Manuscripts

[Howard, Henrietta (Hobart), Sountess of Suffolk]. Letter to [Charles Churchill]

Description: The collection consists of letters which shed light on the activities and social life of the Countess of Suffolk and her circle. Included are an anonymous but purportedly first-hand account of the alleged murder of Samuel Molyneux by the physician Nathaniel St. Andre, and Sir Walter Scott's autograph review of the 1824 edition of the publication of the Countess's letters. There is little in the collection concerning George II or Court politics
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [before 1722]
Call number: HM 6669
Creator: Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard (1688?-1767)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith, 1920s.

[Howard, Henrietta (Hobart), Countes of Suffolk]

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters which shed light on the activities and social life of the Countess of Suffolk and her circle. Included are an anonymous but purportedly first-hand account of the alleged murder of Samuel Molyneux by the physician Nathaniel St. Andre, and Sir Walter Scott's autograph review of the 1824 edition of the publication of the Countess's letters. There is little in the collection concerning George II or Court politics

HM 6677

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