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Edmund Gibson papers
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Edmund Gibson papers
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The material in the collection includes a bound volume (with approximately 50 pieces, from 1672 to 1748), correspondence, documents, and manuscripts. The material covers 17th and 18th-century English religious affairs and ecclesiastical patronage, as reflected in the correspondence of Bishop Edmund Gibson with important religious figures such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Worcester, Chichester, Salisbury, Derry, and Lincoln, the Duke of Newcastle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington, the 1st Earl Hardwicke, and 5th Baron of Baltimore. Some material in the collection deals with the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, churches in the American colonies, some personal and financial affairs, and the publication of the Codex juris ecclesiae Anglicanae after Gibson's death.
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Edmund Sexton Pery Correspondence:
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This collection contains 347 letters chiefly addressed to Edmund Sexton Pery, Viscount Pery (1719-1806) that deal with Irish politics and parliamentary affairs, particularly during Pery's tenure as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons (1771-1785); English policies towards Ireland, particularly concerning revenue and trade; Pery's relations with Viscount Townshend and successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland; and political and ecclesiastical patronage. There are references to legislation of the Irish house and discussions of political situations and changes in government positions, etc. There is some information on Pery's financial and business affairs. Persons represented by five or more pieces: Andrews, Francis (18 items, approximately 1756-1774) Bingham, Charles, 1st Earl of Lucan (18 items, 1777-1789) Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland (9 items, 1780-1781) Ellis, Welbore, 1st Baron Mendip (14 items, 1775-1794) Germain, George Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackville (11 items, 1757-1782) Hamilton, Sackville (5 items, 1780-1787) Hamilton, William Gerard (5 items, 1780-1787) Henley, Robert, 2d Earl of Northington (5 items, 1783-1784) Hobart, John, 2d Earl of Buckinghamshire (11 items, 1776-1783) Jenkinson, Charles, 1st Earl of Liverpool (12 items, 1775-1791) Orde-Powlett, Thomas, 1st Baron Bolton (13 items, 1784-1786) Townshend, George, 1st Marquis Townshend (12 items, 1772-1779) Some notable items include: Bingham, Charles, 1st Earl of Lucan. 1780 October3. "The Church, the Sword, the Law, are to govern in the absence of the Ld. Lt. as Irish-men can never be trusted with so important a charge." Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st Marquis of Buckingham. 1783 October 23. "... every letter which I send or receive through London is opened at the Post Office. ..." Hamilton, William Gerard. Series of 31 letters to Pery and one to John HelyHutchinson. Hamilton was a personal friend of Pery's and the letters include a long discussion of maneuvers to relieve Hamilton of his position as Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer (1763-1784). --------. 1764, Dec. 2. On birth of Pery's daughter: "I think I have a right to expect for the sake of those who are to succeed me twenty years hence, that since Perry has a daughter who will probably draw future secretaries into scrapes by her Beauty, He should likewise have a son, who may imitate his Father, and extricate them, out of them, by his Friendship." Hervey, Frederick Augustus, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bp. of Derry. 1778, May 15. Letter from Rome on the religious implications of war with France. A selection of the letters was printed in the H.M.C. Eighth Report, Appendix, 174-208; and in the Fourteenth Report, Appendix IX, 155-99. Note that not all of the letters published, however, are held in this collection. The letters were previously mounted in three folio scrapbooks.
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Edmund Kirby papers
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Letters that Edward Kirby wrote to his wife and eldest son Jake between 1827 and July 1848 constitute the largest portion of the collection. Kirby's peacetime letters describe his travels in Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York State, and his trips to Washington, D.C., and discuss family news, business investments, the management of his two-thousand acre farm, the increasingly complicated financial affairs, the fallout from the Panic of 1837, and local news, including the events of the Patriot War (1837) in the neighboring Canada. Kirby, a leader of the local Whigs, also discusses state and national politics, in particular the internal improvements, protective tariff, and the annexation of Texas. Kirby also recounts Washington news and rumors and comments on various aspects of military life as well as the news of the Second Seminole War. Included is a 1840 letter from William H. Seward soliciting Kirby's opinion on the "candidates." Kirby's letters written during the Black Hawk War discuss the progress of the war, the outbreak of cholera, peace negotiations, and the allegations against Winfield Scott. The Mexican War letters describe Kirby's journey to Northern Mexico and his war experiences, including the battle of Monterey, the siege and taking of Vera Cruz, the battles that marked Scott's march to Mexico City, and the occupation of the Mexican capital. Kirby also recounts news that were circulated at Taylor's and Scott's headquarters, in particular rumors of the eagerly awaited peace negotiations, discusses the financial operations of the United States Army, and shares his impressions of Mexico. The letters describe Winfield Scott, Nathan Towson, William Jenkins Worth, Zachary Taylor, John E. Wool, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, George Gordon Meade, his nephew Edmund Kirby Smith, and others. Also included are Kirby's commissions and his certificate of membership in the Aztec Club. The collection also includes letters that Edmund Kirby, Jr. wrote to his brother Reynold Marvin Kirby in 1860-1863. The letters counsel his brother on the course of his studies and a college selection, (Marvin chose to go to the Geneva College, and his brother paid his tuition), vividly describe the life at the Military Academy on the eve of the Civil War, and discuss the secession crisis and other aspects of national politics. The letters written from the battlefields in Virginia describe the Union positions at Edwards Ferry and the Mud March of 1862 and blast the radical Republicans in Congress. The last letter, entirely devoted to Marvin's studies, is dated March 3, 1863. Also included is a letter of condolence from Henry Jackson Hunt to Kirby's mother. Also included are two letters addressed to Ephraim Kirby from Uriah Tracy (1788, Oct. 18), reporting on the on the proceedings of the state General Assembly, including the passage of "a very benevolent act relative to Africans" and Aaron Burr (1801, Feb.) requesting an urgent meeting, and Gideon Grange's letter to Thomas Worthington introducing Ephraim Kirby as the newly appointed commissioner on the Spanish Boundary.
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Dwight Chichester Smith papers
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A collection of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera relating to Dwight Chichester Smith's work on Robert Browne (1550?-1633), English churchman and theologian. The manuscripts include Smith's Ph.D. thesis and a biography of Browne; the correspondence relates to Smith's efforts to publish the biography, and the ephemera includes a photograph of Smith, reading room tickets, and printed commencement material from Smith's graduation from the University of Edinburgh in 1936.
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Dwight Chichester Smith papers
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A collection of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera relating to Dwight Chichester Smith's work on Robert Browne (1550?-1633), English churchman and theologian. The manuscripts include Smith's Ph.D. thesis and a biography of Browne; the correspondence relates to Smith's efforts to publish the biography, and the ephemera includes a photograph of Smith, reading room tickets, and printed commencement material from Smith's graduation from the University of Edinburgh in 1936.
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Baker, Thomas. "Advertisement [for Bishop Porteus's Sermons: early draft], A.MS. (2 p.), ([1817])
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Also enclosed: draft of inscription to the Earl of Chichester and a list of sermons (4 p.). Sotheby's London, Dec. 15, 2008, Lot #3.
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