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1. Add MS 59705-59736

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Add MS 59705-59736
Title:
GEORGE WILLIAM CHAD: diaries of George William Chad; 1807-1849. Chad was minister at the Hague 1818-1824, Dresden 1824-1828, Frankfurt 1829-1830, and Berlin 1830-1832. The diaries are principally of interest for their records of Chad's diplomatic transactions during and just after the 1830 revolutions (59722-59724) and of several conversations between Chad and the Duke of Wellington between 1824 and 1849; all the conversations save that of April 1849 (59736) were published, with additional m...
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Printed Matter: Kearsley's Gentleman's and Tradesman's Pocket Ledgers: 1807-1849. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: George William Chad, diplomatist: Report of conversations between George William Chad and the Duke of Wellington: 1824-1849. George William Chad, diplomatist: Diaries and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1849
Extent:
32 items

2. Add MS 60391

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Add MS 60391
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 338. British Library arrangement. A. Eleven letters from William Ewart Gladstone to Joseph Williams Blakesley, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and (1872) Dean of Lincoln, mainly concerning political and religious questions; 1833-1872. Further correspondence for 1833-1870 between Gladstone and Blakesley is listed in The Gladstone Papers: Additional Manuscripts 44086-44835, p. 83. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, lot 226. ff. 1-26....
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includes: ff. 1-26 Joseph Williams Blakesley, Dean of Lincoln: William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letters to Joseph Williams Blakesley from William Ewart Gladstone: 1833-1872. ff. 27-28 Thomas Linley, composer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: James Ford, partner of R B Sheridan:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1655-1983
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 60522

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Add MS 60522
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TRAVEL DIARY: diary of an unidentified Englishman; circa 1721. The diary describes his journey to and from Lorraine, by way of Southern England, Northern France and the Austrian Netherlands 18/29 April 1720 - 11/22 Jan. 1721, with notes of expenses incurred. See Add. 34753 for a similar diary kept by Edward Southwell Jr. in 1723. Purchased of Henry Bristow Ltd., Ringwood, co. Southt., (cat. no. 248, lot 248), July 1979. Paper; ff. i+177. 192 x 120mm.
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Diaries and Memoranda: Travel diary of an unidentified Englishman to and from Lorraine: 1720-1721: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1721
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 60740

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Add MS 60740
Title:
ROBERT ROBEY REDMAYNE (b.1828, d.1907): 'A Retrospect'; circa 1880. Autograph copy. Imperfect, the last 35 folios having been torn out. The text can from internal evidence be dated to the 1880's, though it may have been begun during Easter 1875 (pencilled date on f. 2 and (partly erased) f. 2v). The author, the second son of Giles Redmayne, a prosperous London silk mercer and his wife Margaretta Robey, describes in considerable detail his early years from about 1833 to 1844 when he was sent ...
Scope & Content:
Robert Robey Redmayne, second son of Giles Redmayne: Diaries and Memoranda: 'A Retrospect', with sketch-maps by Robert Robey Redmayne: circa 1880: Autogr. copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item