'Autograph letters of men of science'

Title

'Autograph letters of men of science'

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. d. 4038

Summary

The collection was probably formed by Edward William Harcourt, Sir William Harcourt or Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt.

Comprises:

letters to Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, from:

(fols. 1-2) William Pitt, Oct. 1791

(fols. 3-4) William Paley, June 1804

(fols. 5-6) William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Jan. 1808

(fols. 7-8) Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Sept. 1819

(fols. 9-10) William Wilberforce, Mar. 1826

letters to William Vernon Harcourt from:

(fols. 11-13) Henry Brougham, Apr. 1824

(fols. 16-21) Sydney Smith, [c.1833], n.d., with (fols. 14-15) verse titled 'William on the Cumberland Rocks' upon the marriage of William Vernon Harcourt, July 1824

(fols. 22-23) John Bright, Apr. 1855

(fols. 24-5) Sir Robert Peel, n.d.

letters to Sir William Harcourt from:

(fols. 26-7) William Ewart Gladstone, Apr. 1874

(fols. 28-9) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, [1887]

letters to George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, from:

(fol. 30) Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, Oct. 1858

(fols. 31-2) Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Jan. 1859

(fols. 33-4) George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Jan. 1859

(fols. 35-6) William Edward Forster, Feb. 1859

(fols. 37-40) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, May 1859, May 1876

(fols. 41-2) William Ewart Gladstone, Feb. 1860

and

(fol. 43) receipt signed by Alexander Pope, Feb. 1723

(fols. 44-5) letter to John Lothrop Motley from William Henry Seward, Jan. 1862

(fols. 46-7) letter to unidentified from Alice Guest, n.d.

(fols. 48-57) collection of franks and addresses from letters mainly sent to Miss ? Wilkinson and Mrs ? Cavendish, 1834-40, n.d.

Date

1723, 1791-[1887], n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

58 Leaves