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1. Add MS 75773-76368

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Title:
Papers of the 2nd Earl Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer (1758-1834), Viscount Althorp, 2nd Earl Spencer (1783). Spencer was M.P. for Northampton (1780-1782) and for Surrey (1782-1783); junior lord of the Treasury (March-July 1782); privy councillor and lord keeper of the privy seal (July-Dec. 1794); First Lord of the Admiralty (1794-1801); Secretary of State for the Home Office (1806-1807); Elder Brother of Trinity House (1795-...
Scope & Content:
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence and papers of George John Spencer: 1794-1834.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1640-1948]
Extent:
596 items

2. Add MS 75911-75951

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Title:
Family Correspondence
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1769-1834]
Extent:
41 items

3. Add MS 76154-76345

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Title:
Account books, Notebooks and Diaries
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1758-1948]
Extent:
192 items

4. Add MS 75952-76153

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Title:
General Correspondence. 75952-76153. Althorp Papers. Vols. dclii-dcccliv. Correspondence with individuals not of Spencer's immediate family and not concerned wholly with his official duties. Long sequences from a single correspondent are grouped together under the following broad content classifications; the remainder are arranged chronologically. Two hundred and three volumes. Classified as follows:
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1766-1838]
Extent:
202 items

5. Add MS 75773-75774

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Title:
Mission to Vienna Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxiii, cdlxxiv. Correspondence and papers concerning Lord Spencer's mission to Vienna; 1794. Partly French. Spencer was appointed by Pitt the Younger and Lord Grenville as Ambassador Extraordinary. to Vienna between July and December 1794 to negotiate Austrian cooperation for the defence of the Netherlands against French invasion. He was accompanied by Thomas Grenville (Lord Grenville’s brother). An enclosure and an introductory note by Cavendish S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 75869-75910

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Title:
Home Office Althorp Papers. Vols. dlxix-dcix. Correspondence and papers of Lord Spencer as Secretary of State for the Home Office, in Grenville’s ‘Ministry of All the Talents’ (Feb. 1806-March 1807); 1803-1807, but chiefly Feb. 1806 to March 1807, n.d. Partly French. Many are endorsed with the writer's name and date; numbers in the top left-hand corner apparently indicate dates of reply. Spencer's secretary, Rev. Joseph Allen, was responsible for writing the majority of responses. Thirty-s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1807
Extent:
42 items

7. Add MS 76346-76368

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Title:
Northamptonshire Yeomanry Althorp Papers. Vols. mxlvi-mlxviii. Correspondence and papers relating to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry regiment of cavalry, consisting of thirteen troops, which was originally established in 1793 to act as a mounted volunteer force to support the militia. The troops had been created from eight districts namely, Northampton, Peterborough, Kettering, Oundle, Daventry, Brackley, Wellingborough and Towcester. Three more troops were added by 1800, as Northampton troop...
Scope & Content:
Northamptonshire: Correspondence and papers of 2nd Lord Spencer rel. to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry: 1783-1828.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1793-1854
Extent:
23 items

8. Add MS 75775-75868

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Title:
Admiralty Althorp Papers. Vols. cdlxxv-dlxviii. Correspondence and papers of Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty; 1640-1801, but chiefly 1794-1801. Partly copies. Partly French. Many letters have a paper guard attached with a summary indicating their author, date and subject. Those numbered in red were bound in to an earlier volume. Many are endorsed with the writer's name and date and some have their bottom right-hand corner folded over in the Admiralty tradition to allow for a draft re...
Scope & Content:
Admiralty: Correspondence and papers of 2nd Lord Spencer as First Lord: 1794-1801.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640-1801
Extent:
94 items

9. Add MS 76307 A-B

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Title:
Althorp Papers. Vol. mvii a, b.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 76302

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Scope & Content:
Althorp Papers. Vol. mii. Estate steward’s accounts; 1799-1807.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1807
Extent:
1 item