George John Spencer, Earl Spencer manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"George John Spencer, Earl Spencer manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· Autograph signature on a ticket to the coronation ceremony of George IV : 1821 : (MISC 1470j) : ticket formerly owned by the poet Samuel Rogers. Ticket area printed (\"Abbey\"); numbered in manuscript (\"387\"). Labeled \"Poets Corner\" in manuscript in the lower left corner; with the manuscript signature of Spencer in the lower right corner. \"Peers Ticket\" written on verso. Filed with under \"Rogersana,\" following Samuel Rogers manuscripts.</p><p>· To Jean-Frédéric Perregaux, Swiss banker in Paris : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Jan 1792 : (MISC 0492) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Althorp : in French; begins, \"Je vous serai bien obligé de donner credit [?] [parte--?] de cette lettre Monsieur James Payne ...\".</p><p>· To Thomas Miller, Esq. : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1795 : (MISC 0495) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Admiralty : begins, \"I lose no time in acknowledging the receipt of your letter of this morning, and in expressing my hopes that you will do me the justice to believe me when I say that I am much concerned at not having it in my power to give you a satisfactory answer to it.\".</p><p>· To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Apr 1830 : (SHEE 0037b) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Spencer House : begins, \"I returned to town yesterday on purpose to be enabled to wait upon you & the other members of the Royal Academy tomorrow ...\" Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.</p><p>· To Ludwig, Count Starhemberg, Austrian ambassador to Great Britain : 2 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Oct 1798 : (MISC 0493) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Amirauté : in French; begins, \"Je m'empresse à accuser la reception de votre note ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1800 : (MISC 0494) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Amirauté : in French; begins, \"Je ferai [?--tions?] tout en mon favoir pour facilite à Messeieurs les Contes ...\".</p><p>· To [?John Taylor], publisher : 1 letter signed : 28 Feb 1820 : (MISC 1371d) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Naples : in the hand on an amanuensis; on the subject of raising financial support for John Clare, the poet; begins, \"Your letter of the 18th of November last, by some unfortunate delay of the post on the Continent, only reached me a few days ago ...\".</p>"}

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1792

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1792

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1830

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1792

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1830

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7 items

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{"value"=>"George John Spencer, Earl Spencer manuscript material : 7 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"George John Spencer, second Earl Spencer, British politician and book collector. &#xB7; Autograph signature on a ticket to the coronation ceremony of George IV : 1821 : (MISC 1470j) : ticket formerly owned by the poet Samuel Rogers. Ticket area printed (\"Abbey\"); numbered in manuscript (\"387\"). Labeled \"Poets Corner\" in manuscript in the lower left corner; with the manuscript signature of Spencer in the lower right corner. \"Peers Ticket\" written on verso. Filed with under \"Rogersana,\" following Samuel Rogers manuscripts.", "generated"=>true}

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