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Title:
Adam-G Arbuthnot
Scope & Content:
Consists mainly of a correspondence between Glenbervie and George Arbuthnot, deputy to his brother Robert Arbuthnot in the Ceylon Civil Service and later a partner in the Madras firm of Francis Lautour & Co. He describes North's measures as Governor, including retrenchments in the civil serv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801-1803
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
M Arbuthnot-Bertolacci
Scope & Content:
Robert Arbuthnot, of the Ceylon Civil Service, writes to Lord Glenbervie about the Kandyan War, the death of Glenbervie's cousin Sylvester Gordon in Ceylon, and the deaths of many other Europeans from fever. To Lady Glenbervie he describes the Courts of Greater and Lesser Appeal. Lord Glenbervie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1798-1807
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Boehm-Desoulavy
Scope & Content:
William Boyd, secretary and later trustee of North, writes to Lord Glenbervie about Ceylon affairs including the Supreme Court and the pearl fisheries. There are also letters from Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington, Chief Justice of Ceylon. Messrs Edmund Boehm & Co William Boyd (9 letters) Maj...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1804
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Donegall-Francis North
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Includes London booksellers' bills and a copies of a deposition by Mahomed Gani, servant of Ensign Robert Barry, concerning the killing of Barry and his fellow officers at Kandy, Ceylon. Barbara, Dowager Marchioness of Donegall Thomas Eden William Frederick Elliott Eden Francis Edwards Thomas Eg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1804
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Hankey-Lusignan
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Includes Glenbervie's correspondence with Lord Hobart, and letters from Joseph de Jonville in Ceylon. Sir Frederick Hankey Hanwell & Parker, bankers?, of Oxford Lord Hawkesbury (Baron Hawkesbury, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, later Prime Minister) Mr Hawkins With a copy of a letter from George Fore...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1798-1809
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
MacDowall-Ross
Scope & Content:
Lord Minto writes to Glenbervie about debts owed to him by North, incurred when they were both in Corsica. There are letters relating to Count and Countess North and their losses of property in the West Indies and France. Major-General Hay MacDowall Henry MacLean Louisa A Marshall Lieutenan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799-1805
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Saint Leger-Trotter
Scope & Content:
Julius Saint Leger John Sargent David Scott & Co William Turnbull, Captain of the ship 'Gabriel'. Bill of lading signed by, in the road of Funchal. James Gordon, copy of extract from a letter to David Scott Lord Sheffield (1st Earl of Sheffield) William Young Charles Smith, of Smith & Key...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Vidau-Winchester, unidentified correspondents
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Includes a letter from the Bishop of Winchester, concerning the removal of some of North's books for safety. François Vidau (12 letters) Jean Baptiste Vidau F Vincenti Peter Warne Josiah Wedgwood, shipping charges Marquess Wellesley General Wemyss Joseph White George James Williams. Papers of Lo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1798-1809
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Correspondence of Lord and Lady Glenbervie with North
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North writes to his sister about the shortcomings of British and Dutch society in the colony. He complains of reductions in government expenditure enforced by Lord Hobart, and ironically anticipates that the next Governor to be appointed will reverse all his (North's) measures. To his brother-in-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1802
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Correspondence of Lord Glenbervie and North
Scope & Content:
Includes letters to North from Glenbervie about the death of North's brother George, 3rd Earl of Guilford, and about English and Indian politics. North writes to Glenbervie about his Ceylon administration and its improvements, including building, draining, mining, the creation of canals, the form...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1802-1805
Extent:
1 volume