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Total number of records: 465
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Townshend, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney | 125 |
| Wormald, Fountaine & Gott | 32 |
| [Unknown] | 31 |
| Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 | 24 |
| Calverley, Sir Walter | 11 |
| Townshend, John Thomas, 2nd Viscount Sydney | 9 |
| Shepley & Bolland Solicitors | 5 |
| Pearson, William | 5 |
| Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond | 5 |
| Crabbe, Revd George, Senior | 5 |
Sender: Carteret, E.
Recipient: Townshend, Charles Townsend, Viscount, 1674-1738
Letters: 4
Date(s): 31 May 1722 - 17 Jul 1722
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Jacobite 1722
Note: Concerning letters passing through the Post Office from supposed Jacobites. Also present are the official transcripts sent to Viscount Townshend by the Postmaster General of 45 of these letters opened whilst in course of post, and which were suspected to be of a treasonable nature. Viscount Townshend was at this time Secretary for the Northern department, the seat of the Jacobite trouble, and in that capacity gave strict orders to the postal authorities for the detention and examination of all suspected letters, hoping thus to lay hands on the rebel leaders. The letters show remarkable evidence of the vast web of intrigue spread all over Europe at this time, in favour of the Jacobites.
Sender: Townshend, Charles Townsend, Viscount, 1674-1738
Recipient: Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Letters: 28
Date(s): 1 Sep 1715 - 21 Feb 1716
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Jacobite 1715. In volume lettered "Official Despatches to the Duke of Argyll"
Note: A very valuable official record (possibly the only authentic record now in existence), of what actually was transpiring at home and abroad in connection with the Jacobites, whilst the fortunes of England hung in the balance immediately following the accession of George I to the throne.
Sender: Amherst, Jeffrey, baron Amherst, 1717-1797
Recipient: "Office of Ordnance"
Letters: 1
Date(s): 27 Jan 1778
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Amherst
Note: Requisition for ordnance from H.M. Stores at Woolwich, signed by Amherst, Charles Cocks, and Ben Langlois. A transcript of the letter and a brief biography of Amherst are included in the bound volume.
Sender: Carter, John
Recipient: Barrett, Thomas
Letters: 11
Date(s): 27 May 1781 - 11 Nov 1794
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Carter
Note: With a print of a medal. The material was formerly bound into a volume which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Roscoe, William, 1753-1831
Recipient: Cadell & Davies
Letters: 1
Date(s): 16 Sep 1799
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Roscoe
Note: Recipient is firm of booksellers. The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also a transcript of the letter, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Cadogan, Charles
Recipient: Chapman, George
Letters: 1
Date(s): 11 Jul 1770
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Cadogan
Note: The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also a transcript of the letter, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Stapleton, John, fl. 1787
Recipient: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738-1795
Letters: 1
Date(s): 30 Oct 1787
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Stapleton
Note: The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also a transcript of the letter, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Stanhope, James Stanhope, Earl, 1673-1721
Recipient: Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Letters: 7
Date(s): 13 Sep 1715 - 22 Nov 1715
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Jacobite 1715. In volume lettered "Official Despatches to the Duke of Argyll"
Note: A very valuable official record (possibly the only authentic record now in existence), of what actually was transpiring at home and abroad in connection with the Jacobites, whilst the fortunes of England hung in the balance immediately following the accession of George I to the throne.
Sender: Griesbach, Johann Jakob, 1745-1812
Recipient: [unknown]
Letters: 1
Date(s): 18 Mar 1775
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Griesbach
Note: Addressed "Dear Sir". The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also transcripts of the letters, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Griesbach, Johann Jakob, 1745-1812
Recipient: White, Joseph, 1745-1814
Letters: 1
Date(s): 1 Jun 1771
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Griesbach
Note: The material was formerly bound into a volume containing also transcripts of the letters, which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters.
Sender: Jenkins, Thomas, d. 1798
Recipient: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
Letters: 4
Date(s): 22 Mar 1774 - 7 Jul 1797
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Jenkins
Note: The material was formerly bound into a volume which is now shelved in a separate author/alphabetical sequence following the main sequence of Miscellaneous Letters. The bound volume includes a biography of Jenkins which is fuller than that contained in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Sender: Hayley, William, 1745-1820
Recipient: Thornton, John, d. 1780
Letters: 39
Date(s): 21 Sep 1774 - 17 Apr 1779
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Hayley
Note: Carbon copy transcription. Includes index and poems by Hayley.