Manuscripts

Richard Grenville correspondence

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1702-1824
Call number: mssHM 30560-30577
Creator: Grenville, Richard (1678-1728)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Emily Driscoll, November 1958.
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A letter written by Sir Richard Grenvile (under his own hand) to an honorable person in the city of London, concerning the affairs of the west : Published by authority

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Richards family correspondence

Manuscripts

This small group consists of photocopies of letters between members of the Richards family. Subjects covered include the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838, the persecutions of Mormons; and the movement of Mormons from Kirtland, Ohio to Missouri and then onto Illinois. Nine of the original letters are located at the Harold B. Lee Library, Special Collections, Brigham Young University; one is at the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library, Yale University; and the locations of the remaining original documents are unknown.

mssHM 65631-65642

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Pitt and Grenville families correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of letters between various members of the Pitt and Grenville families. The majority of the letters are written by Hester Grenville Pitt, Countess of Chatham, to her brothers George Grenville and Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple. There are additional letters by them, Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. The letters discuss family news and events, including illness, estate business, and mutual family members and friends; the letters also discuss society events, politics, and government. The collection also includes one document and one manuscript.

mssHM 31550-31624

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Pitt and Grenville families correspondence

Manuscripts

mssHM 31550-31624

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Richard Walton Tully scrapbook of correspondence

Manuscripts

This extremely fragile scrapbook contains correspondence from stage managers, actors, playwrights, writers, producers, and agents in response to plays sent out by Richard Walton Tully. The majority of the letters are contained in the original envelopes. There are also 25 loose letters, envelopes, and telegrams that are housed in separate sleeves.

mssHM 80466

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Richard Watson Gilder correspondence

Manuscripts

The Richard Watson Gilder correspondence consists of letters mainly from Richard Gilder addressed to Brigham Johnson, editor of the Cedar Rapids Republican and later Iowa State Librarian, from 1887 to 1931. Subjects discussed in the letters include literary matters, political issues (particularly Grover Cleveland and the Republican Party), David Bennett Hill, the Gilder family and Gilder's wife, Helena de Kay Gilder. After Richard Gilder's death in 1909, Brigham continued to correspond with Helena de Kay Gilder and the Gilders' daughter, Rosamond Gilder.

mssHM 45005-45048

Richard Grenville correspondence

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