Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk).
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College of Arms (Great Britain)
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Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890
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John Henry Newman was born in London on February 21, 1801, the eldest of six children. His early education was at the Ealing School, a private boarding school. He entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1817 and went on to become a fellow of Oriel College in 1822. A profound conversion experience in 1816 animated Newman's spirituality and eventually led to his ordination to the Anglican priesthood in 1825. Newman remained at Oxford, serving as a tutor, and in 1828 became vicar of the University ...
Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
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John Graves Simcoe was born at Cotterstock, England in 1752, the third of four sons of John and Katherine Simcoe. He spent one year at Merton College, Oxford, before entering the army as an Ensign in the 35th Foot in 1770. He was posted to Boston in 1775, and in 1777 was given command of the Queen's Rangers, a mixed (predominantly light infantry) corps made up of loyalists. He took part in several operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia before being invalided home as a Lieutenant-Colon...
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...
Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
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John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage. He was manager of the Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres in London, where his reforms ...
Godwin, William, 1756-1836
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William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. In the conservative reaction to British radicalism, Godwin was attacked, in part because of his marriage to the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797 and his candid biography of her after her death from childbirth. Their daughter, later known as Mary Shelley, would go on to writ...
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...
British Museum
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Samuel Johnson
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National Broadcasting Company
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), and Chicago (at the NBC Tower). NBC is one of the Big Three television networks, and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the...
Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950
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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...
Barber, Francis, 1742 or 1743-1801
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Francis Barber (c. 1742/3 – 13 January 1801), whose original name was Quashey (a common name for men of Coromantee origin), was the Jamaican manservant of lexicographer Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784. Barber was born enslaved in Jamaica on a sugarcane plantation belonging to the Bathurst family. At the age of about 15, he was brought to England by his owner, Colonel Richard Bathhurst, whose son, also called Richard, was a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Barbe...
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...
Barbauld, Anna Letitia, 1743-1825
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Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron, 1750-1823
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Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, British lord chancellor. From the guide to the Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Erskine won fame for his defence work in many of the show trials of the 1790's and was considered England's greatest practicing advocate in libel and adultery litigation. From the description of Correspondence...
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, 1805-1875
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Philip Henry Stanhope was the 5th Earl Stanhope. He was also known as Lord Mahon. He was a historian and was the author of History of the war of the succession in Spain (London: J. Murray, 1832) and History of England (London: J. Murray, 1836-1854). From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122591081 ...
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...
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786
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Hoole, John, 1727-1803
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Epithet: translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000088 Epithet: of Add MS 28104 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000086 John Hoole (1727-1803) translated works by Tasso, Metastasio and Ariosto into English verse. A friend of Samuel Johnson, Hoole kept a diary of Johnson's last day...
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, born in 1800 in Leicestershire, England, was an historian and author. He was educated at Cambridge. After the success of an essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review in 1925, he contributed regularly to that journal. He was called to the bar in 1826 and elected to Parliament in 1830. After various distinguishing public duties, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley in 1859. He also continued to write during these public appointments, primarily on histo...
Von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859
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Born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most prominent European figures of his age. His fame largely derived from his scientific expedition in Latin America between 1799 and 1804, which resulted in numerous discoveries, particularly related to physical geography and meteorology. Notably, he spent 1803 in New Spain (present day Mexico) conducting a census of the territory. Source: Alexander von ...
University of Oxford
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University of Oxford From the guide to the University of Oxford Musical Exercises, 1890, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Not applicable. From the guide to the Typescript Theses, 1910-55, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Rev. Samuel Myles graduated from Harvard College in 1684. From the description of Diploma : manuscript, 1693 July 14. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612804731 ...
University of Glasgow
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John J. Adam was a Scottish immigrant, member of Michigan legislature, holder of various state offices, regent and treasurer of the University of Michigan. From the description of [Diploma, granting to Ioannis Iohnstone Adam a degree in liberal arts] 1826 April 7. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368441 John Baird Hunter was born in 1837 in Paisley, the son of an apothecary named William Hunter. Together with his older brother, William Munn Hunter...
MacQueen, Daniel
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Lascaris, Janus, 1445?-1535
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Venuti, Filippo, 1709-1769
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University of Edinburgh.
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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865
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William Jackson Hooker was the premier English botanist of his time. His early interest in natural history was refined to botany by the fortuitous discovery of a rare moss. His education included travels through Europe, after which he became regius professor of botany at Glasgow. He published extensively, and founded and edited several journals; his main interests were ferns, mosses, and fungi, and he was a pioneer of economic botany. He was appointed first director of Kew Gardens, which became ...
Henry Bilson-Legge.
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comte de Fouchecour.
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Sydney family
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More, Hannah, 1745-1833
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Hannah More, one of five sisters, taught at her family's school in Bristol, England. She became prominent in London's Bluestocking circle from 1774 onward, and was also a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her work soon moved from poetry and drama to the production of numerous popular religious books and tracts. In 1789, she moved to Mendip, Somerset, where she and her sister Patty founded several schools. In 1801, she and her sisters moved to the Barley Wood estate in nearby Wrington. From t...
Cathrow, James
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Dunbar, James, -1798
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Craven, Elizabeth Craven, Baroness, 1750-1828
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Epithet: Miss of Clifton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000127 ...
Oliver St. John, Viscount Grandison of Limerick
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Craig, W. M. (William Marshall), approximately 1765-approximately 1834
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Mr. White
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Monsey, Messenger
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Commendatore di Bartolo
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W. Berry
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Glasse, George Henry, 1761-1809
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George Henry Glasse was the son of Dr. Samuel Glasse, rector of St. Mary's in Hanwell, Middlesex, near London. George attended Christ Church, Oxford, receiving his BA in 1779 and his MA in 1782. He succeeded his father as rector of Hanwell in 1785, and published numerous sermons and translations. He also served as the domestic chaplain to Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge. In November of 1783, he married his cousin Anne Fletcher (d. 1802), and they had at least seven children. In October of ...
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816
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Philosopher and historian; author of Institutes of Moral Philosophy, 1772. From the description of Lectures on moral philosophy : [Edinburgh], ca. 1782-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146058 Scottish philosopher and historian. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Edinburgh, Bankhead, and Florence, to James Chalmer, 1780 Nov. 10-1794 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533348 From the description of Autograph letters signe...
Stuart, Andrew, 1725-1801
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J. K. (John Keyse) Sherwin.
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George Crabbe.
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Parker, John William
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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00027e ...
Rivington, Charles, 1754-1831
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Publisher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : to Walker King, 1801 Feb.-1826 Sept. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655292 ...
Martin Davy
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Morier & Wilkinson
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Jane Millar Grant.
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Andrea del Sarto
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Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
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English political reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : London?, to the Duke of Grafton, 1766 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588254 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London, to Mr. Phillips, 1797 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586602 From the description of Printed document signed : London, 1770 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589861 From the description of Sign...
Gérard, Alexander, 1728-1795
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Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury
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Tunstall, Marmaduke, 1743-1790
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
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J.M.W. Turner was an English artist and member of the Royal Academy. From the description of Brighton Cricket Ground [art original] [ca. 1824?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58463878 Nationality: English. From the description of Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water [electronic resource]. 1840. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222503272 British painter. Fr...
William Hogarth
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Taylor, John, 1757-1832
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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
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Title: King of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x0001b0 John Bennett of Symondsbury, Dorset, yeoman, was the grandfather of John Every, the ward of the Prince of Wales. Barbara Every was the widow of John Every, deceased, and mother of John Every, ward of the Prince of Wales. From the description of Lease from Charles, Prince of Wales, to John Bennett of Symondsbury,...
Wesley, Sarah, 1759-1828.
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Sir John Vanbrugh
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Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1739-1779
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Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for the North. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Sunbury, to "Dear Eden" [Baron Auckland], 1775 Jun. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575918 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified correspondent, 1763 Dec. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575097 ...
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827
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English painter and patron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dunmow, to W.L. Bowles, 1808 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622246 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coleorton, to Robert Southey, 1809 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622189 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haverhill, to W.L. Bowles, 1803 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622356 From the description of Autograph lett...
Irving, Edward, 1792-1834
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Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Lady Beaumont, 1824 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530049 Edward Irving, Scottish preacher and theologian. From the description of Edward Irving manuscript material : 2 items [ca. 1820's] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 437010799 ...
Saussure, Albertine Amelie de, 1745-1817?
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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...
Albemarle, George Thomas Keppel, Earl of, 1799-1891
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English politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Argyll House, to Mr. Wiffen and Lord Duncannon, 1831 Dec. 30 and 1834 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875290 ...
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester.
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Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885
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Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 44147 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000f0 British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartuom against Sudanese rebels. From the description of Letter, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363531820 "Chinese" Gordon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southampton, t...
Mr. Smith
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Robertson, James, 1714-1795
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Jones, Eliza Steele Webster, 1803-
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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871
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Engineer and Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to Sir W. R. Hamilton, 1833-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78514949 Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters to J. D. Forbes, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123372 From the description of Papers, 1816-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362531 John F. W. Herschel was an English mathematician, astronomer, che...
Solander, Daniel
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Nourse, J. (John), d. 1780
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William Fitzstephen, d. 1190?
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John Newton, 1725-1807
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Flood, Henry, 1732-1791
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Epithet: PC, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0000e4 ...
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831
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Epithet: of Add MS 35615 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x000087 Scottish author. "The Man of Feeling." From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Dr. Currie, 1802 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606148 Henry Mackenzie, Scottish writer. From the description of Henry Mackenzie manuscript material : 2 items, 1796-1808 (New York Public Librar...
Burney, Charles P. (Charles Parr), 1785-1864
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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0001bb ...
George Hammond?
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Mr. Peregaux?
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James Macpherson
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A. Bromiley
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Porter, Lucy
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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800
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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...
William Mitford
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Sir Henry Taylor
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Perreau, Daniel
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Langton, Jane, 1776-1854,
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Windham, William, 1750-1810
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Epithet: Secretary-at-War British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000d8 Epithet: of Egerton MS 1970 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000cb Epithet: of Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000ce British statesman. ...
abbé Prévost.
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Holloway, Anna
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Joseph Ritson
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Victor, Benjamin, d. 1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp6jt2 (person)
Alexander Pope
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg0fv0 (person)
Rev. Mr. William Philips
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m18pkp (person)
Horne, George, 1730-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np2994 (person)
Thomas Singleton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq8sbs (person)
Benjamin West.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66827bk (person)
Mr. Forbes Leith
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf5zv8 (person)
Brunet, Jacques-Charles, 1780-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c7q33 (person)
Smithsby, Thomas.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz2fpj (person)
Blacklock, Thomas, 1721-1791
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k0hrc (person)
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher and theologian. He was president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from February 1758 to his death, one month later. From the description of Jonathan Edwards family collection, 1723-1798. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 276567983 American theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, to The Reverend Joseph Bellamy, 17...
Bernard Lintot
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m75gk4 (person)
Adam Kippis.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj0rhv (person)
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq3h6v (person)
English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Goodwood, to Lord Auckland, 1789 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270654957 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Goodwood, to George Romney, 1800 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270654941 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1763 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270654938 From the description of Letter signe...
Chenevix, Richard, 1697-1779
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6197j7n (person)
A. Cowper
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Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture.
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Bayley, Sarah
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Jenyns, Soame, 1704-1787
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Soame Jenyns is best known for his Free enquiry into the nature and origin of evil (1757) which received savage treatment by Samuel Johnson in his review published in the Literary magazine. Jenyns was widely admired, however, for his easy prose style. From the description of Memorandum of agreement with James Dodsley, 1782 February and May 25. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34072986 Epithet: of Add MS 38306 British Library Archives...
Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p713x (person)
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h136w3 (person)
English essayist, poet and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : postmarked Rugby, to Ambrose Philips, 1713 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904667 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Oxford], to Jacob Tonson, [1694-5] Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904668 From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, authorizing payment of expenses of George Bubb [Dodington] in Spain, 1717 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCa...
Colburn, Henry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h524tc (person)
Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00012d Epithet: of Add MS 15945 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0003b5 ...
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv3sjs (person)
Lucy Aikin, historian, known for her works on the courts of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, and a biograophy of Joseph Addison. She wrote the only contemporary sources for the lives of her famous relatives, father John Aikin and aunt Anna Letitia Barbauld. A volume of her letters, showing her to be an advocate of women's rights and religious freedoms, was published posthumously. From the description of Lucy Aikin manuscript material, 1846. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record...
Thomas Belasyse, Viscount Fauconberg.
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Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
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The New River is in fact a canal which has brought water to London from outlying areas since the early 17th century. From the description of Letter to the Governor of the New River Company, 1667 Sept. 19. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 70187741 Bount is remembered in particular for his travels in Turkey, published as A VOYAGE INTO THE LEVANT (London, 1636). He was recognised by Charles I, being made a gentleman pensioner to the king and knighted 21 March 1...
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727
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George I was the first Hanover king of England, claiming the throne through his mother, Sophia, great granddaughter of King James I. His succession was orchestrated to ensure a Protestant ruler. He became king upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, and he ruled until 1727, a somewhat unpopular and rather unremarkable reign. From the description of King George I instructions to his councillors, 1723 May 30. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52734412 ...
MacDonald, General
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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x0000a0 Epithet: of Add MS 37880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000169 ...
Planta, Joseph, 1744_1827
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Mr. Parke
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mn0899 (person)
Eliza Berkeley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jc02xh (person)
Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz2876 (person)
English printer and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Johnwood Park, Dorking, to George Omerod, 1870 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610437 English printer and antiquarian. From the description of Scrapbook, [18--]. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70959082 ...
Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia, 1701-1773
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King's College (University of Cambridge)
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From its foundation by Henry VI in 1441 to the present day, King's College has preserved records of its internal administration, the construction of its buildings, and the lives of its members. The archives include the administrative records of estates the College was given by Henry VI, many of which were the lands of the so-called alien priories, such as the Norman Abbey of Bec, confiscated by the Crown in 1414. These lands brought their written memory with them in the form of charters and cour...
Charles Hope, Lord Granton
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Colonel de (Antoine-Louis-Henri), Polier.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ts0614 (person)
Penelope Boothby
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb3x1q (person)
Moxon, Edward
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc47hw (person)
Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 40120 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x000308 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000217 ...
Euphemia? Boswell
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Dawson Turner
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Wilson, William Worcester.
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Porter, Lucy, 1715-1786
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Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
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British architect. From the description of Architectural designs, 1766, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84413920 Robert Mylne (1734-1811) was born in Edinburgh and studied as an architect and engineer in Paris and Rome. His work includes the building of Blackfriars Bridge and the Stationers' Hall in London, St Cecila's Hall in Edinburgh, and the village and castle of Inveray. He was the architect of the new River Company until 1810, when his son William Chadwell Mylne to...
William Warburton
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Susannah? Wilson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz6v2f (person)
Louis-Alexandre-Céleste, duc d'Aumont.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r63750 (person)
Lady Anna Maria Huggins Gatehouse
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d07p0g (person)
Université de Caen
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Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...
Sir Richard Steele
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Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
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Dr. Hugh Blair was a Scottish author and minister. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1799. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191213826 Blair was an English author and clergyman. From the description of Letter, ca. 1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81452383 ...
Cork and Orrery, Mary Monckton Boyle, Countess of, 1746-1840
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h790c (person)
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...
John Doe Denman.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dh04qs (person)
Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854
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English judge and author, friend and executor of Charles Lamb. From the description of ALS : London, to Andrew Willis, 1847 Aug. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690123 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854) was an English judge and author. From the description of Letters to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1835-1844 (bulk 1835-1836). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122396791 English j...
James Lackington & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62078t5 (corporateBody)
Mrs. Blomer.
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Warburton, William, 1698-1779
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Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...
Sir John Macpherson
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Musgrave, Richard, 1745 or 1746-1818
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Irish political author, politician. In 1778, Sir Richard was elected M.P. for the borough of Lismore. He was appointed receiver of the Customs in Dublin. In 1782 he married Deborah, daughter of Sir Henry Cavendish and soon after he was made a Baronet. He was appointed High Sheriff of Co. Waterford in 1786. In 1794 he published "A Letter on the Present Situation of Public Affairs" in London and in 1796 "Considerations on the Present State of England and France." ...
Buxton ?, Francis.
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Payne, John, -1787
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1769 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561366 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to [William] Hoare, [1773]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570722 English artist. From the descriptio...
George Robinson & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v4ssn (person)
Samuel Pepys.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z63b1 (person)
Thomas Carte.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mb3nrq (person)
John Crawley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xt9dxz (person)
Dr. Rhodes
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Wallace, George, 1727-1805
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Horsfield, Robert
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Elizabeth Savage van Nassau van Zuylestein, Countess Rochford.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t05jn (person)
Parkhurst, John, 1512?-1575
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William Cawthorne Unwin, 1745-1786
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George Knapp
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Brasenose college (University of Oxford)
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Noble, Mark, 1754-1827
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The Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827) biographer and antiquarian, was rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl of Leicester. From the description of The history of the family of Boleyn : particularly that of Queen Ann Boleyn, together with the life of her daughter, and only child, the princess Elizabeth who afterwards ascended the English throne, in which is given a critical examination of Holingshed's account of her imprisonment, 1799 / by the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A....
Caird, Edward, 1835-1908
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Scottish philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (54) : Glasgow, Oxford, etc., to W.A. Knight, 1875 July 20-1904 Jan. 4 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134468 ...
Juvenal
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Huggins, William
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Epithet: MA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000388 Epithet: KCB, astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0002f6 Epithet: translator of Ariosto British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000389 ...
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...
Irwin, Eyles, 1751?-1817
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Moor Gate Coffee House
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819
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J. Fortescu
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Shipley, Jonathan, 1714-1788
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Bishop of St. Asaph. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Winchester, to Mr. Burns, 1769 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664082 ...
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh106b (person)
English biographer and friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. From the description of Autograph notes : place not specified, 1744 or later. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534208 ...
J. B. (John Bowyer) Nichols
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Seraphina Cagliostro?
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Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170
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British Institution
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Richardson, Samuel
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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00032d Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00023c Epithet: of Wellingborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00032f...
Sir Thomas Edmondes
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John Ayloffe
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Read, James, b. 1718
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Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661
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Italian by birth, Cardinal Mazarin became a French citizen in Apr. 1636, served under Cardinal Richelieu and became First Minister of France upon Richelieu's death in Dec. 1642. He remained in this position until his death, serving as co-regent with Anne of Austria for Louis XIV until his majority. From the description of [Letter] 1646 oct. 21, Paris [to] Monsieur / Je. Card. Mazarini. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287166417 French cardinal and statesman. ...
William Lloyd, 1627-1717
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Louis Joseph de Bourbon prince de Condé
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Françoise-Louise La Vallière).
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Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864
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English poet and journalist. From the description of Portion of autograph letter signed, ? Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel de Lile, to Moore, 1828 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660932 English poet. From the description of Papers, 1819-1857. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28411542 English poet, editor, and publisher of literary journals. ...
Douglas, John, 1721-1807
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John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury and writer. From the description of John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 173993566 From the guide to the John Douglas manuscript material : 1 item, 1763, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Sir Thomas Gatehouse.
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Drury Lane Theatre
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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. From the description of Financial records, 1747-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78201833 From the guide to the Financial records, 1747-1817., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of...
Joshua? Parry
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6585ktt (person)
Royal Society (Great Britain)
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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge began in 1645 when a group of eminent British thinkers started to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. Though the English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate interrupted its meetings, the Society was formally constituted in 1660. Two years later King Charles II granted the Society its first charter. A second royal charter was granted in 1663 when the Society was given its official nam...
Henry Hoare
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Mrs. Samuel Statham, between
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James Waldegrave, Earl Waldegrave
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...
Rogers, Tom, 1952-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v797t2 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 12132 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000102 Epithet: Colonel; RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000100 Epithet: of Add MS 40222 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000105 Epithet: Shipwright ...
Dixie, Beaumont, 1629-1692
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W. Hodgson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mn0hr1 (person)
Jeans, John
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Miller, Philip, 1691-1771
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Peter Collinson (1694–1768) was an English merchant and botanist. He was a partner in his father’s London trading business, and he remained a merchant throughout his life. However, at a young age, he also developed a passion for botany. He eventually wrote numerous essays on natural history topics for the Gentleman’s Magazine, and he contributed many reports to the Society of Antiquaries and to the Royal Society, of which he was a member. His extensive network of correspondents in E...
Sir Brooke Boothby, 1710-1789
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w8w54 (person)
Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809
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English bookseller and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Cowper, 1782 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871157 Joseph Johnson, bookseller and publisher, lived in London from 1761 until the last few years of his life. A Dissenter, known for his progressive political views and for his role in bringing together many of the leading intellectuals of his time, Johnson was notable for publishing such writers as Maria Edgeworth,...
Elizabeth Whitlock
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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
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Fielding was an English author. From the description of Of outlawry in criminal causes, 1737-1929. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84429621 From the guide to the Henry Fielding papers for, Of outlawry in criminal causes, 1737-1929., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000239 English pla...
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
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Lord Chancellor of England, 1801-1827. From the description of Letter : to Earl Grey, 1810 Mar 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84398590 From the description of Letter : to Earl Grey, 1810 Mar 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148266 Eldon served as Solicitor General (1788), Attorney General (1793), Chief Justice of Common Pleas (1799), and Lord High Chancellor of England (1801-1827). From the description of Correspondence of John Scott Eldon, 1793...
Voltaire, 1694-1778
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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...
Leechman, William, 1706-1785
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Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith
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Marseille M. (Marseille Middleton) Holloway
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William Lock, 1767-1847
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Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
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Elizabeth Herne
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Harry B. Myers
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Henry Watkins, Esq., of Flanders
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Conway, William Augustus, 1789-1828
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Royal Academy of Arts (London, England).
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Jacob Tonson d. 1735?
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J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie.
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William Townley.
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William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
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Upcott, William, 1779-1845
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Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...
Bosville, Diana, 1722-1795
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Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness?
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Hill, Joseph, 1733-1811,
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Dr. Demoeux
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Robert Levet.
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Thomas Wharton, Marquess of Wharton
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William Wales.
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William Ireland
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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
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Sarah Siddons was a famous 18th century British actress, best known for the role of Lady Macbeth; Miss Coates of Glasgow was her friend. From the description of Sarah Siddons letters to Miss Coates, 1795-1802. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 755229191 English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. [Prince?] Hoare, [1816] July 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663260 From the description of Autograph tic...
Strahan, William, 1715-1785
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Epithet: Secretary to Sir P Meadows British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000155 William Strahan was a London printer and publisher, member of Parliament, and friend of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Journals and accounts, 1751-1777. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589409 From the guide to the William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777, ...
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837
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Samuel Egerton Brydges was an editor of early English literature and a genealogist. From the description of Papers, 1679-1837 (inclusive), 1789-1837 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122335955 From the description of Letters and other papers, 1782-1837. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575058 From the guide to the Papers, 1679-1837 (inclusive), 1789-1837 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Bry...
Craufurd, John Walkinshaw, ca. 1721-1793
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Miss Lloyd, of Bodedern, Anglesey Wales
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Steevens, George, 1736-1800
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English commentator on Shakespear. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Hampstead Heath, to Dr. Lort, 1783 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579166 Written during the Gordon Riots, a week of unrest in London sparked by the government's increased tolerance of Roman Catholics. From the description of Letter, 1780 June 9, Hampstead Heath, to an unnamed correspondent. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445428 English commen...
Jarvis, Daniel H.
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Epithet: of Margate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x0003d6 ...
Baker, George, Sir, 1722-1809
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Sir George Baker, physician, was the son of the vicar of Modbury, Devonshire, educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1745, then proceeded M.D. in 1756, and the following year was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Baker made an important addition to medical knowledge in the discovery that the Devonshire colic and the colic Pictonum were forms of lead poisoning. From the description of Letter. between ca. 1743 and 1748. (Libraries Australi...
Mason, William Monck, 1775-1859
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Wilson, Thomas, 1747-1813
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Sir John Colleton
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William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville
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Legge, Heneage, 1704-1759
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Samuel Simpson, Esq.
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Sir Joseph Banks
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Robertson, William, 1721-1793
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Scottish historian; minister in the Church of Scotland; principal of University of Edinburgh from 1762-1792. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1782. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191701327 Scottish historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : College of Edinburgh, to an unidentified recipient, 1781 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655436 From the description of Autograph letter signed...
Elizabeth Hartley.
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Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850
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Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00033b Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00018a Epithet: politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000068 ...
Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824
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Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894.
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French diplomatist and noted engineer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the Marquise Visconti, 1861 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591336 Lesseps was a French diplomat and promoter of the Suez Canal. From the description of Autograph letter signed , 1878 June, and carte-de-visite. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872482 ...
William Strahan
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A. Dalzell.
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John Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset.
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Locke, John, 1632-1704
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Bills for general naturalization of groups of immigrants were proposed several times during the later Stuart period. Locke's paper most likely relates to a bill introduced in December 1693. From the description of For a generall naturalization : manuscript, 1693. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612887619 Philosopher. From the description of Letter of John Locke, 1698. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014952 English philosopher. From...
De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871
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Augustus De Morgan was an English mathematician. From the description of Letters, 1841-1866. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122488833 From the guide to the Augustus De Morgan letters, 1841-1866, 1841-1866, (American Philosophical Society) ...
Opie, John, 1761-1807
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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Wilkie, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610569 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Rev. Mr. Polwhele, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610503 ...
Wilkes, Israel
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Hunter, William.
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Epithet: surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000315 Epithet: King's Messenger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x00030e Epithet: of the Custom House British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000313 Epithet: of Add MS 29189 ...
Bright, John, 1811-1889
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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...
Royal Academy of Art
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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, 1758 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663776 From the description of Autograph letter signed in another hand : [The Leasowes], to J.S. Hylton, [1759 Aug. 6]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662690 From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to Mrs. Southwell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664476 From the description of Autograph...
Orrery, Charles Boyle, earl of, 1674-1731
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Smith, William, 1730-1819
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William Smith, known as "Gentleman" Smith, was a popular actor in London from 1753 to 1788, first at Covent Garden, and after 1774 at Drury Lane under Garrick and his successors. His first marriage, to Elizabeth Montagu, sister of the Earl of Sandwich, caused some scandal. From the description of William Smith papers, 1760-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78013916 From the description of William Smith papers, 1760-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147472 E...
Jones, William, 1726-1800
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Belfast Royal Academy
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Fothergill, Thomas
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Epithet: of Queen's College Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0003b0 ...
Hector, Edmund
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Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770
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Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbot was a friend of Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Carter, whom she persuaded to translate Epictetus. Carter was entrusted with Talbot's manuscripts after her death, and published her Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (1770) and Essays on Var...
Bolton, Charles Powlett, Duke of, ca. 1718-1765
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Francis Gastrell
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Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903
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Walmsley, Gilbert, 1680-1751
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Orme, Robert, 1728-1801
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Historiographer to the East India Company, 1769-1801. From the description of Letter, 1769 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122413200 1744-1758 offical of the East India Company; 1754-1758 member of Madras Council; 1769 first official historiographer of the East India Company; 1770 fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Epithet: East India Company official and historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : De...
Bentinck, Charles
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Sir John Bowring
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Townshend, George Townshend, marquis, 1724-1807
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English soldier. From the description of Letter signed : Rainham, to an unidentifiedcorrespondent, 1798 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572968 English military officer-One of Wolfe' 3 brigadiers at siege of Quebec. From the description of Autograph signature to a document, 1779 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572971 George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, was educated at Cambridge and fought at Culloden (1746), re...
Akam, John.
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Scott, James D. (James Dacon)
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Epithet: follower of J Southcott British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0000de Epithet: of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000048 Epithet: ship-owner British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000...
Mr. Heusch
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Bruce, James, 1730-1794
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James Bruce (1730-94) was a great African traveller. He was educated for the legal profession, but in the course of a visit to Spain and a study of the manuscripts of the Escurial he developed a taste for oriental and especially Ethiopian literature. He was consul at Algiers in 1763-5, and from 1765 to 1773 led a roving life in Ethiopia and Upper Egypt. From 1774, until his death in 1794, he lived chiefly in Scotland. His Travels to discover the source of the Nile was first published in 1790. Se...
Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of Hertford
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Lennox, Charlotte, ca 1729-1804
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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fc Epithet: wife of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fd Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fa ...
Dyer, Charles George
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Shales, Charles
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John Farrer (1758 or 9-1820)
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Rev. J. T. Smith
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Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744
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Eddis, Eden Upton, 1812-1901
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Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
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English man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : "Bloomsbury Square," to Mr. Dyer, 1819 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270513421 Isaac Disraeli, English writer. His volumes of biographical anecdotes, Curiosities of Literature (1791-1823), were highly popular throughout the 19th century. He is the father of Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister and novelist. From the description of Isaac Disraeli manuscript material : ...
John Buckler
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Logan, Eliza
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61398x0 (person)
John Albright.
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Morrice, Elspeth
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Samuel Reynolds
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Sir John Hawkins.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv6qm4 (person)
Louis XVI, King of France
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s74vw (person)
Jonathan Richardson
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Mr. Frank
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m758rw (person)
Jan II Kazimierz, King of Poland, 1609-1672
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King of Poland, 1648-1672. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : Danzic, to Cardinal Santa Croce, 1660 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270493486 From the description of Autograph subscription and signature to letter : Strasburg, to Louis XIV, King of France, 1669 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270493990 Cardinal of the Catholic Church, absolved by the Pope upon becoming King of Poland. Sometimes also known as Kazimierz V. ...
Richard Neville Aldworth Neville.
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Charles Townshend, 1725-1767
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67r304h (person)
Sir William Boswell
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John Lockman.
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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
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British army officer. From the description of Papers of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, 1759-1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062467 English field-marshal. From the description of Document signed : Office of Ordnance [London], 1773 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132562 Army officer and governor general of British North America. From the description of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, papers, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...
Fanny Burney
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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English novelist and journalist. From the description of Daniel Defoe letters, 1702-1730. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937101 ...
Richard Savage.
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Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834
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Epithet: of Add MS 38200 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x00021c Title: Marquis of Blandford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000222 Epithet: dramatic writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003d4 In addition to his s...
Hawkesworth, John
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Epithet: LLD; writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0000b3 Epithet: LLD, Director of the East India Company British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0000b2 ...
John Hole.
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Charles Félix Audley
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T. C. (Thomas Christopher) Banks?
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De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002d6 De Quincey was an English essayist and critic. From the description of Compositions, 1818-185-. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80714484 From the guide to the Compositions, 1818-185-?., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Romantic author Thomas De Quincey was a brilliant cl...
Chambers, Robert, Sir, 1737-1803
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1754 admitted to the Middle Temple; 1761 called to the bar; 1762 Vinerian fellow; 1766 Vinerian professor, principal of New Inn Hall; 1768 member of the Literary Club; 1774-1783 judge in Bengal; 1777 knighthood; 1783-1791 acting chief justice of Bengal; 1791-1799 chief justice of Bengal; 1797 president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Epithet: judge Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8105...
Strahan & Cadell
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Lord John Cavendish
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Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
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Anna Letitia Barbauld, née Aikin, English poet and essayist. Her first book of poems, published before her marriage, was a critical and popular success, but she came to be better known for her works on the teaching of infants. She was among the circle of radical intellectuals gathered around her publisher, Joseph Johnson, which also included the likes of Joanna Baillie, George Dyer, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin, and Henry Crabb Robinson. From the description of Anna Letitia Barba...
James Seare.
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Luxborough, Henrietta Knight, Baroness, 1699-1756
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John Scott Hylton
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Mrs. Eliza Izet?
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Hoby, Edward, Sir, 1560-1617
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Epithet: of Add MS 36294 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x0001b1 Epithet: MP for Rochester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00019d ...
Samuel Buckley
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Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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Sir Walter Scott
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Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807
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Frances Reynolds (1729-1807) was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste (1789), and the sister of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She was also a friend of Samuel Johnson from ca. 1756 until his death in 1784. From the guide to the Frances Reynolds papers, 1774-1800 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Frances Reynolds was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste...
Athenaeum Club (London, England)
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Willoughby Bertie, Earl of Abingdon
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Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael
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Pinkerton, John
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Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000328 Epithet: of Add MS 34486 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00032a ...
George Colman
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Walker, Joseph C. (Joseph Cooper), -1810
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Epithet: of Dublin; antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000055 Epithet: of Add MS 35760 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000053 ...
Henry Harrison, of Phones, Scotland
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Privy Council of England and Wales
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Caroline Townshend, Countess of Greenwich
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Besant, Walter, 1836-1901
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English novelist. From the description of Note : to Wilson, 1891 March 6. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936605 From the description of Autograph clipped from a letter : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621664 British author. From the description of The luck of the "Susan Bell" / by Walter Besant. [ca. 1868-1901] (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29305316 Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English aut...
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
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John Wesley, evangelist and founder of Methodism, was born 17 June 1703, in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, and died 2 March 1791, in London, England. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (1724); was ordained a deacon in the Church of England (1725); and was elected a fellow of Lincoln College (1726). He eventually embarked upon a new ministry, along with his brother, Charles (b. 1707), which resulted in their separation from the Anglican church; they and other "Methodists" served as...
Bredin, John
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West, Benjamin
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Expatriate painter Benjamin West (1738-1829) was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania and worked in Pennsylvania and New York before settling in London as a portrait painter and historical painter to King George III. West initially studied with local artist William Williams in Pennsylvania and began painting portraits in Pennsylvania and New York in the 1750s. Around 1760 he traveled to Italy to study art and then settled in London as a portrait painter and remained in Europe for the r...
Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth
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George I, King of Great Britain.
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Hervey, James, 1714-1758
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James Hervey (1714-1758) was born and brought up in Northamptonshire where his father was a village clergyman. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford at the age of 18 and graduated with a B.A. in 1736 after a not very distinguished career. Following several minor clerical appointments in 1740 he became the curate of Bideford, North Devon, where he started work on the drafts of his famous Meditations and Reflections . The latter works appeared in 1745-1746, to be followed in 1747 by his Contemplation...
Thorpe, John
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Epithet: in Sierra Leone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000275 Epithet: of Add MS 33902 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00035b Epithet: junior, MD, of University College, Oxford; Under-Secretary of the Royal Society; afterwards of Rochester, county Kent Brit...
Oxford, Robert Harley, earl of, 1661-1724
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British statesman. Robert Harley was born in London, England. He became a lawyer, and a Whig MP in 1689. In 1701 he was elected Speaker, and in 1704 became secretary of state. Shortly after, he became sympathetic to the Tories, and from 1708 worked to undermine the power of the Whigs. In 1710 Godolphin was dismissed, and Harley made Chancellor of the Exchequer, head of the government, and in 1711 Earl of Oxford and Lord High Treasurer. The principal act of his administra...
Mr. Nash
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Savage, John, d. 1714
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Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859
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Thomas Butt was a university friend of Henry Hallam and vicar of Trentham Church near Stoke in Trent from 1805-1841. He was the great-grandfather of Mrs. F.W. Robinson. From the description of Letter, 1834 Sep 11 [manuscript]: to Thomas Butt. 1834. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62545093 Henry Hallam, English historian. From the guide to the Henry Hallam manuscript material : 6 items, ca. 1834-1848, (The New York Public Library. Carl ...
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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Organization founded in 1768. In 1870 it took over the annual Old Masters exhibitions from the British Institution. From the description of Papers, 1827-1907. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626129 ...
Gisborne, Thomas, 1794-1852
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Henry Pelham.
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William Wilberforce
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Crabbe, George, 1754-1832
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to an unnamed correspondent, [1817] May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270520174 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Parham, to Mr. Robinson, 1791 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526777 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trowbridge, to his son, the Reverend George Crabbe, 1828 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530510 From the descript...
Thomas Lovegrove.
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Mrs. Galway
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Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776
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Richard Gough
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Stewart clan
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Susan, Lady
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Sir Thomas Phillipps
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Panckoucke, Charles-Joseph, 1736-1798
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...
Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk
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Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
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John Ryland
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Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
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English politician and philologist. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : [n.p.], 1782 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572793 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Philip Francis, [before 1782] Sept. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572786 From the description of Autograph receipt signed, 1798 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572790 ...
Lacy, James
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Epithet: Vicar of Sherborne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000121 Epithet: of Add MS 27925 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0000a1 Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x00011f ...
Parker, Sackville, 1707-1796
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P. (Patrick) Kelly
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Mary Hallows.
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Mrs. Stuart.
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Colleton, Elizabeth.
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Clow, James
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Mrs. Wilson
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Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
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English natural philosopher and mathematician. From the description of Receipt signed : London?, 1718 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612606 From the description of Autograph notes : [n.p.], ca. 1706?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611631 From the description of Document signed : London?, 1704 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612422 Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician. From the description of Notes on ancient history and ...
Bell, John, 1745-1831
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A. (Adam) Walker (1730 or 31-1821).
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Vincent, William, 1739-1815
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Author and Dean of Westminster. From the description of "Bruce's system of the Monsoons for proving that Sofala is the Ophir of Solomon," together with, "Systems contrary to Bruce" : autograph manuscript unsigned, undated [ca. 1799?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585645 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Deans yard," to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, [no year] "Saturday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585642 From the description of Autograph let...
William Cowper
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John Moore, 1730-1805
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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...
Anne Metcalfe Chambers
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Sir John Coke
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Nolan, Frederick
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Epithet: Vicar of Prittlewell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000247 ...
Elizabeth Canning.
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Chandler, Richard, 1738-1810
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Richard Chandler was a classical scholar and author, best known for his travels in Asia Minor and Greece. Born in Hampshire and educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and Magdalen College, he published several notable translations and works on classical Greece, and was commissioned by the Society of Dilettanti to command an expedition to Asia Minor and Greece. He collected valuable notes and materials, including pieces of the Parthenon, and co-authored several books on the expedition's discoveries...
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...
Miss Elizabeth Wilson
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Conte di Castellamonte
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Pendleton, William.
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Edward Crocker.
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Torrington, George Byng, 1st viscount, 1663-1733
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Forster, George, ?-1792
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Hunter, John, 1728-1793
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English physician. From the description of Letter, 1777, Sept. 7 : [London], to Edward Jenner. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35113899 John Hunter (1728-1793), surgeon, anatomist, and Fellow of the Royal Society who published several treatises on medical subjects, including one on inflammation and gunshot wounds. His anatomical and natural science collections form the core of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. From the description of Note on Edward May's Mo...
Miss Denman, of Upper Norton Street
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Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867
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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [Dom?], 1834 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747711882 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead [London], to "My dear Knight", 1860 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574776 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to George Clint, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575076 From the description of Autograph let...
O'Conor, Charles, 1710-1791
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Epithet: of Add MS 21121 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000006 Epithet: of Add MS 22899 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000007 Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000008 ...
Savage, Richard, -1743
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 201 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000a9 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x0000ec ...
Sir Philip Francis
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Mr. Harris
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Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)
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Malone, Edmund
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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000357 Epithet: of Add MS 37854 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00035b Epithet: of Add MS 33542 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x0...
Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven.
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Merrial Garrick Docksey
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Hamilton, Gavin, 1703-1767
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Mr. Rudall.
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Hill, Marcus, d. 1751
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George Faulkner.
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Ambrose Philips
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Spottiswoode, John
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Epithet: father of A and R Spottiswoode British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x0000d2 Epithet: of Spottiswoode British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000169.0x0000d3 ...
Aikin, John, 1747-1822
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English physician and writer. From the guide to the John Aikin letter to Mr. Stockdale., 1813, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) John Aikin, physician and writer, best remebered for his children's book Evenings at Home, written with his sister, poet Anna Letitia Barbauld. From the description of John Aikin manuscript material, 1803-1807. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72842438 John Aikin, the English physic...
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, 1799-1848
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Berkeley, Eliza
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Northcote, James, 1746-1831
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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
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American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...
Knapton, John, 1696-1770-
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Mr. Wilkinson
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000371 English philosopher, scientist and political theorist. From the description of Seven philosophical problems and two propositions of geometry [microform] : holograph, 1662. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 25389504 ...
Kennedy, John, 1698-1782
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Richard Sharp
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Saliceti, Antoine-Christophe, 1757-1809
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French politician in Italy. From the description of Letter signed : Naples, to the Ministre des Finances, 1809 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270635121 French politician in Italy, and Corsica. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Port de la Montagne," to the Conseil de Marine, 1794 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634116 ...
Reynolds, Samuel, 1681-1745
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Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
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Epithet: MP for Appleby British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000073 Politician and author. See "Dictionary of National Biography", v. 12, p. 338-339. From the description of Book and letter [manuscript]. 1772-1792. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225849245 ...
London Institution
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Sir George Baker
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Lichfield Conduit Lands Trust.
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Home, John, 1722-1808
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John Home was an English dramatist. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191526558 John Home, Church of Scotland minister and playwright. From the description of John Home manuscript material : 2 items, (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427652648 From the guide to the John Home manuscript material : 3 items, late 18th-early 19th century, (The New York Public Library...
Wall, John, 1708-1776
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William Windham
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Bowles, Vice-Admiral (William), 1780-1869
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Sources for this biography accompany the account book. Some information is contradictory. Letters were written to Reverend H. A. Watson of Bradford Peverell, Dorchester, apparently as he was researching the book's history. From a letter written by the Librarian and Keeper of the Archives, New College, Oxford, 12.1.1924 [name illegible]: “William Bowles was son of Matthew Bowles, Record of Donhead St. Andrew in Wiltshire and was educated at Winchester College....
J. Glover.
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Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
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English poet, literary scholar, historian and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified man, 1836 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603582965 English poet and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Moxon, 1837 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662734 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified correspondent, 1837 Mar. 2....
Mr. Jarvis
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Cliffe, Leigh
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Epithet: surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x00032e Epithet: of Sloane MS 348 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x00032b Epithet: concertina manufacturer and music-hall performer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x0001fe ...
Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 1748-1815
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Joseph Baker.
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Sir John Popham
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Ireland, William Henry, 1775-1835
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Epithet: of Add MS 37831 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000224 Epithet: of Add MS 12051 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000222 ...
Utterson, Edward Vernon, (name in red in list of members)
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Hester Maria Cotton Salusbury
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Charlotte Turner Smith
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Rev. Greatheed
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Hazel D. Svatos
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John Hunter
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Hodgson, Hugh
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Musician and educator Hugh Hodgson was born in Athens, GA in 1893. By age four, he showed a unique talent for the piano - and by age fourteen he was studying piano in Europe. Hodgson returned home to attend the University of Georgia, where he played tennis and majored in zoology while continuing his music interests. In 1915, Hodgson played in New York's Carnegie Hall. He was an organist for a number of Athens churches before being appointed director of music at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens ...
Rev. Currey
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Nares, Robert, 1753-1829
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Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770
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Chatterton was an English poet. From the description of Bristol forgeries, 1768-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79284374 From the guide to the Bristol forgeries, 1768-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Thomas Chatterton, British poet. From the description of Thomas Chatterton collection, 1768-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148168 ...
Fawcett, Owen, 1838-1904
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George Robinson
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Fitzgerald, William Thomas, 1759?-1829
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John? Lloyd
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Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
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William Cobbett, British journalist, writer and political activist. From the description of William Cobbett collection, 1787-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82678663 From the description of William Cobbett collection, 1787-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702161934 English journalist and political reformer; producer of Cobbett's Weekly Political Register from 1802 to 1835. Threatened with arrest for sedition, Cobbett took refuge in the United States from 18...
Boddington, Samuel, d. 1843
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Samuel Whitbread.
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Liverpool, Charles Jenkinson, Earl of, 1727-1808
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Title: 1st Earl of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000052 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London] to Mr. Strahan, 1776 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590173 British statesman. From the description of Papers, 1792-1822. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851888 ...
Harcourt, William Harcourt, Earl, 1743-1830
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Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855
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English line-engraver. From the description of Receipt signed : [London], 1799 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538670 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000315 ...
Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : King's Bench Prison [London], to Dr. Charles Burney, 1770 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872260 From the description of Papers, 1748-1751. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29854026 ...
Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804
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Jacob Bryant, 1715-1804. From the description of J. Bryant letter to S. Morritt 1803. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40166073 ...
Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
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Bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Thomas Webster, 1793 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512902 English publisher. From the description of Document signed : London, 1783 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536546 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00039a ...
Alfred Club.
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Currie, James, 1756-1805
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Sir William Knighton
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Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810
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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...
Barrie, Robert
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Epithet: Captain; RN; of Add MS 38250 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00028f Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00028e ...
Joseph Priestley.
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Mathias, Thomas James, 1754?-1835
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Thomas James Mathias, British satirist and Italian scholar. From the guide to the Thomas James Mathias manuscript material : 6 items, 1815-1826, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qk86d3 (person)
William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...
Junius
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Epithet: of Add MS 20791 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000058 Junius was the pseudonymous author of a series of political letters which were published in the Public Advertiser between January 1769 and January 1772. Other political letters, contributed to the public press under other pseudonyms, have also been traced to the same hand. The identity of Junius has never been definitely prove...
William Knollys, Earl of Banbury
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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...
Emanuel Mendes da Costa
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Charles Andrew Mercier
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John Walker, d. 1817
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Windham, William, 1750-1810
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Epithet: Secretary-at-War British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000d8 Epithet: of Egerton MS 1970 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000cb Epithet: of Westminster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000354.0x0000ce British statesman. ...
Hugh McCalmon & Co.
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Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1720-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66976j3 (person)
George Grenville
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Johnson Club (London, England)
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William Earle
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
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William Hogarth was a British painter and engraver. From the description of Scrapbook, [ca. 1750-ca. 1820]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122370890 Epithet: RC Bishop of Hexham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00038e British painter and engraver. From the description of Draft manuscript, ca. 1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83983462 Epithet: fish...
Sharpe, Joshua
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Epithet: of Lincoln's Inn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000c7 Discovered by Columbus in 1493, and settled by Englishmen from St. Kitts in 1632, Antigua was a British colony for over 330 years. For most of this history, Antigua was administered as part of the British Leeward Islands, and like many of the Leeward Islands, was dominated by a slave-based sugar plantation economy. From the gu...
Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893
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Professor of Greek. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1884 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864416 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Nichol, 1878 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864411 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to W.A. Knight, 1893 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864440 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], t...
Roberts, David
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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x0000a9 Epithet: Army agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x00031d Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x00031e ...
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...
Virgil
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North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
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Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1770-1782. From the description of [Letter] 1773 Oct. 18, Bushy Park [to] Duke of Devonshire / North. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 300002481 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bushy Park, 1772 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609854 Frederick North (1732-1792) was the prime minister of Great Britain from February 1772 until his resignation in March 1782. D...
Short, Thomas Vowler, 1790-1872
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Epithet: Bishop of St Asaph British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x0000bd ...
Susanna Highmore Duncombe
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Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788
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English preacher; brother of John Wesley. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Marybone, to Robert Windsor, 1785 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587853 Charles Wesley, an English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer, was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, on December 18, 1707. He was the youngest son of Samuel and Susanna Wesley and the brother of John Wesley. In 1726 he entered Christ Church College, Oxford. During his time ...
Sir Bernard Burke.
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Burney, Charles, 1757-1817
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Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. From the guide to the Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscript material : 1 item, 1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. From the description of Charles Burney (schoolmaster and book collector) manuscri...
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...
Rutt, John Towill, 1760-1841
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Richard Warner
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Baillie, George, 1664-1738
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General Sir Herbert? Taylor
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Francis Robartes.
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Booth, David
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v0rds (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 37184 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000003 ...
Bindley, James, 1739-1818
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 558 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0001aa ...
Conway, William Augustus, 1789-1828
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Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir J.C. Hippisley, 1800 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618754 From the description of Copy of an autograph letter signed : [London], to "The Viceroy", 1796 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861210 From the description of Letter signed : Whitehall, to John Kirby, Keeper of Newgate Gaol, 1800 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618764 From the descript...
Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset
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Millar, Andrew, 1707-1768
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Henry Brydges, Duke of Chandos
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Newton, John, 1725-1807
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John Newton (1725-1807) was an Anglican clergyman, former slave-ship captain, and the author of numerous hymns, including Amazing Grace. From the description of 20 letters to John Bacon and 1 to Mrs. Bacon; Olney and other places, 1782-1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702175433 John Newton, pastor at Warwick, Olney, and London, England. From the description of Diaries, 1751-1805. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49371276 From the desc...
Gwatkin, Harriet.
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Jonas Hanway
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John Edward Dove
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Greville, Charles, 1794-1865
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Sir Thomas Malory
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Euripedes.
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Mills, Edward
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John Wall
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C. Cappur.
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W. G. (William George) Rawlinson
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Lackington, James, 1746-1815
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James Lackington opened his first bookstall in London in 1773 and issued his first catalog in 1779. The firm later was known as Lackington, Allan & Co. and occupied a large premises, "The Temple of the Muses," in Finsbury Square, London. According to his published "Confessions" (1804), he made the business wholly over to his cousin, George Lackington, in 1798. From the description of Letter: [London], 1800 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122592400 Epithet: Bookseller...
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598
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French printer and scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Frankfurt, to Julius Echter von Mespelbronn, Bishop of Würzburg, 1595 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614748 ...
Langhorne, John, 1735-1779
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Craven, William Craven, Baron, 1737 or 8-1791.
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Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 1781?-1851
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English antiquary and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to an unidentified recipient, 1838 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662531 ...
Woolston, Thomas, 1670-1733
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Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter, Saturday morning. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520079 From the description of Autograph letter signed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520101 British statesman. From the description of Papers, 1806-1852. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562184 Holland was a prominent Whig in Lords. From the description of ALS, [1829?] December 6, to John / Vassal Holl...
Green, William
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Epithet: Royal Marines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00019a Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000199 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000193 Epithet: of Add MS 32987 Br...
Riddell, Maria, 1772-1808
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Lowe, Mauritius (British painter, 1746-1793)
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Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
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Gough, Richard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r1m77 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 22936 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0003c1 Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0003c0 Richard Gough (1735-1809) was an antiquary. See the Dictionary of National Biography for details. From the guide to the Correspondence of Richard Gough, 1757-99, (University of Oxfor...
Greville, Fulke, 1717 or 1718-
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Epithet: of Add MS 38203 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00029a Epithet: the younger, MP, father of Fulke 1st Baron Brooke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0002ba Epithet: of Beauchamps Court, county Warwickshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055...
Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
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Lord Jeffrey was educated at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Oxford, became a lawyer and was M.P. for Edinburgh. He was a literary critic and with Sydney Smith and Henry Brougham founded the Edinburgh review, 1802, and was its editor for the next twenty-five years. From the description of F. Jeffrey letter to My dear Malthus, between 1805 and 1834? (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64190488 Jeffrey founded the Edinburgh Review in 1802 with Brougham and S...
John Bilstone
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Boswell, James Griffin
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Epithet: Representative of Dysart at the Convention of Scottish Boroughs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 38226 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000353 ...
George Whitefield.
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Forster, Benjamin Meggot, 1764-1829
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67s7mg9 (person)
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of Newcastle
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Sir Richard Phillips
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Thomas Coutts & Co.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60625fj (corporateBody)
Frederick, Prince of Waldeck
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Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723
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Wren, British architect especially known for his design of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. From the description of [Letter] 1676 Jun. 1 To my Lord High Treasurer / Chr. Wren. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 503076756 Epithet: Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00010a English architect. From the description of Autograph letter si...
Adolphus Frederick Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850
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Son of George III. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge House, 1813 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270886961 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge House, to a duchess, 1847 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270886966 From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. James, to Lord Greville, 1808 Apr. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270886959 From the description of Autograph letters signed (6)...
Robert Dodsley?
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Sir Robert Peel?
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Cooke, William, 1757-1832
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q24wmc (person)
Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000258 Epithet: FSA, Hon Canon of Chester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x00010e Epithet: Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000008...
Mr. Booth
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Mr. Miles
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Shaw, William, 1749-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg0nvv (person)
William Lewis, 1708-1781
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Henry Sanger
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Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
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William Dorset Fellowes (1769-1852), who extra-illustrated this volume, was a friend of author Hester Lynch Piozzi during the last years of her life, and is mentioned frequently in her correspondence from 1815 onwards. His brother Sir James Fellowes was also a friend of Piozzi's, and served as her literary executor upon her death in 1821. From the guide to the An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., extra-illustrated, 1788-1844., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...
Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885
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Richard Monckton Milnes, first Baron Houghton, English author and politician. From the guide to the Richard Monckton Milnes manuscript material : 14 items, ca. 1841-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Richard Monckton Milnes was the first biographer of the English poet John Keats. From the description of Letters concerning John Keats, 1794-1958 (inclusive), 1822-1895 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat...
Balmanno, Robert
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Epithet: Hon. Secretary, Artists' Fund British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x000026 ...
Barlase, John
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Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732
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Sir James Caldwell
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Sir George Yonge
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Sarah Siddons.
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Stationers' Company (London, England)
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Darwall, Mary Whateley, 1738-1825
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Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt0pmd (person)
English etcher and surgeon. From the description of Letter signed : [London], to Philippe Burty, 1874 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270510200 After the painting, "Edwin the Minstrel," by Joseph Wright of Derby (1778). From the description of [Thomas Haden of Derby] [graphic] / Seymour Haden. [1864] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 370809331 Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910) was an English etcher and surgeon. From the descript...
Lady Frances Noell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6362g3q (person)
Wallace, Matthew, 1728-1771
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f491g (person)
Francis Trench
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z17cqg (person)
May, John, 1926-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d4kjp (person)
Epithet: of Sloane MS 165 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000314 Epithet: Superintendent of Metropolitan Police British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000315 Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...
Fanny Dawtrie?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g6b5j (person)
Grant, Archibald, Sir, 1696-1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq1z5b (person)
Treasury Office for the Navy
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John St. Coman.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65562dk (person)
Mr. Cockburn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q529t (person)
Maurice, Frederick Denison, 1805-1872
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd76fp (person)
William Ford
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66c0z59 (person)
Rev. George A. Browne
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k9t87 (person)
John Browne, 1742-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f42tw (person)
Thomas? Slater
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd7cc9 (person)
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k3657m (person)
English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Claremont, to Mr. Sharpe, 1755 Jul. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609892 ...
Rivington, Charles, 1688-1742
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr99cm (person)
Epithet: solicitor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x00023b ...
Mr. Green
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St. George's Hospital
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Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x5zj1 (person)
British landscape draftsman and author, and Anglican divine. From the description of Letter : Vicar's Hill, to Henry Harnett, Spithead, 1800 Oct. 20. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81666090 ...
Elizabeth Jervis Porter Johnson.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb8nr3 (person)
Lymburner, Adam
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v55g4s (person)
Edmund Wilkins.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z175k6 (person)
Ryland, John, 1717? -1798
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb6tfp (person)
Granville, Grace
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Sir Richard St. George Mansergh St. George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq9cz5 (person)
Colman, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw7mzj (person)
Epithet: Manager of Covent Garden Theatre British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0000db Epithet: the younger, dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000193 Epithet: senior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x000045 Epithet:...
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
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Lord Mansfield, a British judge and parliamentary debator, served as Solicitor General (1742), Attorney General (1754), Privy Councilor (1756), and Lord Chief Justice (1756-1788). From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1765-1769. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339899 English judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincoln's Inn, to the Marchioness of Annandale, 1744 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606367 ...
John Levett
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Edward Riou
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx8jp4 (person)
Jane Johnston Millar
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Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
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Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The...
Hayley, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv2kfq (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 34887 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002fc William Hayley (1745-1820), poet, was born at Chichester, West Sussex, on 29 October 1745. He joined Eton in 1757, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1763, and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1766. He published volumes of verse and biographies of John Milton (1794), William Cowper (1803) and George Romney (1809). Hayley died at Felpham, ...
Richard Hampden.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz5zz5 (person)
Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b427wm (person)
Carter, Elizabeth, 1717-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n309mj (person)
Elizabeth Carter, English poet, translator, and miscellaneous writer.She began publishing poems in the Gentleman's Magazine in the 1730's and her Poems on Particular Occasions was published in 1738. Carter was the first to translate the complete works of the Greek philosopher Epictetus (1758), and her Poems on Several Occasions (1762) was very popular....
Joshua? Sharpe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw1hjp (person)
Aiton, William, 1731-1793
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv03sn (person)
Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751-1831
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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Teignmouth, Devon, to Mr. Davi[e]s, 1795 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584273 Traveller, historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lower Brook St., to his publisher, 1785 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584266 ...
Eva Marie Garrick
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d92s9z (person)
Cathcart, Charles Schaw Cathcart, Lord, 1721-1776
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ss2k6c (person)
Cadell, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b08vxd (person)
Epithet: uncle (?) of T Cadell, the elder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0000b3 Epithet: Publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000755.0x0000b0 Epithet: of Bristol, tailor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...
Emïn, Joseph, 1726-1809
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp8dt5 (person)
Armenian adventurer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Dr. Mounsey, 1762 Oct. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614375 ...
Sir Robert Herries.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr4v7c (person)
Mr. Glynn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf5m01 (person)
Thomas Denman, Baron Denman
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s035qk (person)
Upcott, William, 1779-1845
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p84g94 (person)
Epithet: of Collumpton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000155 Upcott was a British antiquarian and collector. From the description of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell : scrapbook, ca.1750-1836. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77584551 From the guide to the William Upcott scrapbook of Johnsoniana, or supplement to Boswell, ca.1750-1836., (Houghton Library, Harvard Col...
Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w605829f (person)
Epithet: DD; of Add MS 35614 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000206 Biographer and author. See Dictionary of National Biography, v. XXXI, p. 1995-1997. From the description of The life of Captain James Cook (with five letters tipped in) [manuscript]. 1763-1819. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829977 Andrew Kippis, Presbyterian minister and biographer. Kippis was one o...
Edward J. Leveson
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J. Elliot
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d3596w (person)
H. Foss
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gv96q3 (person)
Chisolm, Alexander.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg97rn (person)
William Nisbet
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Stringer, Jenny.
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Epithet: of Sloane MS 3408 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0001a5 Epithet: Mrs; widow of T Stringer, of Ivychurch British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0000ae ...
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820
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Sir Charles Blagden (1748-1820), was a physician and secretary of the Royal Society. In 1772, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1776 he became a surgeon in the army and served on a hospital ship during the American Revolutionary War. In 1784 he was elected one of the secretaries of the Royal Society, a post he held till 1797. He died, unmarried and childless, of apoplexy in 1788. From the description of [Diaries], 1776-1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702177654 ...
Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s19390 (person)
Second Duke of Newcastle. From the description of Letter, 1782. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50657733 Auditor of Receipts of H.M. Exchequer. From the description of Autograph signature to an order : for payment of a loan, 1753 Mar. 24 and 1754 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904237 From the description of Autograph signature to an order : for payment, 1751 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904236 From the d...
Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz0zkr (person)
Rose, Samuel, 1767-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t44chf (person)
Epithet: of Chancery Lane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x00001f ...
Kelly, Hugh, 1739-1777
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Mr. Johnson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k49p8r (person)
Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z1zqg (person)
Whyte, S. (Samuel), 1733-1811
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Anthony Molteno
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh6wkr (person)
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn4pbc (person)
Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...
Edward Conway, Viscount Conway of Conway Castle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64w03dn (person)
Thomas Wyld
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q66wt6 (person)
Twiss, Horace, 1787?-1849
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Husband of Frances Kemble Twiss, the actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Mr.---?, 1838 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573676 Epithet: QC; politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0002f2 Epithet: KC; politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0002f1 T...
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
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Burgh, William, 1741-1808
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Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm579h (person)
Historian, artist, scholar. From the description of Autograph note with a sketch : to Lady Anne Hamilton. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614608 From the description of Autograph letter : to "Urania" (Lady Anne Hamilton), not dated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614598 From the description of Autograph memorandum to accompany Col. Erskine of Mar's letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614595 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Lad...
Mr. Stafford
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Rev. Dr. Williams
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t0hgw (person)
Sir William Scott, d. 1725
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Langton, Elizabeth
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf2vm2 (person)
George Lamb.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r63rkk (person)
David Garrick
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw64nz (person)
William Eden, Baron Auckland
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm7j40 (person)
Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx8wzt (person)
Davies, Thomas, ca. 1712-1785
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John Thomas Smith, 1766-1833
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p69674 (person)
Richard Hett
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Seward, William, 1747-1799
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English man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, to [Mr. Cadell], 1791 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664109 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [n.p.], to Miss Burney, [1785]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662094 ...
Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68918gc (person)
Patron of Gainsborough. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bath, to an unidentified recipient, [1784?] Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571951 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bath, to Mr. Dodsley, 1777 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571948 Philip Thicknesse (1719-1792), soldier and author, traveled to Georgia with Oglethorpe, served in Jamaica and the Mediterranean, and purchased in 1753 the lieutenant-governshi...
S. (Samuel) Jebb.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk559t (person)
Keith, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount, 1746-1823.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6521wc4 (person)
Porson, Richard, 1759-1808
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t72m71 (person)
Sir Thomas Trigge
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Breval, John, 1680?-1738
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000293 ...
Bartolozzi, Gaetano Stefano, 1757-1821
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p57pwb (person)
Gwatkin, Mrs. (Theophila), d. 1843
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Sir Thomas Musgrave
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John Stuart, Earl of Bute, then Prime Minister?
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Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, earl of Wemyss
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Steevens, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6192zn3 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 20082 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000036 Epithet: of Add MS 33786 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000037 Epithet: Shakespearean scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...
Rev. Dr. Austin
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University of Cambridge.
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Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd6wcp (person)
Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...
Wickham, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx198h (person)
Epithet: politician; of Add MS 40365 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00030f Epithet: Right Hon; MP for Cashel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000311 Epithet: Envoy to Switzer land British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark...
Barry, James, 1741-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c7828 (person)
Irish historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Castle St. [London], to the Duke of Bridgewater, 1801 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621788 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to F.M. Newton, Secretary to the Royal Academy, 1786 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622973 From the description of Draft of an autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the members of the Royal Society, [n.d.]. (Un...
Taylor, W. (William), 1765-1836
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn6rrf (person)
William Taylor was an English man of letters and translator. Born in Norwich, he travelled the continent extensively to perfect his language skills. He developed an enthusiasm for German poetry, and made translations into English of several important works. He was also an editor and reviewer, and published the seminal study, Historic survey of German poetry. From the description of Lines translated from Klopstock's Lehrling der Griechen, 1821 June 8. (Pennsylvania State University Li...
Giles, Netlam
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1702-1714, was the last Stuart monarch. Raised as a Protestant, she was convinced to support the efforts of William of Orange and her sister Mary to depose her Catholic father, King James II. William and Mary became monarchs, and Anne succeeded to the throne upon William's death. Anne herself had no clear successor, and this uncertainty fuelled discord in her reign, marked by bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories. She was succeeded by the Hanoverian line, descend...
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j395sm (person)
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, British Whig statesman. Lord of the Treasury (1765), Speaker of the House of Commons (1766), and member of the Privy Council (1767), Secretary of State for Home Affairs, War, and the Colonies (1782). In the latter capacity he guided the negotiations for the Treaty of 1783 between Britain and the United States. From the description of Papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, 1765-1787. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bota...
Mr. Whiteford
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kj4gs7 (person)
Henry Colburn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69735zs (person)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s187m9 (person)
Dr. John Allen (1771-1843) was a political and historical writer. In 1791 he graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh. In 1801, in his capacity as a doctor, he accompanied Lord Holland to Spain, and on his return to England became a regular inmate of Holland House. Although he served in 1806 as under-secretary to the commissioners for treating with America, Allen is best known for his social life at Holland House, especially as documented in his diary. He also helped Lord Holland to...
Mason, Elizabeth
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N. (Nathan) Bailey
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Henry, Robert, 1718-1790
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Scottish historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to T. Cadell, 1783 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270467788 Epithet: Captain; Royal Marine Artillery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x000375 ...
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter : place not specified, to Georges Deyverdun, 1775 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587493 From the description of Letter, 1775 Feb. 17, to [Hester Gibbon?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500050 From the description of Library catalogue cards, ca. 1783-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289309 From the description of Receipt book : manuscript, 1780-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...
Rainbow Coffee House.
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Seward, Anna, 1742-1809
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb78zm (person)
English poet. From the description of Conclusion of an autograph letter signed with postscript : Lichfield, to Robert Fellowes, [1804] Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664731 Anna Seward was born in Eyam, Derbyshire, and resided in Lichfield, England from age thirteen until her death. In addition to her career as a poet, she carried on a voluminous correspondence with many literary figures. From the description of Papers, 1781-1807. (Harvard University)...
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h70d53 (person)
English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.W. Croker, 1815 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663622098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], Monday noon [1829 Feb. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], [1829] Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707570 From the description of Auto...
Arthur Murphy.
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Hoadly, John, 1711-1776
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n594vq (person)
John Hoadly, English poet and playwright. From the description of John Hoadly manuscript material : 1 item, 1771 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427059479 ...
Milton, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zm57z2 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 33509 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000274 Epithet: of Add MS 36354 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000276 Epithet: of the Mint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x00027c Epithet: of Sloane MS 1030 ...
Sir Ralph Bigland
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw2bs4 (person)
Warner, Vere
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb7849 (person)
Jonathan Swift
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69f166n (person)
Charles Cartwright
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch393m (person)
Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm78xj (person)
Scottish publisher; author of 'Traditions of Edinburgh,' 'History of the rebellion of 1745-46,' 'Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen,' and 'A life of Scott,' among others; acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott. From the description of Robert Chambers papers, [1827-1836?]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44616234 Publisher and author Robert Chambers was born in a small town in Scotland; after his affluent family lost their fortune, he and his brother Wi...
Houston, Hugh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc4zdj (person)
Brewster, David, 1781-1868
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp06mc (person)
Natural philosopher and Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Autograph letters, 1819-1867 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78354815 Scottish physicist. From the description of David Brewster papers, 1836-1857, [Edinburgh]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847956 Educated for the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh University, but due to a form of nervousness gave up a clerical life and in 1802 became editor of the 'Edinburgh Ma...
Walter Carles Hopper
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m180cq (person)
Abraham Muscatus
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t8dch (person)
Boydell, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p266k (person)
Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000123 ...
Dodd, William, 1729-1777
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William Dodd (1729-1777) attended the University of Cambridge, and was ordained as a minister in 1752. He published a wide variety of works from 1747 onward, including poetry, a novel, theological writings, and his most successful work, The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752). In 1767, he founded Pimlico Chapel in London behind Buckingham House, in an effort to attract royal patronage. Dodd grew increasingly desperate for money to pay debts. On 1777 Feb. 1, he forged the name of a former pupil on a b...
Hayley, William, 1745-1820
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English poet and biographer of Cowper. From the description of Transcript of William Cowper's poem To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa, undated [ca. 1803?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750522032 From the description of From manuscripts in Cowper's hand : transcripts of poems, undated [ca. 1798-1820]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 750468911 William Hayley was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper. Hayley won the fame...
Wise, Henry, b. 1706
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vz43wn (person)
Sarah Gwynne Wesley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b7zrj (person)
Mr. Bovill
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bm5srd (person)
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6876tx1 (person)
Mr. Burn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6556q3d (person)
Thomas Edwards, 1699-1757
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx90d6 (person)
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq4202 (person)
Mr. Fosbroock
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6430pw1 (person)
Thomas Bidwell.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs6733 (person)
Hely-Hutchinson, John, 1724-1794
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd2361 (person)
Duppa, Richard, 1770-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c25rj3 (person)
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th8szj (person)
At the time of the letters Sandwich was the first Lord of the Admiralty. Douglas was editor of Cook's journals; Shepherd was an astronomer; Harris was British Ambassador at St. Petersberg; Burney was a friend of Sandwich and father of James; King was captain of the Discovery after the death of Clerke; Barrington was a lawyer. From the description of Papers [microform]. 1771-1784. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225828440 From the description of Papers of John Mont...
Thomas Hearne.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z753tt (person)
John Johnson, 1769-1833
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f047br (person)
Statham, Samuel
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Charles Babbage
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t29nsj (person)
Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg30zf (person)
Irish essayist, dramatist and politician. From the description of Autograph document signed : London, to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 1720 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574239 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Ambrose Philips, 1713 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574896 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1714 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574892 ...
James Carpenter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm2rkx (person)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...
Richard, Howard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf2brn (person)
Alexander Nowell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s7j13 (person)
Andrew Millar
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b99gf2 (person)
Macrone, John, 1809-1837
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff4dg3 (person)
London publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Lord Chandos of Sudeley, 1834 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 475002074 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Lord Chandos of Sudeley, 1834 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608530 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Lord Chandos of Sudeley, 1837 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608615 From the description ...
Cecilia Thrale Mostyn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t296pt (person)
Hawkins, John, 1719-1789
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English music historian, antiquarian, and attorney. From the description of Letter signed, with an autograph postscript, dated : [n.p., London?] Feb. 16 1782, to Mr. [John] Langshaw, organist in Lancaster, 1782 Feb. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665512 Epithet: writer on music history British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00009b ...
Millar, Andrew
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Epithet: bookseller and publisher, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000086 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000087 ...
Capt. Burnett
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Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br9bv8 (person)
James Sherman, 1796-1862
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m75551 (person)
John Jervis, Viscount St. Vincent
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z5w2k (person)
Sir Joshua Reynolds
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gs1f6j (person)
William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f628zj (person)
Andrew Bell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd1wd6 (person)
Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
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British poet. From the description of Kisses in former times : autograph mansucript copy of the poem signed : [Siena], 1860 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598966 Epithet: of Add MS 36513 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000290 Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator. From the description of Walter Savage Landor collection...
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
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Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British Whig statesman. He served as British Prime Minister under George III from 1768 to 1770. From the description of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton manuscript material : 1 item, 1788 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 218502567 ...
Heath, James, 1757-1834
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Faulkner, George, 1699?-1775
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Aaron Graham
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Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786
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English traveller and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph signature to a bill (Victualling Course), 1782 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129853 From the description of Autograph signature to a certificate : Victualling Office, London, 1762 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129854 Hanway was an English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist. In London (from 1750) he occupied himself with many philanthropic measures, especially those ai...
E. Clutterbuck
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jv4b76 (person)
Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000170 English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1775 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750512 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Queen St., to Reverend Dr. Percy, Dean of Carlisle, 1778 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750519 Epithet: o...
Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty (Great Britain)
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Maurice, Thomas, 1754-1824
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Epithet: of Add MS 29174 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0001de ...
Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of, 1721-1803
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British statesman. From the description of Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, correspondence, 1773 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980712 ...
John Hodgson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r35693 (person)
Whitefoord, Caleb, 1734-1810
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p876pw (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 39898 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000103 ...
Thomas, Maurice
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Williamson, Richard, 1802-1865
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Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832
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Sir James Mackintosh, Irish political writer and politician. From the description of Sir James Mackintosh manuscript material : 15 items, 1799-1825 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 654853220 From the guide to the Sir James Mackintosh manuscript material : 18 items, 1799-1826, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Desc...
Thomas Falconer.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t28nj1 (person)
Hawkesworth, Mary Brown, d. 1796
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr7g3z (person)
Thomas Cadell.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b70tjf (person)
Cowper, William, 1731-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q4z89 (person)
William Cowper, English poet. From the guide to the William Cowper manuscript material : 32 items, ca. 1784-1799, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Weston Underwood, to William [i.e. Walter] Churchey, 1786 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531182 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Olney], to Lady Austen, 1782 Aug...
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
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English admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Marshall, 1784 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490947 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Sir James ...?, 1782 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490916 ...
Cay, John, 1700-1757
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Mr. Sénégas ?
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Romilly, Samuel, 1757-1818
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Romilly, an English lawyer and law reformer, practiced mainly on the Chancery side. He served as Solicitor General in All-the-Talents Administration (1806), and secured repeal of an Elizabethan statute making it a capital offense to steal from a person (1808). From the description of Letter and notes, 1809, 1812, and undated. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339909 Epithet: of Add MS 37949 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : P...
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928
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English author and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wallington, Cambo, Northumberland, to T.J. Cobden Sanderson, 1889 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573152 English author and statesman; nephew of Macaulay. From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Commons, to Moncure Conway, 1880 Jul. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573156 British politician and author. From the description of [Let...
Clarke, ...
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Epithet: Dr; incumbent of a living in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x0000fb Epithet: of Sloane MS 2788 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000100 Epithet: of Add MS 36067 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...
Collins, Anthony
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William Dodd
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Murray, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 34624 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000289 Title: 1st Earl of Mansfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000160 Epithet: of Jamaica British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0...
William Camden
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Samuel Johnson, 1649-1703
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Magdalen College
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Francis Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin.
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Bentham, Jerémy 1748-1832
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Jeremy Bentham, British philosopher, jurist, and reformer. From the description of Jeremy Bentham manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76698683 From the guide to the Jeremy Bentham manuscript material : 6 items, 1784-ca. 1828, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Jurist and philosopher. From the description of Jeremy Bentham memoranda, 1830. (Unknown). Wo...
James Playfair
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rh09cg (person)
Thomas Pennant.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g01wvh (person)
J. R.? Williams
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J. Johnson and J. Watson.
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Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6293rq6 (person)
John Waldron Crabbe
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qq02w2 (person)
Dalley, Mary
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George Tawse ?
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Thomas Hill, 1760-1840
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w230kb (person)
Literary Club?)
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Foulis, Robert, 1707-1776
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Johnson Society
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John Whitgift
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Elliott, Ebenezer, 1781-1849
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The Corn Law Rhymer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Sheffield, to James Everett, 1829 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614043 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Sheffield, to the Reverend William J. Fox, 1836 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614046 Epithet: Corn-Law rhymer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00015d Ebenezer...
Mr. Brevort, Esq.
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Hammond, George
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Forrester, James, -1765
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Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
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Sir Anthony Panizzi
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z3bk7 (person)
Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rx9k63 (person)
English diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lille, to M. Barrois, jeune, 1797 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606353 James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820), was educated at Winchester and at Merton College, Oxford. In the course of his diplomatic and political career he served as ambassador to Russia (1777-83) and The Hague (1784-88) and conducted negotiations with France in 1794-97. From the description of Earl of Ma...
Dolman, Mary
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Mary Hood, Viscountess Bridport
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Dodd, William, 1804-
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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000361 Epithet: Reverend forger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00038d Epithet: of Add MS 40263 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00035f Epithet: of Wandsworth ...
Thomas Moore, 1779-1851
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Ralph Plumb
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Fife, James Duff, Earl of, 1729-1809
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Joseph Johnson, 1738-1809
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Weeden Butler.
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John Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r92511 (person)
Butterfield, William, 1814-1900
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British architect, known for his eccesiastical designs and his promotion of the Gothic Revival. From the description of William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, ca. 1838-1892. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78155661 Biographical / Historical Note William Butterfield (1814-1900) was a British architect known for the Gothic revival style he championed. He studied with E. L. Blackburne and set ...
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
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English statesman. William Pulteney, born in 1684, was the 10th Earl of Bath. He died in 1764. From the description of Papers, 1714. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50658457 ...
Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732
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Hayes, Samuel, 1749-approximately 1795
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Mr. Allen
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Hume, Sir Abraham, 1749-1838
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Mr. Jansen
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Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861
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Arthur Hugh Clough, English Victorian poet. From the description of Arthur Hugh Clough manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1851-1856 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122379976 From the guide to the Arthur Hugh Clough manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1851-1856, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Downing Street [London], to A...
Ballantyne, James, 1772-1833
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Scottish publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to William Jerdan of the Literary Gazette, 1825 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622262 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Journal Office, to Joseph McGregor, 1820 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622423 ...
Coxe, William, 1747-1828
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William Coxe, English historian and clergyman. From the description of William Coxe manuscript material : 2 items, 1793-1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 132680523 From the guide to the William Coxe manuscript material : 2 items, 1793-1821, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785
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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0000f3 ...
Clement, William Innell, -1852
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Strange, Isabella Lumisden, 1721 or 2-1808.
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Birch, Thomas
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Epithet: Justice of the Common Pleas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x00025d Epithet: of Add MS 36068 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00021d Epithet: DD; of Sloane MS 4057 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...
Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qf8zqv (person)
German author and physiognomist. From the description of Vermischte physiognomische Regeln : Manuscript fuer Freunde, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497464 From the guide to the Vermischte physiognomische Regeln : Manuscript fuer Freunde, 1789, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Swiss physiognomist. From the description of Letter, 1781, Mar. 16 : Zürich. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35130848 Swiss scholar. From th...
Edward Wakefield.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p12bns (person)
Murphy, James Cavanah, 1760-1814
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp2hhm (person)
Colson, John, 1680-1760
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d275v (person)
Epithet: Reverend; FRS; mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x0000e2 ...
Francis, Charlotte A. (Charlotte Anne)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w409qd (person)
Charlotte Francis was the daughter of Dr. Charles Burney and sister of Fanny Burney. From the description of Commonplace book of poetry : manuscript, 1771-1806 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612878331 ...
Todd, Henry John, 1763-1845
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cj9qfp (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 20082 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x0002ed ...
John Rivington.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r6cwr (person)
Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719
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Bayley, Nathaniel.
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Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971
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William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland
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J. S. Brooks, Esq.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x50mw (person)
William Conway
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d5k6w (person)
Radcliffe Medley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64p2zc7 (person)
Lovell Reeve?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x498t2 (person)
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc3pzs (person)
Trained under J.F. Blondel at the Ecole des Arts in Paris, Sir William Chambers served as the Architect of the King's Works and Surveyor-General and Comptroller under King George III. His works included the remodeling at Buckingham Palace, and his principal work Somerset House, among others. Influential through his publications, most notably Treatise on Civil Architecture of 1759-91, Chambers additionally was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Art, serving as its first treasurer. ...
Mr. Deane
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James Dodsley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w52369 (person)
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8crw (person)
English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter, Saturday morning. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520079 From the description of Autograph letter signed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520101 British statesman. From the description of Papers, 1806-1852. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562184 Holland was a prominent Whig in Lords. From the description of ALS, [1829?] December 6, to John / Vassal Holl...
Walker, Joseph C. (Joseph Cooper), d. 1810
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Thomas Mitchell?
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Cawston
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63d0jdw (person)
Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04dq9 (person)
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
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Dublin Society
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p5cv9 (corporateBody)
Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j68wmq (person)
English blind magistrate. From the description of Letter in third person, not autograph : London, to David Garrick, 1776 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482249 English magistrate and writer (Blind brother of Henry Fielding). From the description of Autograph signature to document, 1771 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535295 ...
Smith, John Thomas, 1879-1947
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc3r8v (person)
Polwhele, Richard, 1760-1838
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6474ws2 (person)
Epithet: Reverend; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00002a ...
Serle, Ambrose, 1742-1812
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q2wbx (person)
Ambrose Serle was an English civil servant, diarist and writer of Christian prose and hymns. He was also the private secretary to the British General William Howe. From the description of Military Journal of Ambrose Serle, 1776-1778. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 758909456 ...
Tawse, Andrew
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn8z13 (person)
Bell, J. L. (John Lane)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b3tt8 (person)
Epithet: Lieutenant-General; Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000344 Epithet: Provost of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000372 Epithet: of Add MS 23804 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0...
Mrs. Woodfall.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr43nr (person)
Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885
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Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 44147 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000f0 British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartuom against Sudanese rebels. From the description of Letter, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363531820 "Chinese" Gordon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southampton, t...
Hunter, John, 1940-
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 1068 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002dd Epithet: Captain; RN; Vice-Admiral 1810 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002d3 Epithet: HD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0002d9 Epithet: of Virginia...
E. (Edward) Dilly
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H. Lumsden
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Joseph Spence
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Hector, Edmund 1708-1794
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Oughton, James Adolphus, Sir, 1719-1780
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s758p (person)
Montrose, James Graham, Duke of, 1755-1836
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60302k9 (person)
Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845
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Canon of St. Paul's; essayist and wit. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663579 Canon of St. Paul's. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Archibald Allison, [no year] Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872261 English divine and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : C[ombe], Florey, Taunton, to M...
Herbert Hill).
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk6pf3 (person)
Longman, Thomas
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b37kz6 (person)
Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 40520 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000007 Epithet: of Add MS 38729 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000002 ...
Churton, Ralph, 1754-1831
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Cave, Thomas, 1712-1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq8qpq (person)
Epithet: of Stowe MS 142 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001093.0x0003c1 ...
Ralph Thoresby.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg4k4b (person)
Mark Pringle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn3fx8 (person)
Dorset, John Frederick Sackville, Duke of, 1745-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r1xgg (person)
Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s1wcm (person)
Son of George III. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kensington Palace, to Admiral G.C. Berkeley, 1811 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270887054 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Rev. William Douglas, "about 1824." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270887059 From the description of Autograph extracts from the Psalms : Kinmel, 1836 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129660 From the description of Aut...
Chambers, Anne Metcalfe, 1713-1782
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb7whp (person)
Marlborough, George Spencer, Duke of, 1739-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp318z (person)
Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 1688-1740
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw0k38 (person)
Henning, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6ctt (person)
Epithet: modeller and sculptor; of Add MS 43245 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0003bd Epithet: modeller and sculptor; of Add MS 39781 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0003bc ...
Hogg, James, 1770-1835
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668b72 (person)
James Hogg was born in Ettrick, Selkshire, Scotland in November 1770. Having received little formal education, Hogg taught himself to read and write in his late teens. He continued to work as a labourer and shepherd for twenty five years. Between 1794-1810 Hogg wrote songs which appeared in magazines and in two small collections. Determined to make a career as a professional writer, Hogg, aged 40, moved to Edinburgh in 1810. In Edinburgh, Hogg established a weekly paper entitled, The Spy but onl...
Aaron Arrowsmith.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ss3kbj (person)
Chapman and Hall
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z2j2p (corporateBody)
Haddington, Charles Hamilton, Earl of, 1753-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc7p0p (person)
Hargrave, Francis, 1741?-1821
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k657hp (person)
Collector of manuscripts. From the description of Francis Hargrave collection, 1701-1763. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470732 ...
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf2t6t (person)
Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish painter who was appointed painter in ordinary in 1830 and received a knighthood in 1836. For full details of his life and work see the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material, ca. 1806-1849, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Sir David Wilkie was a painter born in 1785. He was educated under John Strachan, studied in Edinburgh, 1799-1804. He came to London in...
Sir John Cox Hippisley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf66sn (person)
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r21kq5 (person)
Elizabeth Chudleigh (c.1720-1788), courtier and bigamist, was the younger daughter and youngest child of Colonel Thomas Chudleigh (c.1688-1726), lieutenant-governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Henrietta Chudleigh (d. 1756) of Chalmington, Dorset. Her grandmother had been the author Mary Chudleigh. On August 4, 1744, Elizabeth secretly married Lieutenant the Hon. Augustus John Hervey RN (1724-1779). In 1768 Hervey, eager to marry another, pressed Elizabeth for a divorce and the case was brought to t...
Clairaut, M., 1713-1765
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Thomas, Percy
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn0wmk (person)
Godwin, William, 1803-1832
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p6qsg (person)
William Godwin, Jr., English journalist. He was the only son of William Godwin, philosopher and novelist, and the half-brother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Godwin was a reporter for the Morning Chronicle from 1823 until his death in 1832. His novel Transfusion was published in 1835, with a memoir prefixed by his father. From the description of William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 269872372 ...
Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c5316 (person)
Joseph Warton was an influential author and critic, a literary radical who encouraged the use of imagination and eschewed traditional verse forms in his criticism and his own writing. Warton was born in Surrey, and educated at Oxford University, where he developed an interest in poetry and imagination; he began publishing verse soon after, and literary essays on figures such as Milton, Shakespeare, and Pope. He taught at Winchester College, eventually becoming master and later headmaster, forcin...
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864
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Mr. Walter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q66td0 (person)
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h83v5z (person)
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
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Colley Cibber was an actor, playwright, stage manager, and poet laureate. From the description of Colley Cibber letter to Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington, 1747 June 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 37290455 ...
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount, 1739-1802
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n5cw3 (person)
Henry Temple, second Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), was a politician and traveller. He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1761, but never spoke. In 1762 he was elected for the Cornish pocket borough of East Looe, but was only a very occasional speaker, preferring foreign travel to political duty. He was presented to the French royal family at Versailles in 1762, and in 1763 took a grand tour of Europe, where he met John Wilkes and Voltaire. He returned to his house, Broadlands, in Ha...
George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx802f (person)
Charles Edward Burney
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t005c8 (person)
Mr. Way
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c09s3h (person)
William Hayley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dh17km (person)
Sir Robert Chambers
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j81msp (person)
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
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Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of, 1759-1840
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x93922 (person)
Lord-lieutenant of Ireland. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1832 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132798 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Bayham Abbey and [London] to the Duke of Cumberland, Mr. Larkin and Mr. Hawkes, 1817 Sept. 12, 1826 Mar. 8 and [no year] Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858725 ...
Thomas Harmer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w34k4 (person)
Mary Brown Hawkesworth
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj7g6f (person)
John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c9g50 (person)
Adam Fytche, of Cambridge (England)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w80r4j (person)
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh0b1z (person)
British politician. From the description of Letter and ephemera, 1806-1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78736102 ...
William Robertson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jc0hzb (person)
Lort, Michael, 1725-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kk9prh (person)
Epithet: Dr; of Add MS 12527 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00016c Epithet: Prebendary of St Paul's 1780; antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00016e Cambridge University's history can be dated back to the early thirteenth century, when scholars congregated in the city for the purpose of st...
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr30kw (person)
British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...
Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735
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Henry Grey, Duke of Kent was the Lord Chamberlain in 1706. From the description of Autograph letter signed from George Granville, Baron Lansdowne, to the Lord Chamberlain? [manuscript], 1706? February?. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 430229570 ...
Sir Thomas Egerton
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Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744
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E. H. (Edward Hugh)? Sothern
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k78m57 (person)
William Cuming, 1714-1788
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pq3gkt (person)
Richard Adams.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk7401 (person)
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
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Thomas Edward Lawrence, archaeologist, soldier, and author, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born at Tremadoc, North Wales, on August 15, 1888, the second of five sons. His father, Thomas Robert Chapman, and his mother, Sarah Maden, assumed the name of Lawrence. The family was raised in comfort by private means. Lawrence learned to read at a very early age by observing his older brother being taught to read. At the age of four he read newspapers and books, at six he began the study ...
Hume, David, 1711-1776
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s75k8w (person)
Scottish philosopher and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to the Earl of Eglinton, 1767 Spring. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528546 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Strahan], 1757 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269524752 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [Richard Davenport], 1767 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269529984 From the de...
Mrs. Coppard
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f4fjv (person)
Lennox, Charlotte, ca 1729-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q52vbn (person)
Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fc Epithet: wife of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fd Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x0001fa ...
Adam, Robert
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Epithet: of Add MS 38205 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x00008c Epithet: architect British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000088 ...
Sackville Tufton, Earl of Thanet.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6527wvp (person)
Plunket, William Conyngham Plunket, Baron, 1764-1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g6p23 (person)
Strahan, Andrew, -1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63f51z3 (person)
Thomas Somerville, the only son of minister William Somerville, was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1741. In 1756, he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he studied divinity. He received his license to preach in November 1764, was ordained in 1767, and took positions as a tutor, before getting his first parish at Minto, a position he held until the king presented him to the parish of Jedburgh, Scotland, in 1772. Somerville led the church at Jedburgh until his death. Du...
Charles I, King of England
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k21nfv (person)
Mrs. Green
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr2047 (person)
Sarah Ford Johnson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk6p8v (person)
Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp7srg (person)
Adair & Bullock
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c96cc (corporateBody)
Bennet, Madame
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Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65r87kh (person)
Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b99n43 (person)
Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w6wpd (person)
Hardinge, Henry Hardinge, Viscount, 1785-1856
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w647534d (person)
British army officer and secretary of war and governor general of India. From the description of Letter of Henry Hardinge, Viscount of Hardinge, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450763 English field-marshal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : War Office, to Mr. Gueveson (?), 1829 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270506086 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : [London] and [n.p.], to unidentified recipients, 18...
Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806
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William Forbes was a Philadelphia merchant and shipper. From the description of Account book, 1768-1780. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122590357 Epithet: Master of Forbes, afterwards 11th Baron Forbes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x000345 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 35788 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description :...
Leeds, Edward
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Archibald Arnott
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60x2cgq (person)
Skene, James, 1775-1864
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Epithet: of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001be Scottish landowner; linguist; patron of the arts. From the description of Papers, 1796-1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878767 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001bd ...
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
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English statesman. From the description of Printed letter signed : London, to Clinton G. Dawkins, H.M. Consul General at Trieste, 1849 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stanhope St., to Dr. Budd, 1837 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610835 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Foreign Office [London], to M. Arichini, 1834 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27060970...
Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mk6j22 (person)
Samuel Parr was a Latin scholar and schoolmaster, educated at Cambridge. He served as perpetual curate in Warwickshire and during that time established a school in Stanmore, served as headmaster of Colchester and Norwich Schools, wrote essays and sermons with strong and often controversial leanings, and amassed a library of more than 10,000 books. He was a friend of Joseph Priestley and wrote the Latin epitaph for Samuel Johnson in St. Paul's. From the description of Samuel Parr lett...
J. Grenville.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n72037 (person)
Parkes, Samuel
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Epithet: chemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000278 ...
Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821
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English divine and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1792 April 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270595409 ...
John Golding
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South Sea Company
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British company founded in 1711 to trade, chiefly in slaves, with Spanish America. The resulting speculation mania that led to ruin for many investors was known as the South Sea Bubble. Company dissolved in 1753. From the description of Records of the South Sea Company, 1712-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982201 The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 to trade (mainly in slaves) with Spanish America, on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession, then dr...
John? Robertson
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Ozias Humphry
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Covent Garden Theatre
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Thomas Harris, John Philip Kemble and others proprietors of the New Theatre Royal called Covent Garden Theatre. From the description of Grant for 85 years from Covent Garden Theatre to George Raikes of Cornhill, Esq. [manuscript], 1809 September 18. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643481 The Covent Garden Theatre was built by John Rich in London in 1732. Also known as the Royal Opera House. From the description of Documents concerning finance...
Melmoth, William, 1710?-1799
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Wetstein, Jacobus, active 1727-1777
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Epithet: bookseller and publisher, of Amsterdam; grandson of J H Wetstein British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00014a ...
Mr. Henry.
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Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
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Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist. From the guide to the Peter Pindar letter to John Walker, 1805-1812, (Ohio University) John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar." ...
Fox, Charles James, 1798?-1874
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Epithet: of Add MS 12099 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00037f ...
Steuart, James, Sir, 1712-1780
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Title: 8th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000205 Sir James Steuart Denham (1712-1780), born in Edinburgh to Sir James Steuart, solicitor-general of Scotland, and Ann Dalrymple, was an important British economist. He studied law at The University of Edinburgh and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1735. In the following years, he toured Europe and became acquainted with ma...
Young, Edward, 1683-1765
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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Welwyn, Herts.], to [Samuel Richardson], 1750 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584539 Edward Young was a poet, dramatist and satirist, born at Upham near Winchester. He was the son of Edward Young, the rector of Upham, (who was later Dean of Salisbury and chaplain to William and Mary). In 1702 Young went to New College, Oxford, but moved to Corpus Christi, and then to a law fellowship at All Souls in ...
Hett, John.
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...
Fordyce, George
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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0003e1 ...
Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533
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Epithet: of Add MS 25036 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0001c0 Epithet: of Sloane MS 396 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0001bd Epithet: of Add MS 37210 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0001c2 ...
Perreau, Robert
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Plumbe, Ralph
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Mangin, Edward, 1772-1852
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Epithet: Reverend; of Bath British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x000081 Edward Mangin, Irish writer and translator. From the description of Edward Mangin manuscript material : 1 item, 1833 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727140794 From the guide to the Edward Mangin manuscript material : 1 item, 1833, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley ...
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe
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Greene, Richard, 1716-1793
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Green, John
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Epithet: Knight 1874; Consul General at Bucharest British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000148 Epithet: DD, Dean and (1761) Bishop of Lincoln British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000146 Epithet: of Add MS 4432 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...
Simson, Robert
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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel Town Major Kingston-upon-Hull British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x0002f7 Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x00004b ...
Hamilton, Archibald, -1792
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Sir Herbert Croft
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj779w (person)
Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Spencer, Countess Spencer.
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Richard Cooke
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline, b. 1744 or 5
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Hetch, Charles
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Robert or James Dodsley
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Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793
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William Wildman Barrington, second Viscount Barrington, English politician. His political career was notorious, as he held continuous public office for over thirty years throughout a whole series of ministerial changes. Barrington was a regular target of the anonymous critic of British politics known as Junius. From the description of William Wildman Barrington manuscript material : 1 item, 1766 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75428351 From the guide to the Wi...
Pocock, Robert, 1760-1830
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Paine, Thomas
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Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of Cambridge
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Chalmers, George, 1742-1825
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George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, antiquarian, and author. He was born at Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, educated at the parish school at Fochabers and at King's College Aberdeen. He went on to study law in Edinburgh and moved to Maryland in 1763 to practice law in Baltimore. As a devout loyalist, he returned to London in September of 1775 when revolutionary discontent grew in the American colonies. He was appointed chief clerk of the committee of the Privy Council...
Alexander Bain, 1818-1903
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Lofft, Capel, 1751-1824
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Capel Lofft, English radical editor and writer. From the description of Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items, 1799-1811 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 720407149 From the guide to the Capel Lofft manuscript material : 6 items, 1799-1811, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Benjamin Couch.
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Walker, Edward, 1942-....
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Epithet: Garter King at Arms; of Sloane MS 856 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0000cc Epithet: Garter King of Arms; of Add Ch 71076 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0000cd Edward Walker was born on 24 January 1612. He entered the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, the Earl Marshal, around 1633. With th...
Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763
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Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
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Epithet: of Add MS 37311 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x00006e John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher known for his writings on social and political theory, particularly utilitarianism. From the guide to the John Stuart Mill Letters, 1851-1889, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) British philosopher. From the description...
Mrs. Baber
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Sierra Leone Company
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Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1721-1794
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John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.
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Huggins, John
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Clarendon Hotel
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Joseph Lockley.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh8x4w (person)
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
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A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...
Jeremiah Markland
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Sir William Hamilton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb5w26 (person)
R. A. Harrison
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Fothergill, Elizabeth
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Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841
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English humourist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland Row, to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523603 Theodore Edward Hook, English writer and hoaxer. From the description of Theodore Edward Hook manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1831? (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 428896037 From the guide to the Theodore Edward Hook manuscript material : 7 items, ca. 1830-184...
Scott & Pringle
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Boucher, Jonathan, 1738-1804
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Jonathan Boucher (1738-1804) was an Anglican clergyman in Virginia, Maryland, and England. He was one of the most prominent ejected loyalists of the American Revolution, and later a prominent figure in the conservative faction of the Church of England. He authored two books, A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution and A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words. From the description of Papers, 1759-1803. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 286...
David Garrick, evidently
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Lady Elliot Duke
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Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
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British public official. From the description of Papers of John Russell, Duke of Bedford, 1593-1765. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068325 Charlotte Beard was one of the four daughters of John Rich and so probably were the other contributors. From the description of Lease from John Russell, Duke of Bedford, to Mrs. Priscilla Rich of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, widow [manuscript], 1765 December 2. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 6301...
Thomas Buchan
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Mr. Waring.
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Biddle, Nicholas
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Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke
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Margaret Caroline Rudd.
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Byng, Robert, 1703-1740
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Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763
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A. (Abraham) Hayward
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Longman, Thomas Norton, 1849-1930
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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000b3 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e7 Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e8 Epithet: of Add MS 38730 British Library Ar...
Edmond Malone
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C. Roux
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Barnard, Thomas, 1728-1806
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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0000cb Bishop and dean of Derry Cathedral. From the description of Thomas Barnard correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451203 Thomas Barnard (Bishop of Killaloe) was instituted to the deanery of Derry on 2 June 1769. From the description of To Sir Joshua Reynolds by the Dean of Derry [poem], 1769. (Huntington...
Jones, William, Sir, 1746-1794
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English orientalist and jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Cadell, bookseller, 1775 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488044 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Crishna nagar", to Thomas Law in Behar, 1787 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270486812 William Jones (1746-1794) was a British lawyer in India and pioneer of comparative linguistic studies. Born in London in 1746, Jones later...
Horace Bénédict? de Saussure
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Mr. Schlesinger
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Lord Frederick North.
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Seripando, Antonio
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John Dryden.
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Sterne, Laurence
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Epithet: Reverend; of Add Ch 16158 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0001b2 Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0001b0 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0001b9 Epithet: Reverend; of ...
Pococke, Richard, 1704-1765
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Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford
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Mr. Hamilton.
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Graves, Richard, 1763-1829
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John Murray, 1778-1843
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Henry Mogford.
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
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Signed by Tsaritsa Catherine II and dated 14 November 1783. From the description of Catherine II Document, 1783. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410373 Empress of Russia. From the description of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, letter with cover, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014564 Ruled 1762-1796. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : St. Petersburg, to an Elector, 1786 Feb. 9...
Langton, Bennet, 1737-1801
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Epithet: of Add MS 38510 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x00006a Bennet Langton, English writer, and friend of Samuel Johnson. From the description of Bennet Langton manuscript material : 1 item, 1786 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 696631839 ...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771
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English novelist. From the description of Autograph promissory note for £100, signed : London, payable "thirty days after sight," to William Strahan, and addressed to Alexander Telfer of Symington, 1758 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664540 From the description of Autograph promissory note for £50, signed : Bath, 1766 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664536 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, to the printer, William Straha...
Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806
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Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, socialite and political hostess. From the description of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 435534158 From the guide to the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) 1st wife of William Cavendish, 5 duke and 8 earl of Devo...
Howard, George, Sir, 1718-1796
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William Williams
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William Cooke.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx3jd5 (person)
Paul Knapton
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Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811
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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a pl...
Lewis? Bagot.
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Mapletoft, John, 1631-1721
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Epithet: DD, MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0002ae Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0002b0 Epithet: of Clare Hall, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0002b1 ...
Peter King, Lord King
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Towers, Joseph, 1737-1799
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Alexander, Benjamin, d. 1768
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Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...
Joseph? Cooper.
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His Majesty's Exchequer.
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Chandos, Lydia Catherina Brydges, Duchess of, 1693-1750
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Maltby, Edward, 1770-1859
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Bishop of Durham and Chichester. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lincolns Inn, to the earl of Lichfield, 1836 Apr. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606357 ...
Richard Price.
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Priestley, Joseph, d. 1863?
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Knowles, Mary, 1733-1807
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Mary Knowles, a Quaker author, wrote an account of her dialogue with Samuel Johnson. From the description of AL, 1783 : [England] to Mrs. Bradney. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 52891590 ...
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560
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Humanist and reformer; friend and colleague of Martin Luther. From the description of Paulus spricht zu den Colossern, 1551. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122576370 German theologian and Protestant reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nuremberg, to his son-in-law Caspar Peucer, [1555] Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270637323 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wittenberg, to an unidentified recipient year not...
Louis XII, King of France
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William Henry Fielding
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George Garrick.
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Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
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Thomas Campbell was a poet known for his war poems, including "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." He also published "The Pleasure of Hope" in 1799, "Gertrude of Wyoming" in 1809, and "Theodric" in 1824. From the description of Thomas Campbell papers, 1821-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147203 Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, studied law in Edinburgh (1797), and became Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 1826-1829, as well as a...
Osborn, John, -1775
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Pearson, John Batteridge
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George Steevens
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Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Edgcumbe, Countess of, 1729-1807
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Bell, Charles
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Epithet: FRS; surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000015 ...
Barry, Henry, 1750-1822
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Beattie, James, 1735-1803
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James Beattie was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland. From the description of Notes on James Beattie's lectures, 1766-1767. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58659044 Scottish poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Aberdeen, to Dr. Lettsom, 1779 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621921 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to the Reverend Mr. Calde...
Thomas Hartley
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Mr. Reniger
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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R. Murray
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Hugh Mackenzie.
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Sir R. (Richard) Phillips
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Edward Thompson.
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Hutchinson, Francis, 1661-1739
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Lackington, Allen and Co.
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Heeley, Humphrey
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Moore, John, 1729-1802
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English physician and writer. From the description of Letter, 1797 : [England]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35203586 Scottish doctor and writer. From the description of ALS : London, to Robert Burns, 1791 Mar. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165796 ...
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
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John Hawkesworth, English writer. His book on British naval missions to the south Pacific, An account of the voyages undertaken by ... Commodore Byron (et al.), was published in 1773. The Commodore Byron mentioned in the title of his book is John "Foul-weather Jack" Byron, grandfather of Lord Byron. From the description of John Hawkesworth manuscript material : 1 item, 1772 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301749977 Compiler of parliamentary debates after Johns...
Payne, George
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Epithet: gambler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003bb ...
Bute, John Stuart, Marquess of, 1744-1814.
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Byng, John, Viscount Torrington, 1743-1813
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Father to George Byng, Viscount Torrington, 1824. From the description of Autograph note in the third person : to Sir Peter Burrell. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132393 ...
Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822
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Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...
Foster, John, 1731-1774
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St. Clements Danes Church
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Sir John Herbert.
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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674
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The first Earl of Clarendon was an English historian and statesman. From the description of [Letter] 1649 Jan. 21, Hague [to Prince Rupert] / Edw:. Hyde. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 184954803 ...
Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
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Bright, Henry, b. 1723
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Fréron, Stanislas, 1754-1802
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French Revolutionary politician. From the description of Document signed : Marseilles, 1795 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752278 ...
David Stewart Erskine, Earl of Buchan
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W. Grave
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Royal College of Physicians of London
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William Henry West Betty.
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Thomas Greive.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40gx9 (person)
Thomas Townshend.
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James Boswell.
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Ferguson, James, 1710-1776
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James Ferguson (1710-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, astronomer and engineer. From the description of James Ferguson papers, ca. 1740-1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517389 From the guide to the James Ferguson papers, ca. 1740-1776, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
Harden, John William, b. ca. 1810?
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John Carter.
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Sir John Dick
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Rogers, Mary Prowse, 1745-1800
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Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1714-1777
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Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, politician and administrator in Ireland. He succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Harcourt in 1727, and in 1749 he was created Viscount Nuneham of Nuneham Courtenay and Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt. From the description of Simon Harcourt, Earl Harcourt manuscript material : 1 item, 1768 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301751861 ...
Alms, Miss
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Forster, Benjamin
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Sir James Fellowes
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Robert Foulis?
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Strahan, George, 1744-1824
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Napier, Alexander, 1814-1887
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Northcote, James, 1746-1831
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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...
Becket, Thomas
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Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834
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Scottish biographer, editor and misc. writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London] to [Sylvanus] Urban [pseud. of John Nichols], 1816 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623018 Alexander Chalmers, Scottish biographer and literary editor. In addition to serving as editor of the Morning Herald and producing various editions of the works of great authors, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812-1817), to which he contribut...
De Medalle, L. S. (Lydia Sterne), 1747-
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St. Helens, Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron, 1753-1839.
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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ct097c (person)
Balliol College (University of Oxford)
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Hill, Peter
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Pope, Alexander, 1849-1924
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 180 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x000157 Epithet: of Add MS 40804 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x000152 Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), poet, was the son of a Roman Catholic linen-draper from London. As a boy, Pope suffered from ill health, which affected his growth and norm...
Gordon, Patrick
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Epithet: Naval Chaplain on HMS Salisbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x00019b ...
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000d3 Epithet: book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000331 ...
George John Spencer, Earl Spencer
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William Wordsworth
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Johannes Haller
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Kellington, Thomas.
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Belsham, William, 1752-1827
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Joseph Warton?
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Lady Amelia Ramsay Campbell.
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Mrs. Blunt
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J. E. Jones, Esq.
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Thompson, John
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Epithet: MA, of Cambridge University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0000e5 Epithet: Secretary, Newcastle Independent Labour Party British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x0000f3 Epithet: surgeon's mate, 16th Light Dragoons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
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William Hunter, 1718-1783
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Blackwell, Thomas, 1701-1757
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Henry Thrale.
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Augustus Pemberton Salusbury
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John Stewart, Earl of Galloway?
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Mrs. (Mary) Leapor.
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Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861
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Campbell was involved with various government activities including solicitor general (1832-1834), attorney general (1834-1841), chief justice of Queen's Bench (1850), and lord chancellor (1859-1861). From the description of Letters, 1834-1859. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337762 ...
Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux?
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Thomas Snow.
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Bowyer, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 36067 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000081 Epithet: of Add MS 32490 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x00007f Epithet: the younger; printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000004...
Capt. William Morrice.
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Paterson, John
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Epithet: schoolmaster of Cleist, near Kinross British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003af Epithet: Dean of Edinburgh, Bishop successively of Galloway and Edinburgh, afterwards Archbishop of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003a9 Epithet: Provost and Commissioner of Estates for Perth British Lib...
Ustinov, Peter
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James Kerby.
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Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794
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Lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1765-1766 and lord chamberlain, 1766-1782. From the description of Letter, 1766. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854524 ...
Richard Porson
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Ireland, Anna Maria
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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864
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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...
Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815
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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London], to Mr. Webster, [n.y.] Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904649 ...
John Fonblanque.
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George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham
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Barrett, Henry
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John Hawkesworth.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62d2ss5 (person)
John Egerton, Earl of Bridgewater
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Hesketh, Harriet, Lady, 1733-1807
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Friend of Cowper. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charles Street, to an unidentified correspondent, "Thursday noon" [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270466740 Cousin of William Cowper. From the description of Autograph letters (2) signed : Clifton, to Walter Bagot, 1802 Jan. 26 and 1802 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270474805 ...
Robert Hay Drummond, Bishop of Salisbury
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John Grigsby
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Bell & Bradfute
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
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William Beloe
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Tyers, Thomas, 1726-1787
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Barrett, Charlotte
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Playfair, James, 1738-1819
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Principal of St. Andrews. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Andrews, to an unidentified correspondent, 1811 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617641 ...
Moore, Edward, 1712-1757
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Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
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British poet. From the description of Kisses in former times : autograph mansucript copy of the poem signed : [Siena], 1860 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598966 Epithet: of Add MS 36513 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000290 Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator. From the description of Walter Savage Landor collection...
John Young, 1755-1825
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Ruffhead, Owen, 1723-1769
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John Stanhope
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66g05vs (person)
Abraham Farley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61m3tbw (person)
Charles Boyle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63636pd (person)
Byron, George Anson, 1758-1793.
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George Anson Byron, Captain in the service of the British Royal Navy, uncle of Lord Byron, the poet. From the description of Captain George Anson Byron manuscript material : 2 items, 1778-1781 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79861595 From the guide to the Captain George Anson Byron manuscript material : 2 items, 1778-1781, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
J. (James) Robertson
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Mann, Horace, Sir, 1701-1786
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Sir Horatio Mann, first baronet (bap. 1706, d. 1786), diplomatist, British representative in Florence. From the description of Letter : Florence, to Lord Mountsuart, 1782 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203215 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0000d8 ...
Ballantyne, James, 1937-
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Edmund Burke
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Caius College
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Mr. Cock.
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George Carew, Earl of Totnes.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k20tjw (person)
John Glynn
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pq2wv0 (person)
Scott, William, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836
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Stowell held a variety of position within the govenment including Advocate General for Lord High Admiralty (1782), Judge for Consistory Court (1788-1821), Privy Councilor (1798), and Judge of High Court of Admiralty (1798-1828). From the description of Letter to the vice-chancellor of Oxford University, 14 March 1807. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337873 Judge of the High Court of the Admiralty. From the description of Autograph letter sign...
Jones, Valentine
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John Murray
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn6z3j (person)
William Cecil, Earl of Exeter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm27fx (person)
Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t215c (person)
Saumaise, Claude, 1588-1653
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq6h40 (person)
French critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Leyden, to the King of England (Charles II), 1650 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633912 ...
Berenger, Richard, 1719 or 1720-1782
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Sir Francis Burdett
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t012cd (person)
Giovanni Boccaccio
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p12184 (person)
Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813
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English poet and poet laureate. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to S.T. Pratt, 1803 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615897 Epithet: Poet Laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x000209 ...
Skerrington
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Warren, Samuel, 1807-1877
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Warren was a British lawyer and the author of novels and legal manuals. From the description of Letter, 7 October 1865. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235163211 English physician and novelist. From the description of Letter, 1840, July 27 : Durham, England, to J.D. Brown, Esq. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35663680 Warren was an English novelist and a master of lunacy. His best-known work is TEN THOUSAND A YEAR (1840-1841). ...
Gilham, John
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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b56nzb (person)
A lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Alexander Parsons (1878-1962) married and had at least one daughter. A bibliophile, he briefly worked for the New Orleans Public Library in the 1930s and over a period of sixty years built a private collection, known as the Bibliotheca Parsoniana, with over 8,000 manuscripts and 40,000 publications on the American South, which was acquired by the University of Texas at Austin in 1958. An avid researcher and amateur historian, Parsons publis...
Dawson, George, 1821-1876
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd45cj (person)
George Dawson, English preacher, lecturer and political activist. From the description of George Dawson manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid 19th century (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174137782 From the guide to the George Dawson manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid 19th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...
Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814
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Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788
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Irish actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampton Wick [London], to Mr. Dodsley , Monday morning [no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662641 ...
Argus
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Thomas, Rowley
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Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn56hj (person)
Elmsley, Peter, 1734 or 5-1802.
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Hall, Robert, 1764-1831
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Hall was a miller and the proprietor of the North Sunderland steam-mill, used for corn, located in Northumberland County, England. Robert Hall was In partnership with North Sunderland farmers, John and George Hall, probably his brothers. From the description of Robert Hall's records of North Sunderland steam-mill, 1830-1833. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 767697598 English Baptist divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed ...
F. (Francis) Wingrave
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Robert Henley, Earl of Northington.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nf00sh (person)
Miss Arnold
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hk0qnj (person)
Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r876z3 (person)
Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x0000b1 ...
Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin
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Ireland, Samuel, -1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj2wm2 (person)
Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...
Sir Julius Caesar
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Sir Alexander Boswell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6265brd (person)
Isaac Miranda
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Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768
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Charles Burney, 1757-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kj42qc (person)
Waters, Miss
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f9hwf (person)
Almon, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq3k3p (person)
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8jtv (person)
Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...
Hunter, Joseph, 1783-1861
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6931cb2 (person)
English antiquary and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1847 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528608 English antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. [Daniel] Gaskell of Lupset Hall, Wakefield, 1836 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528592 Joseph Hunter, antiquary and Presbyterian minister, was born in Sheffield England and trained for...
Elizabeth Milles Pococke
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq8rnd (person)
David Hume
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s5cvb (person)
Southey, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m718n1 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000122 Epithet: of Add MS 37425 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000125 Robert Southey (1774-1843), poet, was born at Bristol on 12 August 1774. He attended schools in Corston and Bristol before entering Westminster School in 1788, from which he was expe...
E. Noble
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f049bk (person)
Colman, George, 1762-1836 ,
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ms3sx3 (person)
George Colman (1762-1836) was a British dramatist and, since July 1789, manager of the Haymarket Theatre. From the description of Letter by George Colman to Robert William Elliston, 1802. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 82677104 English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129692 From t...
John Caird
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf3dkm (person)
Humphrey Hawkins
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq8svh (person)
Elizabeth Carter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr48c7 (person)
Anna Holloway.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g5jt5 (person)
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z40g6 (corporateBody)
William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68j2h51 (person)
Sir John Suckling
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw7xfv (person)
Jansenius, Cornelius, 1585-1638
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n31758 (person)
St Paul's Cathedral
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz1kq8 (corporateBody)
Sir Thomas Lawrence
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65v700n (person)
Charles John Gardiner, Viscount Mountjoy
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t96jn (person)
Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f61gzn (person)
Ryland, Richard, 1747-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w17qg (person)
Hollis, Joseph-Samuel, b. ca. 1763
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch36kn (person)
Ross, Thomas (Thomas E.)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6960khf (person)
Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x0001c5 Epithet: Reverend; of Lochbroom British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x0001c6 ...
Manning, Henry Edward, 1808-1892
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv0bhb (person)
Henry Edward Manning (15 July 1808 - 14 January 1892) was one of the most influential English Roman Catholic figures of his time. From his ordination in the Church of England in 1832, through his conversion to Catholicism in 1851, and to his death in 1892, his words and actions were powerful influences in England, and in the Roman Catholic Church. From the description of Henry Edward Manning papers, 1826-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122654198 English Cat...
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6184fjz (person)
Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000148 The Utah Territorial Penitentiary was constructed in late 1854 and occupancy began in 1855. A site was chosen southeast of Salt Lake City--the present day location of Sugar House Park. From the guide to the Utah Territorial Penitentiary stone contract, 1858, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) English physiologis...
Cunningham, Alexander, 1655?-1730
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj2f7n (person)
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz2gfc (person)
A. Edward Newton was an authority on book collecting during the first half of the 20th century. His correspondence with Alfred Blake Trott, president of Daniels & Fisher Company of Denver, Colo. from 1929-1944, details book collecting as well as travels, and reflects on the political and economic climate of the time in Europe and the United States. Newton also sent Trott copies of articles, most published in the Atlantic monthly between 1922 and 1938. Some articles were privately printed by ...
James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc2kj7 (person)
Sannazaro, Jacopo, 1458-1530
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf37k9 (person)
Neapolitan humanist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (11) : Naples, to Antonio Seripando, in Rome, 1517 Sept. 5-1518 Dec. 4.-1521 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634617 ...
More, Martha, 1746?-1819.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n5sc8 (person)
Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mc947d (person)
Scottish judge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to [Thomas] Percy, 1781 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526003 From the description of Autograph report signed : Newhailes near Edinburgh, to an unidentified Lord, 1783 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newhailes, to an unidentified correspondent, 1790 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525977 ...
James Hervey, 1751-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61t0bfc (person)
British and Foreign Library London
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64c67p0 (corporateBody)
Charles Manners-Sutton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph5rhx (person)
Potter, R. (Robert), 1721-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx2bhd (person)
Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs3gc9 (person)
Charles Poyntz
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv6dxf (person)
Ellis, Thomas Flower, 1796-1861
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd1147 (person)
John Stuart, Earl of Bute.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62s7hbq (person)
Douglass, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt3wj4 (person)
A George Douglass of Philadelphia is listed as a matriculant in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania for the years 1814 and 1822-1824. He is not listed as a graduate in the alumni catalogue. According to his signature in the manuscript, he lived for a time in Berks County, Pa. No other information on Douglass could be found. From the description of Notes on Chapman, with classification of Cullen, [between 1814 and 1824] / George Douglass. (College of Physicians of...
Mr. Fountayne
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w51w2n (person)
Robinson, Henry Crabb, 1775-1867
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp74h4 (person)
Henry Crabb Robinson was an English barrister and foreign correspondent, reporting from the continent during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1811 he began keeping a diary, in which he recorded thoughts and observation on friends and acquaintances, including most of the major literary figures in England and continental Europe. His diary remains an invaluable resource for Anglophiles and students of European Romanticism. From the description of Henry Crabb Robinson letter to Tom Taylor, 1863 M...
George Pretyman
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p8g22 (person)
Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh6xm8 (person)
English poet. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Tom Turner / 1947 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 506019900 Author. From the description of Letter to a Mr. Holbrook, 1950, February 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699185 From the guide to the Ralph Straus letter to a Mr. Holbrook, 1950, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...
Worsley, Richard, Sir, 1751-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d07cxv (person)
James Granger
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ct03d4 (person)
Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q56g5c (corporateBody)
W. D. Sole
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt2xdh (person)
Royal Irish academy
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v45dcr (corporateBody)
Ellis, Henry, 1777-1869
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m64jp (person)
English librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Octave Delepierre, 1845 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614089 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "British Museum", to Robert Balmanno, 1827 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614079 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "British Museuam", to G.P.R. James, 1849 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270614096 From the description of...
Hogg, William
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r228f (person)
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c873t (person)
Chambers, Frances Wilton, Lady, 1759-1839?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g83tm (person)
Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6db9t5k (person)
English lawyer. From the description of Autograph document signed : [London?], 1768 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129702 ...
David Pitcairn.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6721z6b (person)
John Francis Fauquier.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m5zn1 (person)
Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m046pc (person)
British poet, court gallant and gamester; invented the gamed of cribbage. From the description of A ballad upon a wedding [poem], ca. 1640. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288782 English poet. From the description of Autograph signature to a document (The list of a Weeks pay for 100 ffoote), ca. 1624-1629. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580529 Epithet: poet, MP for Bramber ...
Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m0m30 (person)
Bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to Thomas Webster, 1793 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270512902 English publisher. From the description of Document signed : London, 1783 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536546 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x00039a ...
Oxford, Edward Harley, earl of, 1689-1741
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc0sn5 (person)
English collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wimpole, to an unidentified correspondent, 1733 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611475 British public official, statesman and collector of manuscripts. From the description of Collection of Harleian MSS., 1592-1728. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78407665 ...
Lockyer? Davis
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nb15tc (person)
Heaviside, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b138pp (person)
Robert Pitches
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw5tgm (person)
Miss de Benliese ?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6197h6s (person)
Theodoro concionatori ecclesia
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z6bvn (person)
Fox, Charles-James, 1749-1806
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xk8ktw (person)
Charles James Fox was born in London on January 24, 1749. After attending Eton and Oxford, his first political success came with his election to Parliament in 1768. Though he initially supported the government's efforts against the populist machinations of John Wilkes, Fox's political views began to shift after receiving and resigning a number of political appointments, leading him to increasingly ally himself with the Rockingham Whigs. During the early 1770s, Fox opposed the British economic po...
Samuel Timmins
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp87t4 (person)
Crawley, William A.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g58557 (person)
England and Wales. Privy Council
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William Ellis was a member of the King's Council at York. From the description of Copy of order from Privy Council to Sir William Ellis, July 15, 1622 [manuscript], 17th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 693717199 Edward Southwell became clerk of the Privy Council in 1693. From the description of Papers of the Privy Council, compiled by Edward Southwell [manuscript], 1678-1718. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 503002061 ...
Herschel, Margaret, Lady, 1810-1884?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg1x5n (person)
Shipley, Jonathan
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg5htn (person)
William Clayton, Baron Sundon.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf4ws8 (person)
Burney, Martin Charles, 1788-1852
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s61f2p (person)
Sir Hugh Palliser?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64884pg (person)
Burney, James, 1750-1821
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h13mvm (person)
James Burney was second Lieutenant with the Adventure, which accompanied the Resolution during Cook's second voyage, 1772-1775. He took command of the Discovery following Cook's death on the third voyage. He became a well known naval writer and had achieved the rank of Rear-Admiral before his death in 1821. From the description of Journal [manuscript]. 1772-1773. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826104 James Burney was second Lieutenant with the Adventure, which...
Strahan, William, 1715-1785
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69885gr (person)
Epithet: Secretary to Sir P Meadows British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000155 William Strahan was a London printer and publisher, member of Parliament, and friend of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Journals and accounts, 1751-1777. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589409 From the guide to the William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777, ...
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp89n8 (person)
British public official. From the description of Collection of Stowe MSS., 1375-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85185766 George Grenville, afterward Nugent Temple Grenville (1753-1813), of Stowe, succeeded his uncle as Earl Temple in 1779 and was created 1st Marquess of Buckingham in 1784. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1782 unrtil his death and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1782-83 and 1787-89. Before his elevation to the peerage he had been a ...
Argyll, Jane Campbell, Duchess of, d. 1767
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p8njd (person)
Peter? Muilman.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6876b4x (person)
Thomas Dixie
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj0mgr (person)
Mary Hartley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v54d9t (person)
Richard Orme
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb2z7f (person)
William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q0961p (person)
Pendleton, Samuel
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x7f30 (person)
Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w10kk (person)
British politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Whitehall, to William Eden, 1787 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888384 ...
David, Henry, 1907-
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh9865 (person)
Educator, labor historian. From the description of Correspondence, with Agnes Inglis, 1933-1937, 1950. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34367793 ...
Robinson, George
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md94xq (person)
Epithet: clerk at the Custom Home British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000172 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000174 ...
Joseph Fitzwilliam Vandercom
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw1zfm (person)
Russell, Alexander, 1715?-1768
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gq913k (person)
Mr. Morrison
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw8ckd (person)
Robert Hall, 1764-1831
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c3tgh (person)
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk3cr4 (person)
Edmond Malone, Irish literary scholar and biographer. From the description of Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 727069871 From the guide to the Edmond Malone manuscript material : 5 items, 1789-1801, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish-born English scholar, editor, and pioneer in efforts to establish an authentic text and chronology of Shake...
Cooke, Thomas, 1703-1756
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mc9khc (person)
Macdonnel, David Evans
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6390qxn (person)
Sir Godfrey Kneller.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f03zsw (person)
Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n87knp (person)
Epithet: archivist and collector of books and manuscripts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x0001ee Antiquary and paleographer who wrote "The Origin and Progress of Writing" in 1784; was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1766; was made chief clerk of the Record Office in the Tower in 1775; and was made keeper of the records in 1783. From the description of Astle correspondence, 1757-180...
Soame Jenyns
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6042s48 (person)
Thomas Sheridan
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw2khb (person)
Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick, 1746-1828
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tm79nc (person)
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q242w1 (person)
English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], being the name and address of W.Y. Otley [sic], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269605958 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Row [Leeds], to Thomas Lupton, 1839 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471360 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London?, to the Marquess of Stafford, 1816 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606160 ...
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr3fsz (person)
Chamberlain of George IV. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1796 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621881 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brighton, to Lord Thurlow, 1795 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622100 ...
John Elliot, 1747-1787
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p8sg5 (person)
Gatehouse, William.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn8ttv (person)
Moses Deane.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj16ct (person)
John Hall
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn15vd (person)
Cooper, F. C.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t464w (person)
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r1fkq (person)
English painter and engraver. From the description of Document signed : [London], to Mr. Christie, 1792 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132550 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cheapside, to Mrs. Bulkeley, 1812 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131511 ...
T. (Thomas) Cadell
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q4xfk (person)
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1766-1839
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p84x7m (person)
Commissioners for Victualing His Majesty's Navy
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d06j1w (corporateBody)
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xg9p9r (person)
English painter and patron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dunmow, to W.L. Bowles, 1808 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622246 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coleorton, to Robert Southey, 1809 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622189 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haverhill, to W.L. Bowles, 1803 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622356 From the description of Autograph lett...
J. (John) Nourse
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc8tgw (person)
Merchant Taylors' Company (London, England)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zj01jm (corporateBody)
George Kearsley
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c3961m (person)
Rivers, Richard Savage, Earl, ca. 1654-1712
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69f116k (person)
Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1c13 (person)
Thomas Cadell (1742-1802) entered the London book trade in 1758 as an apprentice to Andrew Millar. He entered into partnership with Millar in 1765, and became the sole proprietor in 1767. He was perhaps the leading bookseller in London until his retirement in 1793. He was succeeded by the firm of Cadell & Davies, consisting of his son Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). Cadell Jr. acted as sole proprietor after the death of Davies, and the firm came to a conclusion with h...
Hannah More.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qq0kpk (person)
William Cecil.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz2k8t (person)
John Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p40xn3 (person)
Hervey, naval officer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q950t3 (person)
Leader, John Temple.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv2fjd (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 37949 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000131 Epithet: formerly MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000219.0x000130 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x0002f8 ...
Saltonstall, Mr.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rd1crk (person)
Lavater, J. R.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g598q1 (person)
M. Ponthieu.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc2j30 (person)
John Shelley Jr.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m0cvd (person)
Sir Egerton Brydges
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6819dnj (person)
Philippe d'Auvergne
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p8jm2 (person)
Christopher Idle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq43fr (person)
Joseph Nutting
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z32bs (person)
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r3qrq (person)
Thomas Pettigrew, antiquarian and Librarian to the Duke of Sussex, was active in a number of British learned societies, including the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquarians. He was the author of History of Egyptian Mummies (1834) and Chronicles of the Tombs (1857), as well as of a memoir of the life of Lord Nelson. From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1815-1863. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 70064103 From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1797-1865. (...
Smalridge, George, 1663-1719
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668b6m (person)
Mason, William, 1725-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3j92 (person)
English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nuneham, to William Burgh, 1777 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606797 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Aston, to Dr. Charles Burney, 1789 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270605470 From the description of Sonnet : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned, 1796 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609611 From the description of Autograph letter signed : York...
Prince, Daniel, approximately 1711-1796
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Boscawen, Frances Evelyn, 1719-1805
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Frances Evelyn Boscawen, a letter writer and literary hostess, was born at St. Clere, near Wrotham in Kent, on 23 July 1719, and died at her home, 14 South Audley Street, London, on 26 February 1805. From the description of F. Boscawen letter to Revd. Mr. Nicholl, [1771] July 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 702683701 ...
Edwards, Edward, ca. 1726-1783
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Nairne, Edward, 1726-1806
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Thomas H. Court was a historian. From the guide to the Collection on microscopes and other optical instruments, 1588-1935, 1588-1935, (American Philosophical Society) ...
Thomas Southcotte
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Perreau, Robert, -1776
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Hamilton, William Gerard, 1729-1796
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"Single Speech" Hamilton. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : Brighton, 1793 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497673 Epithet: Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001d4 ...
Salusbury, John Salusbury Piozzi, Sir, 1793-1858.
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William Curtis.
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Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766
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Historian, biographer, and Secretary of the Royal Society from 1752-1765. From the description of Thomas Birch letters to George Lyttleton : London and Bedfordshire, 1750-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148261 From the description of Thomas Birch letters to George Lyttleton : London and Bedfordshire, 1750-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81161180 ...
Benjamin? Webster
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Mary Nicol
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Mr. Keck
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Richardson, William, 1743-1814
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Weston, Phipps, 1737 or 8-1794.
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Bennet Langton
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Malone, Edmond
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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000356 Epithet: of Add MS 35299 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x...
Éléonore-Catherine-Fébronie de Berg, duchesse de Bouillon
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Mr. Aldersey
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Giambattista Morgani
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John William Parker, 1820-1860
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Vernor, Hood and Sharpe
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Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743-1824
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Sir Brooke Boothby was born at Ashbourne Hall, educated at Cambridge, and spent time in the army. He joined the London literary circle, and published letters and essays, while also writing poetry and miscellaneous pieces. He also lived in France before inheriting his family estate as the seventh baronet. His writings were mainly political or social commentary, but he also wrote imaginative prose and poetry. From the description of Brooke Boothby letter to Dear Sir, 1810 Feb. 5. (Penn...
Glasgow College
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Rev. J. Ward
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Rev. Mr. W. Jameson
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N. Morgan.
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Sir Robert Graham.
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White, Henry, 1761-1836
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English book collector and friend of Dr. Johnson. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Lichfield Cathedral Close, to Miss Lucretia Sharp, 1807 May 23-1809 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588699 Henry White (1761-1836) was an English clergyman. From the description of Papers of Henry White, 1803-1808. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228721076 ...
Mure, William, Sir, 1594-1657
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Epithet: Colonel; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0001ad Epithet: of Rowallan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0001b3 Epithet: Colonel; classical scholar; son of Colonel William Mure British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0001ab ...
Howell.
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Smith, Horace, 1779-1849
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Co. D., 21st Mississippi Regiment. From the description of Letters to his mother and sisters, of "Elmsley", near Woodville, Miss. [manuscript] : half of them written from Field of action in Co. D., 21st Mississippi Regiment, April 1862-Sept. 1863, 1854-1863. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966276 Author and businessman Horace Smith was born in London to an educated, well-to-do family; he was educated at home and at the Chigwell School and the Albert House Ac...
William Parker, 1714-1802
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Warren, Richard, 1731-1797
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John Humphreys
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Rivington, James, 1724-1802
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English-American printer and bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Peter Van Scheeck of Kundahook, 1791 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Samuel Galloway, 1768 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655295 James Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist in London and New York. Publisher of a prominent Loyalist newspaper, he was later disco...
Working Men's College.
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Margaret Irwin.
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Hervey, Thomas K.
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Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
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George Brydges Rodney, Baron Rodney
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Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854
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Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, English lawyer, judge and politician. From the description of Lord Denman manuscript material : 1 item, 1850 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 174137798 From the guide to the Lord Denman manuscript material : 2 items, 1823-1850, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to W. Notham, 1...
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
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Wedderburn was the first Earl of Rosslyn and a judge in Great Britain. Dundas was the first Viscount Melville and a Scottish politician. From the description of Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78201714 From the guide to the Letters to Viscount Henry Dundas Melville, 1788-1810., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English Lord Chancellor. From the description of Au...
Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
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Charles Vallancey was a British general and Chief Engineer of Ireland. From the description of Military itinerary of the South of Ireland, 1796. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540718 From the guide to the Military itinerary of the South of Ireland, 1796, 1796, (American Philosophical Society) ...
Mr. Turner
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Oliver, William, 1695-1764
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English physician and philanthropist. From the description of Letter, 1758, Jan. 7 : Bath, to My Lord. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31756944 ...
Paoli, Pasquale, 1725-1807
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Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
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Lyttelton was an English Whig statesman and writer. Montagu (1720-1800) was an English writer and one of the first Bluestockings. From the description of Baron George Lyttelton letters to Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, 1756-1783. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612761573 From the guide to the Baron George Lyttelton letters to Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, 1756-1783., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyt...
Mr. Adair
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Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877
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Minister under Louis-Philippe, historian, and art critic. From the description of Letters & manuscript, 1848-1854. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82257487 French historian and minister of state. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to M. Cardelli, 1852 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571956 French politician and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified,...
Southampton, Charles Fitzroy, Baron, 1737-1797
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Matthew, Henry
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Nicol, G. (George)
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Piozzi, Gabriele Mario, 1740-1809
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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 ...
Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857
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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Molesey, to John Murray, [probably 1834]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Molesey, Sussex, to Lord Palmerston, 1852 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531191 John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Irish politician, literary critic, and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn, London, becoming an Iri...
Robert French.
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Mercier, Charles-André
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Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
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Italian imposter (real name, Giuseppe Balsamo). From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : to his wife (Lorenza Feliciani), [1786?] Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132745 Epithet: Conte di British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0003cd ...
Thomas Thynne, Marquis of Bath
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William Hewer.
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Sir Walter Bagot
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Piozzi, Gabriele Mario 1740-1804
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Mrs. Elliot
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Eglinton, Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of, 1739-1819.
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Mr. Gray
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Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
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English Prime-minster. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Grosvenor Sq., to Mr. Pulteney, 1768 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656097 English prime minister. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1776 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270852880 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Earl Temple, 1779 Dec. 19. (Unknown). ...
John Wilkes
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Isham, Ralph Heyward, 1890-1955
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Ralph Heyward Isham was born in New York City on July 2, 1890. He attended Cornell University (1908), Yale College (1910-1911), and New York Law School. He served in the British army during World War I, and following the armistice in November of 1918 he was named head of an intelligence unit which investigated and suppressed Bolshevik activities among militiary personnel. For his army service he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colone...
Jesse, Edward, 1780-1868
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Epithet: Commissioner of hackney coaches British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0002f4 Epithet: writer on natural history British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0002f6 ...
Francis, Charlotte A. (Charlotte Anne)
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Charlotte Francis was the daughter of Dr. Charles Burney and sister of Fanny Burney. From the description of Commonplace book of poetry : manuscript, 1771-1806 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612878331 ...
Clive, Robert Clive, baron, 1725-1774
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Governor of Bengal, 1758-1760; 1764-1767. From the description of Letters , 1757-1758. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86126330 1744-1746 writer, East India Company; 1746 accountant's office, East India Company; 1746 ensign, army of the East India Company; 1749 lieutenant; 1751 captain; 1954-1755 Member of Parliament for the borough of Mitchell; 1756 Govenor of Fort Saint David; 1758-1760 Govenor of Bengal; 1761-1765 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury; 1765-1767...
