| Description | 1. 5 May 1824 Society gossip.
2. 26 Nov 1821 Society gossip and political matters.
3. 15 May, no year. Social matters including an anecdote about an emu laying an egg which the gardener put under a goose. Political comment regarding the Irish enquiry.
4. 8 Sep, no year. Comment about parliamentary matters and the Queen.
5. 29 Jul 1822 Society gossip including the Duke of Wellington's illness.
6. 30 Sep, no year. Personal letter regarding his journey to France and his future plans.
7. 28 May, no year. Parliamentary affairs including mention of a proposed property tax and penal laws against the Catholics. Social comment.
8. 22 Dec 1822. Social comment including the probable marriage of the King to Lady Conyngham.
9. 11 Jun, no year. Personal matters about his sister Mary to be married to Charles Drummond. Also political comments about the foreign enlistment bill.
10. 27 Dec, no year. Personal letter about his travels with some political matters and a note to Captain Feilding about weights and measures.
11. 21 Apr, no year. Personal and political letter regarding Plunkett, catholic question, Charles Wynn, Peel and Canning, the Duke of Wellington and Spain and a new steam engine.
12. 31 Aug, no year. Personal letter about his passage abroad and comment about the king's dismissal of his squadron of frigates.
13. 1 Dec, no year. Personal and social letter. Political comment about the newspapers accounts of the D'Angouleme and Thurtell and the trial of Captain Harris over the order of the Esprit.
14. 11 Jul, no year. Social and political letter.
15. 2 Jun, no year. Social and political letter including Lord Buckingham's order of the garter, Terney, Castlereagh and Brougham. Comment regarding the King.
16. 2 Nov, no year. Political letter including a report about radicals meeting in Smithfield and pelting each other with muck and cabbage stalks. Further social comment about the mayor and mayoress of Newcastle and the Duke of Northumberland.
17. 29 Mar 1817 Political comment about the 'bullion' question. Also mentions the Duchess of Kent's birth of a daughter.
18. 12 Jul, no year. Political letter about the House of Lords and commons and desperate finances. Some social matters mentioned.
19. 9 Jun, no year. Political and social letter.
20. 12 Jan 1822 Personal letter but on the same paper is a recipe for health.
21. 12 Apr 1822 Personal letter.
22. 19 Nov 1822 Social and personal letter.
23. 3 Jun 1819 Personal matters and social comment on the Duke of Bedford's water party which was attended by the Duke of Wellington.
24. 26 Feb 1822 Personal and social letter.
25. Undated personal and social letter from France.
26. 31 Oct 1823 Personal and society matters.
27. 25 Jun 1824 Social letter including an anecdote regarding Lord Oxford's letter to a Bible Society asking him to be their president
28. 9 Jan 1825 Political letter regarding Ireland and South America.
29. 27 Oct, no year. Personal letter.
30. 24 Sep, no year. Personal letter.
31. 11 Jul, no year. Personal and political letter including 'the Queen's affairs'
32. 19 Sep, no year. Social and personal matters.
33. Undated personal travel plans.
34. 31 Jul, no year. Personal travel plans and social gossip.
35. 20 Jul, no year. Social letter including (William) Henry Fox Talbot and a political comment regarding the West Indies.
36. 10 Mar, no year. Letter about (William) Henry Fox Talbot's admission to Brooks. Political comment about silk duties. Social gossip.
37. 14 Oct, no year. Letter regarding accusations against the Queen.
38. 30 Jun 1820. Further comment about the Queen, Lady Coningham and Mrs Fitzherbert.
39. 30 Jun, no year. Further comment regarding the Queens's affairs and society gossip.
40. 26 Jul, no year. Gossip regarding the coronation.
41. 22 Feb, no year. Social letter including a description of a new steam engine by Perkins. Political comment about the war of France and Spain.
42. No date. Letter about his travelling to France.
43. 20 Oct, no year. Personal and social matters. Political comment regarding the governor generalship of India.
44. Aug 1823 Social gossip with some comment about the Spanish and French armies.
45. 18 Oct, no year. Personal letter with political comment about the conviction of Carlisle.
46. Undated personal and social matters.
47. Undated letter regarding his travels.
48. 16 Jun, no year. Personal letter with social gossip.
49. 13 Jul 1827 Social gossip.
50. 9 Jul 1829 Social gossip and personal matters. |