Add MS 78303-78304

EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CXXXVI, CXXXVII. Letters from his elder brother George Evelyn of Wotton (1617-1699), with a few letters from his first wife, Mary (Caldwell; d. 1644), and second wife, Mary (Offley; formerly wife of Sir John Cotton and still known as Lady Cotton after her marriage to George Evelyn, d. 1664) and his eldest son George; 1636-1699. Several letters of the 1650s refer to the creation of the landscape garden at Wotton. See also Add. MS 15949, ff. 2-4, for further letters of 1685-1686, printed in Helen Evelyn, History of the Evelyn Family (1915), pp. 48-52. Many letters have been damaged by damp, with some loss of text; some 20th cent. transcripts are also included. At the end are copies of a case, partly printed, of George Evelyn for presentation to the House of Commons, concerning the settlement of Wotton on his brother John after the death of his own male heirs, with annotations and responses by John Evelyn; [1690s] (one formerly Evelyn MS 308, the others unnumbered).

Two volumes.