(I. ff. 342). 1742-1753. includes: f. 13 b Army; England: Order of battle of the army in Flanders: 1742. f. 40 Army; England: Accounts of the battle of Dettingen: 1743.: Engl. and Fr. f. 57 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Paraphrase of Horace, Odes II. 16: 1744. f. 68 Frederick II of Prus...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. XV.-XXIV. Correspondence of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, with his brother, Sir Joseph Yorke; 1742-1788. Ten volumes. Most of the letters were written by Joseph Yorke from the Hague, and contain much information as to political and military affairs on the Continent (cf. Add. MSS. 35,354-35,358). Paper. Folio.
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Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Correspondence with Sir J. Yorke: 1742-1788. Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1742-1788.
(II. ff. 339). 1754-1758. includes: f. 19 Frederic Augustus II; King of Poland: Letter from Warsaw: 1754.: Extract. f. 36 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. William VIII: Memorial to the States General: 1755.: Fr. f. 67 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Considerations on the situation of the Dutch Republic...
(III. ff. 414). 1759-1761. includes: f. 152 Army; England: Letters from the Headquarters of the army at Sachsenhausen: July 1760. f. 204 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Memoirs to the States General: 1752-1761, 1778-1779.
(IV. ff. 405). 1762-1763. includes: f. 18 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with Lord Bute: 1762.: Extracts. f. 299 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Letter to the archbishop of Paris: 1762.: Extract.
(V. ff. 378). 1764-1765. includes: ff. 160, 162 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with Stanislaus II. of Poland: 1764.: Fr.: Copies. f. 328 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Letters to the Duke of Newcastle: 1752-1765.: Copies. f. 328 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pel...
(VI. ff. 342). 1766-1768. includes: f. 162 Michael Russell, of Dover: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1767. f. 284 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Letter to Lord Weymouth: 1768.: Copy.
(VII. ff. 354). 1769-1771. includes: ff. 64, 249 Daniel Delaval, alias Laval; Secretary to Sir J Yorke: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1747-1771. f. 119 George III of England: Letters to Sir J. Yorke: 1769, 1770.: Copies. f. 293 Gustavus III of Sweden: Speech to the Assembly of the States ...
(VIII. ff. 312). 1772-1774. includes: f. 72 William Forbes, Lord Mayor of Dublin: Letter to Sir J. Yorke: 1772.: Copy. ff. 274, 275 Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Correspondence with Lord North: 1774.: Copies. ff. 274, 275 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Lord North; Prime Minister: Correspo...