Add MS 89036/1/17

The file comprises letters from 1806 (1-41), followed by miscellaneous other material (42-57(ii)) that is largely undated but includes items from 1770 and 1906.

• 1. Downing Street, Robert Wigram Junior to Adams, [3 January 1806]. Seeking a Seat in the Commons.
• 2. 13 Clement's Inn, Capt. G. P. Monke to [?Adams], 5 January 1806. Concerning his 'Memoirs'.
• 3. Barnbougle Castle, Primrose to Pitt, 6 January 1806. Will not be present at the 'Opening of the Session on the 21st'.
• 4. Crosby Square, Robert Wigram Junior to Adams, 7 January 1806. 'Sir Robert is very sanguine of my success at the Bank in April, which adds to my wish to take my seat in the House at the opening of the session, when I shall have leisure for a constant attendance.'
• 5. Cuffnells, George Rose to [?Pitt], 7 January 1806. Regarding the Office of the Sheriff of Yorkshire.
• 6. Admiralty, [?Marsden] to Adams, 9 January 1806. Refers to Admiral Duckworth and H.M.S. Superb.
• 7. Bath, Henrietta [ ] to Pitt, 9 January 1806. A poem entitled 'Ode to the Naiade of Bath', followed by a note beginning: 'The author of these Lines has unceasingly visited the Pump Room, in the hope of obtaining a sight of Mr. Pitt, with whom she is no otherwise acquainted than by name....' (The right-hand portion of the letter is torn away with some loss of text.).
• 8. Watford, [?Bourne] to [?Adams], 11 January 1806.
• 9. Rendlesham, P. J. Thellusson to [Adams], 12 January [1806].
• 10. Wilton House, Earl of Pembroke to Pitt, 12 January 1806. Originally enclosing 10(i).
• 10(i). Salisbury, William Coxe to Pitt (via Pembroke), 12 January 1806. Seeking to be appointed as Professor of Modern History, in the light of 'the dangerous illness of Dr. Symonds'.
• 11. J. D. Thomson to [Adams], 13 January [?1806]. Enclosing 11(i) for Pitt, 'a list of the names of the Consolidated Transport Board'.
• 11(i). List of six names (Consolidated Transport Board).
• 12. Wilderness [Kent], Camden to [Adams], 13 January 1806. Writing in support of the appointment of Mr. Humphrey as Surveyor of Taxes.
• 13. Cuffnells, George Rose to [Pitt], 13 January 1806. Concerned about Pitt's health.
• 14. Admiralty, J. D. Thomson to Adams, 14 January [1806]. Informing Pitt of Capt. William Packenham's new command.
• 15. Hainton Hall near Wragley, R. S. Ainslie to Pitt, 15 January 1806.
• 16. Arlington Street, Camden to [Adams], 18 January [1806]. Refers to an enclosed letter (not present) from Mr. Church regarding a position.
• 17. Bishop of Lincoln [Pretyman Tomline] to Adams, [?20 January 1806]. 'The Symptoms are more unfavorable this morning, & the Physicians have pronounced Mr. Pitt to be in a hazardous situation.'
• 18. Mansion House, James Straw (Lord Mayor of London) to Adams, [20 January 1806]. Seeking news of Pitt's health.
• 19. Mansion House, James Straw to Adams, 21 January 1806. Seeking further news of Pitt's health.
• 20. J. H. Gordon (? on behalf of the Prince of Wales) to Adams, 22 January 1806. Seeking news of Pitt's health ('the last accounts from Putney').
• 21. W. Huskisson to Adams, [?22 January 1806]. Refers to Bourne.
• 22. Mansion House, James Straw to [Adams], 23 January [1806]. Seeking information about Pitt's health.
• 23. Treasury Chambers, Earl of Effingham to Adams, 23 January 1806. Concerning the ongoing matter of pensions (see previous correspondence of 1805) regarding the daughters of the Bishop of Exeter.
• 23(i)-23(ii), interfolded. An account by Adams of Pitt's illness and death. Fair copy.
• 24. Leytonstone, Joseph Cotton to [Adams], 31 January 1806. Concerning the pipe of Madeira intended for Pitt.
• 25. Edward Stanley to [Adams], 3 February 1806.
• 25(i). Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 6 February 1806. 'Before a Probate of Mr. Pitt's Will can be granted, it is necessary that two persons should swear to his hand-writing.'
• 26. Dover, [ ] (Capt. Royal Engineers) to Adams, 8 February 1806. Signature obscure. Requesting the return of a plan of Dover and Report on Dover Harbour previously passed to Pitt. 'It is the only one on which the Fortification of Dover Heights are marked.'
• 27. College of Arms, Isaac Heard, Garter, to Adams, 10 February 1806. Requesting 'the names of such of the Servants of Mr. Pitt who may be appointed to attend the melancholy Ceremony'.
• 28. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 8 February 1806. Calling in at Downing Street to 'look over the Papers you brought from Walmer'.
• 29. Arlington Street, [ ] to Adams, 10 February 1806. Signature obscure. 'Mr. Smith, Mr. Carthew & yourself are named as three Officers of Mr. Pitt's Household in the List that Lord Chatham has sent in to the Lord Chamberlain this morning.'
• 30. C[harles] Long to [Adams], 19 February [1806].
• 30(i). 'The Order to be Observed In the Publick Funeral Procession of the Late Right Honourable William Pitt, from the Painted Chamber, through Westminster Hall, New Palace Yard, Union Street, the Broad Sanctuary, and, by the West Door, into Westminster Abbey, on Saturday the 22nd Day of February 1806'. Lightly sewn in original blue covers.
• 31. Bishop of Lincoln to Adams, 23 February [1806]. Meeting at Downing Street tomorrow.
• 31(i). Dover Street, Earl of Chatham to Adams, 25 February 1806. Sir R. Thompson wishes to retrieve a letter ('on his subject') from Lord Nelson to Pitt. Chatham has no objection.
• 31(ii). Falmouth, [? W. Thompson] to Adams, 1 March 1806. Requesting the return of two folio volumes (containing 'French orders of the day of the army in Egypt') left on Mr. Pitt's table.
• 32. Old Burlington Street, [? F. P. Eliot] to Adams, 1 March 1806. 'I have taken the liberty of sending by Parslow [Pitt's footman] the pamphlets I once mentioned to you'.
• 33. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to Adams, 7 March [1806]. Refers to enclosing a letter of Lord Nelson (not present). Asks if steps have been taken to retrieve Pitt's books from Walmer.
• 34. Dover Street, Earl of Chatham to Adams, 15 March 1806. Originally enclosing 34(i).
• 34(i). Bath, John Upham to Earl of Chatham, 10 March 1806. Requesting the return of two books borrowed by Pitt 'as a Subscriber to [his] Library'. They are listed as: Secret History of the Court of Petersburgh (2 vols.); and Schiller, History of the Thirty Years War (2 vols.).
• 35. Walmer, George Leith to Adams, 16 March 1806. 'Lord Hawk[e]sbury has taken possession of the Cinque Ports'.
• 36. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 17 March 1806. 'I wish the Dover Harbour Papers not to be looked for till I can be present.'
• 37. Adelphi, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 5 April [1806].
• 38. Welwyn, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 9 April [1806]. 'Lord Grenville means to remove into Downing Street next Tuesday'.
• 39. Walmer, George Leith to Adams, 29 April, 1806. 'Lord Hawk[e]sbury has sent down his Servants to Walmer Castle, Couchman and wife are consequently out of employ'.
• 40. Buckden Palace, Bishop of Lincoln to [Adams], 1 July 1806. ' I enclose the Certificate you wished to have. I hope that Sir Walter Farquhar's 1000 Guineas are paid.'
• 41. 67 St. James's Street, J. Glencairn to [?Adams], 15 July [1806]. Refers to his brother the Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Wilberforce ('who is very much my friend'), and to documents from the West Indies.

Various letters and documents follow, most without date:

• 42. Abercorn to Pitt. No date. Expecting to see him.
• 43. Blandford to Pitt. No date. Supports the appointment of Mr. Ahmuty Mayne (a wine merchant in High Wycombe) as Surveyor.
• 44. Shrubs Hill, Lady Chatham to Pitt. Dated 'Thursday'. Seeking a position for a servant of her father.
• 45. Eldon to Pitt. No date. Passing to Pitt the name of one William Wood, in respect of building and repairing lighters on the Thames.
• 46. Without signature or date, possibly a fragment. From a female admirer: 'If some happy woman has not engaged the whole of your heart, it's not impossible you may wish to see the strange creature who has written you this.' Any reply is to be directed to Miss James ('that name will do as well as any other') at the Post Office in Margate.
• 47. Addressed to Pitt, without signature or date. Provides commentary and references to various authors: Ovid (Cadmus), Spenser's Faerie Queen, Livy.
• 48. Lady Melville to Pitt, 'Friday morning'. Dinner invitation. 'We shall be happy to see Capt. Stanhope'.
• 49. Lady Melville to Pitt, 'Thursday morning'. 'Will you do me the favor to accept of a little picture which I hope will remind you of me'.
• 50. 26 Old Nickel Street, Batnelgreen [Old Nicol Street, Bethnal Green], J [?Multhot] to [?Pitt]. No date.
• 51. Retained draft? No date, no addressee. Refers to not having seen Lord Hawkesbury, who is now out of town, and therefore it is difficult to know 'what to say upon a subject of so much delicacy'.
• 52. Lieut. Col. Robert Wilson to [Pitt], 'Saturday morning'. Refers to letters having come into his possession 'for sale or publication' but wishes to defer this 'until their importance to the British Govt. should be ascertained'. Refers to their French provenance, and to seeing Count Hahrenberg. Originally enclosing 52(i-ii) and 52(iii).
• 52(i)-52(ii), interleaved. Constantinople, 13 September 1770. Letter in French. Monsieur Le Duc.
• 52(iii). Draft document, in French. 25 January 1774.
• 53. Calculations (military?): 'If the Front of a wheeling Company consist of 8 Files....' No date, but paper watermarked.
• 54. York House, Prince Frederick to [Pitt], 'Saturday'. Refers somewhat mysteriously to a Gentleman whom he is 'almost positive' he saw go into 38 Albemarle Street.
• 55. A letter fragment discussing theology (Genesis, the Serpent, Temptation). Without date, addressee not indicated.
• 56. Strongly worded letter without date, signature obscure. To Pitt? Colourful vernacular language, beginning: 'you infernal Blackguardly Son of a Thief....' Refers to the Corn Bill.
• 57. Draft letter, from [?Adams] to [?Prince of Wales]. Paper watermarked 1797. Refers to the 'urgent necessity' of £10,000 required in respect of Mr. Rose.
• 57(i). William Dacres Adams, Memorandum on William Pitt. Without date, but written after Pitt's death.
• 57(ii). On the centenary of Pitt's death, The Times printed the above Memorandum by William Dacres Adams, sent to the editor by G. F. Adams. Newspaper cutting (1906).