Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield letters : London and The Hague, 1730-1759.

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Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield letters : London and The Hague, 1730-1759.

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ALS to Lord Harrington, dated 1730 Dec 19, The Hague, in which Chesterfield reports on the status of the Treaty of Vienna negotiations; ALS to [Mrs. Kirkby], dated 1759 Apr 19, London, regarding his Nottinghamshire estate, with typed transcript; and a twenty-six page, undated contemporary manuscript transcription of part of Chesterfield's letters to his son Philip Stanhope in an unidentified hand, bound in marbled wrappers.

3 items ; 24 cm. and smaller.

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Stanhope, Philip, 1732-1768

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English diplomat (Resident at Hamburg and Envoy at Dresden) and MP; illegitimate son of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. From British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue person descriptions, 0x000245, 0x000246, and 0x000247 ...

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...

Kirkby, Mrs.

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