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18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2395 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers of Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Papers relating to Ireland and Parliament (1743-1875); subject files relating to Pope-Hennessy's career (1855-1938); correspondence (1866-1890); personal letters to Pope-Hennessy (1867-1890); papers relating to his colonial governorships in Labuan, West Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Hong Kong and Mauritius (1844-1908). The collection also contains papers (notes, correspondence, etc.) connected with the writing of Verandah: some episodes in the crown colonies,…
Extents: 11 boxes
Dates: 1743-1964
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Papers of Sir Richard Cocks

Writings and parliamentary diaries of Sir Richard Cocks
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: c. 1681-1726
Single Item

Papers of Sir Thomas Pengelly

Papers of Sir Thomas Pengelly
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 17
Extents: 134 Leaves
Dates: 1710-1879
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Papers of Sir Thomas Phillipps and family

Papers of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) and family, 17th-19th cent.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 17th-19th cent.
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Papers of Sir William Erle

Papers of Sir William Erle, 17th-20th century
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 17th-20th century
Single Item

Papers of Solomon Dayrolles concerning Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Papers of Solomon Dayrolles concerning Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1747-1774
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 36
Extents: 175 Leaves
Dates: 1747-1774
Single Item

Papers of Stanley Milburn relating to society in Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Papers on education, native customs, folklore, history and secret societies in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, including sketches, photographs, articles and notes, 1926-1950. Also, transcripts of diaries of George Ross, Superintendent of Maroons in Sierra Leone, 1800-1801, and extracts from the diary of John Clarkson, [Royal Navy], 1791-1792.
Shelfmark: MSS.Afr.s.1628
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1791-1801, 1926-1950
Single Item

Papers of the Brettingham family, architects, and of Clara Maria Pope, painter

Papers of the Brettingham family, architects, and of Clara Maria Pope, painter
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 504
Extents: 45 Leaves
Dates: 1750-1838
Single Item

Papers of the British Records Association (America)

Diagram of title to the lands of Horsumus (New Jersey), [c1729]; mortgages, property in St. Clair Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, 1874, various personal estates, 1899; agreement for loan to aid the foundation of the Pottsville Iron and Steel Company, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1891; papers of General Philip Dale Roddey (US Army) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and afterwards of London, including deeds to property in Orange County, Florida and Perry County, Tennessee, with related maps and…
Shelfmark: MSS. Amer. s. 12
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [c1729], 1856-1899
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Papers of the Earls of Clarendon (2nd Creation)

The family archive of the Earls of Clarendon (2nd Creation), including the papers of George W.F. Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Victorian statesman, and George H.H. Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon and Governor-General of South Africa in the 1930s.
Extents: 61.5 Linear metres (370 boxes)
Dates: 1612-1967, n.d.
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Papers of the Freke Family of Hannington, Wiltshire

Papers of the Freke Family of Hannington, Wiltshire
Extents: 0.88 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century
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Papers of the Greg Family relating to estates in the West Indies

Papers relating to estates belonging to John and Thomas Greg in the West Indies [including Hillsborough in Dominica]. Includes agreements, wills, plantation accounts, inventories of slaves etc., with a box of seals.
Extents: 2 volumes, 1 box
Dates: 1765-1834
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Papers of the Harcourt family

Correspondence and papers, mainly 18th-19th cent., of the Harcourt family of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, 1600-1910.
Extents: 7.2 Linear metres (72 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1600-1910, n.d.
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Papers of the Herrick Family of Leicestershire

Papers of the Herrick Family of Leicestershire, 16th-19th century
Extents: 1.32 Linear metres (12 boxes)
Dates: 16th-19th century
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Papers of the Hussey Family of Honington and Doddington

Papers of the Hussey family, consisting of: Court rolls and estate papers, 16th-18th cent. Official and family papers, 16th-18th cent. Estate papers of Sir John Hussey Delaval for the manor of Doddington, 18th cent.
Extents: 85 shelfmarks
Dates: 16th-18th cent.
Single Item

Papers of the Leigh and Leigh Clarke families

Papers of the Leigh and Leigh Clarke families
Shelfmark: Dep. b. 48
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1725/1726-1871
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Papers of the Parker family, booksellers and publishers

Papers of the Parker family, booksellers and publishers
Extents: 0.50 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates: 1751-1921
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Papers of the Rhodes Family (Hildersham Hall collection)

Family letters and papers, 1758-1975 Family letters and papers, with miscellaneous papers relating to the Jameson Raid, 1870-1973 Wills and papers relating to family inheritances and descent, 1758-1975 Notebooks, diaries, family trees, photographs, etc., 1866-1906 Cecil John Rhodes's notebooks and commonplace book, with copies of letters written to…
Extents: 6 boxes, 2 volumes
Dates: 1758-1975
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Papers of the Tomkins Family of Abingdon

Papers of the Tomkins Family of Abingdon
Extents: 0.45 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1693-1862
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Papers of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel

Papers of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Correspondence, 1701-1975 Committee minutes, 1701-1966 Annual sermons and reports, 1702- Copies of correspondence, 1833-1928 Original letters received, 1850-1967 Missionaries' reports, 1856-1951 Maps, ca.1712-1965 …
Extents: 1063 feet
Dates: 1701-1980s