John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich manuscript material

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{"value"=>"22164", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1746-1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1746/1779"}

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date_inclusive_start

1746

date_inclusive_end

1779

origination

{"value"=>"Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, British politician and musical patron.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Autograph signature on Admiralty document : 13 Jan 1779 : (MISC 0482) : appointing Peter Dupuy Abbott \"Second Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship, The Flora, and Lieutenant at Arms\"; on vellum; document also signed by John Buller and Henry Penton; countersigned by Philip Stephens, secretary.|||To David Garrick, actor and playwright : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Apr 1776 : (MISC 0481) : from Admiralty : begins, \"If I had never heard of such a man as Piper the butcher, if he had never had a bat in his hand, if he sold the worst meat within a days journey of the place, I think, that as he comes to me under the auspices of so good a patron, I should have employed him ...\"; with Garrick's autograph docket on the verso.|||To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter signed to \"Sir\" : 5 Jun 1746 : (MISC 0480) : from London : begins, \"A resolution is taken (as the rebellion seems now to be drawn to a conclusion) to disband all the new raised Regiments directly, except the D[uke] of Bedford's, D[uke] of Montagu's, Ld. Halifax's & I believe Ld. Granby's who as they have a considerable number of Prisoners in their custody, cannot with safety to the Publick be dismissed ...\".</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Autograph signature on Admiralty document : 13 Jan 1779 : (MISC 0482) : appointing Peter Dupuy Abbott \"Second Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship, The Flora, and Lieutenant at Arms\"; on vellum; document also signed by John Buller and Henry Penton; countersigned by Philip Stephens, secretary."}

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1746

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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3 items

date_start

1746

date_end

1779

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