AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FROM MEN OF ALL RANKS
Sources from the British Library, London
Part 1: Autobiographies, c1760-1820
REEL 1
Thomas Bewick
Autobiographical memoir
Add. 41481
Thomas Bewick
Letters
Eg. 3147
William Cowper
Autobiographical memoir
Add. 59868
Sir Alexander Cuming
Autobiographical notes
Add. 39855
John Douglas, D.D.
Autobiographical papers
Eg. 2181
Edward Gibbon
Autobiographical sketches
Add. 34874
REEL 2
Warren Hastings
Diary 1 Jan 1784 - 7 Sept 1785
Add. 39879
Warren Hastings
Diary 8 Sept 1785 - 31 Dec 1787
Add. 39880
Warren Hastings
Diary 1 Jan 1788 - 23 Oct 1789
Add. 39881
Warren Hastings
Diary 24 Oct 1789 - 17 June 1794
Add. 39882
REEL 3
Warren Hastings
Diary 18 June 1794 - 31 May 1799
Add. 39883
Warren Hastings
Diary 1 June 1799 - 12 Apr 1801
Add. 39884
Warren Hastings
Diary 13 Apr 1801 - 15 Feb 1804
Add. 39885
Warren Hastings
Diary 15 Feb 1804 - 7 Nov 1807
Add. 39886
Warren Hastings
Diary 10 Dec 1807 - 30 Dec 1813
Add. 39887
REEL 4
Warren Hastings
Diary 1 Jan 1814 - 20 July 1818
Add. 39888
Warren Hastings
Collections for Hasting’s biography
Add. 39903
Warren Hastings
Diaries of voyage & visit to Benares
and Lucknow 1773
Add. 29212
William Hogarth
Autobiography
Add. 27991
Sir Hudson Lowe
Autobiography, correspondence & papers
Add. 56088
REEL 5
James Northcote, R.A.
Autobiography
Add. 47790-93
J Wilkes
Autobiography
Add. 30865
REEL 6
James Stuart, F.R.S.
Memoir
Add. 27576
James Young
Journal of Mahratta Campaign 1804-05
Add. 38516
PRINTED BOOKS
REEL 7
George Allen Machine breaker, 1831
John Allen The life of Mr John Allen written by himself. In The lives of Early Methodist Preachers by Thomas Jackson, 1838
Henry C W Angelo Reminiscences of Henry Angelo …, 2 vols, 1828, 1830
REEL 8
Henry C W Angelo Angelo’s pic nic, 1834
Charles Atkinson The life and adventures of an eccentric traveller, 1818
John Bailey The poor pilgrim: in a series of letters … the life and experiences of J Bailey … Baptist Minister, 1810
Robert Barker The genuine life of … a clear account of his remarkable travels, 1809
REEL 9
John Binns Recollections of the life of …, 1854
Thomas Edward Bowdich Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashanti …, 1819
William Cobbett Life of …, 1835
REEL 10
Edward Costello The adventures of a soldier … campaigns in the Peninsular under the Duke of Wellington, 1841
Thomas de Quincy Confessions of an opium eater, 1822
[Richard Duppa] Memoirs of a celebrated and literary career …, 1813
John Elliot A narrative of the life and death of John Elliot, M D containing an account of … his unhappy passion for Miss Mary Boydell …, 1787
William Gifford Memoir, 1827
REEL 11
Henry Gunning Reminiscences of the university, town and county of Cambridge from the year 1780, 2 vols, 1854
Captain John Gwynne Military memoirs of the great civil war …, 1822
Samuel Harris The history and conversion of Samuel Harris,
a Polish Jew …, 1833
REEL 12
Benjamin Robert Haydon The autobiography and memoirs of B R Haydon,
1786-1846 … ed. P D Penrose, 1927
William Hazlitt Liber Amoris; or, the new Pygmalion, 1823
Thomas Holcroft Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft …, ed W Hazlitt,
3 vols, 1816. vol 1
REEL 13
Thomas Holcroft Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft …, ed W Hazlitt,
3 vols, 1816. vols 1 & 2
William Hutton The life of William Hutton … the riots at Birmingham in 1791 …, 1816
REEL 14
Joseph Holt Memoirs of J Holt, General of the Irish rebels, 1798,
ed T C Crocker, 2 vols in 1, 1838
REEL 15
Michael Kelly Reminiscences of Michael Kelly of the King’s Theatre …
ed T E Hook, 2 vols, 1826
James Lackington Confessions of James Lackington in a series of letters to a friend, 1804
REEL 16
James Lackington Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of …, 1792
John MacLeod Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty’s late ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea … to the island of Lewchew, etc, 1817
John MacLeod A voyage to Africa; with some account of the manners and customs of the Dahomian people, 1820
Simon Mason A narrative of the life and distresses of Simon Mason, [1754]
REEL 17
Daniel Mendoza Memoirs of the life of Daniel Mendoza … observations on the art of pugilism, 1816
Thomas Olivers The life of Thomas Olivers written by himself. In The lives of early Methodist preachers by Jackson (T) Wesleyan Minister, vol 1, 1837
William Thomas Parke Musical memoirs … general state of music in England, from … 1784 to … 1830, 2 vols, 1830
REEL 18
Joseph Priestly Memoirs of Dr Joseph Priestly, to the year 1795, written by himself …, 2 vols, 1806, 1807
Thomas Rankin The life of Thomas Rankin written by himself. In. The lives of early Methodist preachers, by Thomas Jackson Wesleyan minister, vol 3, 1837
REEL 19
[Richard Potter] From ploughshare to parliament: a short memoir of the Potters of Tadcaster, by Georgina Meinertzhagen, 1908
Thomas Telford Life of Thomas Telford civil engineer … descriptive narrative of his professional labours, 1838
REEL 20
Thomas Wright Autobiography of Thomas Wright of Birkenshaw, in the county of York, 1736-1797, ed Thomas Wright grandson, 1864
Arthur Young The autobiography of Arthur Young, (Secretary to the Board of Agriculture) with selections from his correspondence … 1898
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