Letters of William Cowper, 1st earl of Cowper, and Lady Cowper
Overview
Letters to William Cowper, 1st Earl of Cowper (circa 1665-1723) and his mother, Lady Sarah Cowper, regarding governmental, political, and social matters. Cowper served as the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain after Scotland joined the Union in the early 1700s.
Dates
- Creation: between 1688 and 1712 (?)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
5 folders
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P451
Physical Location
MS P130
Physical Location
MS P294
Physical Location
MS P452
Physical Location
MS P232
Custodial History
Apparently collected by Thomas Carew (1702-1766), Member of Parliament for Minehead; remained in the library of the Somerset Carews [Crowcombe Court, near Watchet] until it was sold by Quaritch. All of these items (except the letter from Newcastle at MS P232) show signs of having been mounted in an album.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Quaritch, 1968
Separated Materials
Engraved portrait of Halifax, 36 x 22.22 cm.; portrait mounted on paper, from an album? Roundel of bust of "George Savile Marquis of Hallifax"; vignette beneath of Halifax offering William and Mary the crown (1689). Originally found with MS P451. Removed to portraits collection located at DK 36B:6.
Engraved portrait of Godolphin by Houbrach, 1740, trimmed to fit album. On verso of the leaf on which the portrait is mounted is a manuscript caption for a letter "Thomas Osbourne 1st Duke of Leeds to Lord Cowper..." Originally found with MS P130. Removed to portraits collection located at DK 36B:7.
- Title
- Guide to the Cowper Family Correspondence
- Subtitle
- Letters of William Cowper, 1st earl of Cowper, and Lady Cowper
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1974. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006. Finding aid revised by cl, 2010.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7610921541
- Preferred citation
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Letters of William Cowper, 1st earl of Cowper, and Lady Cowper, MS P451, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository