Scrapbook, 1724-1807.

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl, 1694-1773

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Born into the English aristocracy, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield had the family connections and wealth to live, in the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, as "politician, wit, and letter-writer." Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, his family connections enabled him to leave his life of travel and leisure to take up at the age of 20 what was the beginning of a fluctuating political career. Chesterfield was influential in government circles but the role of o...

Tanner, Helen

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Leonard William Hartley, 1775-1815

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Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

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Epithet: servant to Lord Zouche British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x0001c1 ...

Hill, Betty

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Hartley, Leonard L. (Leonard Lawrie), 1816-1883

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Leonard Lawrie Hartley was an English genealogist and book collector of Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire. From the description of Scrapbook, 1724-1807. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78680591 Leonard Lawrie Hartley (1816-1883) was an English genealogist and book collector of Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire. From the guide to the Scrapbook, 1724-1807., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

William Shenstone.

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Thompson, Christopher

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Katherine Margaret Paulet Vane, Countess of Darlington, 1766-1807

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Leonard Hartley, 1689-1774

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Milbanke family.

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James Wolfe, 1727-1759

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Sir Grey Cooper

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Margaret Lowther Vane, Countess of Darlington, d. 1800

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Finley, Patrick

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Robert Levet.

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Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787

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Robert Lowth was born in England on November 27, 1710, the youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. William Lowth. He entered Winchester College in 1722 and received a scholarship to New College, Oxford, in 1729. Lowth graduated from Oxford taking the B.A. in 1733 and the M.A. in 1737. In 1735 Lowth had entered the Anglican Church and was appointed vicar of Overton, Hampshire. He remained at this position until 1741 when he was appointed professor of poetry at Oxford. During his tenure at Oxford, Lowth acqu...

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

William Murray, Earl of Mansfield.

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Harry Rowe

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Sir William Dawes.

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Leonard Hartley.

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Campbell, John, 1708-1775

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and one letter signed : [London], to Sir Philip Francis, 1771 Oct. 24 and 1773 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134399 ...

Cornelia Chambers Milbanke, d. 1795

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Mrs. Campbell Bedale

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Catherine Eden, ca. 1743-1766

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Dorothea Eden, ca. 1747-1792

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