Diaries, 1738-1744.

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Diaries, 1738-1744.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462018972

The diaries, kept in partly printed "almanacks, " provide details of correspondence (including letters to Lord Chesterfield and Sir Thomas Abney, his children and relations, his daughter having married into the Cotton family), county elections, planting records and estate maintenance, financial transactions and purchases, visitors, travel, weather, etc.

7 v.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7561930

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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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...

Abney, Thomas, Sir, 1640-1722

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Mainwaring family.

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The Mainwaring family lived in Etwall (Derbyshire) and Bellaport Hall (Shropshire). The author was apparently a judge or justice. From the description of Diaries, 1738-1744. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462018972 ...

Cotton family.

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