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DROPMORE PAPERS. Vol. CLXXVII (ff. 226). 1. ff. 1-59v. William Frederick Wyndham; 1793-1806. 2. ff. 60-109v. Hugh Elliot; 1791-1801. 3. ff. 110-181v. William Elliot; 1791-1799. 4. ff. 182-226v. Sir William Hamilton; 1793-1802.includes:ff. 1-59v Wil..., 1791-1806

Title: DROPMORE PAPERS. Vol. CLXXVII (ff. 226). 1. ff. 1-59v. William Frederick Wyndham; 1793-1806. 2. ff. 60-109v. Hugh Elliot; 1791-1801. 3. ff. 110-181v. William Elliot; 1791-1799. 4. ff. 182-226v. Sir William Hamilton; 1793-1802.includes:ff. 1-59v Wil... 1791-1806

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803. Letters, memoranda, and drawings concerning Pompei and recent eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Etna, 1760-1799.

Title: Letters, memoranda, and drawings concerning Pompei and recent eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Etna, 1760-1799.

Scrapbook containing correspondence and copies of letters of Sir William Hamilton, including letters from Archibald McLauchlan, a letter by Sir Horace Mann, copied by Hamilton, and a letter from Hamilton to Lady Hamilton; notes by Lady Hamilton; memoranda, plans, and drawings in color of the eruptions of Vesuvius and Etna in 1793; and an account of the eruptions by Fra Antonio da Petrizzi. Also includes a color lithograph of Lady Hamilton by Giovanni Battista Cipriani.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.16 linear ft.)

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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,. "A collection of Plans of all the Fortified Places in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, exactly drawn from the originals in the possession of His Sicilian Majesty, upon a smaller scale ..." [presented and inscribed to King George III., by Sir William Hamilton, envoy at Naples, 24 Sept. 1766].

Title: "A collection of Plans of all the Fortified Places in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, exactly drawn from the originals in the possession of His Sicilian Majesty, upon a smaller scale ..." [presented and inscribed to King George III., by Sir William Hamilton, envoy at Naples, 24 Sept. 1766]. 1766.

ArchivalResource: [66] leaves (1 folded) : [38] plans ; 32 x 23 cm.

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Kinnoull, Thomas Hay, Earl of, 1710-1787. Autograph letter signed : Brodsworth, near Doncaster, Yorks., to an unidentified correspondent [probably Sir William Hamilton], 1769 Nov. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Brodsworth, near Doncaster, Yorks., to an unidentified correspondent [probably Sir William Hamilton], 1769 Nov. 12.

Thanking him for books on the antiquities of Herculaneum presented to the University of St. Andrews and asking him to convey their thanks to the King of Naples.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815. Statement of claim : manuscript, 1813 Feb. 7.

Title: Statement of claim : manuscript, 1813 Feb. 7.

Statement claiming expenses paid by Lady Hamilton in the course of her diplomatic relations in Europe, chiefly with the Neapolitan royal family, from 1791 to ca. 1805, in an endeavor to obtain from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Foreign Office) a grant compensating her estimation of £20,000. The statement gives some account of events concerning her husband, Sir William Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves in one quire : 15 cm.

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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805. Horatio Nelson correspondence with Lady Emma Hamilton and others, 1760-1869.

Title: Horatio Nelson correspondence with Lady Emma Hamilton and others, 1760-1869.

Correspondence of Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton with King George III and other heads of state, Hamilton's husband William Hamilton, and many others, together with portraits of Nelson, Hamilton, and others, and engravings of Nelson, and naval battles, among other items.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

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Letters, memoranda, and drawings concerning Pompei and recent eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius and Etna, 1760-1799.

Title: Letters, memoranda, and drawings concerning Pompei and recent eruptionsof Mt. Vesuvius and Etna, 1760-1799.

Scrapbook of letters and drawings concerning Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etnacollected by Sir William and Lady Hamilton.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.16 linear ft.)

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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Letter : [London], to Sir William Hamilton, 1792 Sept. 30.

Title: Letter : [London], to Sir William Hamilton, 1792 Sept. 30.

ALS from Walpole and endorsed by Hamilton first commenting on Lady Emma Hamilton "good sense" among other compliments. The first part of the letter is a critique of the artistry of antique vases, in response to the publication of Hamilton's work, Collection of engravings from ancient vases. The rest of the letter is a "catalogue of the horrors" that are occuring in France commenting both on friends and then on the more general slaughter by Parisian mobs in 1792 as well as the capturing of Louis XVI and his family.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([4] p.) ; 21 cm.

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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute manuscript material : 1 item, 1770

Title: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute manuscript material : 1 item 1770

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III. To Sir William Hamilton, diplomat and art collector : 1 autograph letter : 7 Apr 1770 : (MISC 0438) : on personal plans.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Mackenzie, James Stewart, d. 1799. Autograph letter signed : Hill Street, to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1779 June 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Hill Street, to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1779 June 8.

Making mention of astronomical instruments being manufactured for Sir John Acton (presumably for the reorganized Neopolitan navy) by Jesse Ramsden with Mackenzie's praises of Ramsden, and including remarks on current international developments.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (7 p.) ; (8vo)

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Sir George Osborn manuscript material : 4 items, 1768-1778

Title: Sir George Osborn manuscript material : 4 items 1768-1778

Sir George Osborn, British Army officer. To Sir William Hamilton, diplomat and art collector : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 30 Aug 1768 : (MISC 0346) : from Charles Street, Berkeley Square : with political news of England and the Colonies; begins, "Your kind & friendly letter dated July 26th gave me the greatest pleasure ..." -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 15 Feb 1771 : (MISC 0347) : from Charles Street, Berkeley Square : begins, "My last letter dated the 8th of this month will have informed you of His Majesty's intentions relative to the three northern courts ..."; with armorial red wax seal. -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 10 Feb 1778 : (MISC 0348) : from London : begins, "I am always unwilling to trespass on your time which I know is so fully & so well employed." With red wax seal. -- 1 autograph letter unsigned : 13 Oct 1778 : (MISC 0349) : from Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire : begins, "A very long journey of above a thousand miles, & a variety of ccupations have prevented me from having the pleasure of writing to you lately ...".

ArchivalResource: 4 items

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LETTERS, ETC., TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, K.B., mostly as Envoy at Naples; 1766-1800, n.d. Partly French, Italian and Spanish. Presented by Mrs Evelyn M. Nightingale. Paper; ff. 98. Folio. 1766-1800., 1766-1800

Title: LETTERS, ETC., TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, K.B., mostly as Envoy at Naples; 1766-1800, n.d. Partly French, Italian and Spanish. Presented by Mrs Evelyn M. Nightingale. Paper; ff. 98. Folio. 1766-1800. 1766-1800

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Bovey-Oddy, 1806-1818

Title: Bovey-Oddy 1806-1818

ArchivalResource: 1 volume

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Worsley, Thomas, 1710-1778. Autograph letter signed : to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1768 Dec. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1768 Dec. 27.

Concerning a commission he has executed for Sir William, with references to mutual friends, art matters, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

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Boydell, John, 1719-1804,. Autograph letters signed from John Boydell to various people [manuscript], 1793-1804.

Title: Autograph letters signed from John Boydell to various people [manuscript], 1793-1804.

Recipients: Sir John W. Anderson (1), George Hollington Barker (2-3), Thomas Burke (4) and Sir William Hamilton (5). The letters discuss his prints of certain paintings, including those of scenes from Shakespeare and how instrumental he had been in establishing an English school of engraving and an English school of historical painting. (1) is endorsed: "Concerning Boydell lottery." (4) consists of the bottom fragment of Burke's letter to Boydell, with Boydell's answer. (5) is endorsed: "Account of the Pictures presented by him to the Corporation of London for their Council Chamber."

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Beckford, William, 1760-1844. William Beckford collection, 1735-1967.

Title: William Beckford collection, 1735-1967.

The William Beckford Collection consists of correspondence, a few manuscripts, personal papers of Beckford family members, and other papers relating to Beckford research and collections.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear feet (13 boxes) + 1 oil painting.

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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806. Letter signed : London, to Sir William Hamilton, 1782 May 17.

Title: Letter signed : London, to Sir William Hamilton, 1782 May 17.

Concerning the news of victories over the Dutch in the East Indies.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Letter : Arlington Street [London, Eng.], to Sir William Hamilton, 1776 Feb. 18.

Title: Letter : Arlington Street [London, Eng.], to Sir William Hamilton, 1776 Feb. 18.

Letter to Sir William Hamilton and his wife, Catherine, in Naples in which Walpole expresses his views on a number of sites that the Hamiltons saw in Switzerland, Naples, and Paris and his preference for art rather than the "anatomy of nature." He recounts some recent experiences with art sales including the sale of a preported Van Dyck 'Madonna and Child' as well as 'Mariette's glorious sale' and complains of some recent treatment of paintings belonging to the Prince of Monaco at the Palais-Royal. He urges Lady Hamilton "to beg, buy, or steal all the plumes" as they are all the fashion.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([4] p.) ; 21 cm.

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X. George Cumberland, the elder: Letter to [Sir William Hamilton], the diplomat and archaeologist; Rome, 4 Dec. 1787. Cumberland seeks 'your opinion of my scheme for unfolding the Manuscripts' and proposes to raise the level of English artistic tast...

Title: X.George Cumberland, the elder: Letter to [Sir William Hamilton], the diplomat and archaeologist; Rome, 4 Dec. 1787. Cumberland seeks 'your opinion of my scheme for unfolding the Manuscripts' and proposes to raise the level of English artistic tast... 4 Dec 1787

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Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Sir William Hamilton, 1790 Jun. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Sir William Hamilton, 1790 Jun. 23.

Giving notification of his arrival in Paris.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Bowdler, Thomas, 1754-1825,. Autograph letter signed from Thomas Bowdler, London, to Le Chevalier Hamilton, envoy extraordinary at Naples [manuscript], 1781 June 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Thomas Bowdler, London, to Le Chevalier Hamilton, envoy extraordinary at Naples [manuscript], 1781 June 1.

Discusses the Royal Society and the exhibition at the Royal Academy.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803. Autograph letter signed : Naples, to Mr. Leigh, 1769 Oct. 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Naples, to Mr. Leigh, 1769 Oct. 1.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (oblong 12mo)

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Notebooks of Sir William Hamilton, 1747-93

Title: Notebooks of Sir William Hamilton 1747-93

ArchivalResource: 15 shelfmarks

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Lynch, William, Sir, d. 1785. Autograph letter signed : Turin, to [Sir William Hamilton?], 1771 Mar. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Turin, to [Sir William Hamilton?], 1771 Mar. 6.

Concerning a horse to be sent to Lord Pembroke and his own investiture with the Order of the Bath by the King of Sardinia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

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Johnston, Clement Dixon, 1895-1979,. Papers collected by Clement Dixon Johnston [manuscript], 1683-1943.

Title: Papers collected by Clement Dixon Johnston [manuscript], 1683-1943.

The collection includes a contemporary account, ca. 1676, of Bacon's rebellion; a warrant, 1683, signed by Lords Rochester and Godolphin, providing an annuity for Nell Gwyn; and South Carolina legal documents, 1703-1787, signed by Nicholas Trott, William Bull, William Henry Drayton, Aedanus Burke, and Thomas Heyward. Also autographs, 1723-1943, of Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, Georges I, III and IV of England, Rudyard Kipling, John Leech, and George S. Patton; and a letter, 1726, from Prince Eugene of Savoy, regarding a book he has received; a money order, 1738, for Thomas Hancock; a commission, 1760, signed by Lord Holderness, for Charles Chapman as captain in Charles Colvill's regiment of foot. Also a survey warrant, 1780, signed by Patrick Henry for acreage belonging to Georges Rogers Clark; a letter, 1784, from Lord Cornwallis to Lord Sydney, regarding British government and recommending an officer who formerly served under him; an account, 1786, signed by Edward Gibbon, for furniture made for him while in France; and a letter, 1789, from Aaron Burr on legal matters. Also a letter, 1793, from Alexander Hamilton to Henry Lee, regarding money owed by Virginia to the United States government; a commission, 1795, signed by Lord Portland, appointing James Garth captain in Lord Adam Gordon's regiment of foot; a money order, 1797, signed by William Hamilton; and a letter, ca. 1798, from Henry Lee to John Nicholson regarding financial matters. Also a certificate, 1803, signed by Napoleon I and Hugues-Bernard Maret, conferring the "sabre d'honneur" on Jean Baptiste Heloin; an appointment, 1806, signed by Lord Bedford, for an Irish tax commissioner, and a letter, 1812, from Isaac Shelby regarding his election as Kentucky governor. Also a letter, 1829, from Sir Walter Scott, regarding a library purchase; an 1835 Ohio land grant; a letter, 1845, Charles Dickens to Charles Robert Leslie regarding sitting for a portrait; and some poetry, 1848, copied and signed by Dolley Madison. Also a note, 1849, James Brooke to Samuel Wilberforce thanking him for his advocacy before the Bornean commission of inquiry, and correspondence and drawings, ca. 1859, of William Makepeace Thackeray regarding the character "Captain Strong" based on Henry Glynn. Also a letter, 1859, from Mary Custis Lee regarding family portraits, abolitionists and the raid on Harper's Ferry; a letter, 1862, from Joseph E. Johnston to P.G.T. Beauregard regarding James Longstreet's proposals for increasing C.S.A. army enlistment; and a Confederate soldier's travel expense account, 1862. Also a letter, ca. 1863, from Anne Thackeray Ritchie requesting an address; a letter, 1864, from Anthony Trollope regarding travel arrangements; a note, ca. 1869, from John Tenniel regarding his reputation; and a poem, 1874, signed by James Russell Lowell, regarding the first crop of cotton harvested by freedmen on Jefferson Davis's plantation together with a small wad of cotton and an explanatory note signed by James Freeman Clarke. Also a letter, 1891, from Mark Twain on the Clemens family; a letter, 1896, from James Longstreet defending his actions at Gettysburg; clippings, 1895, about Alexandre Dumas, fils; a letter, 1907, Brand Whitlock to W. Kerfoot Stewart regarding a friend arrested in Port Clinton, and a strike in Toldeo. Also a letter, 1913, Rudyard Kipling to Lord Curzon regarding a meeting of the Royal Literary Fund; a Christmas card, 1932, from Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt; a letter, 1937, from Carter Glass regarding Roosevelt's Supreme Court appointments; and a receipt, n.d., Alexander Pope to the Duke of Shrewsbury acknowledging payment for Pope's Iliad translation. Also a letter, n.d., from Warren Hastings on moral and religious values, coats-of-arms for the the Byron family and John Randolph of Roanoke; an invitation, n.d., from Lady Hamilton; and a letter, n.d., Thomas Frognall Dibdin to Thomas Joseph Pettigrew regarding a medieval sculpture found near Stonehenge. Also a note, n.d., from Alexandre Dumas, fils, authorizing publication of an essay on George Sand; an envelope in Mark Twain's hand, n.d., addressed to Charles Warren Stoddard, with a note about Bret Harte; a draft letter, n.d., signed by William Gillette regarding copyright for productions of Sherlock Holmes; a letter from Jerome K. Jerome on not working for "Toryism"; and two photographs, n.d., of Robert Louis Stevenson. Also printed portraits, n.d., of Samuel Adams, James Buchanan, Charles Carroll, Charles II and George IV of England, George Rogers Clark, Grover Cleveland, Jefferson Davis, Charles Dickens, Stephen A. Douglas, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hancock, Benjamin Harrison, Warren Hastings, Rutherford B. Hayes, Andrew Jackson, Rudyard Kipling, the Marquis de Lafayette, Napoleon I, Samuel Pepys, Franklin Pierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pope, and John Randolph.

ArchivalResource: 150(ca.) items.

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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843. Autograph letters signed (26) : Rome, etc., to Sir William Hamilton, British envoy to the Court of Naples, 1792 May 3-1798 Apr. and [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letters signed (26) : Rome, etc., to Sir William Hamilton, British envoy to the Court of Naples, 1792 May 3-1798 Apr. and [n.d.].

On social, political, and personal matters. Item 20 [September 1796] consists of extracts from letters to the Duke from Count Munster and Mr. Tatters copied out in the Duke's hand.

ArchivalResource: 26 items (60 p.) ; (8vo)

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803. Autograph letter signed : Naples, to M. Piranese, 1767 Oct. 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Naples, to M. Piranese, 1767 Oct. 3.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk).

Title: Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive); 1738-1866 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 9 volumes (2 linear ft.)

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Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute manuscript material : 1 item, 1770

Title: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute manuscript material : 1 item, 1770

· To Sir William Hamilton, diplomat and art collector : 1 autograph letter : 7 Apr 1770 (MISC 0438), on personal plans.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Say, William, 1768-1834,. [The Dilettanti Society] [graphic] / Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. ; Say sculp.

Title: [The Dilettanti Society] [graphic] / Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt. ; Say sculp. [1812]

A group portrait of seven members of the Dilettanti Society seated or standing around a table. A Grecian vase is on display in the center of the table; at the edge of the table is an open book with an engraving of a vase. Two wine bottles stand on the table and several of the men hold wine glasses in their hands. The seven men are identified in print under image as: Sir W.W. Wynn; Sir J. Taylor; Mr. Payne-Galway; Sir William Hamilton; Mr. Richard Thompson; Mr. Stanhope; Mr. Smith of Heath.

ArchivalResource: 1 print on wove paper : mezzotint ; image 49 x 38 cm., sheet 59 x 43 cm.

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Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

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CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. I. English historical autographs, etc., circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Henry VII, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, William III, Anne, and George II; Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Thomas, 3rd Bar..., approximately 16th century-20th century

Title: CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. I. English historical autographs, etc., circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Henry VII, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, William III, Anne, and George II; Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Thomas, 3rd Bar... c 16th century-20th century

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837. Sketchbook of a cruise on the Foudroyant, 1800-1806.

Title: Sketchbook of a cruise on the Foudroyant, 1800-1806.

Sketchbook containing 37 watercolors done by Ellis Cornelia Knight while on board Lord Nelson's flagship the Foudroyant with Sir William and Lady Emma Hamilton in 1800. Twenty-six sketches are views taken from the ship off the coast of Sicily, under sail to Malta, and returning from Malta to Palermo. There are also sketches taken in Palermo prior to sailing, and on excursions from the ship near Syracuse. Sketch 2, for example, shows the villa of Prince Ventimiglieri in Palermo; sketch 19 shows an excursion party rowing near Syracuse. There is an index at the back of the volume.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (47 p.) ; 14 cm x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702201905 View

Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803. Autograph letter signed : Naples, to Caddell, London, 1775 Mar. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Naples, to Caddell, London, 1775 Mar. 28.

Asking for Franklin's "Letters on electricity."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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Christie, James, 1773-1831,. Autograph letter signed from James Christie, London, to William Buchanan, Esqr., London [manuscript], 1824 April 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from James Christie, London, to William Buchanan, Esqr., London [manuscript], 1824 April 10.

Has been asked for anecdotes of certain collectors of paintings - Trumbull, Sir William Hamilton and Strange. Addressed from Christie at 8 King St., St. James' Sq., to Buchanan at George St., Euston Sq.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lyttelton, Charles, 1714-1768. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir William Hamilton, 1767 May 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir William Hamilton, 1767 May 22.

Thanking him for his exertions on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries and mentioning mutual friends.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270590789 View

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 72. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of Richard Westmacott, sculptor, (b.1799, d.1872) to William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint; 1 Aug. 1838. With three ink sketches presumably by Wyon deriv..., 1630-1977

Title: MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 72. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of Richard Westmacott, sculptor, (b.1799, d.1872) to William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint; 1 Aug. 1838. With three ink sketches presumably by Wyon deriv... 1630-1977

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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William Beckford collection, 1735-1967

Title: William Beckford collection 1735-1967

The William Beckford Collection consists of correspondence, a few manuscripts, personal papers of Beckford family members, and other papers relating to Beckford research and collections.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 13; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 7.75

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Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815. ALS : Merton, to an unidentified correspondent, 1806 Dec. 21.

Title: ALS : Merton, to an unidentified correspondent, 1806 Dec. 21.

Expresses her hope that provisions will be made for Mr. Oliver, a trusted servant in the Nelson-Hamilton household.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (7 p.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541889 View

Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803. Autograph letter signed : to Thomas Tyrwhitt Esq., secretary to H.R.H. George IV, 1802 June 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Thomas Tyrwhitt Esq., secretary to H.R.H. George IV, 1802 June 18.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270504681 View

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 338. British Library arrangement. A. Eleven letters from William Ewart Gladstone to Joseph Williams Blakesley, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and (1872) Dean of Lincoln, mainly concerning political a..., 1655-1983

Title: MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 338. British Library arrangement. A. Eleven letters from William Ewart Gladstone to Joseph Williams Blakesley, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and (1872) Dean of Lincoln, mainly concerning political a... 1655-1983

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Flaxman, John, 1755-1826. [Letter] 1793 Jul. 30, Rome [to] Sir William / John Flaxman.

Title: [Letter] 1793 Jul. 30, Rome [to] Sir William / John Flaxman.

Letter to Sir William Hamilton concerns Flaxman's proposed design for a monument for Lord Mansfield (1705-1793) to be placed in Westminster Abbey. Flaxman also copied a letter concerning the monument from the then current Lord Mansfield (1727-1796) of 1793, Jun. 28, London. -- Also the minutes of meetings 1800? Feb. 18 and Mar. possibly in the hand of John Flaxman as secretary; Joseph Hollekens was the chair. The minutes of the meetings are sequentially numbered 11 and 12.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191101090 View

Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. The volcano lover : a romance / by Susan Sontag.

Title: The volcano lover : a romance / by Susan Sontag. [1992]

ArchivalResource: 1 item (244 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28234194 View

Ramage, Nancy H., 1942-. The initial letters in Sir William Hamilton's 'Collection of antiquities'/ Nancy H. Ramage 1987.

Title: The initial letters in Sir William Hamilton's 'Collection of antiquities'/ Nancy H. Ramage 1987.

ArchivalResource: p. 446-456 ; ill. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702162715 View