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Add MS 89036/1/20
- Record Id:
- 040-002481157
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002431741
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100004092662.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89036/1/20
- Title:
- William Dacres Adams: Various Drafts and Working Notes of William Pitt, the Younger
- Scope & Content:
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All documents are without date unless indicated.
- 1. Draft list of Ministers and Commissioners.
- 2. Draft Cabinet.
- 3. List of three persons for advancement?
- 4. List of names (?guests), with second brief list headed 'Promotions'.
- 5. List of items/names to be discussed. Includes 'D[uke] of Richmond's Paper'.
- 6. List if items/names to be discussed. Includes Cinque Port and Col. Williams Paper.
- 7. List of persons for honours or promotion.
- 8. List of items/names to be discussed.
- 9-9(iii). Small sealed wrapper originally holding a document in French by Pellene, 'Memoire sur la nécessité d'arrêter le progrès de la révolution Françoise' (document now removed from wrapper and laid flat in the file). Wrapper endorsed: 'This man was Mirabeau's chief assistant. Is said to be one of the best writers France has produced, and may be had for 20 £ per month. He was professor of political law to the Dauphin, & lost his appointment after the 10th of August. Huskisson knows him well.' Sheets sewn.
- 10. Draft concerning Import Duties, Britain and France.
- 11-12. Draft speech concerning raising militia 'for the defence of their Town against any attacks that may be made against them by foreign Enemy'.
- 13-14. Draft letter from George III to the Emperor of Morocco (with some additions in pencil).
- 14(ii). 8 April 1801. Calculations related to the Sinking Fund.
- 15-15(iii). Draft of Parliamentary speech concerning France.
- 16. 'R Feb 18th'. 'Arrangements in France for the Defence of their Coast'.
- 17-17(i). Draft speech concerning views of the Allies on the re-establishment of the Monarchy in France.
- 18. Continuation.
- 19. Aide-memoire on six topics: revenue and the Sinking Fund; suggestions for increasing revenue; management of Sinking Fund; defraying expense of future wars; state of military and naval preparations; internal security.
- 20. Brief notes in pencil, ranking countries: 6th Germany; 7th Austria.....13th Malta.
- 20(i). Signatures and seals of Pitt, Lord Bayham, Lord Mornington. Removed from document dated 1793.
- 21. Brief notes headed 'Meeting on Tuesday'.
- 22. Brief note listing numbers of men 'fit for duty'.
- 23. Brief note headed 'List of Volunteers'.
- 24. Brief notes for meeting, beginning with 'Irish Question'.
- 25. Brief notes for meeting mainly concerning Militia and finance.
- 26. 'Dec. 4th'. Brief notes for meeting.
- 27. 'Feb. 21st'. Brief notes for meeting.
- 28. Brief list of certain trades.
- 29-30. Brief list of pending business.
- 31. List of pending business, beginning 'Common Pleas'.
- 32. [?1794]. Draft clause asserting that 'to keep a Foreign Army within the Kingdom without the consent of Parliament, whether in time of Peace or time of War, illegal and unconstitutional....'
- 33. Brief notes, beginning 'Stages to be fixed'.
- 34. Calculations of interest in relation to £1,500,000.
- 35. Brief notes headed 'For War' - calculation of costs.
- 36. List of various commodities and indication of revenue.
- 37. Brief notes.
- 38. Draft paper on imports and exports.
- 39. Notes beginning 'Portugal'. Various costs (e.g. 'Money for the King's Service', 'Foreign Ministers').
- 40. Brief notes on revenue and debts. Probably 1802.
- 41. Notes relating to 'Property Act'.
- 42. Notes mentioning earlier Exchequer Bills. Latest date: 1802.
- 43. Notes relating to the price of barley.
- 44. Note dated 'Jan. 11th' (finance).
- 45. Notes (page 5 only): '16 years of War'.
- 46-47. Notes: 'Unredeemed Total Permanent Debt'. Refers to Sinking Fund.
- 48-48(i). Notes beginning 'CC', details of seditious meetings in different parts of the country (1800-1801).
- 49. Referring to revenue and to the Isle of Man.
- 50. Calculations headed 'West Cliff'.
- L. Letter wrapper (with red seal) addressed to Adams, Whitehall, from Charles Long (Bromley, 26 November 1803).
- 51. Notes referring to Estate Bill.
- 52. Brief two-line fragment.
- 53. Note headed 'August 20th' referring to St. Domingo.
- 54. Notes referring to 'Limerick Gaol'.
- 55. Notes headed 'Coasting Trade'. Refers to America, Colonies, B.W. Indies, Baltic, Mediterranean.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002481157 - 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 89036/1/20 : William Dacres Adams: Various Drafts and Working Notes of William Pitt, the Younger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002431741[0001]/036-002431785[0020]/040-002481157
- 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:
- 1793
- End Date:
- 1803
- Date Range:
- 1793-1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- PRO 30 58/8
- Arrangement:
- The order in which the manuscripts are presented corresponds to their former order in PRO 30 58/8 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 document or sheet. The original bundle has been divided into four consecutive files: Add MS 89036/1/20-23.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820