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1.
An original letter addressed by the late Princess Charlotte to her mother, the Princess of Wales

Creator:
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
File 56 C47 822C
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Broadside publication of a letter in the Royal Collection, from Princess Charlotte to her mother, the Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline in which she discusses her thoughts and feelings of her impending motherhood just a month before her death following the birth of a stillborn son., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Oakley, printer, Blandford
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Motherhood
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An original letter addressed by the late Princess Charlotte to her mother, the Princess of Wales, now Queen of England, in October, 1817

2.
Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont letter, London, to William Seward, 1787 Avril 30 : manuscript

Creator:
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
Call Number:
LWL Mss File 145
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Holograph letter, signed, from "La Chlve' d'Eon" to William Seward thanking him for the delivery of a book and pamphlet
Description:
The Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810) was a French diplomat who lived openly as a woman while in exile in England., In English., and Formerly laid in: La Fortelle, M. Vie militaire, politique et privée de demoiselle Charles-Geneviéve-Louise-Auguste-Andrée-Thimothée Eon ou d'Eon de Beaumont (Lewis Walpole Library 53 Eo5 F67).
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont letter, London, to William Seward, 1787 Avril 30 : manuscript

3.
Colonel Percy Kirke's dispatches from Tangier : to Secretary Jenkins and to the Lords of Treasury

Creator:
Kirke, Percy, 1646?-1691
Call Number:
Quarto 49 2572
Image Count:
256
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Letter book containing Kirke's dispatches from Tangier while in command of command of Lord Plymouth's regiment and later as governor of Tangier (1681-1683) to Secretary Jenkins and to the Lords of the Treasury
Description:
Percy Kirke (1646?-1691), British army officer and governor of Tangier from 1681-1683., In English., Written on p. [1] by Sire Thoms Phillipps: "From Strawberry Hill 1842. P." Spine label: 11791., Bound in old vellum., and Old vellum. No Bookplate and not in Manuscript Catalogue. Note by Sir Thomas Phillipps: 'From Strawberry Hill 1842. P.'
Subject (Geographic):
Tangier (Morocco) and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Kirke, Percy, 1646?-1691., Jenkins, Leoline, Sir, 1623-1685., and Great Britain. Treasury.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Colonel Percy Kirke's dispatches from Tangier : to Secretary Jenkins and to the Lords of Treasury, 1681-1683

4.
Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnaby Fitz-Patrick

Creator:
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553, author
Published / Created:
printed in the year M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]
Call Number:
49 2509
Image Count:
30
Resource Type:
text
Description:
The introductory advertisement signed: H. W., i.e. Horace Walpole., With comments by the Rev. Mr. William Cole., Signatures: [a]-b² A-C² D¹., Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with notes and initials., and No. 1 in volume labeled: Antiqui[ties].
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553 and Fitz-Patrick, Barnaby, Baron of Upper Ossory, approximately 1535-1581.
Subject (Topic):
Correspondence
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnaby Fitz-Patrick

5.
John Boyle Orrery letter, to Messrs. Dodsley, [not before 1754] : manuscript

Creator:
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762
Published / Created:
[not before 1750]
Call Number:
LWL Mss File 140
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Autographed letter signed by John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, and addressed to the booksellers Messrs. Dodsley on the subject of Horace Walpole. He commences the letter by asking to see any work by "Mr Walpole": "I am told of one that it is very difficult to be procured". He says that he met "Mr Walpole" many years ago at Houghton when he was treated with “honours and civility," but has never had "an opportunity of improving my acquaintance with him" but would "you oblige me to the highest degree in trying to let me have one of his books". Signed "Corke".
Description:
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1707-1762), writer, friend of Swift, Pope and Johnson., In English., Date based on beginning of partnership of Robert and James Dodsley, Dodsley spelled "Dodseley" in the address., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and R. and J. Dodsley.
Subject (Topic):
Booksellers and bookselling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Boyle Orrery letter, to Messrs. Dodsley, [not before 1754] : manuscript

6.
Letter : Angers, to Grimston, 1779 January 25.

Creator:
Chute, William, 1757-1824
Call Number:
LWL Mss File 41
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
ALS from W.J. Chute to his friend Grimston, relating the news he had heard about his friend's travels through Europe with their friend C. Collyer and expressing the hopes that they might meet up in the near future and his eagerness to leave Angers; he relates news about their friend Cunliffe and inquires about other friends Mr. Hooker and Vernon, and describes a lavish ball held at Angers. He concludes with his thoughts on the Keppel trial
Description:
In English. and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)
Subject (Name):
Chute, William, 1757-1824., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., and Palliser, Hugh, Sir, 1723-1796.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : Angers, to Grimston, 1779 January 25.

7.
Letter : Halifax, to "Impudent Mr. Suppose", 1764 December 13.

Creator:
Farrell, Eleonora
Call Number:
LWL Mss File 83
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
An autograph letter signed from an itinerant actress Eleonora Garrell in a travelling theatre troupe, dated 13 December 1764 from the White Lion Inn in Halifax. An affectionate, teasing letter in which the writer reports on her employment with the "Scotch Company" and their meeting with a rival company "Mr. Whitley" in Leeds where they are both banned. She reports that she will be joining another company "Mr. Woodcock's" and reports about her ill-health
Description:
Surname may be Garrell?, In English., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Farrell, Eleonora. and Whitley, James Augustus, ca. 1724-1781.
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and Traveling theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : Halifax, to "Impudent Mr. Suppose", 1764 December 13.

8.
Letter : No. 36 Windmill Street Rathbone Place, to Richard Bull, 1784 December 18.

Creator:
Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Autograph letter in the third person from Edward Edwards to Richard Bull. Edwards "begs [Bull's] acceptance of the inclosed portrait", presumably the etched portrait of Thomas Kirgate that is mounted beside this letter
Description:
In English., Tipped in at page 240 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : No. 36 Windmill Street Rathbone Place, to Richard Bull, 1784 December 18.

9.
Letter : to Dr. Thomas Symonds, [London], Plough Lane, Carew Street near Lincolns Inne, 1744

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Call Number:
744.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
An autographed letter signed (partially rubbed off) discussing family matters and financial concerns to his relative the Hon. Thomas Symonds at his seat at Pengethly in Herefordshire. Written on the verso of Vertue's engraving of "The west prospect of St. Martin's Church in the Fields, Westminster." Formerly folded to letter size, with address and wax seal back, opposite text. With the engraved dedication erased and replaced in ink with a personalized note to "Dr. Thomas Symonds"; with other alterations to engraved text and replaced with ms. notes
Description:
In English., Written on the back of a George Vertue print entitled: The west prospect of St. Martin's Church in the Fields., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Vertue, George, 1684-1756. and Symonds, Thomas, Dr.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : to Dr. Thomas Symonds, [London], Plough Lane, Carew Street near Lincolns Inne, 1744 September 15.

10.
Letter books of military correspondence, 1761 Apr 23-1764 Sep 19.

Creator:
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 83
Image Count:
171
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of copies of several hundred letters from Conway to other military officials, including Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and John Manners, Marquis of Granby, during his service as deputy to Granby, Commander of the British forces, in the Seven Years' War, as well as subordinate officers and members of the Commissary Office. Many of the letters concern routine problems of military life and discipline; he requests wagons for camp necessaries, clothing, and supplies of ammunition; deplores the lack of horses and harness, notes that subalterns have no tents in which to sleep, discusses convalescent and discharge pay, and complains that he has no directions where to send sick soldiers, nor hospital wagons in which to transport them. He also reports numerous instances of delinquency in the military, including theft and robbery in the Guards; and, on June 19, 1761, writes to Granby for permission to court-martial a deserter as an example to the other soldiers, "as scarce a day passes without some desertion from us." He also discusses personnel issues, including an appointment to the Commissariat; engages in numerous disagreements with Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith over administrative matters, and acknowledges orders from Granby and Prince Ferdinand for marching and troop formation, as well as gives his opinions on how best to do so. In other military correspondence, he requests Lord Frederick Cavendish to look for proper ground for encamping twelve battalions at Bergen; asks Major Baczko to procure all possible intelligence of the motions of the enemy; and thanks Major General George Townshend for his report on the roads
Description:
Henry Seymour Conway (1719-1795) was an army general and politician. He fought in the War of the Austrian Succession; served in Ireland during the Jacobite Rebellion, and in Germany during the Seven Years' War. He was successively promoted to major general in 1756 and to lieutenant general in 1759. Sitting in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1774 and from 1775 to 1784, Conway became a leading member of the opposition, opposing the King's action against John Wilkes regarding general warrants in 1763. In 1765, he became secretary of state for the southern department in Lord Rockingham's ministry, where he promoted a policy of reconciliation towards the American colonies. He supported the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British prosecution of the war with the American colonies and played an important part in the House of Commons' resolution against continuing the war. In 1747, he married Caroline Bruce, countess of Ailesbury (1721-1803), and had one child, Anne (1749-1828) Seymour Damer. His aunt Catherine was the wife of Sir Robert Walpole, and Conway maintained a lifelong friendship and correspondence with his cousin Horace Walpole., In English and French., Inside front cover of vol. 1: index., Pasted on front cover of vol. 2: piece of paper on which is written, "Marshal Conway, Military Letters from Germany 1761. 62. 63. His own Copies.", Binding: vol. 1: half vellum over colored-paper boards; vol. 2: quarter vellum over colored-paper boards; vol. 3: full vellum; vol. 4: half vellum over green-paper boards., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Frederick, Lord, 1729-1803., Cockburn, James, Sir, 1723-1801., Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795., De Cosne, Ruvigny., Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792., Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770., and Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.
Subject (Topic):
Military administration, Military camps, Military discipline, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Militia, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter books of military correspondence, 1761 Apr 23-1764 Sep 19.

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