Autographs of British politicians, 1691-1788 and undated.

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Autographs of British politicians, 1691-1788 and undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761468588

Collection of autograph manuscript signatures of British politicians, cut from 17th and 18th-century British documents. Cuttings were pasted onto separate sheets of paper and labeled: No. 1 through No. 58. Each cut page has multiple signatures. Includes signatures of prime ministers, members of Parliament, and government officials, including George Grenville, Lord Frederick North, Henry Pelham, and Robert Walpole, among many others. Collection also included typescript list, item (59). This list includes page references to each autograph, titles and positions held by these persons, and birth and death dates.

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8150113

Houghton Library

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Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w675rj (person)

Epithet: of Lewes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x0002ed English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : London, to Robert Walpole, 1743 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270857635 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Whitehall, 1748 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890748 Epithet: Secretary at War ...

North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68g8r8v (person)

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...

Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb298p (person)

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...

Grenville, George, 1712-1770

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc0fw5 (person)

George Grenville, British Whig statesman and Prime Minister from 16 April 1763 - 13 July 1765. From the description of George Grenville manuscript material : 2 items, 1732-1767 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 261127049 English statesman. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1763 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270509636 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stowe, to his brother in Italy, 1731 Dec. 5. (Unk...