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Palmerston, Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount, 1739-1802. Album, 1766-1818.

Title: Album, 1766-1818.

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of over two hundred newspaper clippings, printed pamphlets, and handwritten poems, songs, riddles, epigrams, and epitaphs, primarily lighthearted, satirical, or sentimental. The volume begins with a substantial collection of newspaper clippings. Clippings dated in the 1760s include letters to the editor regarding politics and Parliament, many written by "Thersites," including one criticizing a proposal to stimulate trade with American colonies; copies of General Charles Lee's correspondence with General John Burgoyne in 1775 about the colonies; a letter by Benedict Arnold dated 1780 "to the inhabitants of America"; and other newspaper clippings concerning the American Revolution. Some of the clippings are annotated, including a poem above which is written, "Horace Earl of Orford to Lady Powis." This section of the manuscript also includes many satirical verses on political and social subjects, including many poems by "P. Phillips." The volume also contains a substantial number of verse prologues and epilogues to theatrical plays by Edward Topham; Samuel Foote; and George Colman; songs with titles such as An ode to Mr Pitt; The Parliament man; State of slavery in the British West India Islands; The last day, by Jonathan Swift; and numerous verse epitaphs. In numerous places, names of public and political persons have been written in where they have been disguised or omitted in the printed text. These clippings are followed by primarily handwritten satirical, sentimental, and serious poems, epigrams, epitaphs, and riddles, many written by or about members of the nobility, often in the form of occasional poems on social subjects. These include The squirrels of Hagley Park to Miss Warburton's squirrel, "written by George Lord Lyttleton in the name of his son who was then courting Miss Warburton"; To Lady Pembroke with an artificial rose by Lord Holland then Mr Fox in the year 1725; On the marriage of Bishop Warburton; To Lady Mary Coke ill with St Anthony's fire by Horace Walpole; several poems by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; and On a young woman found dead in the fields near London, "by Miss Young daughter of Sir William Young." The collection also includes numerous verses by David Garrick; Henry James Pye; George Byron; George Canning; "Rev. Mr. Arden"; "Captain Morris"; and William Spencer. Several entries are related to theatrical subjects, including a list of resolutions "formed to promote regularity at Shanes Castle during the meeting for acting Cymbeline"; Epilogue to the Fashionable Friends, spoken by Anne Damer; and, in print, Epilogue to the theatrical representation at Strawberry Hill, written by Johanna Baillie and spoken by Anne Damer in 1800. Other verses concern Napoleon Buonaparte and Waterloo; the funeral of Joshua Reynolds; the death of Horatio Nelson; and the pleasures of town and country life.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (126 leaves) ; 49 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702186256 View

The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : including a journal of a tour to the Hebrides, extra-illustrated, 1711-1834 (inclusive).

Title: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : including a journal of a tour to theHebrides, extra-illustrated, 1711-1834 (inclusive).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to thetext, compiled by collector William Upcott.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (1.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01790/catalog View

Hamond, Andrew Snape, Sir, 1738-1828. Letter from Andrew Snape Hamond to Lord Palmerston [manuscript], 1777 May 28.

Title: Letter from Andrew Snape Hamond to Lord Palmerston [manuscript], 1777 May 28.

Letter from Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Comptroller of the British Royal Navy, to Lord Henry Palmerston, written while Hamond was serving in the Roebuck in the Delaware River. The letter discuses the loss of men at Antigua and subsequent impressment of new sailors from merchant ships, and the destruction of Rebel magazines.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647984641 View

Henry Adams autograph album, 1833-1939.

Title: Henry Adams autograph album, 1833-1939.

Autograph album compiled by American historian and author Henry Adams.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01512/catalog View

James Douglas papers 1738-1850 1738-1787 Douglas, James, papers

Title: James Douglas papers 1738-1850 1738-1787 Douglas, James, papers

The James Douglas papers are comprised of letters, letter books, logbooks, account books, and official naval documents relating to the career of Sir James Douglas, a British Admiral who was active in European and Caribbean waters and participated in the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg.

ArchivalResource: 26 volumes and 29 loose letters and documents

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1216dou?rgn=main;view=text View

North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792. Letter and lithograph, 1779-1833.

Title: Letter and lithograph, 1779-1833.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367393804 View

Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820. 97 ALS and 1 AL to Henry Temple, 2nd viscount Palmerston and Mary (Mee) Temple, viscountess Palmerston; various locations, 1788 Jul 9 - 1804 Nov 7.

Title: 97 ALS and 1 AL to Henry Temple, 2nd viscount Palmerston and Mary (Mee) Temple, viscountess Palmerston; various locations, 1788 Jul 9 - 1804 Nov 7.

Manuscripts, in a single hand, of Blagden's correspondence with Lord and Lady Palmerston. 71 letters are addressed to Lord Palmerston and 27 to Lady Palmerston. The letters discuss personal affairs, including the health of Lord Palmerston, his travels, and social news about acquaintances, especially of the marriage negotiations of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, and of his daughter. Blagden also discusses political and military news, giving his correspondents extensive reports on the fighting at Madras and Seringapatam; the conclusion of a treaty between Sweden and Russia; and Dagobert Wurmser's actions against Napoleon Buonaparte in 1796. He also mentions sales of art collections, including those of the Duke of Orleans and the importation of an Egyptian statue to London, declaring that "the features of the countenance are sufficiently entire to assist in deciding the much-contested question, whether the acient Egyptians were Blacks," and comparing the statue to "our present negroes." Finally, the letters occasionally mention scientific matters and meetings of the Royal Society of London.

ArchivalResource: 1 case ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175175 View

Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

Title: Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).

A collection of single letters, documents, and manuscripts, primarily dating to the 18th century, from the collection of Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 1 vol. (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01762/catalog View

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.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01781/catalog View

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Letter signed : Ferney, to Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, 1765 Sept. 11.

Title: Letter signed : Ferney, to Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, 1765 Sept. 11.

Thanking him for a book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270586013 View