Manuscripts

Literature: [Cotton, ----- [Mrs.]]. "Lately died at his house in Old Burlington Street Charles Townshend Esq...:" [obituary, autograph]

Description: The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.
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Date: ([1799])
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Literature: [Unknown author]. "The late Colonel the honble Sir Horatio Townshend...:" [obituary, draft copy, autograph]

Manuscripts

The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.

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Literature: [Romney, Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of, 1794-1847]. "The late Colonel the Honble Sir Horatio Townshend...:" [obituary from "The United Services Journal," autograph]

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Literature: Townshend, [H?]. Men of Kent: [poem, autograph]

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Literature: [Unknown author]. "Reader! Here lyeth the Body of Charles Townshend...:" [memorial poem, autograph]

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Literature: [Unknown author]. "To the memory of Tho. Ld. V. Sydney and his B. C. Townshend Esq. Sons of the Honble Tho: Townshend...:" [church memorial for Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, his brother Charles and Sophia Townshend: autograph]

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Literature: [Romney, Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of, 1794-1847]. "The Honble Georgiana Townshend, whose death took place...:" [obituary from "The Berkshire Chronicle," autograph]

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Literature: [Cotton, ----- [Mrs.]]. "Lately died at his house in Old Burlington Street Charles Townshend Esq...:" [obituary, autograph]

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Literature: [Unknown author]. "The late Colonel the honble Sir Horatio Townshend...:" [obituary, draft copy, autograph]

Literature: [Romney, Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of, 1794-1847]. "The late Colonel the Honble Sir Horatio Townshend...:" [obituary from "The United Services Journal," autograph]

Literature: Townshend, [H?]. Men of Kent: [poem, autograph]

Literature: [Unknown author]. "Reader! Here lyeth the Body of Charles Townshend...:" [memorial poem, autograph]

Literature: [Unknown author]. "To the memory of Tho. Ld. V. Sydney and his B. C. Townshend Esq. Sons of the Honble Tho: Townshend...:" [church memorial for Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, his brother Charles and Sophia Townshend: autograph]

Literature: [Romney, Mary Elizabeth Marsham, Countess of, 1794-1847]. "The Honble Georgiana Townshend, whose death took place...:" [obituary from "The Berkshire Chronicle," autograph]