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GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Original letters addressed to Edward Gibbon; 1755-1794. The names of the writers will be found in the index. They include, besides his family and intimate friends, Madlle. Curchod, both before and after her marriage, her husband Jacques Necker and her daughter Madame de Staël, etc., the following well-known personages:-David Garrick; David Hume; Sir William Jones; Sir John Macpherson (ex- Governor-General of India); Frederic, Lord North; Dr. Joseph Priestley; Dr. William Robertson; Adam Smith; Edward, Lord Thurlow; Horace Walpole; and Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough. Paper; ff. 435. Folio.

Edward Gibbon, historian: Correspondence: 1750 - 1794.

includes:

f. 1 Edward Gibbon, father of the Historian: Letter to his son: 1755.
f. 3 V- de Saussure: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1756.
f. 4 Jean Baptists Louis Crevier, Historian: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1756.
ff. 6, 8 Allamand, Minister of the Protestant Churches at Bex and Corsier: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1756.
ff. 10, 12, 14 Johann Jacob Breitinger, Professor at Zurich: -Letters to Edw. Gibbon: 1756-1757.: Lat.
ff. 16-20 Johann Matthias Gesner, Professor at Göttingen: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1757, 1758.: Lat.
ff. 21-32, 89, 95, 114, 121, 213, 252-427 passim Susanne Necker, née Curchod; wife of Jacques Necker: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1757-1793.: Fr.
f. 33 Thomas Waldgrave, DD, of Magdalen College, Oxford: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1758.
f. 34 P- Celesia: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1759.: Fr.
f. 36 David Mallet, Poet: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1761.
ff. 38, 50 George Lewis Scott, FRS; Commissioner of Excise: Letters to E. Gibbon,: 1775. n.d.
ff. 42, 65 David Hume: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1767, 1776.
f. 43 Richard Hurd, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1772.
ff. 48, 57, 68, 74, 76 Reverend John Whitaker: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1773, 1776.
f. 52 Daniel Wray, FRS: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.
ff. 53-55, 105, 106 Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1776-1778.
f. 59 David Garrick, actor: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.
f. 61 Joseph Warton, Head Master of Winchester College (1766): Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.
f. 63 William Robertson, historian: Letter to W. Strahan: 1776.: Extract.
ff. 66, 72 Adam Ferguson, LLD, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1776.
f. 70 David Hume: Letters to W. Strahan: 1772, 1776.
f. 78 Dr George Campbell, Professor at Aberdeen: Letter to - Strahan: 1776.: Extract.
f. 80 Démeunier: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.
f. 82 James Elphinston: Letter to E. Gibboin: 1776.
f. 83 Wallace: Letter to W Strahan: 1776.: Extract.
f. 85 Leclerc de Septchênes: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.
ff. 91, 107 Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1776, 1779.
f. 93 Suard: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1776.: Fr.
ff. 97, 98, 108, 117, 124, 163, 166, 209 William Robertson, historian: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1777-1791.
f. 100 John Thomas Batt: Letter to Edw. Gibbon: 1778.
f. 102 Dorothea Celesia, née Mallet: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1778.
f. 104 Andrew Dalzel, Professor of Greek at Edinburgh: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1778 (?).
f. 110 John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1779.
f. 111 Edward Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot 1784; Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1780.
ff. 113, 143 Alexander Wedderburn, Baron Loughborough; 1st Earl of Rosslyn: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1780, 1783.
f. 123 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1781.
f. 126 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne; 1st Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Fitzmaurice: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1782.
f. 127 Thurlow, Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1783.
ff. 128-132 Joseph Priestley, LL.D: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1783.
ff. 134, 139, 141 George Deyverdun: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1783.: Fr.
ff. 138, 168 Adam Smith, Economist: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1783, 1788.
f. 147 Samuel Salt, Under Treasurer of the Inner Temple: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1786.
ff. 149, 151, 155, 198, 336 Thomas Cadell: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1786-1793.
ff. 153, 157, 273, 398 Peter Elmsley, Bookseller: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1787-1793. 1800.
f. 159 J- H- Clarke: Letter to E. Gibbon: [1787 ?].
ff. 161, 342, 367, 373, 395, 409, 418 Catharine Louisa Jaqueline de Sévery, née Chandieu: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1788, 1793.: Fr.
f. 165 Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; Lord North; Prime Minister: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1788 (?).
f. 170 Professor Paul Jacob Bruns: Letter to Edw. Gibbon: 1789.
ff. 172-435 passim John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1790-1794.
f. 178 Langer, Librarian at Wolfenbüttell: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1790.
f. 180 Richard Andrews: Letter to Lord Sheffield: 1790.
f. 188 A- Benezet: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1791.
ff. 207, 359 Mary Porten, wife of Sir S Porten: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1791, 1793.
ff. 211, 214, 218, 220, 238, 291, 304 Maria Josepha Holroyd, daughter of the 1st Baron Sheffield: Letters to E. Gibbon.: 1791, 1792.
ff. 222, 263, 313 Sir John Macpherson, Baronet; Governor-General of India 1785-1786: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1791, 1792.
f. 269 Isabelle de Montolieu previously de Crousaz: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1792.: Fr.
f. 277 Louis Necker de Germany, elder brother of the French Minister: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1792.: Fr.
ff. 289, 293, 295, 299, 305, 334, 349, 369 Lady Elizabeth Foster, wife of J T Foster: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1792, 1793.
ff. 301, 328, 353 Jacques Necker, Swiss banker; French director general of Finance: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1792, 1793.
f. 304 Louisa Dorothea Holroyd, daughter of the 1st Baron Sheffield: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1792.
ff. 309, 324, 326, 347, 361, 363, 375 Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1792, 1793.: Fr.
f. 325 Baroness Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein,; alias Madame Staël: Portrait of her mother by: late 18th cent.
f.325 Susanne Necker, née Curchod; wife of Jacques Necker: Portrait by Madame de Stael: late 18th cent.
ff. 345, 371, 379, 387, 393, 401, 411, 431 Wilhelm de Sévery: Letteis to F. Gibbon: 1793, n.d.: Fr.
f. 377 William Robertson, son of the historian: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1793.
ff. 382, 384 John Gillies: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1793.
ff. 386, 413 Margaret Bingham, wife of Charles, 1st Earl of Lucan: Letters to Edw. Gibbon: 1793.
ff. 396, 403, 407, 420 Dorothea Gibbon, stepmother of the Historian: Letters to E. Gibbon, n.d.: 1793.
f. 400 Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet: Letter to E.Gibbon: 1793.
ff. 405, 416 John Pinkerton, antiquary: Letters to E. Gibbon: 1793.
f. 414 D- Levade, Protestant minister at Lausanne: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1793.: Fr.
f. 425 James Moore: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1793.
f. 429 Sir Walter Farquhar, physician: Letter to E. Gibbon: 1793.
f. 433 de Catuelan, Count: Letter to E. Gibbon: n.d.: Fr.

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Add MS 34874-34887 : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, journals, essays and correspondence of Edward Gibbon the historian (1737-1794); with additional…

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Allamand, Minister of the Protestant Churches at Bex and Corsier
Andrews, Richard, of Add MS 34886
Batt, John Thomas, barrister, 1746-1831
Benezet, A-
Bingham, Margaret, wife of Charles, 1st Earl of Lucan
Breitinger, Johann Jacob, Professor at Zurich
Bruns, Paul Jacob, Professor
Cadell, Thomas, bookseller, 1742-1802
Campbell, George, Dr; Professor at Aberdeen
Catuelan, Count
Celesia, Dorothea, née Mallet
Celesia, P-
Clarke, J- H-
Crevier, Jean Baptists Louis, Historian
Dalzel, Andrew, Professor of Greek at Edinburgh
Deyverdun, Jacques-Georges, translator and classical scholar, 1734-1789
Démeunier, -, correspondent of Edward Gibbon, fl 1776
Eliot, Edward, 1st Baron Eliot 1784, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall
Elmsley, Peter, bookseller, 1735?-1802
Elphinston, James
Farquhar, Walter, 1st Baronet, physician, 1738-1819
Ferguson, Adam, philosopher and historian, 1723-1816
Foster, Elizabeth, wife of J T Foster
Garrick, David, actor and playwright, 1717-1779,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121171982,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24563
Gesner, Johann Matthias, Professor at Göttingen
Gibbon, Dorothea, née Patton, stepmother of Edward Gibbon, historian, d 1796
Gibbon, Edward, historian, 1737-1794
Gibbon, Edward, merchant, politician and father of Edward Gibbon, historian, 1707-1770
Gillies, John, correspondent of John Holroyd, 1st Baron Sheffield, fl 1795
Holroyd, John, 1st Earl of Sheffield, statesman, 1735-1821
Holroyd, Louisa Dorothea, daughter of the 1st Baron Sheffield
Holroyd, Maria Josepha, daughter of the 1st Baron Sheffield
Hume, David, philosopher and historian, 1711-1776
Hurd, Richard, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
Langer, Librarian at Wolfenbüttell
Leclerc de Septchênes
Levade, D-, Protestant minister at Lausanne
Macpherson, John, Baronet , Governor-General of India 1785-1786
Mallet, David, Poet
Montolieu previously de Crousaz, Isabelle
Moore, James, of Add MS 34886
Necker de Germany, Louis, elder brother of the French Minister
Necker, Jacques, Swiss banker, French director general of Finance
Necker, Susanne, née Curchod wife of Jacques Necker
North, Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guilford, politician and Prime Minister, 1732-1792
Petty, William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, formerly Fitzmaurice, 1737-1805
Pinkerton, John, antiquary
Porten, Mary, wife of Sir S Porten
Priestley, Joseph, LL.D
Robertson, William, historian, 1721-1793
Robertson, William, son of the historian
Robinson, John, politician, 1727-1802
Salt, Samuel, Under Treasurer of the Inner Temple
Saussure, V-
Scott, George Lewis, FRS, Commissioner of Excise
Smith, Adam, philosopher and political economist, 1723-1790
Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine de, Baroness al Madame Staël
Suard
Sévery, Catharine Louisa Jaqueline, née Chandieu
Sévery, Wilhelm
Thurlow, Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor
Waldgrave, Thomas, DD, of Magdalen College, Oxford
Wallace, of Add MS 34886
Walpole, Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, 1717-1797,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054064246
Warton, Joseph, Head Master of Winchester College (1766)
Watson, Richard, Bishop of Llandaff
Wedderburn, Alexander, Baron Loughborough, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
Whitaker, John, Reverend
Worsley, Richard, 7th Baronet
Wray, Daniel, FRS
Yorke, Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke