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PITT v EXECUTORS OF EARL OF LONDONDERRY: Exhibits. 1. 1726. A small leather purse...
Catalogue reference: C 108/416
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- C 108/416
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1712-1726
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PITT v EXECUTORS OF EARL OF LONDONDERRY: Exhibits.
- 1. 1726. A small leather purse containing many small notes by Thomas Pitt the younger, Earl of Londonderry, of affairs to be settled before his departure to the Leeward Islands as Governor.
- 2. 1713-1722. Letters to Lord Londonderry as MP for Wilton, Wiltshire from constiutents about local politics and elections to Parliament.
- 3. 1713-1722. Letters and minor accounts from Thomas Green, of clothing made on Lord Londonderry's account; with sample swatches of cloth.
- 4. 1716-1724. Letters to Lord Londonderry from Alderman Elias Chalk in Wilton.
- 5. 1712-1720. Letters to Lord Londonderry from Thomas Dennett about affairs in Wilton.
- 6. 1718-1724. Letters to Lord Londonderry fromJohn Phillips about affairs in his [Old] Sarum estate.
- 7. 1716-1724. Accounts from the Woodyates estate, Wiltshire.
- 8. 1716-1724. Tradesmen's bills and receipts.
- 9. 1720. Surveys of various estates in Devon and Wiltshire.
- 10. 1727 December 13-15. Inventory of goods at Chevening, Kent.
- 11. 1714. Probate of the will of Thomas [Belasyse], Lord Fauconberg
- 12. 1726. Proposals for colonising Madagascar 'in order to make an advantageous settlement'.
- 13. 1716-1719. Accounts, letters, invoices, bills and legal documents relating to Lord Londonderry's trading ventures to Jamaica.
- 14. 1714-1716. Accounts of Lord Londonderry's stock market affairs with George Cradock.
- 15. 1720. Lord Londonderry's accounts of stocks with Messrs Burgess and Lyons in Paris, and memoranda about them.
- 16. 1722-1724. Letters to Lord Londonderry from Thomas Crawford in Paris, dealing with his affairs.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This catalogue entry was enhanced in 2022 with data kindly supplied by Prof Larry Neal.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Larry Neal, 'I Am Not Master of Events': The Speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles (Yale, 2012)
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