Manuscripts

1702 June-1792

Description: The collection consists of letters and documents containing instructions from the Admiralty to Shovell when he commanded the Channel Fleet in 1696, reports by Rooke of his preparations for the expedition to Cadiz, and miscellaneous routine naval business. Additional persons represented in the collection include: Sir William Bridgeman, Josiah Burchett, Sir Charles Hedges, and Sir Thomas Hopsonn.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1673-1792.
Call number: mssSR
Creator: Shovell, Clowdisley (1650-1707)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.

1674-1702 May

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents containing instructions from the Admiralty to Shovell when he commanded the Channel Fleet in 1696, reports by Rooke of his preparations for the expedition to Cadiz, and miscellaneous routine naval business. Additional persons represented in the collection include: Sir William Bridgeman, Josiah Burchett, Sir Charles Hedges, and Sir Thomas Hopsonn.

mssSR

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Sir Clowdisley Shovell papers

Manuscripts

mssSR

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Land grant to John Hedges :

Manuscripts

Grant of land to John Hedges, father and heir of John Hedges, deceased, former private in Quackenboss?'s 41st regiment, per act of Congress granting land to the late Army of the United States. Grant for 160 acres in Illinois. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 42366

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1792 January 7-1794 December 30

Manuscripts

A collection of 850 items from 1750 to 1814, which contains correspondence from the War Office; the material was accumulated by Sir George Yonge during his term of office as Secretary at War from 1782 to 1794, together with some material of his predecessors and successors in office. The collection includes routine correspondence, consisting of letters regarding promotions, commissions, retirements, accounts, desertions, and troop movements. The papers contain many references to past service of officers in America, the West Indies, India, Gibraltar and elsewhere on the continent. Officials represented, in addition to Yonge, are: William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington; Charles Jenkinson; William Windham; Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Bart.; and Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston.

mssYO

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1820 November-1822 June

Manuscripts

The collection contains correspondence relating to Upcott's collections of books, manuscripts, and prints. Much of the correspondence is between Upcott and various collectors with whom he engaged in business. Issues addressed within the correspondence include the life and work of William Upcott and 19th century bookselling and collecting practices. Correspondents include Charles Dickens, Sir William Fitzroy, Josiah Forshall, William Henry Hyett, Sir Thomas Phillipps, George Palmer Putnam, Markham E. Sherwill, Charles Hampden Turner and Dawson Turner.

mssUP

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War of the Spanish Succession manuscripts

Manuscripts

Bound manuscripts dealing with the Spanish War of Succession. Includes manuscripts by: Queen Anne, King Felipe, Emperor Charles VI, Empress Elisabeth Christine, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Philip Stanhope, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell.

mssHM 21521-21549

1702 June-1792

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