Manuscripts

Stowe papers addenda: John Land material

Description

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.

Type

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Date

1871-1929

Call number

mssHM 82950-82986

Creator

Land, John (1852-1928)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books Ltd., Catalogue 203, item 22, February 24, 2005.

Photographs of John Land, various estates and workers (1890-1928)

Manuscripts

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

mssHM 82950-82986

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Oversize photographs of the comte de Paris, various family members and Stowe House (1890-1900)

Manuscripts

mssHM 82950-82986

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Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper's notebook, and ephemera (1871-1929)

Manuscripts

mssHM 82950-82986

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Temple family addenda

Manuscripts

Three boxes of correspondence and documents (>1600-1670); 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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Battle Abbey archives addenda

Manuscripts

The addenda consists of six deeds, 1372-1528; arranged chronologically. One deed is a grant for life to John de Mapples in Beauchief, Derbyshire (HM 82452); mistakenly attributed to Battle in Sussex by an earlier cataloger. The other five deeds include grants, leases and contracts for the Abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex (HM 82453-82457).

mssHM 82452-82457

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Sir Francis Beaufort papers addenda

Manuscripts

One box of correspondence, documents, photographs, poems and wills; arranged chronologically (1797-1858), FBA 1-28. Notable correspondents include: Daniel Augustus Beaufort (son of Sir Francis), Harriet Henrietta Beaufort, Lady Honora Beaufort, Charles Sneyd Edgeworth, Frances Anne Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth, Archer Thomas Upton, and Lestock P. Wilson. Also included are poems by Maria Edgeworth, one of which is written to Sir Philip Crampton, Surgeon General of the Forces of Ireland. The photographs are mainly of Edgeworthstown House, the Edgeworth family home in Co. Longford, Ireland.

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Stowe papers addenda: John Land material

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