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William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger

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1. G[renville] to Pitt, dated 'Tuesday night' only [?1801]. 'After I left you I saw Bathurst whose conversation alarmed me considerably....'
2. Grosvenor Square, Lord Leicester to [Pitt], 6 January 1801. Soliciting 'an advancement in the Peerage'.
3. Treasury, Charles Long to Pitt, 10 January 1801. Concerning his salary.
3(i). 23 Hamilton Street, Piccadilly, de Calonne to Pitt, (?)14 January 1801. Letter in French.
4. Raby Castle, Lord Darlington to [Pitt], 18 January 1801. Seeking a Dukedom.
5. Montreal, Lord Amherst to Canning, 21 January 1801. Concerning the advancement of his brother-in-law, Mr. Hale (Canning's Deputy in Quebec).
6. Palace Yard, Lord Auckland to Pitt, 31 January 1801. A troubled letter which Auckland asks to be shown to the Speaker. 'I write because it is not in my nature to preserve a sullen silence under the knowledge I have of what is going forwards.'
7. Downing Street, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], dated 'Saturday morn' [?January 1801]. Referring to the last meeting of Cabinet.
8. Wimbledon, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], dated 'Sunday morn 8 o clock' [?January 1801].
8(i). Carlton House, George, Prince of Wales, to Pitt, 1 February 1801. Wishes to confer upon an unspecified subject.
9. Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, John Frost to [Pitt], 3 February 1801. Annotated as received by Pitt 4 February. An aggrieved letter, concerning hardship and money perceived to be owed to Frost by Pitt and the Treasury.
10. Downing Street, Pitt to John Frost, 4 February 1801. Dismissing Frost's claims on the Treasury and on him personally.
11. Grosvenor Place, C[harles] Long to Pitt, 4 February [?1801]. Refers to Pitt's impending resignation.
12. Park Street, Westminster, W. Windham to [Pitt], 5 February 1801. Concerning the Postmastership at Norwich, 'which I can now less afford to lose than ever'.
13. Adelphi, J[ohn] Mitford, [Attorney General] to Pitt, 6 February 1801. 'I feel, upon reflection, a thorough conviction that the administration now forming cannot last.' Refers to his financial resources and future.
14. Palace Yard, Lord Auckland to Pitt, 7 February 1801.
15. No. 49 Fleet Street, Revd. Herbert Marsh to Pitt, 9 February 1801. A letter of support in the light of 'the melancholy intelligence, that you are going to quit the administration of public affairs'.
16. Lord Eldon to [Pitt], February 1801. Requesting ten minutes of Pitt's time.
17. Palace Yard, J[ohn] H[iley] Addington to [Pitt], 'Sunday' [?1801].
17(i). Lincolns Inn, N. Vansittart to [Pitt], 'Sunday morning' [?1801].
18. Piccadilly, Thomas Coutts to [Pitt], 22 February 1801. Career advice: 'The Law offers to You at this moment both Fame & Fortune.'
18(i). Calgarth Park, Kendale, [R Watson], Bishop of Landaff to [Pitt], 23 Febraury 1801.
19. St James's Place, Lord Spencer to Pitt, 27 February 1801.
20. Duc de Reims to [Pitt], 2 March 1801. Letter in French.
21. Fort William, Wellesley to Pitt, 7 March [1801]. Inclined to stay on in India.
22. Queen's House, [Dr.] Thomas Willis to [Pitt], without date.
23. Downing Street, [Dr.] Thomas Willis to [Pitt], without date. 'The King is better this morning.'
24. H[iley] A[ddington] to [?Pitt], dated 'Monday' only. The King is sleeping and has slightly improved.
25. Queen's House, [Dr.] Thomas Willis to [Pitt], without date. Further upon the King's health.
26. Queen's House, from Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, without date. Addressee not indicated. The King's health improves: 'his Majesty has eat three Plates full of Bread & Butter'. With a postscript by Dr. Thomas Willis.
27. Vienna, Minto to Pitt, 12 March 1801. On Pitt's resignation.
28. Buckingham House, Buckingham to Pitt, 17 March 1801.
29. Spring Gardens, Malmesbury to Pitt, 20 March 1801. Pitt's resignation.
30-30(i). Camp near Alexandria, G. Ludlow to 'My dear General', 29 March 1801. Copy letter. Military report.
31-31(i). Pay Office, Canning to [Pitt], 9 April 1801. 'Private'. Begins by referring to a letter from Frere (not present) and then ruminates at length on an alteration in their relationship: 'In the situation in which we now stand, it is, I fear, next to impossible that any attempt to maintain our intercourse on its accustomed footing, however sincere on either side, can be successful. Confidence must be gone - or at least must be limited by many restrictions hitherto unknown between us. We can not speak either of persons or things with the same openness as formerly. The relation in which you have placed yourself to the new Government must impose on you obligations which you could not faithfully discharge, & may perhaps occasionallly subject you to difficulties or mortifications which you could not cheerfully bear, except by confining your thoughts & your feelings very much within your own heart. In some cases you could not properly share your confidence with any one: in others I am perhaps the last person to whom you would make your confessions.'
32-32(i). Park Place, Pitt to Canning, 26 April 1801. Copy letter. Returning Canning's letter to Frere, and rejecting Canning's suggestion that he had not been informed of Pitt's political intentions '...and tho I am aware that at present there may be some Political Subjects on which we cannot converse with the Freedom with which we have done till lately, I think that Circumstance will not make any Change in our Intercourse on all other Points.'
33. Unsigned letter to Pitt, 27 April 1801. A copied letter extract (in French).
34. J. (?)P. Bastard to General Simcoe, 1 May 1801.
35. Dublin, Alex[ander] Hope to Pitt, 14 June 1801.
36. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Pitt], 22 June 1801. Hoping that Pitt will visit on his way to Cambridge.
37. Duc de Reims to [Pitt], 25 June 1801. Letter in French.
38. Wycombe, Carrington to Pitt, [28 June 1801]. Hopes that Pitt can come to Wycombe.
39. Lowther to Pitt, 2 July 1801. Concerning sitting for a portrait proposed by the artist Henry Edridge.
40. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Pitt], 4 July 1801. Concerning Pitt's uncertainty about attendance at the Commencement at Cambridge. 'My Dear Sir, you are not aware of the importance of your presence at Cambridge at this moment. I hear from all quarters that an opposition to you is intended, & you will recollect that it is more than five years since you were there.'
41. Newlands near Lymington, Belgrave to Pitt, 17 July 1801. Invitation for Pitt to visit.
42. Charles Street, Thomas Grenville to [Pitt], 20 July 1801. A copy of Homer printed at Oxford to be delivered to Pitt's house in London.
43. Brighton, F. J. Jackson to [Pitt], 29 July 1801. Referring to Professor Breyer, to the education of 'our young friend', and to the provision of funds.
44-44(i). Atholl House, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], 22 August 1801.
45. Hollwood, Pitt to W. Haynes, 25 August 1801. Sending a 'Warrant for the appointment of your son to the Scholarship at my Disposal' at Charterhouse.
45(i). Copy of Charterhouse nomination form for John Haynes, dated 25 August 1801, signed by Pitt. See item 55 below.
46-46(i). Bayham, Lord Camden to Pitt, 30 August 1801.
47. Dublin Castle, E. Cooke to [Pitt], 25 September 1801.
48. Dropmore, G[renville] to Pitt, 2 October 1801, enclosing 48(i).
48(i). Dropmore, Buckingham to [Grenville], 2 October 1801. Copy letter in Grenville's hand.
49. Fakenham, Lord Spencer to Pitt, 3 October 1801. Peace proposals in France. With postscript noting that 'Alexandria has actually surrendered'.
50. Capheaton, Mulgrave to Pitt, 4 October 1801. Terms of peace with France.
51. Rottindean, J. C. Villiers to Pitt, 5 October 1801. On peace with France.
52. Aberdeen, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], 6 October 1801. On peace with France.
53-53(i). Patria, Wellesley to Pitt, 6 October 1801. 'Triplicate' copy. 'Although you have been so cruelly lazy as not to send me one line on the subject of the late unparelled changes in the Administration, I cannot allow this Packet to depart without renewing to you the sincere assurance of my unalterable attachment....'
54-54(i). Dropmore, Grenville to Pitt, 6 October 1801. 'To state to you by letter all the grounds of my objections to this Treaty (as far as it has yet been explained to me) would be a task of time and labour.'
55. Clayton Place, Kennington, William Haynes to Pitt, 12 October 1801. Expressing his gratitude for Pitt's 'nomination' of his son to Charterhouse. See items 45-45(i) above.
55(i). Lord Liverpool to unidentified addressee (not Pitt), 30 November 1801. Letter fragment, final sheet only. Refers to 'new modes of tanning' leather and doubts 'whether it would be wise to lay any further Duty on Leather'. Liverpool suggests (to his 'Lordship') that Joseph Banks 'is well informed on this subject, as he is on most others'.
55(ii). 'Nelson & Bronte' to Pitt (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports), 11 November 1801. Proposing Mr Lazenby ('who was Pilot of the St. George in the Baltic') as a Deal Pilot.
56. Pentcaillard, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], 19 December 1801. Concerning William Huskisson. Enclosing 56(i) and 56(ii)-56(iii).
56(i). Lower Grosvenor Street, [Huskisson] to Lady Sutherland, 3 December 1801. Copy letter. Refers to a conversation Huskisson had with Pitt 'respecting a Seat in the next Parliament'.
56(ii)-56(iii). Portsmouth, [Huskisson] to [Dundas], 9 December 1801. Copy letter. Refers to Lady Sutherland's promised 'assistance in procuring [him] a Seat for the Ensuing Parliament'.
57. Arniston, Henry Dundas to [Pitt], 23 December 1801. Further on Huskisson (and William Dundas). Enclosing 57(i).
57(i). Two copy letters: William Dundas to [Huskisson], 18 December 1801; Arniston, Henry Dundas to William Dundas, 22 December 1801.

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Western Manuscripts

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032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002447851

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Languages:

English
French

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Latin

Start Date:

1801

End Date:

1801

Date Range:

1801

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PRO 30 58/4

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The order in which the manuscripts are presented corresponds to their former order in PRO 30 58/4 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 89036/1/8-10.

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George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758-1805,
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