Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857
Published / Created:
1820
Call Number:
OSB MSS 91
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
35
Abstract:
The collection consists of approximately 80 letters from Earl Amherst of Arracan to his first wife, Sarah, most dating from 1819 and 1820. Subjects include news of family and friends; estate management; and social and political events, including the death of George III. Amherst frequently details debates in the House of Lords and discussions with government officials. A series of 6 letters from November 1819 discusses Amherst's support of the Six Acts in the wake of the Peterloo Massacre and his fear that "the conduct of the Whigs offered the greatest encouragement to the Radicals." and The largest group of letters dates from 1820 and documents Amherst's participation in the trial of Queen Caroline and the debates in the House of Lords concerning the Bill of Pains and Penalties. While Amherst expressed repeated disgust at Caroline's conduct, the letters also document his growing concern at the possible harmful effects of the Bill and his eventual agreement that it be dropped by the House of Lords.
Description:
William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), succeeded as second Baron Amherst of Arracan in 1797. A Lord of the Bedchamber in 1804-1815 and 1816-1823, he served as envoy to Naples 1809-1811 and as special ambassador to China in 1816. He was made Governor-General of India in 1823, successfully led the colony through the First Burmese War, and retired to England in 1828. He died in 1857.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--History--1800-1837, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1800-1837
Subject (Name):
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821, Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Trials, litigation, etc, George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820, George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830, and Great Britain.--Parliament.--House of Lords
Subject (Topic):
Luddites, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, and Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819
Manuscript fair copy, corrected, in Rutherforth's hand, of four controversial letters. The third contains commentary on Blackburne's contribution to the "controversy regarding an intermediate state". The letters are preceded by a table of contents, and all are signed with the initials "T.R."
Alternative Title:
Observations on [Blackburne's] historical view of the controversy concerning an intermediate state
and Observations on Blackburns historical view of the controversy concerning an intermediate state
Description:
Binding: contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards. and Thomas Rutherforth was a Church of England clergyman and moral philosopher who taught at Cambridge and was appointed to the Regius Chair of Divinity there in 1756. His major publications were A System of Natural Philosophy (1748) and Institutes of Natural Law (1754, 1756).
Subject (Name):
Blackburne, Francis,--1705-1787, Church of England.--Thirty-nine Articles--Controversial literature, Rutherforth, T.--(Thomas),--1712-1771, and University of Cambridge--Administration
Subject (Topic):
Intermediate state and Learning and scholarship--Great Britain
"Whereas severall merchants have petitioned for a squadron of ffrigatts to be sent toward the northern Cape & Coast of Biscay for the security of trade..." Signed, "Oliver P."
Alternative Title:
Letter signed to the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy. Whitehall, 1658 Mar 27.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Commerce--Portugal and Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Admiralty and Great Britain.--Royal Navy
Mimeographed manuscript Christmas "circular" letter written from the Immanuel Mission on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation, with an appended original manuscript note to "Aunt Row." The circular letter describes the receipt of presents sent by friends for the Kiowa mission members, the cutting and decorating of the Christmas tree, and the dissemination of the gifts at a mission Christmas celebration. In her note to Aunt Row, Reeside thanks her for a gift and discusses her recent holiday activities at Elk Creek and her plans to vacation in Mexico and California. The note is signed Am-day-co.
Description:
Baptist missionary who as a young woman went to the Elk Creek Baptist Mission near present-day Hobart, Oklahoma, on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation in 1892.
Subject (Name):
Elk Creek Mission, Immanuel Mission, and Reeside, Maryetta J
Subject (Topic):
Baptists--Missions--Oklahoma, Indian reservations--Oklahoma, Indians of North America--Oklahoma, Kiowa Indians--Missions, Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma, Missionaries--Oklahoma, Missions--Oklahoma, and Women--West (U.S.)
ALS written by William Blackmore to his sister Blanche Blackmore while travelling to Duluth, Minnesota on board the steamboat Metropolis. The letter describes Blackmore's impressions of the Apostle Island region of Lake Superior and gives an account of his recent experiences in the Middle West, including travel by train as a guest of stockholders and directors of iron mines visiting mines in the Lake Superior region; impressions of Chicago and news received there regarding the Hayden Expedition; and a visit to a lumber mill on Lake Michigan. Blackmore also briefly discusses his plans to continue travel to Sidney, Nebraska, and Denver, Colorado.
Alternative Title:
[Letter: William Blackmore to Blanche Blackmore]
Description:
William Blackmore was a London businessman and an authority on American Indians of the Plains.
Subject (Geographic):
Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel and Great Lakes Region (North America)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Blackmore, Blanche, Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), and Metropolis (Steamboat)
Subject (Topic):
Iron mines and mining--Superior, Lake and Lumber trade--Middle West
Autograph letter signed written in response to recipient's request for information regarding the whereabouts of family member Christopher. Hill describes his partnership in a land claim with "Chris" on farmland in Red Wing, Minnesota, between November 1855 and September 1856, and Chris's relocation to Superior, Wisconsin, where he was hired as a member of the surveying party of the northern section of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad. Hill briefly describes his own position as a clerk and draftsman; his unmarried status; and his agreement with the recipient that a visit to the West would be interesting to him. Hill provides Chris's address in a postscript. The letterhead contains a printed woodcut view of "St. Anthony, Minnesota, [now part of Minneapolis] on the Mississippi."
Description:
St. Paul, Minnesota resident; surveyor and draftsman.
Subject (Geographic):
Red Wing (Minn.)--Description and travel, Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872)--Pictorial works, and Saint Paul (Minn.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, A. J.--(Alfred James),--1823-1895, Hotten, John, and St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad
Letter from José de los Angeles Navarro, Jefe Politico of Bexar, to the Ayuntamiento of Goliad, transmitting a report of the Jefe Politico of Nacodoches concerning the threat posed to Bexar and La Bahia by the arming and arousal to hostility of Indian tribes by an American trader.
Subject (Name):
Navarro, José de los Angeles,--1784- and San Antonio (Tex.).--Jefe Politico
The letter to the Attorney General in Washington describes the situation of gentile federal officials under a Mormon governor and their inability to enforce the laws of the United States.
Description:
William W. Drummond, associate judge, Utah Territory, 1854-57.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah--Politics and government
Subject (Name):
Cushing, Caleb,--1800-1879, Drummond, William W, and United States.--Attorney-General
