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Add MS 89036/1/22
- Record Id:
- 040-002481290
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002431741
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100007883270.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89036/1/22
- Title:
- William Dacres Adams: Various Drafts and Working Notes of William Pitt, the Younger
- Scope & Content:
-
Document numbering continues from Add MS 89036/1/21.
- 92. Brief notes comparing Naval manpower and 'ships in Good Condition', for years 1793 and 1803.
- 93. Notes (1804) regarding 'Treaty of Neuetrality'.
- 94. Cover sheet (not Pitt's hand): 'Special Memdm. in Mr Pitt's writing', containing four items (in Pitt's hand): 94 (number used again) and 94(i)-94(iii).
- 94. 'Naval Instructions to Admiral Cornwallis August 11th 1804'.
- 94(i). 'Whether the attacks should be numerous, or few in order to strengthen them, and in what points'. Specifies 'South of Italy', 'North of Italy' and 'North of Germany'.
- 94(ii). 'The present situation of the German Body neither good for the countries themselves nor for Europe'.
- 94(iii). Notes relating to militia/volunteers.
- 95-95(i). June 1804. 'Heads of a Plan for establishing and maintaining a permanent additional Force under Regular Officers, for the defence of the Kingdom, and for the purpose of augmenting and supplying the Regular Army'. Endorsed: 'Additional Force Bill'.
- 96. Draft list of Cabinet members and posts [1804].
- 97. Draft list of Cabinet members and posts, including Melville at the Admiralty [1804].
- 98(iii)-98(i), and 98. Document numbered in reverse order. 'Sketch of an Act to settle the manner of electing 32 Lords and 100 Commoners to sit on the part of Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
- 98(iv)-98(v). Comments on the document. Concludes: 'I entirely concur in all Ld G[renville]'s alterations'.
- 99. February 1805, in Pitt's hand, referring to the King's 'Command' with regard to Spain.
- 100. Undated draft in Pitt's hand. Referring to Holland ('the United Provinces'), Great Britain and Russia entering into a joint engagement 'to maintain at all times their Army on such a Footing as may be thought necessary to provide for their defence against sudden attack'.
- 101. Draft statement to Commons referring to 'the Augmentation of the disposeable Military Force of The Kingdom' and to the continuing threat from France. No date.
- 102-102(xii). Draft of some length on European affairs. No date.
- 103, 104, 105, 105(i), 105(ii). Endorsed (verso 105): 'Draft of Note to Talleyrand 28 July 1805'. European affairs.
- 106-106(i). 15 January 1805. Draft of King's speech to Parliament.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002431741
036-002431785
040-002481290 - 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 89036/1/22 : William Dacres Adams: Various Drafts and Working Notes of William Pitt, the Younger - Hierarchy:
- 032-002431741[0001]/036-002431785[0022]/040-002481290
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89036
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1804
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1804-1805
- 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)