Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804.

Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hague, to William Blathwayt, "16th or 17th in the Morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619084 From the description of Receipt for his pension (incomplete) signed : Whitehall, 1696 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619097 From the description of Autograph letters signed (11) : Westminster, to Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1706 Aug. 8-1716 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619089 Fr...

Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774

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Henry Fox, first Baron Holland of Foxley, British politician. From the description of Henry Fox, Lord Holland manuscript material : 2 items, 1756-1763 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427418296 Fox was born on June 21, 1854 at Beaver Island (Mich.). At age 16, he married Matilda Steele on Nov. 6, 1870 in Pine Lake (Mich.). Together they had at least five children. Fox died on Sept. 24, 1933 in Mich. after an adventurous life filled with travel. From...

Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744

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Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, duke of, 1660-1718

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English Secretary of State and Regent. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Geneva, to an unidentified correspondent, 1701 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662583 ...

Berkeley, Anne

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Epithet: wife of Bishop Berkeley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x00033c ...

Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

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English statesman. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1741 Oct. 3 and 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874691 British statesman, first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. From the description of Letters, 1734. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546346 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Horse Guards, 1721 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890831 Fro...

Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770

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Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbot was a friend of Samuel Richardson and Elizabeth Carter, whom she persuaded to translate Epictetus. Carter was entrusted with Talbot's manuscripts after her death, and published her Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week (1770) and Essays on Var...

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, viscount, 1758-1805

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British naval officer. After his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The following year he was made Duke of Bronté in Sicily for his role in restoring the civil government of Naples after its rescue from the French. From the description of ALS : Brixham, to Emma Hamilton, London, 1801 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506957 Horatio Nelson, British admiral, mad...

Rundle, Thomas, 1688?-1743

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Epithet: Bishop of Derry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00006b ...

Howard, Joe, 1919-1995

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Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768

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Thomas Secker (1693-1768) was born at Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire. He was educated under Samuel Jones (c. 1680-1719), and studied medicine in London and Paris, 1716-1720 (M.D., Leyden, 1721). He graduated at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1721, and was ordained deacon in 1722, and priest in 1723. He became a prebendary of Durham in 1727, and was Bishop of Bristol, 1735-1737, and of Oxford, 1737-1738. He became Dean of St Paul's, London, in 1750, and was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1758 until his de...

Cowper, Gilbert.

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Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1806

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Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, socialite and political hostess. From the description of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 435534158 From the guide to the Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire manuscript material : 1 item, 1800, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) 1st wife of William Cavendish, 5 duke and 8 earl of Devo...

Talbot, William, 1658 or 1659-1730

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Warburton, William, 1698-1779

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Epithet: Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 41580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011b Epithet: of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00011f William Warburton was born in Newark and apprenticed with a lawyer; he changed his mind, however, and became an ordained deacon. He held numerous ecclesiastical o...