Manuscripts
The Spanish labarinth or a true relation of that narrative made by the Duke of Buckingham...[to Parliament on the subject of the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I, to the Spanish Infanta: manuscript
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The Stablishments and Ordinances made at Waltham Abbey the xth day of December the yere of oure Lord God MCCCCLXVIII [December 10, 1468]...for the Rule, Ordinance and Guiding of the Householde of the Right High and Mighte Prince the Duke of Clarence, (followed by ) "The Order of a Nobleman's House as Duke, Marques, Earle,": manuscript
Manuscripts
Two undated but 16th century copies made by Robert Boys of elaborate and detailed household ordinances, or regulations, for George, Duke of Clarence (ff. 1-24) and for a nobleman in general (ff. 25-60).
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George Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham letter to "Sir," an unidentified job printer, refusing to pay for an order placed fraudulently
Manuscripts
The letter was written to a job-printer who had delivered to the Marquess a shipment of handbills offering a reward of 500 pounds for the author of a supposed libel against him, said to have been posted in Stowe Park and around the town of Buckingham. The Marquess claimed that both his signature and seal on the letter placing the order were forged, and regretted that the printer and the Editor of The True Briton had been taken in. He refused to pay the bill and returned the ruined paper stock with his apologies. The printer is probably John Stockdale (information from HM 76777).
mssHM 71380
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Black, Charles F. To Pasadena National Bank
Manuscripts
The papers concern Pelton's agreement and disputes with Jack London concerning the film rights of his novel, The sea wolf (1904), and with Cecil B. DeMille concerning various productions of plays.
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Black, Charles F. To George S Pelton
Manuscripts
The papers concern Pelton's agreement and disputes with Jack London concerning the film rights of his novel, The sea wolf (1904), and with Cecil B. DeMille concerning various productions of plays.
mssHM 50981-51034
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London. William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805. To Charles Sloane Cadogan, Earl Cadogan
Manuscripts
The core of this small collection consists of letters addressed to Cadogan reporting or justifying various expenditures made during the Prince's European travels between 1763 and 1767. The chief correspondents are Edward Augustus himself (9 letters), his Groom of the Bedchamber Colonel (later General) Henry St. John of Rockley, Wiltshire (32 letters), his Master of the Horse Colonel Sir William Boothby, Baronet, of Ashbourne Hall Derbyshire (10 letters), his equerry Colonel George Morrison (2 letters), and his younger brother Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1 letter only). There are passing references to travel plans, people met, and social entertainments attended, but little descriptive or other substantive comment about the pasing countryside or individual cities. The overall impression given is one of a small, informal, extravagant, and pleasure-loving royal party, well entertained by social events given in their honor, by romantic encounters with local ladies, and in one instance at least (when dining with the Duc de Villars in 1767) by homosexual propositions. Only Morrison's two letters from September 1767 can be considered descriptive travel accounts in the conventional sense. St. John provides much detail about the Prince's final illness and death and the mourning ceremonies in Monaco. Boothby and the Prince occasionally send directions concerning horses in England. In most cases the amounts of reported expenditures are summary totals only, with very few specific expenses explained. The Prince and his attendants constantly complained of their limited allowance from King and Parliament and pressed Cadogan to obtain an increase in the royal stipend.
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Florence. Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York & Albany, 1739-1767. To Charles Sloane Cadogan, Earl Cadogan
Manuscripts
The core of this small collection consists of letters addressed to Cadogan reporting or justifying various expenditures made during the Prince's European travels between 1763 and 1767. The chief correspondents are Edward Augustus himself (9 letters), his Groom of the Bedchamber Colonel (later General) Henry St. John of Rockley, Wiltshire (32 letters), his Master of the Horse Colonel Sir William Boothby, Baronet, of Ashbourne Hall Derbyshire (10 letters), his equerry Colonel George Morrison (2 letters), and his younger brother Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1 letter only). There are passing references to travel plans, people met, and social entertainments attended, but little descriptive or other substantive comment about the pasing countryside or individual cities. The overall impression given is one of a small, informal, extravagant, and pleasure-loving royal party, well entertained by social events given in their honor, by romantic encounters with local ladies, and in one instance at least (when dining with the Duc de Villars in 1767) by homosexual propositions. Only Morrison's two letters from September 1767 can be considered descriptive travel accounts in the conventional sense. St. John provides much detail about the Prince's final illness and death and the mourning ceremonies in Monaco. Boothby and the Prince occasionally send directions concerning horses in England. In most cases the amounts of reported expenditures are summary totals only, with very few specific expenses explained. The Prince and his attendants constantly complained of their limited allowance from King and Parliament and pressed Cadogan to obtain an increase in the royal stipend.
HM 76801