Scope and arrangement
· To Lord Brougham, British lawyer, statesman and Lord Chancellor : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Feb 1841 : (MISC 0572) : asking to be excused from Lord Cardigan's murder trial.
· To Lady Elizabeth Foster, later Duchess of Devonshire : 13 autograph letters signed : -- 25 Jan 1805 : (MISC 0556) : regarding Sir John Moore's defeat in the Iberian peninsula, etc. -- [1806] : (MISC 0557) : regarding Lord Erskine's bill against cruelty to animals. -- 25 Apr 1808 : (MISC 0558) : mostly regarding the "Rochfort Squadron." -- 10 Jul 1808 : (MISC 0559) : expressing his approval of the affairs in Spain. -- 12 Aug 1808 : (MISC 0560) : thanking her for her "good news"; believing that "we shall soon hear that Lisbon is taken ..." -- 9 Oct 1808 : (MISC 0561) : regarding his illness; also "I am indeed very sorry that the Hollands are going to Spain..." -- 5 Feb 1809 : (MISC 0562) : regarding the Battle of Corunna, also on the Mary Anne Clarke scandal. -- 24 Feb 1809 : (MISC 0563) : more on the scandal involving the Duke of York and Mrs. Clarke. -- 15 Aug 1809 : (MISC 0564) : regarding the war in Europe. -- 17 Nov 1809 : (MISC 0565) : congratulating her on her marriage; more about the war. -- 20 Dec 1810 : (MISC 0568) : mentioning friends, Lady Grey, and the war in Portugal. -- 10 Aug 1811 : (MISC 0569) : condolences upon the death of the Duke of Devonshire. -- 2 Dec 1811 : (MISC 0570) : regarding mutual friends.
· To George Lamb, politician and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Oct 1819 : (MISC 0571) : declining to subscribe to the aid of "the poor people who have suffered at Manchester" (in the Peterloo Massacre); giving reasons.
· To "Mon cher Comte" : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Dec 1809 : (MISC 0567) : in French; with 19th c. manuscript English translation in an unknown hand; on the state of the British government.
· To an unknown recipient : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Dec 1809 : (MISC 0566) : on his improving health, and the "late defeat in Spain"; also: "The country is going to the devil as fast as it can ...".