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Name Smith, William James, Librarian at Stowe

1. Add MS 37966

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Vol. II. includes: f. 1 George D'Oyly, DD, rector of Lambeth: Letter to J. Martin: 1832-1833. f. 2 Dawson Turner, FSA; botanist and antiquary: Letters to J. Martin: 1830-1833. ff. 4, 10, 20, 29, 43, 166 Francis Wrangham, predendary of York and Chester: Letters to J. Martin: 1829-1834. ff. 6, 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
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1 item

2. Add MS 42573

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HERALDIC DRAWINGS FOR THE GREAT LANTERN AT STOWE PARK, co. Bucks. A series of twenty-four drawings, in watercolour, apparently made in 1839 by William Collins, glass painter (see below), for the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, whose arms appear at f. 2. Paper; ff. ii+ 24. 377 mm. x 466 mm. A.D. 1839 (?). At f. 1. is written (a) inblockcapitals,'W.Collins,227- Strand,1839';(b)'Presented by W.Collins to William James Smith' [Librarian at Stowe]; (c) 'The Baroness Kinloss from Gertrude Harc...
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Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Chandos; 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos: executed for: 1839(?). Stowe, Buckinghamshire: Drawings of arms for the Great Lantern in Stowe House: [1839?]. Heraldry: Heraldic drawings for the Great Lantern at Stowe Park: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839 ?
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 57836

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SUPPLEMENTARY GRENVILLE PAPERS. Vol. XXXIV (ff. 146). 1. ff. 1-125v. Poems and verses, some published; circa 1729-circa 1801. 2. ff. 126-135v. Eight MS. numbers of 'The Impartialist'; [1763?], n.d. 3. ff. 136-138. Advice to a son; probably composed by Grenville for his eldest son George Nu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1724-1806
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 74795

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Add MS 74795
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Some Memorials of John Hampden. Volume II (London: John Murray, 1832), by Lord Nugent (b. 1788, d. 1850). Printed. The volume contains, tipped in, a letter from Nugent to [W. J. Smith?, librarian to the Duke of Buckingham at Stowe], n.d. [bef. 1852]. Also tipped in is a letter from Nugent to Smith, 25 May 1857. With ownership signatures of Jane Druitt 1833, and of Robert Druitt, 1849. Ex Libris bookplate of A. M. Broadley, 1895. Presented by Mr Phil Jeffries, Sept. 2000. 212 x 140 mm.
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George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent: William James Smith, Librarian at Stowe: Letters to William James Smith from George Nugent-Grenville: 1857, n.d. George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent: John Hampden, politician: 'Some Memorials of John Hampden' by Lord Nugent: 1832: Printed with MS...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832-1857
Extent:
1 item