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Add MS 89036/1/5
- Record Id:
- 040-002447533
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002431741
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000034293.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89036/1/5
- Title:
- William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
- Scope & Content:
-
Numbering continues from Add MS 89036/1/4:
- 49. Pierre Ordioni to Pitt, without date. Letter in French.
- 50. Windsor, George III to [Pitt]. Concerning Mr. Huskinson's 'floating Pension'.
- 51. Belvoir Castle, Duke of Beaufort to Pitt, 9 January 1799. Concerning the Lieutenancy of Leicestershire.
- 52. Camp 23 miles W[est] of Seringapatam, [India], Maj. Gen D. Baird to the Earl of Mornington, 27 June 1799. Copy letter in reply to a letter of congratulation from Mornington following the successful siege of Seringapatam.
- 53. Park Street, W. Windham to [Pitt], 17 July 1799. A geometrical demonstration ('I trust, you will find, as I do, that a little mathematicks in the midst of business, is very refreshing'). Originally enclosed with letter 54.
- 54-54(ii). Park Street, W. Windham to [Pitt]. Concerning France.
- 55-55(iii). Fort St. George, [India], Mornington to Dundas, 31 July 1799. 'Most Secret & Confidential No. 9'.
- 56. London, Sutherland to [?Adams], [?July 1799]. 'L[ord] Gower has always been from what reason I know not averse to the idea of being Ld. Lt. of Staffordshire'. Contents of the letter to be conveyed to Pitt.
- 57-57(i). Fort St. George, [India], Mornington to Dundas, 1 August 1799. 'Most Secret & Confidential No. 10'.
- 58-58(ii). Cleveland Row, Grenville to Pitt, 2 August 1799. Argues strongly against military delay with regard to the Netherlands. 'What is the principal obstacle we have to fear? It is the lateness of the season - unless we occupy the whole before the Winter begins, we may be stopped in our progress, & time given for resistance to be consolidated in the interior of the country, or for the chances of War to operate again to our disadvantagr from without.'
- 59. Upper Grosvenor St., Anna Maria Somerset, Dowager Duchess of Beaufort to [Pitt], 7 August 1799. Desirous that her son should become a Knight of Garter.
- 60. Petersham, Gower to Pitt, 12 August 1799. Accepting, with courteous reluctance, the Lieutenancy of Staffordshire (see item 56 above).
- 61-61(ii). Fort of St. George, [India], Mornington to Henry Dundas, 14 August 1799. 'Private No. 17'.
- 62-62(i). Tunbridge Wells, Lord Hobart to Pitt, 20 August 1799. Seeking an (overdue) 'official situation' following his return from Madras.
- 63. Wynnstay [House], Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn to [Pitt], 25 August 1799. Concerning Lord Cornwallis requisitioning men and horses.
- 64. Dropmore, Grenville to Pitt, 28 August 1799. Concerning the Netherlands.
- 65. Schager Brug, Chatham to [Pitt], 29 September [1799]. Reporting the failure of the attack on 19 September (Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland).
- 66. Schager Bruck, [Prince] Frederick, Duke of York, to Pitt, 30 September 1799. 'Mr Dundas will inform You of the Reasons that have delayed the general attack which I had intended to make last Friday. Every thing is now fixed for tomorrow if the Weather permits, and I trust in God that We shall be successful.'
- 67. Brief note marked 'Private', without date [?October 1799]. Addressee not indicated and appears to be signed only 'Schagerbrugh' (the Dutch town?): 'For Gods sake settle the Point in this way - Let the Duke be sent to defend Hanover - He will then give it up instead of [?]you'.
- 68. 'Copy of Memo to Genl. Stuart. For person going to Paris'. 1 December 1799.
- 68(ii). Whitehall, 30 November 1799. Appears to be the original rough draft of item 68 above.
- 69. Arlington Street, Lord Gower to Pitt, 1 December 1799. Resigning 'the Lieutenancy of the County of Stafford'.
- 70. Dublin Castle, Lord Castlereagh to Pitt, 11 December 1799. Irish matters.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002447533 - Is part of:
- 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 89036/1/5 : William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002431741[0001]/036-002431785[0005]/040-002447533
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89036
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1799
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- PRO 30 58/2
- Arrangement:
- 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820