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Correspondence

MS. Eng. d. 3831

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Title

Correspondence

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. d. 3831

Summary

Comprises:

(fols. ii-xiii) an index of contents

letters to Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, from:

(fols. 36-71) his son George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham, Nov. 1766-Oct. 1776

(fols. 115-54, 157-61, 163-7, 170-81, 184-7) his son William Harcourt, Feb. 1771-July 1772, Apr. 1776-Oct. 1777

letters from George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, to:

(fols. 1-2, 5-12, 15-27) his aunt Elizabeth Harcourt, Sept. 1753-June 1756, n.d.

(fols. 3-4, 13-14, 30-1, 35) his aunt Martha Venables-Vernon, Lady Vernon, May 1753, Dec. 1754, n.d.

(fols. 28-9) his grandmother Elizabeth Harcourt, n.d.

(fols. 32-4, 72-5, 76-82, 95) William Whitehead with (fols. 32-4) Harcourt's views on Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, [1759?], May 1774, [Sept. 1784], n.d.

(fols. 83-4) George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, [1772?]

(fols. 85-6) William Bowly, agent for the Harcourt estates, concerning relief for the poor of Nuneham Courtenay, 1776

(fols. 87-8) the Lord Mayor of Dublin concerning a portrait of his father, Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, for the city, Nov. 1777

letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt from:

(fols. 111-14, 155-6, 168-9, 182-3, 188-91, 194-212) his brother William Harcourt, Mar.-July 1762, Dec. 1776, Mar.-Nov. 1777, Feb. 1786, Aug. 1792-July 1794

letters to Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt from:

(fols. 89-94, 96-108) her husband George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, Apr. 1786-Apr. 1794

(fols. 109-10) Sir William Lee, July 1784, May 1789

(fols. 192-3, 213-14) her brother-in-law William Harcourt, Dec. 1791, July 1794

(fols. 215-49) her sister-in-law Mary Harcourt, June 1780, July 1784, May, Aug. 1786, Sept. 1791, Apr. 1794, Apr. 1796, June 1801, n.d.

Date

1753-1801, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

250 Leaves

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Collection contents

Papers of the Harcourt family

Correspondence and papers of the Earls Harcourt

Mixed volumes of correspondence and papers of the Earls Harcourt

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