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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Draft indentures for leases, mortgages, etc. of various properties in London
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Note: LB 303, originally enclosed: typewritten copy of original Sun Insurance Office Ltd., policy No. 96474, 5th October 1743, for James, Duke of Chandos. Also, accompanying typewritten letter from Sun Alliance Ins. Group, in reply to an enquiry from Major Paul I.C. Payne, Aug. 25, 1965 (2 p.); now cataloged separately as LB 424.
LB 276-326
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The collection, which spans from 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780), contains 927 items pertaining chiefly to Duchess Lydia's business and financial activities in the intervening six years between her husband's death and her own, as well as the activities of her extended family. In addition, there is correspondence with her family, lawyers, and estate officials, information about the Cannons auctions and the sale of other Brydges properties, and some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century records pertaining to her own family and the Mayne and Goodall families who once lived at the Van Hattem seat at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire. There are also a large number of papers and deeds concerning various properties held by the family, including Cannons, Shaw and Speen.
LB 790
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Manuscripts
Signed by: W.E.H. Fuller, Secretary. Note: also enclosed, typewritten copy of original Sun Insurance Office Ltd., policy No. 96474, 5th October 1743, for James, Duke of Chandos (1 p.). Originally enclosed with: letter from John Pudsey to Lydia, Duchess of Chandos, Oct. 12, 1745; now cataloged separately as LB 303.
LB 424
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Manuscripts
Fragile and damaged. A draft letter written on the verso of a draft letter to Brydges, November 1, 1757. Brydges was styled Marquess of Carnarvon from 1744 to 1771 and thereafter 3rd Duke of Chandos.
mssLeigh
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The collection consists of personal, family, legal and business correspondence of a Herefordshire gentry family with strong ties to the London legal community and with some slight connection to their more important relative James Brydges 1st Duke of Chandos (1673-1744). Of particular interest to the correspondents are: (1) the social activities and illnesses of their friends, family, and servants; (2) a long-running dispute over the repair of the chancel of Tibberton's church, involving a dispute with the Dean and Chapter of the diocese over tithes to be used for the repairs, and involving William Brydges' legal research in London's government archives to substantiate his position; and (3) very substantial buying and selling of various estates and other lands, chiefly as an investment. Brydges engaged the noted Bath architect John Wood (1705?-1754) to work on a newly acquired property in Bristol. There are relatively few references to the Duke of Chandos or to national affairs.
mssHM 75705-75763
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The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.
mssTD