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Add MS 69130-69144
- Record Id:
- 037-001991064
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001990953
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000022.0x0003e4
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- Add MS 69130-69144
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DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XCIII-CVII. 'Commentaries of my own Political Life and of Public Transactions connected with it'; [circa 1810-after 1814]. Unfinished draft chapters of Grenville's autobiography. Appparently only an introduction, four chapters and a few appendices were begun, and these survive in several versions, covering roughly the period 1759-1787. Numerous alterations and additions by Grenville. For stray items intended to be copied and added as appendices, see Add. 69092, 69145.
Fifteen volumes. Bound.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001990953
036-001991050
037-001991064 - Is part of:
- Add MS 69038-69411 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Further correspondence and papers of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (b.1759,…
Add MS 69118-69162 : E. JOURNALS, PAMPHLETS, ETC. 69118-69162. DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. LXXXI-CXXV. Journals, pamphlets and other writings…
Add MS 69130-69144 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XCIII-CVII. 'Commentaries of my own Political Life and of Public Transactions connected… - Contains:
- Add MS 69130 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIII. Introduction.
Add MS 69131 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIV. Incomplete (?) draft of Chapter One; n.d. Towards the end of the volume is a…
Add MS 69132 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCV. Complete draft of Chapter One, ending with Fox's India Bill (1783); dated 26 Aug. 1810 on…
Add MS 69133 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVI. Later version of Introduction and Chapter One, ending as Add. 69132 above; n.d.
Add MS 69134 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVII. 'Chapter 2nd'; n.d. A continuation of Add. 69131, covering Sept. 1782 to Fox's…
Add MS 69135 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCVIII. 'Chapter 2', (formerly numbered '3'), covering Indian history up to 1786;…
Add MS 69136 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. XCIX. 'Chapter 2'; n.d. On first leaf, 'Book the First' added later to…
Add MS 69137 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. C. Incomplete draft of Chapter 3, relating to Ireland's commercial history and grievances, and…
Add MS 69138 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CI. Earlier but fuller version of Add. 69137; n.d. Wanting the conclusion.
Add MS 69139 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CII. 'Book the First Chapter 3'; (watermark 1811 but one folio tipped in opposite f. 4 is…
Add MS 69140 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CIII. Incomplete draft of a fourth chapter, marked '3' in error; 1783-1787. The beginning is…
Add MS 69141 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CIV. 'Chapter 4th'; sheets tipped in at pp. 14, 46-47, have 1811 watermarks. 'Book the…
Add MS 69142 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CV. 'Appendix 1', appendices and commentaries; 1778-1783. Copies of papers relating to…
Add MS 69143 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CVI. Appendix continued; circa 1814. Copies of letters of 1783, followed by pencil notes outlining…
Add MS 69144 : DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CVII. 1. Loose papers relating to the Appendix, previously in Add. 69142; 1811, 1812. Partly…
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- 032-001990953[0005]/036-001991050[0010]/037-001991064
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- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 15 items
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1805
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- [c 1810-after 1814]
- Era:
- CE
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