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040-002092537

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HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 252). Correspondence, accompts, orders on his bankers, etc., of Sir William Hamilton, 19 Oct. 1764-Oct. 1789. The names of the correspondents, who include (f. 230) Josiah Wedgwood, the potter, will be found in the Index. On f. 90 there is an account in Italian of the prisons and prisoners in the kingdom of Naples in 1769. Three letters from C. F. Greville to his brother, R. F. Greville, are included (ff. 204, 206, 208), and there are some letters to him.

Hart and Wilkens; bankers, Naples: Orders from Sir W. Hamilton on: 1766-1778.

Accompts: Sir W. Hamilton: 1764-1803.

Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: Correspondence of Sir W. Hamilton as Envoy to: 1764-1800.

includes:

f. 2 George Ross: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1765.
ff. 22, 70, 79, 83, 104, 108, 136 Lieutenant-Colonel John Osborn, diplomatist: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1767-1775.
ff. 27-252 passim Gasparo Russo, master of the household of Sir W Hamilton at Naples: Receipts and accompts: 1767-1789.: Ital.
f. 31 George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1761, 1768.
f. 41 Lieutenant-Colonel John Osborn, diplomatist: Order for payment to G. Russo: 1768.: Signed.
f. 42 J- B- Aubert: Receipt to Messrs. Hart and Wilkens: 1768.
f. 47 Dr Matthew Maty, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1768.
f. 77 Marco Ripaioli, surgeon to Sir W Hamilton at Naples: Receipt to Sir W. Hamilton: 1769.: Ital.
f. 96 John Symonds, in attendance on John, 3rd Earl of Bute: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1769-1770.
ff. 111-116 Architecture: Estimate and accompts for a house built by the brothers Adam for Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick: 1771.: Copies.
ff. 111-116 Robert and James Adam, architects: Estimate and accompts for a house built for Elizabeth, Countess of Warwick: 1771.: Copies.
f. 119 David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1772.
f. 123 James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury: Letter, as Envoy to Prussia, to Sir W. Hamilton: 1773.
ff. 125, 222 Hon Henry Seymour-Conway, Field-Marshal 1793: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1773, 1786.
f. 127 Jean Duval, jeweller: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton, with accompt: 1774.: Fr.
ff. 138, 212 Poulet; Père et Fils, wine merchants, Beaune: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1775, 1784.: Fr.
f. 193 M- Drummond: Letters to Lady Hamilton: 1781.
f. 202 W- Glendonwyn: Letter to Hon. C. F. Greville: 1784.
ff. 202-247 passim Hon Charles Francis Greville: Correspondence and papers: 1784-1810.
ff. 204-208 Hon Robert Fulke Greville: Correspondence and papers: 1784-1815.
f. 214 James Byres, banker, at Rome: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1785.
f. 216 Count Franz Joseph von Thun-Hohnstein: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1785.: Fr.
f.218 John Strange, British Resident at Venice (1773-1778): Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1775, 1786.
f. 220 James Cummyng, of the Lyon Office, Edinburgh: Letter to J. Macpherson: 1786.
ff. 226, 232 William Crighton: Letters to Sir W. Hamilton: 1786-1793.
f. 230 Josiah Wedgwood, potter: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: [1786?].
f. 235 Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. Maria Carolina: Letter to, from Qu. Charlotte, wife of George III: 1787.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 235 George III of England: Letter from Qu. Charlotte to Ferdinand IV of Naples: 1787.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 237 Charles Townley, Collector of the Townley Marbles: Letter to Hon, C. F. Greville: 1787.
f. 239 James Savage: Letter to Sir W. Hamilton: 1787.
f. 247 Charles Louis Clérisseau, painter and architect: Letter to Hon. C. F. Greville: 1788.

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Western Manuscripts

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Add MS 40714-40716 : HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS : miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), K.B. 1772,…

Add MS 40714 : HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 252). Correspondence, accompts, orders on his bankers, etc., of Sir William Hamilton, 19…

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English
French
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1764

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1789

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19 Oct 1764-Oct 1789

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Names:

Adam, Robert and James, architects
Aubert, J- B-
Byres, James, banker, at Rome
Clérisseau, Charles Louis, painter and architect
Crighton, William
Cummyng, James, of the Lyon Office, Edinburgh
Drummond, M, correspondent of Lady Catherine Hamilton, fl 1781
Duval, Jean, jeweller and correspondent of Sir William Hamilton, fl 1774
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Glendonwyn, W, correspondent of Hon Charles Francis Greville, fl 1784-1810
Greville, Charles Francis, of Add MS 40714
Greville, George, 2nd Earl of Warwick, politician and collector, 1746-1816
Greville, Robert Fulke, of Add MS 40714
Harris, James, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
Hart and Wilkens, bankers, Naples
Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen Consort of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, 1752-1814
Maty, Matthew, Dr Principal Librarian British Museum
Murray, David, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
Osborn, John, Lieutenant-Colonel diplomatist
Poulet Père et Fils, wine merchants, Beaune
Ripaioli, Marco, surgeon to Sir W Hamilton at Naples
Ross, George, of Add MS 40714
Russo, Gasparo, master of the household of Sir W Hamilton at Naples
Savage, James, of Add MS 40714
Seymour-Conway, Henry, Field-Marshal 1793
Strange, John, British Resident at Venice (1773-1778)
Symonds, John, in attendance on John, 3rd Earl of Bute
Thun-Hohnstein, Franz Joseph, Count
Townley, Charles, collector of antiquities, 1737-1805
Wedgwood, Josiah, potter, 1730-1795

Places:

Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy