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Add MS 89036/1/10

Record Id:
040-002476245
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002431741
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000038095.0x000001
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89036/1/10
Title:
William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
Scope & Content:

Document numbering continues from Add MS 89036/1/9:

  • 89-89(i). Newgate [Prison], the State Side, Allan Macleod to Lord Pelham, 1 January 1803. Seeking pardon.
  • 89(ii). 21 January 1803, without signature: 'Does your Lordship wish the within [89(iii)] to be referred to Lord Ellenborough?'
  • 89(iii). Newgate , the State Side, Allan Macleod to Lord Pelham, 13 January 1803. Petition of Allan Macleod.
  • 89(iv). Newgate, Allan Macleod to Lord Pelham, 15 January 1803. Covering letter to Petition.
  • 89(v). Newgate, Allan Macleod to Henry Addington M.P., 15 January 1803. Copy letter, concerning Macleod's Petition for Pardon.
  • 90. Mulgrave, Whitby, Mulgrave to Pitt, 5 February 1803. Refers to the cession of Sardinia to Parma and Placentia.
  • 91. 22 Baker Street, Charles Philippe [Charles X, Comte d'Artois] to Pitt, 12 February (year not indicated). Letter in French.
  • 91(i). Envelope for previous letter addressed to Pitt, with partial red seal.
  • 92-92(i). 'Draft to the Earl of Chatham'.
  • 93. Cover sheet headed 'Overtures from Mr Addington / March & April 1803'.
  • Also 93. Lord Melville to Addington, 22 March 1803. Copy letter.
  • 93(i)-93(ii). Charles Long to Pitt, 3 April [1803]. 'I am anxious to give you some account of what passed between Addington & myself upon my return'.
  • 94. Arlington Street, Camden to Pitt, 7 April [1803]. Referring to the Volunteer Bill.
  • 95. Bromley Hill, Pitt to Henry Addington, 15 April 1803. Copy letter. Pitt is concerned that Addington has misconstrued remarks he made concerning a 'return to my former situation in the King's Service'.
  • 96. Downing Street, Henry Addington to [Pitt], 24 April 1803.
  • 97-97(v). Whitehall, G.C. [Canning] to [Pitt], 3 May 1803.
  • 98-98(i). Whitehall, G.C. [Canning] to [Pitt], 10 May 1803.
  • 99-99(ii). Kilmacud, Lord Redesdale to Pitt, 22 May 1803. 'As I think it highly probable that the state of publick affairs may compel you again to take the lead in His Majesty's government....' With red seal.
  • 100-100(v). Wimbledon, Melville to [Pitt], 16 June 1803. A long letter, beginning: 'I am aware of the Resolution you have expressed of coming to no explanations with any person excepting with the King himself, as to any arrangements of Government, you might think it right to propose to him, in the event of His Majesty thinking it conducive to the interests of the Country, to call again for your Services.'
  • 101(i). Harley Street, Woronzow to [Pitt], 23 July 1803. Letter in French.
  • 101. Dropmore, Grenville to Pitt, 29 July 1803. Refers to wishing to publish, with permission, thirteen letters from Lord Chatham to Lord Camelford 'when a young man at the university, containing some advice as to his studies, & much general precept on all the subjects on which a young man ought to be advised at that period of his Education.'
  • 102. Downing Street, Lord Hobart to Pitt, 3 August 1803. Concerning Pitt's offer to raise a Regiment of Volunteers within the Cinque Ports.
  • 103. J. C. Villiers to Pitt, 13 August [1803].
  • 104. Lowther, Lord Lowther to Pitt, 21 August 1803. Regarding militia and volunteers.
  • 105. Walmer Castle, Pitt to W. Fawkener, 27 August 1803. Copy letter, concering quota for the 'Army of Reserve'.
  • 105(i). 'Abstract of Returns' for the Cinque Ports (Militia).
  • 105(ii). 'Cinque Ports Army of Reserve'. Order dated 6 September 1803, initialled by Pitt, 'fixing the Number of Men to serve at 280'.
  • 106. Whitehall, C. Yorke to Pitt, 30 August 1803. Thanet, and the supply of rifles.
  • 107. Walmer Castle, Pitt to Lord Castlereagh, 21 September 1803. Copy letter.
  • 108. Grosvenor Street, Radnor to Pitt, 24 September 1803.
  • 109. East Sheen, Castlereagh to Pitt, 6 October [1803].
  • 110. Winchester Prison, H. (?)Argall to York, 15 October 1803. Proposing (in return for mitigation of his sentence) the idea of a booby-trap box 'which if Conveyed to the First Consul of the French Republic it will most certainly deprive him of life'.
  • 111-111(i). Beverley, Lt. General Mulgrave to Pitt, 19 October 1803. 'I wish to know what you intend at the meeting of Parliament that I may discipline my discontent to your moderation'.
  • 112. Huntley, 12 November 1803. A brief letter addressed to the King, purporting to be from 'the son of a Scottish nobleman of Royal descent', advising him to 'read over with care ... the last chapter of Proverbs & follow the directions there prescribed to a king'.
  • 113. Bath, William Eliot to Pitt, (?)14 November 1803. A supporter wanting to know Pitt's intentions in the forthcoming Parliamentary Session.
  • 114. Canterbury, Sir David Dundas to Pitt (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports), 17 November 1803. Regarding the Cinque Port Volunteers.
  • 115. The Ranger's Lodge, Richmond Park, The Countess of Mansfield to [Pitt], 27 December 1803. Enclosing the following letter received from David Shaw, 'who solicits the Office of the Inspector of the Stamps in Scotland'.
  • 115(i). Edinburgh, David Shaw to the Countess of Mansfield, 23 December 1803.
  • 116-116(i). Bishop Burton, Beverley, Lt. General Mulgrave to Pitt, 15 December 1803. Regarding Volunteers.
  • 117-117(i). Dropmore, Grenville to Pitt, 31 December 1803. 'If [Bonaparte] can keep the Government, the Parliament, & the Country, in the present state of inaction & suspense, he accomplishes that object which he ought most reasonably to pursue.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002476245
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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 89036/1/10 : William Dacres Adams: Political Correspondence of William Pitt, the Younger
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032-002431741[0001]/036-002431785[0010]/040-002476245
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View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89036
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
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Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1803
End Date:
1803
Date Range:
1803
Era:
CE
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Former External References:
PRO 30 58/4
Arrangement:
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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