Add MS 69374

DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CCCXXXVII.

1. Letter from Charles I to Prince Rupert; 21 April 1643. Printed in Eliot Warburton, Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers (1849), vol. II, p. 374. Copy made circa 1872 from the original.

2. Two lists of the Commons' voting concerning the Convention with Spain, giving the ties with Government of the M.P.s and their dependants; [after 8 March 1739]. Printed.

3. Account of Colonel William Whaley relating to unsettled bills of the 2nd Lord Camelford; 12 Sept. 1815. Sent to Grenville and annotated by him. Endorsed by William Chisholme. See Pitt papers above and Add. 59491-59494.

4. Correspondence of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith with the British consul at Mogador; 17 Sept. 1827, 3 June 1828. With a letter from Smith to Vesey Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Trade; 10 Aug. 1828. Printed. Sent by Smith to George Fortescue circa 25 Nov. 1828.

5. Two fragments (?) of a watercolour sketch of a rustic landscape; n.d. Found, with miscellaneous notes, in Sir Sidney Smith's correspondence with his mother and with Lady Camelford (Add. 69337).

6. Plan, elevation and section of a double cottage with grounds. Anonymous. Endorsed at bottom 'Sloane Place July 1800', and with monogram (?). Partly watercolour. Scale of 1 inch to 20 feet. 295 x 440mm. approx. within neat lines.

7. Ink and watercolour sketch of the projected Looe and Liskeard Canal, showing Lord Grenville's property; circa 1825. No scale given. Originally used as a wrapper for Boconnoc estate abstracts (Add. 69197). 465 x 300mm. approx.

8. Plan of the 'Contents and Arrangements of the Book Rooms at Dropmore in the Year 1832'. No scale given. Possibly unfinished, the key at least is not present.

9. Pen and ink sketch plan of a house or garden; after 1816 (watermark). No scale given. 375 x 480mm.

10. Two ink and watercolour (?) designs for candelabra; [19th cent?]. 540 x 405mm; 533 x 395mm. approx.

11. Grant and release by Elizabeth, daughter of Charles, 5th Baron Mohun, to Elizabeth his widow, of all estates descended to her from her father; 26 March 1717. Copy.

12. Papers, including plans, of Lord Grenville concerning the sale of Cliefden Park; 1819-1825. See also Add. 59472.

13. Papers and plans of George Fortescue concerning the sale of the Hitcham Park estate; 1865-1866, n.d.

14. Handbill:'To the Landowners, Occupiers, and others, on the proposed line of Canal, from Boulters to Cowley'; n.d. Printed.

15. Two envelopes, one addressed by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Lt.-Col. Percy Fielding; [1865], the other addressed to Mrs Darby Griffith by Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.; 5 March 1866.

16. Press cuttings; 1773, 1840, 1861. One, a page of the Public Advertiser, 1 April 1773, was the wrapper for Add. 69323.

includes:

• art. 1 Charles I of England: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1643: Copy, circa 1872.
• art. 2 England; Parliament: Two lists of voting in the Commons rel. to the Convention with Spain: aft. 1739: Printed.
• art. 3 Colonel William Whaley: Account rel. to debts of 2nd Lord Camelford: 1815.
• art. 4 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, GCB: Correspondence with British Consul at Mogador: 1827-1828: Printed.
• in art. 4 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, GCB: William Vesey Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey: Letter to Vesey Fitzgerald from Adm. Sir William Sidney Smith: 1828: Copy.
• art. 5 Art. Watercolours ENGLISH: Two fragments of rustic scene: n.d.
• art. 6 Maps and Plans: Plan, elevation and section of double cottage with grounds: 1800.
• art. 7 Canals: Sketch of projected Looe and Liskeard Canal: circa 1825.
• art. 8 Maps and Plans: Libraries: Plan of contents and arrangement of Dropmore Book Rooms: 1832.
• art. 9 Maps and Plans: Sketch plan of house or garden: circa 1816.
• art. 10 Furniture: Two designs for candelabra [for Dropmore?]: [19th cent?].
• art. 11 Elizabeth Mohun, widow of Charles, 5th Baron Mohun: Grant and release of property to Lady Mohun: 1717: Copy.
• art. 12 Cliefden al. Cliveden Park, Buckinghamshire: Papers of Lord Grenville rel. to its sale: 1819-1825.
• art. 13 Hitcham Park, Buckinghamshire: Papers of George M. Fortescue rel. to sale of estate: 1865-1866, n.d.
• art. 14 Canals: Handbill rel. to proposed canal from Boulters to Cowley: n.d: Printed.