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Add MS 31978

Record Id:

032-002025685

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002025685

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0001f8

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Add MS 31978

Title:

LETTERS to Rowland [afterwards Sir Rowland] Hill, relating to the introduction of the Penny Postage and other postal matters; 1837-1857. The names of the writers will be found in the index. At the end, f. 322, is added a letter from the Rt. Honble. W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone to Frederic Hill, 2 Sept. 1879. Paper; ff. 323. Folio. Bequeathed by Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B.

Scope & Content:

Robert Wallace, MP for Greenock: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1837 - 1839.

Post Office: Correspondence and papers of Sir R. Hill relating to the Penny Post: 1837-1879.

Sir Rowland Hill, KCB; postal reformer: Correspondence and papers relating to the introduction of the Penny Postage: 1837-1879.

includes:

f. 1 George R- Porter, of the Board of Trade: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 5 George Welch, of the Post Office: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 7 John Hamilton Reynolds, Solicitor: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
ff. 9, 15 John Dillon: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
ff. 11, 186 Thomas Thornely, MP for Wolverhampton: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1837, 1838.
f. 17 John Wood, Commisioner of Stamps and Taxes: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 19 Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 25 Raikes Currie: Letter to Sir R. Bill: 1837.
f. 29 Charles Knight: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 33 Leigh Hunt: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 35 James Moore: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 39 William Lowther, Viscount Lowther; afterwards Earl of Lonsdale: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 41 John Claudius London: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 43 Thomas Lea: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 46 J- Le Chevalier: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
ff. 48, 208 Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1837, 1839.
f. 52 H- Watson: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
ff. 59, 226 Robert Cadell: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1837, 1839.
f. 72 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
f. 74 J- Dickinson: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1837.
ff. 90-95, 98-106, 110, 115-121 George Moffatt: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
ff. 96, 162 Robert Fuge: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
ff. 108, 144, 146, 169, 171, 173, 180 William Henry Ashurst, solicitor and radical: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
f. 113 Francis Clark: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
f. 140 Joshua Bates: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1838 ?.
f. 148 Joshua M- Chaytor: Letter to Sir. Hill: 1838.
f. 160 G- Lovejoy: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
ff. 164, 166, 300, 313 Richard Cobden, statesman; d.1865: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1838-1855.
f. 183 F- Hill: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
f. 188 John Dehane, Surgeon: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
ff. 190, 192, 196 Henry Warburton, MP for Bridport: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1838.
ff. 206, 230, 264, 266, 270, 272, 292 Joseph Hume, MP for Kilkenny: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1839-1853.
f. 234 William Jeffs: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1839.
f. 236 Reverend J- Benwell: Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: 1839.
f. 238 Sir Henry Cole, KCB; Secretary, département of Science and Art: Report on the dispatch of newspapers by the Post-office: 1839.
f. 248 Charles Babbage, FRS; mathematician: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1840.
f. 260 Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1847.
f. 262 Augustus De Morgan, mathematician: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1848.
f. 268 Joshua Leavitt: Letter to Hon. G. Bancroft: 1848.
f. 274 Henry Collins: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1849.
ff. 278-284 Reverend John Stevens Henslow, botanist: Letters to Sir R. Hill: 1850.
f. 285 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1850.
f. 287 Elihu Burritt: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1851.
ff. 290, 294, 296 Harriet Martineau: Letters to R. Hill: 1853-1854.
f. 298 Sir David Brewster: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1854.
f. 305 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and (1859) Earl Canning: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1854.
f. 309 Douglas Jerrold: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1855.
ff. 311, 322 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letters to Sir R. and F. Hill: 1855, 1879.
f. 316 Shirley Brooks: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1857.
f. 318 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: Letter to Sir R. Hill: 1857.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1837

End Date:

1879

Date Range:

1837-2 Sep 1879

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Names:

Ashurst, William Henry, lawyer and radical; pseudonym Edward Search, c 1791-1855
Babbage, Charles, mathematician and computer pioneer, 1791-1871
Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, merchant and banker, 1773-1848
Bates, Joshua, correspondent of Sir Rowland Hill, fl 1838
Benwell, J-, Reverend
Brewster, David, Knight, natural philosopher and historian of science, 1781-1868
Brooks, Charles William Shirley, Editor of Punch, 1816-1874
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, 1778-1868
Burritt, Elihu, of Add MS 31978
Cadell, Robert, publisher, of Edinburgh
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-1900
Canning, Charles John, 1st Earl Canning, statesman and Governor-General of India, 1812-1862
Chaytor, Joshua M-
Clark, Francis
Cobden, Richard, manufacturer and politician, 1804-1865
Cole, Henry, Knight, civil servant, 1808-1882
Collins, Henry, of Add MS 31978
Cooper, Anthony, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist and politician, 1801-1885
Currie, Raikes
Dehane, John, surgeon and correspondent of Sir Rowland Hill, fl 1838
Dickinson, J, correspondent of Sir Rowland Hill, fl 1837
Dillon, John, correspondent of Sir Rowland Hill, fl 1837
Fuge, Robert
General Post Office, 1660-1969
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Gordon-Lennox, Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond, of Add MS 31978
Henslow, John Stevens, clergyman and botanist, 1796-1861
Hill, F-, of Add MS 31978
Hill, Rowland, KCB, postal reformer
Hume, Joseph, radical and politician, 1777-1855
Hunt, Leigh, of Add MS 31978
Jeffs, William, of Add MS 31978
Jerrold, Douglas, of Add MS 31978
Knight, Charles, of Add MS 31978
Le Chevalier, J-
Lea, Thomas, of Add MS 31978
Leavitt, Joshua
London, John Claudius, of Add MS 31978
Lovejoy, G-
Lowther, William, Viscount Lowther, afterwards Earl of Lonsdale
Marryat, Frederick, Captain RN, novelist
Martineau, Harriet, of Add MS 31978
Moffatt, George
Moore, James, of Add MS 31978
Morgan, Augustus, mathematician and historian, 1806-1871
Porter, George R-, of the Board of Trade
Reynolds, John Hamilton, Solicitor
Thornely, Thomas, MP for Wolverhampton
Wallace, Robert, MP for Greenock
Warburton, Henry, politician, 1784-1858
Watson, H-, of Add MS 31978
Welch, George, of the Post Office
Wood, John, Commisioner of Stamps and Taxes