Correspondence from Gordon L.C.Hill, and others

• Reference:GB 254 MS 25/1/3
• Dates of Creation:1796-c 1914
• Physical Description:
  196 items

• Scope and Content

  Copies of Thomas Campbell's correspondence and of letters relating to him by Gordon L.C. Hill. c.1914 [See also MS 25/4/1]. "Originals are with Edith Campbell, March 1914". Copies of 42, mainly family letters to and from Thomas Campbell, 1796-1841. Correspondents are: Alexander Campbell (his brother); Archibald Campbell (his nephew); Margaret Campbell (his mother); Mary Campbell (his sister); Robert Campbell (his nephew); Mrs Sommerville (his sister-in-law). Also includes copies of letters from Thomas Jefferson and from Lady Blessington to Dr Beattie and a fragment of Thomas Campbell's notes on the life of Sir Thomas Lawrence, n.d. Copies [153], letters, mainly family, to, from and relating to Thomas Campbell, 1797-1853. Correspondence is particularly with or concerning his nephew Alexander Campbell. Other correspondents are: Lord Aberdeen; J. Baillie; Lady Barrington; Dr Beattie; Lady Charlotte Berry; Lord Brougham; T.S. Buckingham; Alexander Campbell (his brother); Sir Edward Codrington; Princess Czartoryski; J. Dalhousie; Lord Dillon; Mrs Dugald Stuart; Charles Gore; Captain Basil Hall; Lord Holland; Joseph Hume; Joseph Jekyll (concerning Mrs Siddons); Duchess of Kent; Joseph Marx and Son; Lord Melbourne; Thomas Moore; Spring Rice; Lord John Russell; E.J. Stanley; C. Wood. Also includes undated copies of personal correspondence of Mrs Sarah Siddons. 1796-1813 [7 letters].

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Paper

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Bernard John McLaughlin.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

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