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Add MS 49459

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LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1597-1894, n.d. Presented anonymously, with Add. Ch. 75457, 75731 and 75732, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries.

Paper; ff. 100. Folio. 1597-1894.

Included are:–

1. ff. 1-1b. Order by William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, for paying forces in the Low Countries; 23 May 1597. Signed.

2. ff. 2-3b. Privy Council order to Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron of Buckhurst, 1st Earl of Dorset, Lord High Treasurer, for payment for men levied in co. Flint; 27 Oct. 1602. Signed by members of the Privy Council.

3. f. 4. Treasury order to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Exchequer, for apportionment of Excise revenue, including a payment of £250 to Nell Gwynne; 8 Nov. 1681. Signed by Henry Guy.

4. ff. 5-6. Attorney by Charles François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, to his wife, Madeleine Charlotte Françoise; 18 Sept. 1683. Signed. French.

5. ff. 9-14. Verses of Dr Jonathan Swift addressed to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, beg. 'Harley ye Nation's Great Support'. Copy, 18th cent. First published as Part of the Seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace imitated, 1713. Printed in Swift's Poems, ed. H. Williams, Oxford, 1937,

pp. 169-75.

6. ff. 24-25. Letter of Adm. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel to Adm. William Alexander Baillie Hamilton, Second Secretary of the Admiralty, relating to the safety of Sir John Franklin's company; 6 Oct. 1849.

7. ff. 26-77. Papers of William James Linton, writer and engraver; 1849, 1894, n.d. Autograph and printed. Includes drafts of 'The Flower and the Star' and 'Willie's Dreams', with engraved illustrations, 1849. Followed (ff. 74-75b) by notes and drawings for a version of the nursery-rhyme 'It was an Archer who shot at a frog', n.d., and (f. 76) a letter of Linton, 1894.

8. ff. 78-91. Anonymous revised version, based on an unrecorded printed edition, of Charles Reade's play Gold, first produced 1853; 19th cent. Partly printed.

9. ff. 98-100. Review by William Ewart Gladstone of Margaret Lee's novel Divorce, New York, 1882, published in London as The Faithful and the Unfaithful, 1889, in the form of a letter to the editor of The Nineteenth Century; 20 Dec. 1888. Autograph. Printed in The Nineteenth Century, xxv, 1889, pp. 213-15.

Scope & Content:

includes:

f. 1 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Order for paying forces in Low Countries: 1597: Signed.
ff. 1-1b Netherlands, General: Order for paying forces in: 1597.
ff. 2-3b Sir John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington: Privy Council order signed by: 1602: Signed by.
ff. 2-3b England; Privy Council: Order for payment for men levied in co. Flint: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Privy Council order to: 1602.
ff. 2-3b William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Privy Council order: 1602: Signed by.
ff. 2-3b Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Privy Council order signed by: 1602.
ff. 2-3b County of Flint: Order for payment for men levied in: 1602.
ff. 2-3b Sir Francis Popham, politician: Privy Council order signed by: 1602: Signed by.
f. 4 Eleanor Gwynne, actress; mistress of Charles II: Treasury order for payment to: 1681.
f. 4 Sir Robert Howard, dramatist: Treasury order to, as Auditor of Exchequer: 1681.
f. 4 Henry Guy, politician: Treasury order signed by: 1681.
ff. 5-6 Charles François de la Rochefoucauld, Duc de la Rochefoucauld: Attorney to his wife, Madeleine: 1683: Fr: Signed.
f. 7, 7b, 8b Sir Stephen Fox, Paymaster-General: Correspondence with W. Aldworth: 1690: Partly copy.
ff. 7, 7b, 8b William Aldworth, Auditor of the Exchequer: Correspondence with Sir S. Fox: 1690: Partly copy.
ff. 9-14 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Verses to, by J. Swift: bef. 1713: Copy, 18th cent.
ff. 9-14 Poetry ENGLISH: J. Swift; verses to Lord Oxford: bef. 1713: Copy, 18th cent.
ff. 9-14 Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Verses to Lord Oxford: bef. 1713: Copy, 18th cent.
f. 15 Alexander Chalmers, author: Letter to Rev. W. Beloe: 1814.
ff. 15, 17-20 Reverend William Beloe, of the British Museum: Letters to: 1814-1815.
ff. 17-20 Robert Nares, philologist; Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to Rev. W. Beloe: 1815.
f. 21 Capel Lofft, the elder; writer: Letter of: 1816.
f. 23 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Dispatch to: 1838.
f. 23 Sir George Baillie Hamilton, diplomatist: Dispatch to Lord Palmerston: 1838: Draft.
f. 24 Admiral William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton, Admiralty Secretary: Letter to: 1849.
f. 24 Sir John Franklin, Arctic explorer; d.1847: Letter rel. to: 1849.
f. 24 Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, KCB: Letter to Adm. W. A. B. Hamilton: 1849.
ff. 26 - 75b William James Linton, engraver, poet and political reformer: `The Flower and the Star', `Willie's Dreams', etc.,: 1849, n.d: Drafts, engr. and printed.
ff. 27-73b passim Art. Engravings, etc: W. J. Linton; illustrations to `The Flower and the Star', etc.,: 1849.
ff. 74-75b Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: W. J. Linton (d. 1898); drawings illustrating nursery rhyme: n.d.
f. 76 William James Linton, engraver, poet and political reformer: Letter to — Thompson: 1894.
ff. 78-91 Drama: Anonymous revision of Charles Reade's `Gold': 19th cent.
ff. 78-91 Charles Reade, author; d.1884: Anonymous revision of his play `Gold': 19th cent: Partly printed.
f. 92 Ottilie von Goethe, daughter-in-law of J W von Goethe: Letter to A. Asher: 1855: Germ.
f. 92 A[dolph?] Asher, bookseller, of Berlin: Letter to: 1855: Germ.
f. 94 Sir John Tenniel, cartoonist: Letter to Sir J. Paxton: 1856.
f. 94 Sir Joseph Paxton, gardener and architect: Letter to: 1856.
f. 96 Franklin Fox, of St Albans; son of W J Fox, MP: Letter to: 1883.
f. 96 John Bright, PC; MP: Letter to F. Fox: 1883.
ff. 98-100 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Review of Margaret Lee's novel Divorce: 1888: Autogr.
ff. 98-100 Margaret Lee, American novelist: Review by W. E. Gladstone of her novel Divorce: 1888.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

English
French
German

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1597

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

1597-1899

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Custodial History:

James Lungley Douthwaite, Librarian, Corporation of London: Manuscripts presented through, in 1957.

Friends of the National Libraries: Manuscripts presented through, in 1957.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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Names:

Aldworth, William, Auditor of the Exchequer
Asher, Adolph?, bookseller of Berlin
Beloe, William, Reverend of the British Museum
Bright, John, politician, 1811-1889
Capel, Thomas Bladen, Admiral KCB
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
Chalmers, Alexander, author
Charles V, Emperor
Douthwaite, James Lungley, librarian and curator, 1877-1960
Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley, 1540-1617
Fortescue, John, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Fox, Franklin, of St Albans, son of W J Fox MP
Fox, Stephen, Paymaster-General
Franklin, John, Arctic explorer, 1786-1847
Friends of the National Libraries, 1931-
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Goethe, Ottilie von, wife of J W von Goethe
Guy, Henry, politician, 1631-1710
Gwynne, Eleanor, actress, mistress of Charles II
Hamilton, George Baillie, diplomatist
Hamilton, William Alexander, naval commander, 1803-1881
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Howard, Robert, Knight, dramatist and politician, 1626-1698
Knollys, William, 1st Earl of Banbury, 1544-1632
Lee, Margaret, American novelist
Linton, William James, engraver poet and political reformer
Lofft, Capel, the elder, writer
Nares, Robert, philologist, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum
Paxton, Joseph, gardener and architect
Philip I, King of Spain, Duke of Burgundy
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Popham, Francis, politician
Privy Council
Reade, Charles, author, d1884
Rochefoucauld, Charles François de la, Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, poet and administrator, 1536-1608,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108650890
Somerset, Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, 1550-1628
Stanhope, John, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington, courtier, c 1540-1621
Swift, Jonathan, Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, author, 1667-1745
Talbot, Gilbert, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
Temple, Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister, 1784-1865
Tenniel, John, knight; artist and cartoonist, 1820-1914

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