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Record Id:
040-002432377
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002431741
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000027993.0x000001
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89036/1/3
Title:
William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
Scope & Content:
  • 1. Dublin Castle, Camden to Pitt, 2 March 1797. Concerning the Bank of Ireland: 'In the hope of producing the same effect as you expect from your measure in England we have pursued the same line here'.
  • 2. Mansion House, Brook Watson to Pitt, 6 March 1797. Banking matters.
  • 2(i). Loughborough to 'My Dear Lord' [?Auckland], 19 March 1797.
  • 3(i). Palace Yard, Auckland to Pitt, 30 March 1797. Concerning exchange rates and enclosing 3(ii).
  • 3(ii). Loughborough to 'My Dear Lord' [Auckland], 30 March 1797. Concerning the supply of money ('coin') and currency exchange rates.
  • 4(i). Buckingham House, Buckingham to Pitt, 2 April 1797. Concerning the 'allowances' to the Comte D'Artois in Edinburgh that have not been paid, and enclosing 4(ii)-4(iv).
  • 4(ii)-4(iv). Edinburgh, Comte D'Artois to Buckingham, 28 March 1797. Letter in French, with accounts.
  • 5. Piccadilly, Garlus to Pitt, 9 April [1797].
  • 6. Portsea, Lord Spencer to Pitt, 20 April 1797. Letter written following 'a very long discussion with all the Admirals & Captains of the Fleet'.
  • 7. St. James, [Prince] Ernest Augustus to [?Pitt], 5 May 1797. Concerning his financial provision: 'I shall be satisfied with ... any sum that enables me to live like a private Gentleman'
  • 8. Downing Street, [?Canning] to [?Pitt], 7 May 1797. Concerning information received from Mr Nesbitt: 'if this Government is desirous of opening a negotiation for Peace, there is a party at Paris, consisting of two Members of the Directory, of several leading Persons in the Councils, who are willing to give their utmost assistance for facilitating the first steps towards such a measure.... These Gentlemen are to be purchased.' Letter endorsed.
  • 9. Admiralty, Lord Arden to [Pitt], 9 May 1797.
  • 10. Admiralty, Lord Arden to Pitt, 20 May 1797. Resignation.
  • 11. Royal George Street, (?)Halem, Bridport to [Pitt], 11 May 1797. Naval matters.
  • 12. Cleveland Row, (?)Grenville to (?)Pitt, 26 June 1797. Referring to discussion in Cabinet of Lord Malmesbury.
  • 13-13(i). Lille, Malmesbury to Pitt, 6 August 1797. Concerning negotiations with Marat's representative.
  • 14-14(i). Lille, Malmesbury to Lord Grenville, 22 August 1797. Copy letter, recounting a meeting with an American who had been 'employed in making the Portuguese Peace, and negotiated the pecuniary part of it' and offered a similar service 'if we would employ him in the same way'.
  • 15. Goodwood, Richmond to Pitt, 7 September 1797. Patronage and the Chapter of Chichester.
  • 16. Upper Brook Street, J Wodehouse to [Pitt], 8 September 1797. Wishes to remain in the House of Commons until the end of the present Parliament.
  • 17. Lille, Malmesbury to Pitt, 9 September 1797. Reports his 'apprehensions that the negotiations may now fail'.
  • 18. Walmer Castle, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], 13 September 1797. 'I take it for granted the speculation is now general that the late transactions at Paris put an end to the Prospect of Peace'.
  • 19. 'On board the packet', Malmesbury to Pitt, 19 September 1797. Returning to England.
  • 20. Spring Gardens, Malmesbury to Pitt, 29 September 1797. Expressing concern that the publication of extracts from his correspondence might expose his 'French colleagues, in the present state of France, to imminent danger'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002432377
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Add MS 89036 : The Papers of William Dacres Adams, including Political Papers of William Pitt, the Younger
Add MS 89036/1 : William Dacres Adams: Political Papers of William Pitt, the Younger

 

Add MS 89036/1/3 : William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
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032-002431741[0001]/036-002431785[0003]/040-002432377
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
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Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1797
End Date:
1797
Date Range:
1797
Era:
CE
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PRO 30 58/2
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The order in which the manuscripts are presented corresponds to their former order in PRO 30 58/2, when in the custody of the Public Record Office (now, The National Archives). Public Record Office numbering remains, in red pencil, at the top left of each sheet or letter. The original bundle has been divided into three consecutive files: Add MS 89036/1/3-5.

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