Letters mostly concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse and his bequest to the British Museum., ?1816-1875, undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters in both sections of this manuscript have been organised alphabetically by correspondent surname.
Letters concerning the papers of John Cam Hobhouse:
Letter of George Grote to Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1870: folios 1-4;
Letter of John Murray [III] to Dudley Wilmot Carleton, undated: folios 5-6;
Correspondence and drafts of letters between John Winter Jones and Hon. Charlotte Carleton, 1875: folios 7-13;
Note in the hand of Hon. Charlotte Carleton regarding the papers of her father, John Cam Hobhouse, with a excerpts from the will of Hobhouse, undated: folios 14-16;
Other unrelated letters:
Letter of Sir James Bland Lamb (formerly Burges) possibly to Lord Byron, ?1816: folios 17-18;
Letter of Robert Ralph Noel to John Cam Hobhouse, 1866: folios 19-21.
Dates
- Creation: ?1816-1875, undated.
Creator
- Carleton, Charlotte, Hon (wife of Dudley Wilmot, 4th Baron Dorchester, née Hobhouse) (Person)
- Grote, George (historian) (Person)
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Person)
- Jones, John Winter (Principal Librarian of the British Museum) (Person)
- Lamb, James Bland, Sir, 1st Baronet (politician and poet, formerly Burges) (Person)
- Noel, Robert Ralph (Major, Leicestershire militia) (Person)
- Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) (Recipient, Person)
- Carleton, Charlotte, Hon (wife of Dudley Wilmot, 4th Baron Dorchester, née Hobhouse) (Recipient, Person)
- Carleton, Dudley Wilmot, 4th Baron Dorchester (Colonel) (Recipient, Person)
- Hobhouse, John Cam, Baron Broughton (politician) (Recipient, Person)
- Jones, John Winter (Principal Librarian of the British Museum) (Recipient, Person)
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Extent
22 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
i + 21 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
0425R
Repository Details
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