Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 65
Abstract:
The collection contains letters, addresses, bill and receipts, printed material, and depositions relating to the 1768 Parliamentary elections in Middlesex and the mob violence at Brentford. The letters include routine patronage correspondence as well as items more specifically concerned with the Middlesex election riots, including descriptions of the hiring of gangs by both sides; informants' reports on "Wilkite" plots; and a proposal by Beauchamp-Proctor to John Glynn that they...
Dates:
1760-1771
Townshend Papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 161
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, personal papers and legal documents, many dating from the period of George Townshend, 1st Marquis of Townshend's Lord-Lieutenancy in Ireland. The collection also contains documents relating to Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend.
Dates:
1648-1857, bulk 1750-1800