Add MS 29914-29918

CORRESPONDENCE of the family of Jervis, consisting chiefly of letters addressed by Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B., Earl of St. Vincent, to his sister Mary, wife of William Henry Ricketts, of Longwood, co. Southampton; and of letters addressed to Mrs.,

afterwards Lady, [Martha Honora Georgina] Jervis, grand-daughter of Mrs. Ricketts; 1765-1844. In five volumes.

Among the correspondence are letters from :-

[William Fitz-Maurice, 2nd Earl of] Shelburne, to Admiral Jervis, upon political matters, 31 July, 1776; 11 Sept. 1780. Vol. I., ff. 104,147. [Horatio Nelson, Earl] Nelson and [Duke of] Bronte, to the same; 6 Oct. 1801, 6 Feb., 17 March, 1802. Vol. I., f. 347; II., ff. 1-3. [Charles Grey, 1st Earl] Grey, to the same, announcing the union of Pitt and Addington ; Fallodon, 19 Jan. 1805. Vol. II., f. 31. George, Prince of Wales, to the Earl of Moira, on his action in public afairs; 30 Mar. 1807. Copy. Vol. II., f. 116. Correspondence between Spencer Perceval, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and [William Wyndham Grenville] Baron Grenville, on the offer to the latter of a place in the ministry ; 23- 29 Sept. 1809. Copy. Vol. HI., ff. 178-180. Lieutenant Frederic William Beechey, R.N., to Lord St. Vincent, on the expedition of the " Hecla " and " Griper " to discover the North West Passage; Deptford, 1 Dec. 1820. Vol. V., f. 130. Paper; ff. 361, 397, 376, 409, 373. Folio and Quarto.