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Record Id:: 038-002089327
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002088831
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000048.0x00003d
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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35788-35808
Title:: HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXL.-CCCCLX. General Post Office Papers, comprising the correspondence and papers of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, as Postmaster-General, with a few papers of his predecessor, Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquis of Clanricarde; 1852,1853. The contents consist chiefly of letters and memorials on behalf of applicants for appointment or promotion in the Post Office. Besides these there are a few letters requesting the establishment of new branch post-offices; complaints of the delay of mails or of missing letters; papers relating to a convention between the British and the Portuguese Post-Offices; and statistics by Rowland Hill for the establishment of a penny Newspaper Post. Twenty one volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Post Office: Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke, when Postmaster General: 1852-1853.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:: Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002088831
036-002088832
037-002089326
038-002089327
Is part of:: Add MS 35349-36278 : THE HARDWICKE PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family…
Add MS 35349-35813 : Correspondence.
Add MS 35788-35813 : Post – Office correspondence.

Add MS 35788-35808 : HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXL.-CCCCLX. General Post Office Papers, comprising the correspondence and papers of Charles…
Contains:: Add MS 35788 : (I. ff. 446). 22 Jan.-15 Mar. 1852.includes:f. 1 Bishop Wearmouth, Durham: Petition to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…
Add MS 35789 : (II. ff. 511). 16-31 Mar. 1852.includes:f. 1 Sir John Buller Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baronet; and (1858) 1st Baron Churston: Letters to…
Add MS 35790 : (III. ff. 483). 1-15 Apr. 1852.includes:f. 2 Midhurst, Sussex: Testimonial from: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 3 Lieutenant-General Hon…
Add MS 35791 : (IV. ff. 489). 16 Apr.-3 May, 1852.includes:ff. 3,184 Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet; MP: Letters to P. Dickson: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…
Add MS 35792 : (V. ff. 544). 4-20 May, 1852.includes:f. 3 Charles Somers Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers: Letter to the 4th Lord Hardwicke: 1852. __NEWLINE__…
Add MS 35793 : (VI. ff. 516). 21 May-6 June, 1852.includes:f. 4 Colonel Hon James Lindsay, MP: Letter to P. Dickson: 1852. __NEWLINE__ ff. 7, 503…
Add MS 35794 : (VII. ff. 449). 7-20 June, 1852.includes:f. 1 William Rogers, of Red Lodge, near Southampton: Letters to P. Dickson: 1852. __NEWLINE__…
Add MS 35795 : (VIII. ff. 545). 21 June-10 July, 1852.includes:f. 1 John Charles Horn: Letters to P. Dickson: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 3 Henry…
Add MS 35796 : (IX. ff. 482). 11-31 July, 1852.includes:f. 1 Captain Charles Seward, RN: Letteis to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…
Add MS 35797 : (X. ff 513). 4-15 Aug. 1852.includes:f. 3 Robert Palmer, of Holme Park, MP: Letters to the 4th Lord Hardwicke: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…
Add MS 35798 : (XI. ff. 646). 16-31 Aug. 1852.includes:ff. 3, 480 John Masterman, MP: Letters to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 7…
Add MS 35799 : (XII. ff. 455). 1-12 Sept. 1852.includes:f. 1 Urania Elizabeth Butler, wife of Sir Edward Butler: Letters to P. Dickson:…
Add MS 35800 : (XIII. ff. 552). 13-27 Sept. 1852.William John Evelyn, MP: Letter to P. Dickson: 1852.includes:f. 1 William Evans, Rector of…
Add MS 35801 : (XIV. ff. 452). 28 Sept.-8 Oct. 1852.includes:f. 4 James Fuller Madox: Letter to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ ff. 6,…
Add MS 35802 : (XV. ff. 563). 9-22 Oct. 1852.Charles Pennell Measor: Letter to P. Dickeon: 1852.includes:ff. 6, 452 Margaret Jane Irving: Letters…
Add MS 35803 : (XVI. ff. 488). 23 Oct.-l Nov. 1852.includes:f. 1 Captain Mervyn Archdall, MP: Letter to P. Dickson: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 3…
Add MS 35804 : (XVII. ff. 511). 2-12 Nov. 1852.includes:f. 3 Christopher St. George, MP: Letters to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…
Add MS 35805 : (XVIII. ff. 544). 13-30 Nov. 1852.includes:f. 1 Hon Eliot Thomas Yorke, MP: Letters to P. Diekson: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 3 James…
Add MS 35806 : (XIX. ff. 405). 1-9 Dec. 1832.includes:f. 1 Louise D'Egby: Letters to the 4th Lord Hardwicke: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f. 3 George…
Add MS 35807 : (XX. ff. 485). 10-20 Dec. 1852.Theology: Tracts: 15th-16th cent. Lat.includes:ff. 1, 354 Sarah Anne MacDonnell, widow of J A…
Add MS 35808 : (XXI. ff. 510). 21 Dec. 1832- 20 Jan. 1853.includes:f. 1 Fitzherbert Macqueen: Letters to the Postmaster General: 1852. __NEWLINE__ f.…

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Record Type (Level):: SubSubSeries
Extent:: 21 items
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1852
End Date:: 1853
Date Range:: 1852-1853
Era:: CE
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Names:: General Post Office, 1660-1969