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- 040-002037815
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- 032-002037765
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MACKINTOSH PAPERS (3RD SERIES). Vol. XXVIII. ‘Sketches of Distinguished Characters for a History of England’, prefaced by considerations on historical writing; 1811-1812. The names of Sir James’s subjects may be found in the index to the present catalogue.
Red leather binding over blue marbled boards; ff. 92. Foliated in brown ink, ff. 1-79. 274 x 215mm.
Biography: Biographical sketches by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811-1812: Draft.
includes:
- ff. 2-5 History: Considerations on historical writing by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811-1822.
- ff. 6-11 David Hume, philosopher: Biographical sketch of D. Hume by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 12-28 Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Biographical sketch of Dr. Johnson by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- f. 25 Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 28v-30 Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough; 1st Earl of Rosslyn: Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 30v-34 Thomas Gray, poet: Oliver Goldsmith, author: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 36-38 John Wilkes, MP: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 39-42 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- f. 43 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Lord North; Prime Minister: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 45-48 William Paley, Archdeacon of Carlisle: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 49-50 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: George Grenville, Prime Minister: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 51-54 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne: Crétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 55-57 James Thomson, poet: Edward Young, DCL; poet: Biographical sketch by Sir T. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 57v-60 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- f. 61 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- ff. 62-65 Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1811: Draft.
- f. 66 Jacques Necker, Swiss banker; French director general of Finance: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- ff. 67-74 John Somers, Baron Somers 1697: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- ff. 75-77 Benjamin Franklin, American statesman: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- ff. 78-80 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- f. 81 'Junius', pseudonym: Rev. John Horne Tooke: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- ff. 84-87 Andrew Fletcher, Scottish patriot: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
- ff. 88-92 Louis XIV of France: Biographical sketch by Sir J. Mackintosh: 1812: Draft.
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- 032-002037765
036-002037792
037-002037803
040-002037815 - Is part of:
- Add MS 78763-78817 : Correspondence and historical and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Mackintosh, P.C., M.P., the philosopher and historian…
Add MS 78781-78790 : E. LECTURES AND HISTORICAL AND LITERARY PAPERS
Add MS 78785-78790 : MACKINTOSH PAPERS (3RD SERIES). Vols. XXIII-XXVIII. Drafts for historical works. The History of England, from the Roman…
Add MS 78790 : MACKINTOSH PAPERS (3RD SERIES). Vol. XXVIII. ‘Sketches of Distinguished Characters for a History of England’, prefaced by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002037765[0005]/036-002037792[0006]/037-002037803[0008]/040-002037815
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1811
- End Date:
- 1812
- Date Range:
- 1811-1812
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- CE
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- Names:
- Fletcher, Andrew, Scottish patriot, political theorist and book collector, 1653-1716
Franklin, Benjamin, American statesman
Goldsmith, Oliver, author, ?1729-1774
Gray, Thomas, poet and scholar, 1716-1771
Grenville, George, politician, statesman and Prime Minister, 1712-1770
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Hume, David, philosopher and historian, 1711-1776
Johnson, Samuel, author and lexicographer, 1709-1784
Junius, pseudonym
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Malesherbes, Crétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
Murray, William, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Necker, Jacques, Swiss banker, French director general of Finance
North, Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guilford, politician and Prime Minister, 1732-1792
Paley, William, Archdeacon of Carlisle
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, MP, dramatist
Somers, John, Baron Somers, lawyer and politician, 1651-1716
St John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Swift, Jonathan, Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, author, 1667-1745
Thomson, James, poet, 1700-1748
Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor
Tooke, Rev John Horne
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne
Wedderburn, Alexander, Baron Loughborough, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
Wilkes, John, MP, 1725-1797
Young, Edward, DCL, poet