Collection of autograph letters, notes, and related material, mainly sent to the first and second Lords Melville. 1755-1848.

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Collection of autograph letters, notes, and related material, mainly sent to the first and second Lords Melville. 1755-1848.

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Comprises autograph letters from upwards of 52 main correspondents to one or other of the Viscounts Melville between 1755 and 1848 with some additional letters to or from different correspondents included, and 1 volume entirely devoted to typescript transcripts of some, but not all, of the manuscript material.

107 letters held in 2 boxes, manuscript, some of them with associated printed material.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683292

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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