioned in the preceding correspondence, arranged both in alphabetical order and in order of application, with local and other subdivisions, précis of answers to applications, etc.; 1852, 1853. Five volumes. Paper; ff. 34, 32, 94, 99, 54. Octavo (vol. i.) and folio.
Scope & Content:
Post Office: Appointment-books: 1852-1853.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1853
Extent:
5 items

53. Add MS 35826-35829

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXVIII.- CCCCLXXXI. "A Calendar of the Journals of the House of Lords," 1509-1741, arranged alphabetically under heads. Four Volumes. Vol. III. (of which Add. MS. 28,028 is an exact copy) has 12 leaves missing at the beginning, and a few at the end. Paper. XVIIIth cent. Belonged to Nicholas Hardinge (ob. 1758). Folio.
Scope & Content:
England; Parliament: Calendar of the Lords' Journals: 16th cent.-1741.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 items

54. Add MS 35830-35832

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXXII.- CCCCLXXXIV. Miscellaneous State letters and papers collected by Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (ob. 1790); 1425-1625. They include (a) many original letters written by Queen Elizabeth, Sir William Cecil, and others, to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Ambassador in France 1559-1564, with drafts or copies of his own letters; and (b) drafts of offcial letters of Sir Edward Conway, Secretary of State 1622-1625, to various Ambassadors abroad, and on domestic a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1425-1625
Extent:
3 items

55. Add MS 35834-35836

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXXVI. - CCCCLXXXVIII. Transcripts of correspondence of Queen Elizabeth with foreign sovereigns, princes, and a few ministers of State, made from the originals, etc., in the British Museum and Public Record Office; 1558-1603. Three volumes. Paper; ff. 317, 350, 215. XVIIIth cent. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence with foreign princes, etc.: 1558-1603.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

56. Add MS 35838-35839

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXC., CCCCXCI. Miscellaneous historical collection, consisting of transcripts of State papers, several of which are in the handwriting of the 1st Earl of Hardwicke, with a few original letters, etc. Two volumes. Vol. I. 1567-1720; Vol. II. 1721-1817. The tables of contents at the beginning of Vol. I. do not refer to the present MSS. as now arranged. Paper; ff. 425. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1567-1817
Extent:
2 items

57. Add MS 35850-35851

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DII., DIII. Proceedings of the two Commissions appointed in Ireland, by the Convention and by the Lords Justices and Council, 1660-1661, including a collection of papers referred to by them in the proposals for the settlement of Irish affairs, the earliest being the constitution of the (Roman Catholic) Supreme Council in 1642. Another copy of the whole is in Dean Milles' collections (Add. MS. 4,781). Two volumes. Paper; ff. 156, 138. XVIIIth cent. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

58. Add MS 35872-35874

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DXXIV.-DXXVI. Original Orders in Council addressed to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, while Attorney-General and Lord Chancellor; 21 Jan. 172 5/6- 29 Oct. 1756. As law-officer he is chiefly consulted about bills of the Irish Parliament. The warrants to him as Chancellor are, of three kinds, viz., seals for (1) Irish bills, (2) passes for ships exporting American tobacco from England to France, 1745-1748 and 1756, and (3) prorogations, dissolutions and writs for P...
Scope & Content:
Parliament; Ireland: Orders in Council for Great Seals to Irish Bills: 1737-1756. England; Parliament: Orders in Council for prorogations, etc.: 1737-1756. England, Ecclesiastical History: Orders in Council for prorogations, etc., of Convocations: 1737-1756.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1726-29 Oct 1756
Extent:
3 items

59. Add MS 35875-35878

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DXXVII.-DXXX. Parliamentary collections of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, consisting of bills (in draft or printed), notes of speeches, chiefly in the House of Lords, petitions, reports, etc.; 1720-1763. Many of the notes are in Lord Hardwicke's hand. A few reports from the Commons are by James West. At the end of the last volume are papers relating to privileges and procedure. Four volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Parliamentary collections: 1720-1763. England; Parliament: Collections of the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1720-1763.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720-1763
Extent:
4 items

60. Add MS 35879-35880

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Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DXXXI., DXXXII. Parliamentary collections of the Hon. Charles Yorke, M.P. for Reigate (1747-1768) and for Cambridge University (1768-1770). Two volumes, the first miscellaneous (1742-1768), the second dealing with the Marriages Bill (1754 and 1765) and Militia Bill (1756) only. Paper; ff. 489, 345. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1742-1768
Extent:
2 items