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Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834. Letters signed (5) : London, to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1793 Jan. 4-Feb. 15.

Title: Letters signed (5) : London, to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1793 Jan. 4-Feb. 15.

Giving him detailed instructions for his diplomatic mission to the King of Prussia, emphasizing British opposition to the proposed partition of Poland, setting out proposed peace terms with France, etc.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (65 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270510584 View

Whitworth, Charles Whitworth, Earl, 1752-1825,. Autograph letter signed from Charles Whitworth, Earl Whitworth, to Charles Mathews [manuscript], 1822 July 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Charles Whitworth, Earl Whitworth, to Charles Mathews [manuscript], 1822 July 1.

Supporting his Shakespeare Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299096144 View

Scientists Collection, 1563-1973

Title: Scientists Collection 1563-1973

The Scientists Collection is comprised of individual letters and small groups of correspondence from American, British, French, and German scientists during the past three centuries. Although the content is highly varied, there is significant strength in astronomy, natural history, conchology, and geology. Among the scientists better represented in the collection are the astronomers William Radcliffe Birt, J.F.W. Herschel, and Franz Xaver von Zach; the conchologists A.D. Brown, Fred L. Button, Otto Mörch, Alfred Newton, Christian M. Poulsen, Temple Prime, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, and A. G. Wetherby; the physical scientists George Biddell Airy, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ferdinand R. Hassler, and Max Planck; the archaeologist Jean François Nadaillac; the philosopher William Whewell; and the naturalists Walter Henry Bates, Robert Chambers, Edme Dupuget, Robert Kaye Greville, Joseph Henry, John Stevens Henslow, John Lubbock, and Herbert Spencer.

ArchivalResource: 5.75 Linear feet; 13 upright boxes, 8 oversize folders.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.L56-ead.xml View

Gregory, William, 1766-1840. William Gregory papers, 1794-1838.

Title: William Gregory papers, 1794-1838.

The series consists of papers of William Gregory from 1794-1838. The bulk of the collection is comprised of records that relate to Gregory's service as Civil-Undersecretary of Ireland. The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence, account books, and official papers. The incoming (1799-1838, bulk 1813, 1819-1830) and outgoing (1807-1835) correspondence is mainly between Gregory and the Chief Secretaries concerning the Irish administration, Catholic emancipation, famine, and civil unrest. The correspondents include Sir Robert Peel, Charles Whitworth, Charles Grant, Charles Talbot (Baron Talbot), Henry Goulburn, Richard Wellesley, William Saurin, William Lamb (Viscount Melbourne), Francis Egerton (Earl of Ellesmere), William Vesey Fitzgerald (Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey, and Henry William Paget (Marquis Angelsey). Among the professional papers are the account books of the Irish Secret Service (1811-1826), the account of Secret Service Money (1806-1821), and a civil list of Ireland listing state officers, civil servants, their salaries and tenure. The papers also contain typescripts for Lady Gregory's, MR. GREGORY'S LETTERBOX. The work is comprised of letters written by Gregory from 1813-1835, which were transcribed and edited by Lady Gregory for publication. Many of these letters however, were not included in the published volume. The small amount of personal papers is comprised of letters from family members, personal account books (1790-1813, 1831-1839), and datebooks (1812-1836). Letters from William Gregory to his grandson, William Henry Gregory are found in William Henry Gregory's papers.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft. (in 18 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863294 View

Letters from various correspondents, 1807-1832 (inclusive), 1814-1829 (bulk).

Title: Letters from various correspondents, 1807-1832 (inclusive), 1814-1829 (bulk).

Letters to English painter and president of the Royal Academy Thomas Lawrence from English aristocrats concerning business and social engagements and his portrait paintings.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00991/catalog View

Shakespeare Society correspondence [manuscript], 1821-1822.

Title: Shakespeare Society correspondence [manuscript], 1821-1822.

5 letters from Vice-Presidents, including the Earl of Aberdeen, Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl Spencer, Earl Whitworth, and Duke of Bedford, of an unidentified Shakespeare Society, supporting the proposed erection of a monument to Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon. Two letters (3, 4) addressed to Charles Mathews. (1), (2), and (5) addressed to the Earl of Blessington.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299095114 View