British Correspondence, A-K, 1556-1972 and n.d. [bulk 1740-1890].

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British Correspondence, A-K, 1556-1972 and n.d. [bulk 1740-1890].

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The Correspondence Series (A-K) of the British Correspondence and Miscellany Collection consists of letters (unrelated by provenance) to and from British notables. Letters are arranged alphabetically by the chief correspondent's name or title. Letters contain mention of numerous political events and activities in Great Britain and the colonies during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Major correspondents include: the 8th Duke of Argyll, the 1st and 2nd Barons Auckland, Charles Bradlaugh, John Bright; Robert Brownrigg; George Canning, John Wilson Croker, the 1st Earl of Durham, John Foster, the 1st Baron Dover, George Joachim Goschen, and John Hay. Among the items in the Correspondence Series are a copy of John Bright's 1851 speech entitled "Papal Aggression" (Bright correspondence); material regarding the Horseguards (Brownrigg correspondence); a testimonial to the character of Sir Francis Burdett written by Lady Hester Stanhope (Burdett correspondence); a letter regarding Wellington's correspondence concerning a transport ship wrecked in the Tagus during his last Iberian campaign (Canning correspondence); letters from David Dundas, including two accompanying circulars (1804 and 1805) from the War Office (Dundas correspondence); and correspondence (and accompanying transcripts) between King George I and M. Braconnier (1709) concerning the King's inability to send a detachment large enough to oppose the French along the borders of the Rhone and Lake Geneva (George I correspondence); and correspondence relating to George Henry's mission in Nyasaland (Henry correspondence).

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