Add MS 6858

Volume LV of the papers of Mr. Andrew Mitchell, subsequently Sir Andrew Mitchell.

Letters from persons of Literary Note, English and Foreign, to Mr. (subsequently Sir) Andrew Mitchell. Folio.

1. Letter from Dr. Bailley, or Baillie. Popularity of the King of Prussia [Frederick II, alias Frederick the Great]. Offer from the dissenters to send over cloth sufficient to make coats for 50,000 or 60,000 men. Comparison between the King of Prussia and Caesar, and laboured panegyric of the former. Scheme of some merchants in the city to equip a fleet of 20 ships to attack the Swedes and Russians under Prussian colours. Dated London, 10 December 1757. (folio 1)

2. Letter from Dr. Bailley, or Baillie. Praise of the King of Prussia. Disposition of the million voted by Parliament. The Prussian Minister in London refuses the offer of the dissenters relative to providing clothing as ‘reflecting on the honour of his master’. Scheme of fitting out ships against the Swedes. Extract of a letter from America, saying they intend to apply to the King of Prussia for one of his Sergeants or Corporals to command their troops. Facility the King of Prussia would find in raising money, particularly among dissenters. Dated London, 26 December 1757. (folio 5)

3. Letter from Dr. Birch. Thanks of the Royal Society to Mr. Mitchell for forwarding to them some Chirurgical observations. Notices of Hume’s History; Robertson’s Charles the Fifth; new edition of Thomson; Macpherson’s translation of Ossian; Walpole’s History of Painting; new edition of folks, with plates by the antiquarian society; Needham’s Dissertation on the Characters of China; present of microscopes to the Royal Society from Sir Francis Eyton invented by Father di Torre of Naples; and Lowth’s English Grammar. Dated London, 16 February 1762. (folio 8)

4. Letter from Mr. Boswell. Requesting Mr. Mitchell’s advice and interference with regard to his travels on the continent. Dated Berlin, 28 August 1764. (folio 12)

5. Letter from Mr. Boswell. Still on the subject of his travels. Application in favour of a Mr. Temple of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Dated Geneva, 26 December 1764. (folio 12)

6. Letter from Mr. Francis. Application to Mr. Mitchell for information respecting the King of Prussia to be used in the work he (Mr. Francis) is composing on a General History of the War. Dated London, 20 February 1759. (folio 19)

7. Letter from Mr. Harris. Thanks for Mr. Mitchell’s attention to his son. Lord Lyttleton, and his work. Lord Shaftsbury’s pieces. Dated Salisbury, 8 November 1767. (folio 22)

8. Letter from Mr. Irvin. A printed letter, enclosing a proposal for publishing a dissertation on the Baths of the Ancients, by James Irvin M.D. Dated London, 6 February 1760. (folio *24)

9. Letter from Dr. Lewis. Transmitting some copies of his Commercium Philosophico-Technicum to be presented to the King of Prussia, Professor Gellert, etc. Dated Lewis is preparing a complete History of Platina. Dated Kingston on Thames, 6 September 1763. (folio 24)

10. Letter from Mr. Mallet. Recommendation of Mr. Wolrich, concerned in the woollen manufactory at Leeds. [Not dated]. (folio 26)

11. Letter from Mr. Millar. Account of his brother’s services. Mr. Dundas is appointed Lord President, in the room of Cragie, deceased. Mr. Millar is printing Lord George Sackville’s Trial, by authority. Notices of Mallet, Paterson, Gray, Quin, George Scott, etc. Dated London, 15 April 1760. (folio 28)

12. Letter from Mr. Millar. Orders executed for Mr. Mitchell, and Bill of expenses. Account of Fussli [Fuseli]. Removal of General Conway from his regiment. Reports of other changes. Notices of Mallet and G. Scott. Dated London, 4 May 1764. (folio 30)

13. Letter from Mr. Millar. Change in administration. Remarks on the abuse of Pitt. The King of Prussia is lowered in popularity. Lord Bute. Hume’s History, and correspondence between him and Ronson [Robertson?]. New edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s works preparing by MR. Smith of Cambridge. Notices of Gray, Reid, Carmichael, and Ferguson. Promotion of Dr. Lowth and friendship for Hume. Dated Kent Green, 28 August 1764. (folio 32)

14. Letter from Mr. Montague. Recommendation of the son of Mr. Harris. Account of Hume and Rousseau. Ferguson’s History of the Progress of Society. The Duke of Buccleuch [Henry Scott]’s intended marriage. Lord Chatham [William Pitt]. Dated Hill Street, 6 March 1767. (folio 34)

15. Letter from Mr. Roberts. Enclosing some letters from Mr. Scott. Dated Albemarle Street, 15 April 1762. (folio 38)

16. Letter from Mr. George Scott. Account of his appointment to be a Commissioner of excise, and of his leaving the Prince’s service. Congratulations on affairs in Saxony. Mr. Mitchell accused of being ‘too much a Prussian’. Dated London, 11 March 1758. (folio 40)

17. Letter from Mr. George Scott. Remarks on the King of Prussia’s victories, and affairs on the continent. Behaviour of Mr. Pitt during the late crisis. Popularity of the young King [George III]. Unanimity in Politics. Prosperity of the revenue, particularly the excise. Dated London, 24 November 1760. (folio 44)

18. Letter from Mr. Scott of Dunninald. Mr. Mitchell is desired not to apply in his behalf to Lord Bute for the present. Dated Dunninald, 29 July 1762. (folio 47)

19. Letter from Mr. Scott of Dunninald. Account of a memorial drawn up by him and submitted to the Government, on an expected dearth of corn. Dated Dunninald, 3 January 1763. (folio 49)

20. (Enclosed). Copy of an advertisement in September 1762. A letter from a farmer to his friend in London, [Written by Mr. Scott]. (folio 51)

21. Letter from Mr. Stone. Enclosing letter from Mr. Lockhart to his son Colonel Lockhart, recalling him from the Austrian service. Dated Whitehall, 3 March 1761. (folio 56)

22. Letter from Sir Edward Wilmot. Relative to the case of the Prince of Anhalt-Dessau [Leopold III], afflicted with an ulcerated cancer. Dated Jermyn Street, 22 May 1760. (folio 58) [See Add MS 6839, Vol. XXXVI of the Mitchell papers, folios 163 and 173]

23. Letter from Monsieur Algarotti. Compliments to Mr. Mitchell of his situation at the Battle of Zorndorf. Dated Boulogne, 10 October 1758. (folio 60)

24. Letter from Monsieur Algarotti. Repetition of the same compliments. The Abbé Bastiani. Report of an engagement between the Prince Ferdinand and the French, near Frankfurt. Capture of Guadeloupe. Dated Boulogne, 24 April 1759. (folio 62)

25. Letter from Monsieur Algarotti. Thanks for Mr. Mitchell’s attention to Mr. Reccano. Dated Boulogne, 13 May 1759. (folio 65)

26. Letter from the Marquis d’Argens [Jean-Baptiste de Boyer]. Relative to the dismissal of a French Gentleman named M. de Meroge, from the suite of Prince Henry. Dated Berlin, 7 August 1763. (folio 67)

27. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Dreadful fire in the Cathedral. Death of the Abbé Joseph. Comte de Sinzendorff. General Donop. Dated Breslau, 20 June 1759. (folio 69)

28. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. In General terms, partly relating to private affairs. Dated Breslau, 4 August 1759. (folio 71)

29. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Victory of the King of Prussia over the Russians. General intelligence. Dated Breslau, 17 August 1759. (folio 73)

30. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Congratulations on the successes of Great Britain. French project of a descent into England. Satirical verses fixed on the apartments at Versailles. Disagreement between the Russian and Austrian Generals. Death of the Landgrave of Cassel. General Donop is recalled. Advantage gained over the Duke of Arenberg [Charles Marie Raymond]’s troops. Dated Breslau, 4 November 1759. (folio 75)

31. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Mr. Mitchell’s wine. Account of Mr. Reccanè. Dated Berlin, 20 May 1760. (folio 77)

32. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Application in favour of the Baroness de Glaubitz of Breslau, a friend of Mr. Mitchell’s. Dated Berlin, 6 December 1760. (folio 79)

33. (Enclosed). Case of Mademoiselle de Glaubitz. (folio 80)

34. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. On the same subject. Dated Berlin, 9 December 1760. (folio 82)

35. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Still on the same subject. General Seydlitz proceeds to Leipzig. Dated Berlin, 20 January 1761. (folio 84)

36. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Chiefly on private affairs. Dated Breslau, 26 May 1763. (folio 86)

37. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Private affairs. Dated Breslau, 4 September 1763. (folio 88)

38. Letter from the Abbé Bastiani. Departure of Prince Charles of Saxony for Poland, under the name of the Comte de Meissen. Orders given to the clergy not to travel without permission. Dated [Breslau], 30 October 1763. (folio 90)

39. Letter from Mr. Catt. Enclosing copies of two papers relative to the debts of Mess. Bodisco and Brost and the Chancellery of Russia to the late Prussian Consul, Kühn. Dated Breslau, 17 July 1762. (folio 92)

40. (Enclosed). Debts of M.M. Bodisco and Brost or St. Petersburg, to the late Consul Kühn, attested by his widow. (folio 94)

41. (Enclosed). Debt of the Chancellery of St. Petersburg to the late Consul Kühn, certified by his widow. (folio 96)

42. Letter from Mr. Catt. A friendly letter in general terms. Dated Potsdam, 13 April 1764. (folio 98)

43. Letter from Mr. Catt. Forwarding a letter from the King of Prussia to Sir Andrew Mitchell. Dated Potsdam, 28 November 1767. (folio 100)

44. Letter from Dr. Cothenius. Illness of Mr. Scott. Compliments from Prince Henry. Dated Wittenberg, 7 March 1760. (folio 102)

45. Letter from Professor Gillert. A letter of thanks. Dated Leipzig, 30 July 1761. (folio 104)

46. Letter from Monsieur Des Granges. Asking letters of recommendation to General Yorke, for his brother. Dated Wittenberg, 17 February 1761. (folio 106)

47. Letter from M. Hertzberg. A friendly letter, in general terms. Dated Berlin, 25 June 1765. (folio 108)

48. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. Inquiries after Mr. Mitchell’s health, which had been attacked by a violent pleurisy, and attended by a physician named Mutzelius. Dated Breslau, 5 December 1762. (folio 110)

49. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. Acknowledging a present of wine. Cloth and Hungary wine purchased for Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Püchler. Dated Breslau, 10 July 1763. (folio 112)Annexed is a note of the expense of the cloth and wine. (folio 114)

50. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. Medicinal advice to Mr. Mitchell. Affair of Püchler. Dated Breslau, 17 August 1763. (folio 115)

51. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. Medicinal advice, with two recipes, marked Nos. 1 and 2. Dated Breslau, 1 October 1763. (folio 118)

52. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. He is unable to procure any seed of leerbaum for Mr. Mitchell. Hungarian wine purchased. Dated Breslau, 18 December 1763. (folio 121)

53. (Enclosed). From M. Hartzlein. Relative to the leerbaum seed. (In German). Dated Brausdorff, 16 October 1763. (folio 123)

54. Letter from Dr. Jagwitz. Establishment of a school for carrying on a system of instruction, the plan of which has been submitted to Lord Clive. [The letter is imperfect at the conclusion]. (folio *123) [See also Add MS 6871, Volume LXVIII of the Mitchell papers, folio 124]

55. Letter from Monsieur Jordan. Enclosing an account for the last year. Dated Berlin, 1 January 1760. (folio 126)

56. Letter from Monsieur Jordan. Acknowledgement of money paid. Dated Berlin, 13 February 1760. (folio 128)

57. Letter from Monsieur Jordan. Orders received from Mr. Mitchell to pay postage. Dated Berlin, 19 January 1761. (folio 130)

58. Letter from Madame Lieberkuhn. She wishes Mr. Mitchell to recommend the purchase of her late husband’s anatomical collections to the Royal Society of London for 1000 guineas. Dated Berlin, 17 October 1761. (folio 132)

59. Letter from Madame de Maupertuis. Application to Mr. Mitchell to obtain the exchange of a nephew of the late Mr. Maupertuis, captured in the Minerva, and prisoner of war in Portsmouth. Dated Magdeburg, 11 March 1761. (folio 134)

60. Letter from Monsieur de Schulemburg. Information from the army. Proceedings in Parliament relative to Lord Marischal [George Keith]. Dated Au fauxbourg de Zelle, 21 December 1757. (folio 136)

61. Letter from Professor Sulzer. Recommendation of the anatomical collection of the late M. Lieberkuhn, A printed catalogue of the collection is enclosed. Dated Berlin, 17 October 1761. (folio 138)

62. Letter from Professor Sulzer. Thanks to Mr. Mitchell for the present of one of Dolland’s telescope, and remarks on its construction and value. Dated Berlin, 31 October 1761. (folio 143)