Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
George Aust papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 270
Scope and Contents:
The George Aust Papers consists of professional papers, legal and financial records, professional and personal correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the life and work of British civil servant George Aust. Aust’s papers document his career of over fifty years in government service, including his position as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1790 to 1796. Correspondents include his wife Sarah Murray Aust; William Eden, first Baron Auckland; Sir James Bland Burges;...
Dates:
1746-1837, bulk 1762-1827
[Papers].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FC62
Abstract:
Manuscripts, in various hands, of a collection of letters and documents addressed to Dundas regarding such issues as taxes, international trade, and army pay in his capacity as Secretary of State. The collection includes a letter regarding the hardship under which the writer suffers "in consequence of the Embargo" on oats in Ireland, an investigation of property tax "so far as the Proprietors and occupiers of land are concerned," a letter from Edgar Corrie examining the trade of calico,...
Dates:
1786-1810
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[Papers].
[Engravings].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FD49
Abstract:
Collection of satirical engravings by Robert Dighton, James Gillray, James Sayers, and C. Williams. The prints are primarily devoted to political satire; and the subjects include John Bull; taxes; French sympathies in Great Britain; George III's reaction to the Catholic Bill; the Broad-Bottomites in the Cabinet; and the public orator William Crowe. Titles include "A noble Lord, on an approaching peace, too busy to attend to the expenditure of a million of the public money"; "Doublures of...
Dates:
1787-1810
"College correspondence: Letters from candidates for Parliamt. 1779"
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN C108
Abstract:
Autograph MS and contemporary MS copies.
Collection of letters addressed to Hutton by various correspondents (including copies of a few of Hutton's own letters); many concern Parliamentary Candidates for Cambridge University, and nearly all of Cambridge interest, discussing College and University matters.
Dates:
1778-1783
W. S. Lewis Collection of George Townshend Correspondence
Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 38
Abstract:
The W. S. Lewis Collection of George Townshend Correspondence holds approximately 350 letters sent to and by George Townshend (1724-1807) primarily during his tenure as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the years 1767 through 1772. The bulk of the collection is held in Series I, where most of the letters concern military and political topics, with some more personal and family correspondence. Many of the writers were appealing to Townshend for patronage appointments in regiments, bishoprics, and...
Dates:
1708-1800, bulk 1766-1772