Graham Papers. Vol. clviii (ff. 108). Papers relating to the formation of a Militia, includes 'Observations on the proposed New Militia Bill of 1837', extracts from the 1802 Militia Act, Cabinet memorandum by Sir James Graham on the possibility of raising a militia, memorandum setting out the ...
Graham Papers. Vol. cxlvii (ff. 70). 'Journal of Official Proceedings at the Court of Palermo, from 29th June to July 19th 1813', by Sir James Graham. During this period Graham was private secretary to Major-General Lord Montgomerie who was in charge of British interests in Sicily. 120 x 185m...
Graham Papers. Vols. cliv, clv. Papers relating to the Church in Scotland. Graham was Home Secretary, and therefore held Cabinet responsibility for Scotland, during a period of great upheaval in the affairs of the Church in Scotland. When the Cabinet insisted on upholding the law of patronage which allowed lay patrons (including the Government itself in a third of Scottish parishes) to impose ministers on parishes, 474 Church of Scotland ministers, out of a total of around 1200, seceded ...
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Free Church of Scotland: Papers rel. to Free Church of Scotland: 1833-1843, n.d.: Partly printed. Church of Scotland: Papers rel. to Church of SCOTLAND. 5: 1833-1843, n.d.: Partly printed.
Graham Papers. Vol. clxiii (ff. 22). Miscellaneous papers including notes on proposals to prevent freehold voters in boroughs from voting in county elections, propositions relating to the appointment of judges to administer ecclesiastical and Admiralty jurisdictions, a note on the number of Pr...
Graham Papers. Vol. cxlix (ff. 77). Miscellaneous printed material including a statement of the population of the boroughs of England and Wales including the number of electors, an 1832 act 'for amending the Laws in Ireland relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Pr...