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Add MS 41345
- Record Id:
- 032-002084925
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002084925
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x000071
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41345
- Title:
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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 Rennie, his son, to [Robert Saunders-Dundas, 2nd] Viscount Melville, as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1812-1827, upon engineering works at Sheerness Dockyard (1812), Rochester Bridge (1818), Portsmouth Harbour (1823), Plymouth Breakwater(1823),etc.Included also are a letter (1810, f.7) from John Rennie to the 1st Viscount, and other papers. Paper; ff. 67. Folio. Sotheby's sale-cat., 23 Feb. 1927, lots 767, 770.
- Scope & Content:
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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-Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville; formerly Dundas: Reports to, from J. and Sir J. Rennie: 1812-1827.
- ff. 9-59 Navy; England: Reports from John and Sir John Rennie to Lord Melville conc. Sheerness dockyard, etc.: 1812-1824.
- f. 13 Island of Heligoland: Report on, to Lord Melville: 1814.
- f. 17 River Tyne: Report on, by J. Rennie: 1816.: Copy.
- f. 21 Rochester, Kent: Report on the bridge, to Lord Melville: 1818.
- ff. 30-60 passim Sir John Rennie, the younger; civil engineer: Reports by, to Lord Melville: 1822-1850.
- f. 42 London, England: Estimate for construction of London Bridge: 1823.
- f. 42 Jolliffe and Banks; contractors, London: Estimate for the construction of London Bridge: 1823.
- f.62 Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch: Letter to Lord Melville: 1850.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002084925
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002084925
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1798
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1798-1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dundas, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville, formerly Dundas, politician and statesman, 1771-1851
Jolliffe and Banks, contractors, London
Navy of England
Pitt, William, Prime Minister, called 'the younger', 1759-1806
Rennie, John, Knight, civil engineer, 1794-1874
Rennie, John, engineer, 1761-1821
Scott, Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, politician, 1806-1884
Tierney, George, MP; of Add MS 41345 - Places:
- Heligoland, Germany
London, United Kingdom
River Tyne, United Kingdom
Rochester, Kent
Westminster, England - Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 89036/1