1. Add MS 41345
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41345
- Title:
- MELVILLE PAPERS (3rd ser.). Correspondence from the Melville Papers (see also Add. MSS. 40100-40102, 41079-41085); 1798-1850, viz.:- (a) Two autograph letters from William Pitt to [Henry] Dundas, [1st Viscount] Melville, relating respectively to his duel with George Tierney, 27 May 1798, and to the Armistice following the Battle of Austerlitz, 3 Jan. [1806] (printed in Lord Stanhope's Life of William Pitt, 1862, iii, f. 131, iv, f. 366);- (b) Letters and reports by John Rennie and Sir John Renni...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: f. 1 George Tierney, MP: Letter of W. Pitt rel. to duel with: 1798.ff. 1-4 William Pitt, the younger; Prime Minister: Letters to Lord Melville: 1798, 1806.ff. 7-29 b John Rennie, civil engineer: Letter and reports to 1 st and 2nd Viscounts Melville: 1810-1819.ff. 7-59 Robert Saunders-Dunda...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1798-1850
- Extent:
- 1 item