Miscellaneous letters to and from Sir Francis Dashwood/Lord le Despencer and his wife
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.11/12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Miscellaneous letters to and from Sir Francis Dashwood/Lord le Despencer and his wife
Shelfmark
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.11/12
Summary
Correspondents include Col.T.Paget, 1737; extract from a letter from Surat containing an account of the massacre at Delhi, 1739; Admiral E.Vernon, expressing misgivings at the the rise of French sea-power, 1749; William, 1st Earl Talbot, 1752, 1754; G.Pitt (two), 1747; John Tinney, concerning engravings of Dashwood's property, 1754; Lefroy and Charron (five and an account) concerning import of statuary etc., 1754-6; Thomas Hyam and son (three and three accounts) concerning the same, 1754; Le Comte de Buchebourg, 1758; Sir Thomas Stapleton (two), 1759; Monsieur P.P.Roussel, 1762; notice of a meeting of the Committee of Dilettanti, 1764.
Date
1737-64
Language
English
Physical extent
45 items
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Collection contents
Archive of the Dashwood Family of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Papers of Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Bart., (from 1763 Lord Le Despencer)
Personal papers
Personal correspondence
Miscellaneous letters to and from Sir Francis Dashwood/Lord le Despencer and his wife
