Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

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Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147875

The papers, most of which date from the lifetime of Sir William Lee, include personal and official correspondence, notes, memoranda, household accounts and financial papers, records of court cases, and other papers. Frequent correspondents include the first Duke of Bridgewater, Sir Roger Drake, Lord Hardwicke, Lee's brothers Sir George and Thomas Lee and his son William. William's letters describe life at a public school and then at Oxford; after 1749, he writes from Europe describing affairs in France, the ducal court in Italy, continental universities, and the courts of Austria-Hungary and Germany. There are also letters from William Melmoth and Philip Ward. Lee's professional correspondence includes letters on country politics and elections, letters from prisoners asking for pardons or commutations, and letters from tenants concerning estate matters. Many letters remark on the events of the day, parliamentary affairs, the Jacobite Rebellion and the War of the Austrian Succession. Medical matters are also frequently mentioned.

17.0 linear feet (27 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Lee family.

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Drake, Roger, Sir.

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Bridgewater, Scroop Egerton, Duke of, 1681-1745

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Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764

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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) was a judge who served for many years as Lord Chancellor of England. From the description of Hardwicke collection, ca. 1500-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314076 From the guide to the Hardwicke collection, ca. 1500-1900, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Lee, William, Sir, 1688-1754

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Sir William Lee studied at Oxford and then at the Inner Temple, of which he was elected a bencher in 1725. He was sworn in as a puisne judge of the King's Bench in 1730, and later succeeded his patron Lord Hardwicke as chief justice. From the description of Lee family papers, 1588-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78917963 From the description of Lee family papers, 1588-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147875 ...