Correspondence
MS. Eng. d. 3872
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. d. 3872
Summary
Comprises:
letter from Simon Harcourt to:
(fol. 48) his mother-in-law Martha Evelyn, June 1719
letters from Elizabeth Harcourt to:
(fols. 1-76, 78-80) her mother Martha Evelyn, Feb. 1716-Jan. 1721
letters from [George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt,] to:
(fols. 81-2) unidentified, n.d.
letters to George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, from:
(fols. 87-8) ? Chalmers, Feb. 1797
(fol. 91) Benjamin Wish, Jan. 1803
letters to Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, from:
(fols. 83-4) his brother-in-law George Simon Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt, n.d.
(fols. 92-5) Princess Elizabeth, Apr. 1809, Feb. 1812
(fols. 96-7) Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, n.d.
(fols. 122-3) non-residentiary members of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of York, n.d.
(fols. 124-5) clergy of Nottinghamshire, n.d.
(fols. 126-7) clergy of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, n.d.
letters to William Vernon Harcourt from:
(fols. 98-101) Richard Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, May 1824, Feb. 1839
(fols. 102-5, 108-9) Michael Faraday, Sept. 1833, Oct. 1840, n.d.
(fols. 106-7) George Warren, 5th Baron Vernon, Sept. 1837
(fols. 112-13) Alexander von Humboldt, June 1825
(fols. 114-16) W.B. Bigland, Mar.-Apr. 1835
(fols. 118-19) Charles Babbage, Nov. 1838
(fols. 128-31) Sir John Herschel, Oct. 1845, n.d.
(fols. 134-7) his brother Granville Harcourt-Vernon, n.d.
(fols. 138-9) ? Somerset, Apr. [1869]
letters to Matilda Vernon Harcourt from:
(fols. 132-3) Joseph Munby, Aug. 1864
(fols. 140-1) ? Gray, Aug. 1873
letter to Lady Catherine Vernon Harcourt from:
(fols. 120-1) Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Mar. 1840
letter to Egerton Vernon Harcourt from:
(fols. 158-9) unidentified, Sept. 1877
letters to Edward William Harcourt from:
(fol. 142) Joseph Munby, July 1873
(fols. 143-7) unidentified, Sept. 1874
(fols. 148-51) James Patrick Muirhead, Sept. 1875
(fols. 152-3) John Philip Martineau, Sept. 1875
(fols. 154-5) Constance Pennington, Lady Muncaster, n.d.
(fols. 156-7) W.P. Walsh, Apr. 1876
(fols. 160-4) Gideon Delaplaine Scull, May-July 1878, Jan. 1884
(fols. 165-9) William Henry Smith, May-June 1878
(fols. 170-1) Henry Chaplin, n.d.
(fols. 172-7) Thomas Hughes, May-Nov. 1878
(fols. 182-3) Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers, July 1878
(fols. 184-5) George d'Harcourt, July 1878
(fols. 186-8) ? H. Loude, July 1878
(fol. 189) Eliza Charlotte Canning, Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe, n.d.
(fols. 190-2) Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, Aug. 1878
(fols. 193-4) unidentified, n.d.
(fols. 195-200) John Sidney North, Aug.-Nov. 1878, Mar. 1884
(fols. 201-2) [ Susan North, Baroness North?], Sept. 1878
(fol. 203) Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield, n.d.
(fols. 204-5) Henry George Liddell, May 1878
(fols. 206-7, 210-11) John Fielder Mackarness, Bishop of Oxford, Aug. 1878
(fols. 208-9, 242-3) Stafford Northcote, May 1878, Jan. 1884
(fols. 212-13) Sir Bernard Burke, Sept. 1878
(fols. 214-17) Hugh Hamersley, July-Sept. 1878
(fols. 218-19) R.[N.?] Rouse, Sept. 1873
(fols. 220-1) Walter Sneyd, Sept. 1878
(fols. 222-3) Augustus Henry Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon, Sept.-Oct. 1878
(fols. 226-7) Sir John Hawkshaw, Oct. 1878
(fols. 228) Evan Evans, n.d.
(fols. 229-30) E.W.L. Davies, Nov. 1878
(fol. 231) Henry Tanner, Nov. 1878
(fols. 232-3) R.W. [Whitle?], Nov. 1878
(fols. 234-5) William Ewart Gladstone, Dec. 1883
(fols. 236-9) Rowland Winn, Dec. 1883-Feb. 1884
(fols. 240-1) R.H. [Paget?], Feb. 1884
(fols. 244-5) Henry [Semes?], Mar. 1884
(fols. 246-9) unidentified, n.d.
letter to Aubrey Harcourt from:
(fols. 180-1) Thomas Hughes, Nov. 1883
and
(fols. 85-6) verse, by unidentified, titled 'To Mrs Bishop with a Ring', n.d.
(fols. 89-90) official document, in French, relating to François-Henri, 5th Duke of Harcourt, n.d.
(fols. 110-11) letter from unidentified to H. Conybeare concerning a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Bristol, Mar. 1835
Date
1716-1884, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
252 Leaves
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Collection contents
Correspondence and papers of the Vernon Harcourt family
Correspondence
