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Angelo family. Angelo family papers, 1762-1805.

Title: Angelo family papers, 1762-1805.

The records of the famed Angelo family who ran a fashionable fencing academy in London from the 1750s to the 1890s include personal and business correspondence and legal documents including leases, assignments and grants concerning the Angelo and Johnson famileis (1798-1806) as well as more recent related papers inserted in a modern notebook along with fragments of letters and photographs. The Angelo corresponded with such fashionable figures as Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Sheridan, Elizabeth Anne Sheridan, Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensbury, Catherine, Duchess of Queensbury, Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke, and Alfred Forman. The friendly and chatty letters discuss the practicalities of travelling, living in London, London society and gossip, the London theatre, and family news as well as political issues of the day (the Seven Years War, Warren Hastings, and the government of Bengal).

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 folio folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702183474 View

Upcott, William, 1779-1845,. [Collection of autograph letters], 18th and 19th century.

Title: [Collection of autograph letters], 18th and 19th century.

Collection of autograph letters by various English peers, statesmen, antiquaries, and others, primarily on miscellaneous business subjects. These include letters from King George IV; Thomas Spring-Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle; Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; and Charles Gordon Lennox, Duke of Richmond. The volume also contains letters written to Upcott by friends and professional acquaintances, primarily on antiquarian, collecting, and social matters. These include two letters from John Thomas Smith, keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, in which he asks to see Upcott's Garrick collection; and numerous letters from others which discuss plates, publications, drawings, and improvements to paintings and art objects.

ArchivalResource: 73 items (in 1 v.) ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175356 View

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

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

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734-1794,. Autograph letter from Henry Herbert Pembroke, Wilton House, to Mrs. Garrick, at Bath [manuscript], [17]70 October 5.

Title: Autograph letter from Henry Herbert Pembroke, Wilton House, to Mrs. Garrick, at Bath [manuscript], [17]70 October 5.

About an ice house maker.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230391410 View

Morris, Roger, 1695-1749. Palladian architectural designs.

Title: Palladian architectural designs. ca. 1710-ca. 1749.

Designs by English architects Roger Morris and William Kent include the following drawings: by Morris are a garden alcove, elevation and scale; a square temple with pyramid roof, elevation with plan and scale; a circular domed temple with four pedimented niches, elevation and plan; and a sketch for the Great Room at Whitton Place, Middlesex. These drawings are believed to stem from a collection of Morris designs in a 1917 sale from the library at Wilton House, the seat of the Earl of Pembroke who was a frequent collaborator of Morris. Also included is a design for an obelisk attributed to Morris. By Kent is a design for a ceiling with a fragmentary inscription on the verso in Kent's hand: "...but you had best keep a blank margin of three inches all round."

ArchivalResource: 6 drawings : sepia ink and wash, grey ink and wash, watercolor, pen and ink and grey wash ; 46 x 28 or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82949047 View

Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734-1794,. Autograph letter initialed by Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to David Garrick, Adelphi [manuscript], 1777 July 6 Sunday.

Title: Autograph letter initialed by Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to David Garrick, Adelphi [manuscript], 1777 July 6 Sunday.

He writes that the best thing he can do is divulge his correspondence. "My vanity at least will be satisfied thereby, for it will prove how much I was right and you wrong."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 20 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/444510591 View