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Add MS 88906/6/1

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040-000584054
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-000583799
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Add MS 88906/6/1
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Travel journals and papers belonging to Lord Shelburne: -

1. ff. 1-78v. Journals of Lord Shelburne’s Irish, Welsh and continental tours, with observations on agriculture and manufactures; 1771-1794.

  • ff. 1-2v. Memorandum on inspection of his Irish estate; 1770.
  • ff. 3-16v. Journal of a tour of the Continent; 11 May 1771-15 June 1771.
  • ff. 17-42. Irish travel journal; 29 Aug. 1772-2 Oct. 1772.
  • ff. 43-50v. Journal of a tour of Belgium and Germany; 24 Aug. 1774- 17 Sept. 1774. Rubricated in red ink. Fragment.
  • ff. 51-56v. Irish travel journal, including (f. 52v) a comment on Lord Clive, 6 Aug. 1775-26 Aug. 1775. [Written for the ‘college’, Shelburne’s circle at Bowood?] aft. 26 Aug. 1775.
  • ff. 57-74v. Journal and notes from a tour of Wales, with notes on manufactures; 9 July 1791-30 July 1791.
  • ff. 75-78v. ‘no. 133’, memorandum of a tour of Ireland; w.m. 1794.

2. ff. 79-134v. Letters collected by Lord Shelburne.

  • ff. 79-113v. Letters to Walter White, of Grittleton, co. Wilts. collected by Lord Shelburne; 1653-c 1705. Partly typewritten. Partly published in Lord Lansdowne, ‘Some Wiltshire Politicians’, Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, vol. xlvi, pp. 79-80. See Add MS 88906/6/5 for the 6th Marquess’s notes, proofs and article.
  • ff. 114-123v. Letters from Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl Strafford, to his nephew, Capt. William Wentworth; 1719-1736, n.d. See Add. MS. 22229, ff. 115-119.
  • (a) ff. 124-132. Letter to Earl of Oxford, rel. to the South Sea Bubble; aft. 1721. Imperfect; - (b) ff. 130-132. Transcript with annotations in red ink; 20th cent. Typewritten.
  • ff. 133-134v. Letter from Thomas Pelham-Hobbes, 2nd Duke of Newcastle to Horace Walpole, British Minister in Paris, afterwards (1756) 1st Baron Walpole, with (f. 134v) pencilled annotation; 1724.

3. ff. 135-178. Autobiography, with annotations [by Lord Fitzmaurice] in pencil and in another hand in red ink; aft. 1757. Continues in Add MS 88906/6/2. Partly printed in Fitzmaurice, Life of William.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000583799
033-000583803
036-000584047
040-000584054
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Add MS 88906 : The Bowood Papers
Add MS 88906/1-7 : Papers of William Petty, 1st Marquess of LansdowneGeneral and political correspondence of William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne,…
Add MS 88906/6 : Personal papers of Lord Shelburne

 

Add MS 88906/6/1 : Travel journals and papers belonging to Lord Shelburne: -1. ff. 1-78v. Journals of Lord Shelburne’s Irish, Welsh and…
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032-000583799[0001]/033-000583803[0007]/036-000584047[0001]/040-000584054
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1 folder
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1653
End Date:
1794
Date Range:
1653-1794
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:
ff. 178
Former External References:
Shelburne 104 (arts. 1 and 3)
Shelburne 123 (art. 2)
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)