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Name Priestley, Joseph, LL.D

1. Add MS 30877

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LETTERS Of statesmen, scholars, etc., to John Wilkes; 1754- 1797. The writers are:- George Grenville [afterwards Secretary of Stale]; 2 Apr. 1754-25 Apr. 1759, ff 1, 4, 6, 11. David Hume; 8, 16 Oct. 1754, ff. 2, 3. W[illiam] Pitt [afterwards Earl of Chatham]; 20 July, 1757, 16 Oct. 1759, ff. 5, 14. T[obias] Smollett; 16 March, 1759-28 March, 1762, ff. 8-10, 15, 17-19. [Thomas Pelham] Holles, [Dulke of] Newcastle, Secretary of State; 23 July, 1759, f. 13. [Richard Grenville, Earl] Temple; 2...
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John Wilkes, MP: Correspondence and papers: 1739-1831. includes: ff. 1, 4, 6, 11 Right Hon George Grenville: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1754-1759. ff. 2, 3 David Hume: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1754. ff. 5, 14 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1757, 1759. ff. 8-10...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1797
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 34886

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GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Original letters addressed to Edward Gibbon; 1755-1794. The names of the writers will be found in the index. They include, besides his family and intimate friends, Madlle. Curchod, both before and after her marriage, her husband Jacques Necker and her daughter Madame de...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1755-1794
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35126

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Vol. I. (ff. 501). 1743-1789. includes: f. 1 Martin Foukes: Letter to Kennon: 1743. f. 3 Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Letter to Dr. Taylor: 1752.: Copy. f. 5 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord 1761. f. 6 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Letter...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1743-1789
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35127

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Vol. 11. (ff. 467). 1790-1797. includes: f. 1 Arthur Young, agriculturalist: Letters to his daughter Mary: 1787-1790. ff. 3, 17, 31-63, 72, 99, 139, 153, 184, 198, 245, 247, 290, 336, 354, 363, 409 John Symonds, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge: Journals and letters to A. Young: 1785-1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1790-1797
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 36524 A-F

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MISCELLANEOUS original letters, etc.:- A. "' 0! ye roses so blooming and fair,' a six-part madrigal composed by R[obert] L[ueas] de Pearsall" (d. 1856). f. 1. Presented by William Barclay Squire, Esq. B. Two letters to [Thomas Pelham, 2nd] Earl of Chichester, from: (1) Col. Sir C[harles] W[illiam] Pasley, enclosing a book printed by him, " but not intended to be published "; Chatham, 25 Oct. 1825. f. 7; - (2) [William Thomas] Fitzgerald, begging his acceptance of a copy of his Napoleonics;...
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includes: f. 1 Robert Lucas Pearsall, composer and antiquary: Madrigal, " 0 ye roses, etc.": 19th cent. f. 7 Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham; 2nd Earl of Chichester: Letter to, from Col. Sir C. W. Pasley: 1825. f. 8 Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham; 2nd Earl of Chichester: Letter to, from W. T. Fitzgera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century - 19th century
Extent:
1 item