Hastings family papers : Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1500-1856.

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Hastings family papers : Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1500-1856.

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Collection of miscellaneous materials, with many incomplete, fragmentary, or anonymous pieces, relating to the Hastings family and of their circle. Included are items relating to various aspects of English political life, primarily in the seventeenth century; some papers accumulated by Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquis of Hastings during his service as General Governor of Bengal (1813-1822), including some materials relating to the East India company, as well as other sundry items, among them a volume of accounts of the executors of Sir Isaac Newton (1727), and lists of papers read at the Royal Society (1769-1770).

Approx. 400 pieces.8 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766627

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Royal Society (Great Britain)

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