Manuscripts

Wilberforce, William. Letter to Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron Rokeby

Description: Palace Yard [London]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1789], July 25
Call number: MO 6742
Creator: Montagu (1718-1800)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1925. The collection was formed by Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron of Rokeby, nephew of Elizabeth Montagu and executor of her estate. In 1899, the papers passed into the hands of his granddaughter Emily J. Climenson, and upon her death in 1921 to Mr. Reginald Blunt.
Associated people: Alison, Dorothea Gregory. (1715-1785.); Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, (1719-1805.); Boscawen, Frances Evelyn, (1762-1831.); Donnellan, Anne. (1692-1775.); Montagu, Elizabeth Charton. (1684-1764.); Montagu, Matthew, (1713-1800.); Montagu, Edward, (1720-1795.); Bath, William Pulteney, (1715?-1791.); Rokeby, Matthew Robinson-Morris, (1703-1756.); Scott, Sarah, (1759-1833.); Vesey, Elizabeth Vesey,; West, Gilbert,; Wilberforce, William,
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