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1. Add MS 89036

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Title:
The Papers of William Dacres Adams, including Political Papers of William Pitt, the Younger
Scope & Content:
The papers of the civil servant William Dacres Adams (b 1775, d 1862) comprise, in the main, correspondence and other political papers from the period (1804-1806) when Adams served as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and include letters received by Pitt throughou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1906
Extent:
36 files

2. Add MS 89036/4

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Correspondence, Office of Woods and Forests
Scope & Content:
The files include some correspondence prior to Adams's appointment (1811) as a Commissioner, and a number of letters addressed to other Commissioners.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1846
Extent:
2 files

3. Add MS 89036/5

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Personal Correspondence, and Other Miscellaneous Material
Scope & Content:
Correspondence with Thomas Peregrine Courtenay and with Adams family members, together some additional miscellaneous material.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1861
Extent:
3 files

4. Add MS 89036/3

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Papers Relating to the Duke of Portland
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and associated papers deriving primarily from the period (1807-1809) when Adams served as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Duke of Portland. Includes two prior items of correspondence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1809
Extent:
4 files

5. Add MS 89036/2

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Letters from Lady Hester Stanhope and Other Members of the Stanhope Family
Scope & Content:
Lady Stanhope's letters to Adams (and also to Pitt) are largely from 1805-1806. There is a single letter from Lady Stanhope to Adams from the Lebanon (1817, conveyed by Dr. Meryon) and a subsequent letter (1843) from Dr. Meryon to Adams. The letters to Adams from Lady Stanhope's half-brothers C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1843
Extent:
4 files

6. Add MS 89036/1

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Political Papers of William Pitt, the Younger
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and political papers of William Pitt, the majority of which derive from Pitt's second Ministry (1804-1806), although some earlier papers are included. The Series includes a single File of letters from Lady Augusta Murray to Adams (Add MS 89036/1/18) concerning her (reduced) finan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1906
Extent:
23 files

7. Add MS 89036/3/2

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Duke of Portland Papers (2)
Scope & Content:
Document numbering continues from Add MS 89036/3/1: 69. Letter cover, 22 June 1808, addressed to the Marquiss of Buckinghamshire. With message on the verso, dated 24 June, seeking 'Fifty Hundred Thousand Gold Guineas Value Into My Possession by Safe Military Guard....' 69(i). Further letter cove...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1809
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89036/3/3

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Duke of Portland Papers (3)
Scope & Content:
Document numbering continues from Add MS 89036/3/2: 113. Treasury Chambers, 6 July [1809], Charles Arbuthnot to [Adams]. 'I thought it as well to mention to Mr. Perceval that there was a wish to get Mr. Greville appointed to the Receivership in Nottinghamshire.' 114. Welbeck, 6 July 1809, Scott ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1809
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89036/1/4

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
Scope & Content:
Numbering continues from Add MS 89036/1/3: 21-21(i). Goodwood, Richmond to the Lord Chancellor [Loughborough], 15 January 1798. Referring to Dr. Buckner and the Living of St. Giles. 22. Shirburn Castle, Macclesfield to Pitt, 15 January 1798. Concerning the date of commencement of his salary. 23....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89036/4/2

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Title:
William Dacres Adams: Correspondence, Office of Woods and Forests (2)
Scope & Content:
Document numbering continues from Add MS 89036/4/1: 187-188. 29 March 1821, T. D. Acland to Huskisson. Concerning Mr. Salisbury and possible employment. 189A-189B. 3 July [1821], Bishop of Chichester [John Buckner] to Huskisson. Recommending George Jones for the position of Porter at Somerset Ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1846
Extent:
1 file