Box 1
Container
Call Number: MS 37
Contains 15 Results:
Daily life, 1733 - 1803
File — Box: 1, Folder: A
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Bertie Brownlow, 5th Duke of Ancaster (died 1809) to Henry Arundell, 8th baron of Arundell (1740-1808), dated January 28, 1785 from Savile Row, congratulating Arundell on Miss Arundell's engagement
Charles Aynsley (died 1808, written after 1793) to John Davdison, sealed, requesting Davidson to defend his steward's wife
Sir Thomas Bootle, dated December 20, 1733 to lawyer Grey...
Dates:
1733 - 1803
Legal - estates, 1715 - 1807
File — Box: 1, Folder: B
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Henry Arundell, 8th baron of Arundell (1740-1808), dated August 9, 1791 from Winchester to "Sir," requesting a copy of a clause from Maria and Everard's marriage settlement
James Cranstoun, 6th baron of Cranstoun (died 1773) [or possibly William, 5th baron (died 1768)], dated March 26, 1768, Broad Street to Thomas Davidson, Oat Markett, Newcastle on Tyne (sealed), requesting Davidson keep an...
Dates:
1715 - 1807
Other legal matters, 1709-circa 1796
File — Box: 1, Folder: C
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Sir Francis Blake of Ford Castle, Northumberland, dated January 6, 1709 from London to Son Delavall regarding progress of case of Wm. [William] Mills against Charles and John Davison of Fenwicke
Andrew Thomas Stuart, 1st earl of Castle Stewart (died 1809), dated April 7, 1794 from Stewarthall near Dungannon to "Dear Sir" regarding his claim to title of Ochiltree
John Dunning,...
Dates:
1709-circa 1796
Politics - elections, 1739-probably 1791
File — Box: 1, Folder: D
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J[?] C[?] Curvin, M.P., probably dated 1791, to James [York? Losh?], requesting support for Sir Henry Dundas against Lord Euston
Henry Vane, 2nd earl of Darlington (died 1791), dated October 24 [?], 1760 from Durham, regarding the election; his brother and Shafto; canvassing Gateshead and Newcastle
John Hussey Delaval, baronet (died 1808), dated August 25, 1774 from...
Dates:
1739-probably 1791
Other political matters, 1795, 1806
File — Box: 1, Folder: E
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Two items in folder: Charles James Fitzgerald, Baron Lecale (died 1810), dated April 25, 1806 from Sloane Terrace, Knightsbridge to "Sir," providing tickets to Lord Melville's trial [Henry Dundas, 1st viscount, 1742-1811]; and James Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale (1736-1802), dated February 9, 1795 from London to "Sir," indicating he has not yet submitted recipient's petition about lighting and watching Carlisle Streets.
Dates:
1795, 1806
Government, 1776 - 1795
File — Box: 1, Folder: F
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Robert Monckton (1726-1782) as governor of Berwick, dated November 1776 from Briton St. to [William Grieve as Mayor of Berwick], indicating that meadow belongs to the governor of Berwick [pasted to cover dated 1809, directed to the Lady Emily Percy, Clifton, Bristol; sealed "Tom Hood']
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 4th duke of Portland (1768-1854) [as Marquess of Titchfield] from Devonshire...
Dates:
1776 - 1795
Military, 1760-[1829?]
File — Box: 1, Folder: G
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S. Bernard [for Mr. Secretary Dundas], dated December 10, 1791 from Whitehall to Charles Long [Baron Farnborough (1761-1838)], regarding the account submitted by Lieutenant Governor Macarmick [Sydney, Cape Briton--i.e. Novia Scotia] for outfitting the schooner Little Supply is hereby approved; Lord Grenville
George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester (1737-1788, was Viscount Mandeville from 1739-1762),...
Dates:
1760-[1829?]
Science and antiquarianism, [1791?]-1849
File — Box: 1, Folder: H
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William Conyngham (died 1796; an Irishman who changed his name from Burton in 1781), dated [1791?] to "Dear Sir," sending recipient a specimen of Goat's Heath, collected for "our society by Donald Stewart, a wandering Scot"; requesting recommendation for books on collecting mineralogy and botany; Sir J. Sinclair and his sheep; happy to help Highland Society; asking recipient to write Gough and ask him about...
Dates:
[1791?]-1849
Religion, 1741 - 1801
File — Box: 1, Folder: J
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Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich (1744-1837), dated August 19, 1801 from Durham to the Reverend Mr. Hollingsworth at Sedgefield, Durham regarding friendship; S.P.C.K. Tracts; Overton's publications; peace in Church; quinouarticular controversy
Philip Bearcroft (1697-1761) [as secretary to the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts], dated January 1741 at Charter House to Robert...
Dates:
1741 - 1801
Literature, publishing, art, and the stage, 1770 - 1815
File — Box: 1, Folder: K
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David Steuart Erskine, 11th earl of Buchan (1742-1829), dated May 9, 1770 from Middleton, West Lothian to "Sir" [writer of an Ecclesiastical History] declining dedication [attached to this is a card with the address of Lord Arden, "the Hand Writing of...Princess Augusta Sophia 6th Child of [King George III], Born 8 Nov 1768" pasted to cover directed to Miss Finch, St James Palace]
[N?] Clarke...
Dates:
1770 - 1815
General, 1711, 1782-1811
File — Box: 1, Folder: L
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W[?] Buchwald, baronet, dated May 1, 1788 from Hendorff to the Captain of the ship Mentor of Newcastle, and his lady Mentor at Howacht, inviting them to dine
Sir Grey Cooper (died 1801), dated October 21, 1782 from Martoun near Kelso to "Dear Sir," preparing for Cooper's arrival at Newcastle
Sir Grey Cooper, dated April 12, 1783 to "Dear Sir," indicating that Lord John...
Dates:
1711, 1782-1811
Dundas widow, 1798 - 1801
File — Box: 1, Folder: M
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11 letters total, 9 of which are from Mrs. E. Dundas of Southgate, the recent widow of a Captain in the India Company, to David Scott, Harley Street, recounting her sad financial circumstances, thanking him for his loans, begging not to be sent to India. Letters are dated February 20, May 14, and May 18, 1798; March 24, 1799; [?] April and April 20, 1800; May 7 and May [?], 1800; and an undated letter.Also in the folder are a letter from her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Dundas to...
Dates:
1798 - 1801
Letters received by Louis Dutens (1730-1812), [1771]-1801
File — Box: 1, Folder: N
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John Maurice, comte de Brühl (1736-1809), dated December 7, 1781 from Londres: Philidor's son has gotten a position in the estate of M. dela Borde in S. [Santo] Domingo and asking that receipient write a recommendation to de la Border; the comte asking it for the sake of their Chess Club [in French]
Frederick Howard, 5th earl of Carlisle (1748-1825), dated [December 7, 1801] from Grosvenor...
Dates:
[1771]-1801
Earls Grey - politics, 1783-179[7?]
File — Box: 1, Folder: P
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Charles Grey, 1st earl of Grey (1729-1807), dated July 6, 1786 from Fallodon to [John Davdison at Newcastle], enclosing his son's speech on being elected M.P. for Northumberland and an advertisement showing his gratitude, which he wishes inserted in all the papers [speech and ad by the younger Charles Grey attached, possibly not in his hand]
Charles Grey, 1st earl, dated January 21, 1783 from...
Dates:
1783-179[7?]
Archdeacon Thomas Sharp (1693-1758), [1725] - 1750
File — Box: 1, Folder: Q
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Dated December 3, [1725] from Whitton Tower to Mr. Alders at the Castle, Alnwick, asking if he must be present at this audit
Dated January 26 [1728/1729] to Grey [lawyer at Newcastle], discussing Clark's Latin grammar and Hoadly's distinctions of tenses; also letter dated February 24 [1728/1729] to Grey, asking him to transmit money to Sharp and discharging Mr. Areskine from debt; jokes on a...
Dates:
[1725] - 1750