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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of and to Robert Peel., 1833-1848.
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Identifier: MS.42517
Scope and Contents
(1) letters of Robert Peel to John Murray II;(2) manuscript copy of a letter of John Murray II to Robert Peel;(3) manuscript copy of a letter of Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker;(4) letter of Robert Peel to ?John Murray III; and,(5) note in the hand of Robert Peel : "Speech of Sir Robert Peel delivered on Friday the 1st. of March on the first Reading of the Bill for suppressing disturbance in Ireland". The note has an annotation by...
Dates:
1833-1848.
Manuscript copies, ?1840, of letters, 1763-1767, of Charles Townshend to Richard Brocklesby., 1763-1863.
File
Identifier: MS.42574
Scope and Contents
The date of the copies has been suggested by the watermark, 1840, of the paper on which they were made.
With the copies is a note, 1863, of John Murray III explaining how the papers were given to him by John Wilson Croker. Also included are notes, 1857 or before, by Croker on the letters.
Dates:
1763-1863.
Miscellaneous papers of John Wilson Croker concerning Robert Walpole, including a pamphlet, "Walpoliana" (London, 1783), by Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke., 1783-1857.
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Identifier: MS.42150
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Politician John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was also a prolific writer. He wrote numerous articles for the 'Quarterly Review', which had been established by John Murray in 1809. The articles written by Croker covered many topics including politics, literature and history.As a result of this close connection with the house of Murray, there are hundreds of letters in the archive of Croker, mostly to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. There are also manuscripts for four of his...
Dates:
1783-1857.