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Title:

Letters from the Honourable Horace Walpole (Afterwards Earl of Oxford), to the Reverend William Cole

Scope & Content:

Original letters from the Honourable Horace Walpole (Afterwards Earl of Oxford), to the Reverend William Cole, 1762-1776. Quarto, 170 folios. Volume 1 of 2.

Transcripts of all of these are inserted by William Cole in various previous volumes of his collections (see Add MS 5825, 5826, 5831, 5844, 5845, 5850, etc.).

The contents of this volume were subsequently published in Quarto, London 1818, under the title of ‘Letters from the Honourable Horace Walpole to the Reverend William Cole and others, from the year 1745 to the year 1782’.

1. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 7 February. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 4, where it is falsely ascribed to Dr. Birch). (folio 1)

2. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 20 May 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 5). (folio 3)

3. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 29 July 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 7). (folio 5)

4. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 5 August 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 8). (folio 6)

5. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 30 September 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 9). (folio 7)

6. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 13 November 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 10). (folio 8)

7. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 23 December 1762. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 10). (folio 10)

8. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 16 May 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 11). (folio 11)

9. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 1 July 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 12). (folio 12)

10. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 12 July 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 12). (folio 13)

11. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated [16 July 1763]. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 13). (folio 14)

12. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 8 August 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 14). (folio 16)

13. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 6 December 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 15). (folio 18)

14. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 8 October 1763. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 14). (folio 20)

15. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 31 January 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 16). (folio 21)

16. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated [February 1764]. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 17). (folio 23)

17. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 3 March 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 18). (folio 24)

18. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 12 April 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 19). (folio 25)

19. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 16 July 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 20). (folio 27)

20. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 21 July 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 20). (folio 29)

21. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 29 August 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 21). (folio 31)

22. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 25 September 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 23). (folio 33)

23. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 27 October 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 23). (folio 35)

24. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. No Date. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 24). (folio 36)

25. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 30 October 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 24). (folio 38)

26. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 8 November 1764. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 25). (folio 39)

27. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 February 1765. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 26). (folio 41)

28. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 9 March 1765. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 27). (folio 43)

29. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 5 September 1765. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 30). (folio 45)

30. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 18 September [1765]. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 32). (folio 46)

31. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 18 January 1765. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 33). (folio 47)

32. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. No Date. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 36). (folio 49)

33. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 February 1766. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 34). (folio 51)

34. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 13 May 1766. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 37). (folio 53)

35. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 10 May 1766. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 36). (folio 54)

36. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 18 September 1766. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 38). (folio 56)

37. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 19 December 1767. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 39). (folio 58)

38. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 1 February 1768. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 41). (folio 59)

39. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 16 April 1768. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 42). (folio 61)

40. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 6 June 1768. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 44). (folio 63)

41. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 20 August 1768. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 46). (folio 65)

42. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 27 May 1769. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 48). (folio 67)

43. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 14 June 1769. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 49). (folio 69)

44. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 15 July 1769. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 53). (folio 71)

45. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 26 June 1769. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 52). (folio 73)

46. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 12 August 1769. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 55). (folio 75)

47. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 21 December 1769. [Omitted in the printed letters]. (folio 77)

48. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 20 November 1770. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 59). (folio 78)

49. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 20 December 1770. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 60). With a copy of Mr. Cole’s reply. Dated Milton, 18 April 1771. (folio 80)

50. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 10 January 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 62). (folio 82)

51. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 29 May 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 63). (folio 84)

52. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 11 June 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 64). With a not be Mr. Cole. (folio 86)

53. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 22 June 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 66). (folio 88)

54. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 24 June 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 67). (folio 90)

55. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 12 August 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 68). (folio 92)

56. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 10 September 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 69). (folio 94)

57. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 12 October 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 71). (folio 96)

58. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 23 October 1771. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 72). (folio 98)

59. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 January 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 73). (folio 100)

60. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 9 June 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 75). With a paper of queries from a Gentleman abroad respecting books. (folio 102)

61. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 17 June 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 75). (folio 104)

62. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 7 July 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 78). (folio 106)

63. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 July 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 79). (folio 108)

64. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 25 August 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 80). (folio 110)

65. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 August 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 82). (folio 112)

66. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 7 November 1772. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 83). (folio 113)

67. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated [December 1772]. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 84). (folio 115)

68. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 8 January 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 85). (folio 117)

69. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 18 February 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 88). (folio 119)

70. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 7 April 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 90). (folio 121)

71. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 27 April 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 91). (folio 123)

72. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 4 May 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 93). (folio 125)

73. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 29 May 1773. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 94). (folio 127)

74. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 4 May 1774. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 95). (folio 128)

75. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 28 May 1774. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 97). (folio 130)

76. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 21 July 1774. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 99). (folio 132)

77. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 15 August 1774. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 101). (folio 134)

78. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 11 October 1774. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 105). (folio 136)

79. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 9 January 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 106). (folio 138)

80. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 11 April 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 107). (folio 140)

81. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 25 April 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 110). (folio 142)

82. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 5 June 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 113). (folio 144)

83. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 10 December 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 116). (folio 146)

84. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 14 December 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 117). (folio 148)

85. Copy of a Letter from Horace Walpole to Thomas Astle esquire. Dated 19 December 1775. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 119). (folio 50)

86. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 26 January 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 121). (folio 152)

87. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 1 March 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 123). (folio 154)

88. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 16 April 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 124). (folio 156)

89. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 1 June 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 125). (folio 158)

90. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 11 June 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 126). (folio 160)

91. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 24 July 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 128). (folio 162)

92. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated [25 July 1776]. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 127). (folio 164)

93. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 19 August 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 129). (folio 166)

94. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 9 September 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 130). (folio 168)

95. Letter from Horace Walpole to William Cole. Dated 9 December 1776. (Printed in ‘Letters’, page 132). (folio 170)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (170 folios)

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1762

End Date:

1776

Date Range:

1762-1776

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Custodial History:

This volume is part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Notes:

This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.

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