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Temple family addenda


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    Correspondence and documents (>1657, Feb. 5-1670)

    Manuscripts

    The material in the addenda consists of: Box 1 Correspondence and documents (>1600-1631) ; Box 2 Correspondence and documents (1632-1653) ; Box 3 Correspondence and documents (>1657, Feb. 5-1670). The subject matter in this collection: the Temple family, mainly during the period preceding and including the Civil War: family affairs (domestic quarrels, lawsuits, marriage arrangements); the management of the household and estates, chiefly at Stowe, Burton Dassett, Padbury and Finmere; relations with servants, tenants, and tradesmen regarding rents, the procuring of provisions, clothing and materials, and the landscaping of Stowe; and occasional reports on the current political situation.

    mssHM 46350-46536

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    Correspondence and documents (>1600-1631)

    Manuscripts

    The material in the addenda consists of: Box 1 Correspondence and documents (>1600-1631) ; Box 2 Correspondence and documents (1632-1653) ; Box 3 Correspondence and documents (>1657, Feb. 5-1670). The subject matter in this collection: the Temple family, mainly during the period preceding and including the Civil War: family affairs (domestic quarrels, lawsuits, marriage arrangements); the management of the household and estates, chiefly at Stowe, Burton Dassett, Padbury and Finmere; relations with servants, tenants, and tradesmen regarding rents, the procuring of provisions, clothing and materials, and the landscaping of Stowe; and occasional reports on the current political situation.

    mssHM 46350-46536

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    Correspondence and documents (1632-1653)

    Manuscripts

    The material in the addenda consists of: Box 1 Correspondence and documents (>1600-1631) ; Box 2 Correspondence and documents (1632-1653) ; Box 3 Correspondence and documents (>1657, Feb. 5-1670). The subject matter in this collection: the Temple family, mainly during the period preceding and including the Civil War: family affairs (domestic quarrels, lawsuits, marriage arrangements); the management of the household and estates, chiefly at Stowe, Burton Dassett, Padbury and Finmere; relations with servants, tenants, and tradesmen regarding rents, the procuring of provisions, clothing and materials, and the landscaping of Stowe; and occasional reports on the current political situation.

    mssHM 46350-46536

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    Stowe papers addenda: John Land material

    Manuscripts

    Box 1: Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper's notebook, and ephemera; arranged chronologically (1871-1929), HM 82950-82968. Box 2: Photographs of John Land, various estates and workers; arranged by subject and then chronologically (1890-1928), HM 82969-82978. Box 3: Oversize photographs of the comte de Paris, various family members, and Stowe House; arranged chronologically (1890-1900), HM 82979-82986.

    mssHM 82950-82986

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    Receipt book of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon

    Manuscripts

    Signed receipts from tradesmen, laborers, etc. for personal and estate expenditures by or on behalf of the 7th Earl.

    mssHM 48045

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    John Bidwell letter to John Townsend

    Manuscripts

    Mr. Bidwell sends Mr. Townsend the map of the San Joaquin that was promised, and gives advice and offers assistance on procuring a land grant within that area.

    mssHM 35190