George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester papers, 1779-1788.

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl, 1737-1805

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British politician. Born William Fitzmaurice, assumed surname Petty in 1751, succeeded his father as Earl of Shelburne 1761, created Marquis of Lansdowne 1784. Worked in the House of Lords to repeal the Stamp Act and continued to pursue a conciliatory policy toward the American colonies, though opposed to their independence. He became prime minister in 1782, directed peace negotiations with the United States, France, and Spain, and resigned from office shortly thereafter. ...

Ainslie, Robert, Sir, 1730?-1812

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Epithet: knight, ambassador and numismatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00014c ...

Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820

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English diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lille, to M. Barrois, jeune, 1797 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606353 James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820), was educated at Winchester and at Merton College, Oxford. In the course of his diplomatic and political career he served as ambassador to Russia (1777-83) and The Hague (1784-88) and conducted negotiations with France in 1794-97. From the description of Earl of Ma...

North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

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Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1770-1782. From the description of [Letter] 1773 Oct. 18, Bushy Park [to] Duke of Devonshire / North. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 300002481 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bushy Park, 1772 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609854 Frederick North (1732-1792) was the prime minister of Great Britain from February 1772 until his resignation in March 1782. D...

Heathcote, Ralph, 1721-1795

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Manchester, George Montagu, Duke of, 1737-1788

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George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, was born on April 6, 1737, the son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester, and his wife, Harriet Dunch. He began his career in the Huntingdonshire regiment of militia in 1757. On March 28, 1761, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, and in May of 1762, he succeeded to the dukedom upon the death of his father, from whom he also inherited the sinecure of collector of the subsidies of tonnage and poundage outwards in th...

Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776

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Epithet: Clerk of the House of Commons; Lord of the Treasury 1768 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000282 English civil servant and politician. From the description of Autograph signature to an order (refilling of vacant post) : Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 1770 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742602 Epithet: of Stowe MS 758 British Library Archives and Manus...

Campbell, Archibald 1726?-1780?

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Montagu, Charles-Greville, Lord, 1741-1784

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Colonial governor of South Carolina, 1766-1769. From the description of Charles Greville Montagu papers, c. 1766-1767. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30846415 ...

Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794

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Lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1765-1766 and lord chamberlain, 1766-1782. From the description of Letter, 1766. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854524 ...

Great Britain. 1783 Sept. 3.

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Ross, Hercules

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Johnstone, George, 1730-1787

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Famous commodore Johnston. From the description of Autograph letter signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488823 Johnstone, a British naval officer, served as governor of West Florida from 1763 to 1767. In 1778 he was one of three commissioners sent to America to try to negotiate an end to the war. From the description of ALS, 1778, June 19, off New Castle, Del., to Richard Oswald. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122466148 ...

Jenyns, Soame, 1704-1787

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Soame Jenyns is best known for his Free enquiry into the nature and origin of evil (1757) which received savage treatment by Samuel Johnson in his review published in the Literary magazine. Jenyns was widely admired, however, for his easy prose style. From the description of Memorandum of agreement with James Dodsley, 1782 February and May 25. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34072986 Epithet: of Add MS 38306 British Library Archives...

Liston, Robert, Sir, 1742-1836

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British diplomat. From the description of Papers of Sir Robert and Henrietta Marchant Liston, 1795-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068338 British minister to the United States. From the description of Letter of Sir Robert Liston, 1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015019 ...

Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir J.C. Hippisley, 1800 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618754 From the description of Copy of an autograph letter signed : [London], to "The Viceroy", 1796 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861210 From the description of Letter signed : Whitehall, to John Kirby, Keeper of Newgate Gaol, 1800 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618764 From the descript...

Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746-1799

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Montagu, Frederick, 1733-1800

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Epithet: MP for county Huntingdonshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x00001f ...

Abarca de Bolea, Pedro Pablo, conde de Aranda, 1719-1798

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The Conde de Aranda was a minister of state in Spain. From the description of Dictamen reservado que el Conde de Aranda dió al Rey sobre la independencia de las colonias inglesas : despues de haver firmado el tratado de paz ajustado en Paris en el año de 1783 : manuscript, [ca. 1783?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702136985 ...

Walpole, Thomas, 1727-1803

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Legge, Julian, -1762

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Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846

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Epithet: politician and book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000224 Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0000d6 Epithet: Right Hon; of Add MS 27952 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x0003e4 Sta...

Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786

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English admiral. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Marshall, 1784 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490947 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Sir James ...?, 1782 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270490916 ...

Mann, Horace, Sir, 1701-1786

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Sir Horatio Mann, first baronet (bap. 1706, d. 1786), diplomatist, British representative in Florence. From the description of Letter : Florence, to Lord Mountsuart, 1782 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203215 Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x0000d8 ...

Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794

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French naval officer. From the description of Charles Henri, comte d'Estaing papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010000 French naval commander. From the description of Letter, 1778 Sept. 19, Boston Harbor, to John Avery. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 173844565 Charles-Henri, Comte d'Estaing (1729-1794) was a Vice-Admiral of France, Lieutenant General of the Armies of the King, Commander-in-Chief of his most Christian Majesty's Forces...

Croÿ, Emmanuel, duc de, 1718-1783 or 4.

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Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787

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French statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Versailles, to an unidentified recipient, 1777 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583336 French foreign minister. From the description of Letter, 1779 Feb. 13, Versailles, to John Adams. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 173971950 Title: Comte British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x00...

Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784

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Scottish merchant for many years engaged in business in America and London; in 1781 he gave bail to Henry Laurens when he was imprisoned in the Tower; negotiated the peace with the Americans, and signed the preliminary articles of peace at Paris, Nov. 30, 1782. From the description of Papers of Richard Oswald [manuscript], 1779-1781. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647860036 British merchant and politician, chief negotiator of the peace treaty that ended the Am...

La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

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Sailor and explorer. From the description of Papers of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de la Pérouse, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456007 ...

Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771

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British public official. From the description of Papers of John Russell, Duke of Bedford, 1593-1765. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068325 Charlotte Beard was one of the four daughters of John Rich and so probably were the other contributors. From the description of Lease from John Russell, Duke of Bedford, to Mrs. Priscilla Rich of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, widow [manuscript], 1765 December 2. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 6301...

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

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Signed by Tsaritsa Catherine II and dated 14 November 1783. From the description of Catherine II Document, 1783. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410373 Empress of Russia. From the description of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, letter with cover, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014564 Ruled 1762-1796. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : St. Petersburg, to an Elector, 1786 Feb. 9...

Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781

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Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771

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English colonist and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bushey Park, to an unidentified correspondent, 1763 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498832 ...

Castries, Charles de.

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Fox, Charles, 1749-1809

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Gérard de Rayneval, J.-M. (Joseph-Mathias), 1736-1812.

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Joseph-Mathias Gérard de Rayneval was a French author. From the guide to the On the freedom of the seas, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society) Joseph-Mathias Gérard de Rayneval was a French author. From the description of On the freedom of the seas, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540040 ...