Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, papers, 1842-1892.

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, papers, 1842-1892.

Proclamation (1842 July 16) made at the request of Edward Everett, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, regarding the town of New Castle, Del.; photocopy of a certificate (1852 January 30) appointing John Cooke commissioner in County Roscommon, Ireland; commission (1853 June 7), signed by the queen and Viscount Henry John Temple Palmerston, appointing John MacDonald a major in the British army; and facsimile of a letter (1892 January 26) from the queen to her subjects expressing her appreciation of their sympathy upon the death of her grandson, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale.

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865

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English statesman. From the description of Printed letter signed : London, to Clinton G. Dawkins, H.M. Consul General at Trieste, 1849 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stanhope St., to Dr. Budd, 1837 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610835 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Foreign Office [London], to M. Arichini, 1834 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27060970...

Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 1864-1892

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Eldest son of Edward VII. From the description of Autograph notebooks (3), 1877-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132415 From the description of Notebook of French exercises : autograph manuscript, 1878-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 401708941 From the description of Notebook of French exercises : autograph manuscript, 1879-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 401691986 ...

MacDonald, John, active 1853

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Cooke, John, active 1852

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Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...