Miscellaneous papers of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Two volumes, as follows: 1. Index to Lord Shelburne’s official correspondence as Secretary of State, 1766-1768. Arranged by country, including America, West India, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Swiss Cantons, Ireland, Dunkirk, ...
Miscellaneous papers of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Contents as follows: 1. Letter from Edmund Burke [to Viscount Kenmare], 21 February 1782. Copy in an early 19th century hand. The letter was published as A Letter from a Distinguished English Commoner to a Peer in Ireland (1783), and...
A small group of American documents; 1776-1814. Contents as follows: 1. Naval commission to Benjamin Wormell, commander of the schooner Viper, 9 September 1776. Printed, with the signature of John Hancock, President of Congress. 2. Commission to Thomas Coward, appointing him lieutenant of mili...
Correspondents Whately-Young. Includes: 1. Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin; 1829-1852, n.d. 2. William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; 1852-1857. 3. John Wishaw, M.P.; w.m. 1806-1825. 4. William Wickham, diplomatic agent; 1806-1838. 5. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of ...
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; 1802-1860, n.d. Contents as follows: 1. Letter from John Barlow, regarding a newly invented safety match, 17 October 1855. 2. Letter from Messrs G. Bradshaw & Co., soliciting a subscription to Bradshaw’s railway maps...
Taxation of Land Values, including papers on the Land Values (Scotland) Bill (1908) and the land taxes introduced by Lloyd George in the 1910 Budget. Mostly printed, with related letters from Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, and others.
Papers relating to the work of the Select Committee on the House of Lords (the Rosebery Committee). Printed, with marginal notes by Lansdowne, and a corrected draft of a memorandum by Lansdowne on House of Lords reform.