Legal and Exchequer DocumentCollection, 1541-1754

Washington family

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Prominent Virginia families of Stafford and Spotsylvania counties. Augustine Washington (1694–1743) was a Virginia planter and the father of George Washington. He had a total of ten children by two wives. His son Augustine II (1720-1762) had four children but only one son, William Augustine (1759-1810). William Augustine had nine children, among them his eldest son Augustine (1780-1798); his sixth child, George Corbin Washington (1789-1854), was a Congressman from Maryl...

Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736

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Epithet: Publisher; of Stowe MS 155 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x000022 Epithet: of Add MS 36933 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x00001e Publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to his nephew Jacob, [not dated, but after 1731]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572779 ...

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...

Halifax, Charles Montagu, Earl of, 1661-1715

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Acton, addressed to William Walsh, 1698 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888375 ...

Beversham family

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Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712

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Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby (1631/32-1712), son of a Yorkshire baronet, entered Parliament as member for York in 1661, served Charles II in a series of adminstrative positions, and was made Lord High Treasurer and Earl of Danby in 1674. In 1678, he pressed for the investigation of the Popish Plot, but the Commons impeached him in December of that year for his involvement in the French "subsidies" to Charles II. Released from the Tower in 1684, Danby supported William III and was rewarded with ...

William Andrews Clark memorial library

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The library and its collections were built by William Andrews Clark, Jr., and named after his father, who had built a mining fortune in MT. The son, a prominent Los Angeles book collector and philanthropist, had a house at the corner of Adams and Cimarron Streets, and from 1924 to 1926 he constructed the present library on the same lot. Shortly afterwards he announced his intent to donate the collection, the buildings, and the square-block property to UCLA. When he died in 1934 the deed passed t...

Squibb, Lawrence, 1604-1674

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Long, Robert, approximately 1602-1673

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De la Warr, John West, Baron, approximately 1663-1723

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Ernle, John, Sir, -1697

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Epithet: of Berry Towne British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x0001a3 ...

Downing, George, Sir, 1623?-1684

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British statesman Sir George Downing sponsored a number of reforms to generate revenue under Charles II and is most noted for his contribution to statebuilding and the fiscal development of Great Britain at the dawn of empire. Samuel Pepys worked under Downing in the Exchequer for a number of years and mentions him in his diary. London's Downing Street is named after him. From the description of Sir George Downing papers, 1665-1666. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 769270679...

Eglinton Family

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Bertie, Charles, 1640 or 41-1711

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Halifax, George Montagu, Earl of, approximately 1684-1739

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Onslow, Richard Onslow, Baron, 1654-1717

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Pye, Robert, 1585?-1662

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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...

Lynde, Humphrey, Sir

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Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754

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Epithet: of Lewes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x0002ed English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : London, to Robert Walpole, 1743 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270857635 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, 1748 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890748 Epithet: Secretary at War ...

Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698

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English poet and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Charles", 1675 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269530354 The country gentleman was never printed or publicly performed. From the description of Copy of The country gentleman, ca. 1668 [manuscript], ca. 1695. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 664736486 Auditor of the exchequer. From the description of Check signed : [np.], 1697 Dec...

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, 1562-1630

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Arundell, Richard

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Epithet: MP for Knaresborough (1720-58), one of the guardians of the 10th Earl of Pembroke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x00001e Title: 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x000013 Epithet: Lord Commissioner of the Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogu...

Baillie, George, 1664-1738

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Eglinton, Alexander Montgomerie, Earl of, 1723-1769

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Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774

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Henry Fox, first Baron Holland of Foxley, British politician. From the description of Henry Fox, Lord Holland manuscript material : 2 items, 1756-1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427418296 Fox was born on June 21, 1854 at Beaver Island (Mich.). At age 16, he married Matilda Steele on Nov. 6, 1870 in Pine Lake (Mich.). Together they had at least five children. Fox died on Sept. 24, 1933 in Mich. after an adventurous life filled with travel. From...

Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1550-1629

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