POLITICS IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1715-1848

Part 1: The Papers of Edmund Burke, 1729-1797,
from Sheffield Archives and Northamptonshire Record Office

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Chronological list of the correspondence of Edmund Burke
Burke letters (67 guard-books of correspondence)
BK P 1/1-53: 1744 - June 1765
BK P 1/54-137: July 1765 - 1766
BK P 1/138-213: 1767 - June 1768

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BK P 1/214-293: July 1768 - 1769
BK P 1/294-346: 1770 - June 1771
BK P 1/347-371: July - December 1771
BK P 1/372-416: 1772

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BK P 1/417-471: January - September 1773
BK P 1/472-523: October 1773 - June 1774
BK P 1/524-572: July - October 1774
BK P 1/573-638: November 1774 - January 1775

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BK P 1/639-707: February - May 1775
BK P 1/708-746: June - September 1775
BK P 1/747-804: October - December 1775
BK P 1/805-866: January - June 1776

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BK P 1/867-927: July 1776 - January 1777
BK P 1/928-995: February - September 1777
BK P 1/996-1060: October 1777 - May 1778
BK P 1/1061-1124: June - December 1778

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BK P 1/1125-1179: January - June 1779
BK P 1/1180-1235: July - November 1779
BK P 1/1236-1300: December 1779 - March 1780
BK P 1/1301-1349: April - August 1780

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BK P 1/1350-1401: September - December 1780
BK P 1/1402-1465: January - August 1781
BK P 1/1466-1518: September 1781 - February 1782
BK P 1/1519-1558: March 1782

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BK P 1/1559-1626: April 1782
BK P 1/1627-1690: May - June 1782
BK P 1/1691-1753: July - December 1782
BK P 1/1754-1816: January - June 1783

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BK P 1/1817-1878: July 1783 - April 1784
BK P 1/1879-1934: May - October 1784
BK P 1/1935-1995: November 1784 - September 1785
BK P 1/1996-2053: October 1785 - December 1786

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BK P 1/2054-2105: 1787
BK P 1/2106-2157: 1788
BK P 1/2158-2198: 1789
BK P 1/2199-2230: January - July 1790

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BK P 1/2231-2282: August - November 1790
BK P 1/2283-2318: December 1790 - January 1791
BK P 1/2319-2373: February - April 1791
BK P 1/2374-2416: May - June 1791

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BK P 1/2417-2442: July 1791
BK P 1/2443-2495: August 1791
BK P 1/2496-2561: September - November 1791
BK P 1/2562-2615: December 1791 - January 1792

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BK P 1/2616-2666: February - June 1792
BK P 1/2667-2722: July - September 1792
BK P 1/2723-2764: October - November 1792
BK P 1/2765-2820: December 1792 - April 1793

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BK P 1/2821-2866: May - September 1793
BK P 1/2867-2921: October - November 1793
BK P 1/2922-2984: December 1793 - July 1794
BK P 1/2985-3027: August - October 1794

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BK P 1/3028-3065: November 1794 - February 1795
BK P 1/3066-3106: March - June 1795
BK P 1/3107-3151: July - December 1795
BK P 1/3152-3208: January - March 1796

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BK P 1/3209-3244: April - May 1796
BK P 1/3245-3295: June - September 1796
BK P 1/3296-3313: October - November 1796
BK P 1/3314-3346: December 1796 - January 1797

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BK P 1/3347-3377: February - April 1797
BK P 1/3378-3400: May - July 1797
BK P 2: Burke Letters, undated
BK P 3a: Letterbook, kept by Burke, of his letters to the Gentlemen of the Committee of Correspondence of New York, or to individual members thereof, 1771-1775.
BK P 3b/1: Copy of a Representation to the King, dated 16 July 1773 from the Lords of Trade on an Act passed in New York in March 1772.
BK P 3b/2: Report of Richard Jackson Esq dated 22 July 1773 on an Act passed in New York in March 1772 for dividing and setting apart such lands in the Patent of Wawayanda in the County of Orange. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
BK P 3b/3: Brief Notes on subject of Making Requisitions of the Colonies.
BK P 3b/4: The Representation and Remonstrance of the General Assembly of  the Colony of New York, 25 March 1775.

Manuscript Material (8 boxes of letters, notes, papers and subject files)
BK P 4a/1-61: Letters not addressed to Burke.
BK P 4b/1-3: Letters from Earl Fitzwilliam to Dr Hussey,1795-1797.
BK P 5/1-25: Copies of Burke's Correspondence with Shackleton, Hamilton and Philys Francis, prepared for publication.

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Notes and Papers on American Affairs
BK P 6/1-129: Notes, Speeches and Papers on American affairs: including the Canada Bill, Virginia Stamp Act, Conciliation proposals etc.
BK P 6/130-206: Notes, Speeches and Papers on American affairs and the American War (continued).
BK P 7/1-33: Notes, copies of orders etc about affairs of St Eustacius.

Notes and Papers concerning Irish Affairs and Roman Catholicism
BK P 8/1-19: Affairs in Ireland in the 1760s including copies of  speeches of those executed in connection with the activities of the Whiteboys, 1766.
BK P 8/20-83: Anti-Roman Catholic riots in Scotland, 1779; Gordon riots in London, 1780; and Massacre in St George's Fields, 1769.
BK P 8/84: Queries relative to affairs of Ireland addressed to Edmund Burke.
BK P 8/85-89: Two notes from Pitt to Richard Burke, junior and a memorandum of a conversation with him; two letters about Richard Burke's appointment as agent from Thomas Hussey and Edward Byrne, September - November 1791.

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Notes and Papers concerning Irish Affairs and Roman Catholicism
BK P 8/90-125: Paper by Richard Burke in the form of charges against the government of Lord Westmorland; and draft.
BK P 8/126-153: Resolutions and general committee of Roman Catholics of Ireland accepting Richard Burke as their agent, January 1792; petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to the crown; and drafts.
BK P 8/154-172: Part of a discourse on Roman Catholic committees in Ireland.
BK P 8/173-180: Notes about Irish poverty and Irish trade in Edmund Burke's hand.
BK P 8/181-184: Notes in Edmund Burke's hand on foreign troops in Ireland.
BK P 8/185-200: Miscellanea; petitions etc.

Notes and Papers on Indian Affairs
BK P 9/1-62: Notes on Indian affairs before 1780.
BK P 9/63-136: Various Papers connected with Indian affairs during Burke's later career; especially the impeachment of Hastings, including copy of a letter from Philip Francis to John Bourke, notes of a conversation of 12 March 1784 with Sir Samuel Hanay, Gilbert Elliott and Peter Johnson; and a letter to Walker King from W Grenville, 14 April 1790.
BK P 9/137: Thoughts on a system of judicature for India by William Jones.
BK P 9/138-143: A small folder of notes added in October 1966: Burke's petition of 1796 on the subject of Hastings' pension.

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Notes on the French Revolution and related matters, including refugees
BK P 10/1-98: A narrative of events in France by someone who escaped in 1793; and extracts from the journal of a French gentleman.
BK P 10/99-102: Reflections on a state paper signed by the French king after his attempted departure for St Cloud. (In Walker King's hand).
BK P10/103: Attested certificate of certain French emigrants residing in Spain. 1794.
BK P 10/104-105: The Penn School for refugees: memorandum.
BK P 10/106-108: Answer (in verse) from M Dupont to Mr Burke.
BK P 10/109-113: Letter to Lord Grenville, August 1792; and draft.
BK P 10/114-115: Draft letter to the Queen of France.
BK P 10/116-126: Notes concerning Counter-Revolutionary war against France.
BK P 10/127-128: A Statement (not Burke's hand) about a "Cabinet of Peace", August 1796.

Notes and Papers on English Political Questions
BK P 11/1-21: Papers relating to the Nullum Tempus Bill, and the Duke of Portland's case against Lowther, 1768.
BK P 12/1-9: Wilkes and the Middlesex election.
BK P 13/1-39: Admiral Keppel's trial: notes for proceedings etc, some in the Admiral's hand and some in Burke's; and various other notes, 1778.
BK P 14/ 1-24: Notes and draft bills concerning Economic Reform, 1780-1782.
BK P 14/25-35: Plans of Economic Reform and Speeches, 1779-1780.
BK P 15/1-57: Notes on the Regency Question, 1788-1789.
BK P 16/1-9: Petition from the City of Bristol to the House of Commons.
BK P 17/1-11: Various legal opinions etc, about the rights and actions of persons in Bristol regarding tolls and a way to a well(?)
BK P 18/1-13: Burke's notes on Corn Laws, enclosure etc.

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Notes and Papers on English Political Questions
BK P 19/1-15: Notes on Price of Provisions.
BK P 20: [Filed elsewhere]
BK P 21/1-3: Notes about negotiations with Portland.
BK P 22/1: Reflections on the present breach in the ministry.  24 October 1794.
BK P 23/1: Memoranda for consideration: apparently addressed to Rockingham, about disposition of ministerial offices (Burke's hand) 1782?
BK P 24/1-2: Remarks on voyage in The Marquis of Rockingham bound from Bristol to Tortola. 1777.
BK P 25/1: A short account of the late negotiations - Lord Temple's account, 1767.
BK P 25/2: Memoir of the former treaties with Spain with regard to trade. 1765.
BK P 25/3-4: Statement of Mr Hamilton's conduct.
BK P 25/5-26: Particulars of taxes for the year 1795, and some draft clauses for new taxes.
BK P 25/27-41: Notes and Papers on foreign affairs.
BK P 25/42-53: Fragments of speeches: on removal of ministers; on representation of the Commons; also part of a speech on privilege of Parliament; defence of a treaty with Russia.
BK P 25/54-61: Notes on law and liberty.
BK P 25/62-66: Petitions, mainly of individuals, to Edmund Burke.
BK P 25/67-98: Notes of speeches - on the votes of the House of Commons about Lord Chatham?
BK P 26/1-15: Burke's character of his son and a draft, and some translations by Richard Burke, junior.
BK P 26/16-23: Personal affairs of Burke: a few notes about financial matters and legal questions concerning the publisher of "Two letters to a member of the present Parliament.
BK P 26/24-35: Burke's notes about his brother's character and two official papers of Richard Burke, senior.
BK P 26/36-39: Burke's answer to a sceptic: written down by, possibly, William Burke, 'for Mrs Burke'.
BK P 26/40-45: Petitions etc , concerning the purchase of land in the island of St Vincent.
BK P 27/1: Anecdotes for inscription to the memory of Sir Charles Saunders.
BK P 27/2-12: Poems by Burke; and a few other political verses.
BK P 27/13-18: Rough character sketches of public characters in Burke's hand.
BK P 27/19-40: Extracts about Ireland in Strafford's time, some from the Letters.
BK P 27/41-87: Miscellaneous oddments which may be part of published works, or translation thereof.

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Notes and Papers on English Political Questions
BK P 27/88-182: Miscellaneous Papers; Printed Hand Bills.
BK P 27/183-205: Papers, mainly in Burke's hand, on the Regency Question.
BK P 27/206-209: Notes on Militia; Whigs; Patents and Monopoly; Poor Laws; Settlement; Justices of the Peace; Criminals, Arbitrary Power; American Independence; American Colonies; American War; Faction; Government; the Canada Bill of 1774; Office Bill introduced by Pitt in 1785; and thoughts on the subject of Aristocracy.
BK P 27/210-246: Papers and Notes used for Appendix D of the Correspondence.
BK P 27/247: Attack of Mr Curwen on Mr Burke reported in newscutting of a Bath newspaper, under the heading of 'Ireland'.
BK P 28/1-15: Letters addressed to Mrs Burke after her husband's death, 1797-1799.
BK P 29/1-8: Letters to French Laurence about relief of French clergy, 1792, and also, details of Burke's last illness.
BK P 30/1-9: Letters to Walker King.
BK P 31/1-56: Bundle of letters connected with the proposed publication of Burke's letters. 1797-1821. Includes statements by Philip Francis and rough notes of Dr King's.
BK P 32/1-4: Letters concerning the publication of A Regicide Peace by Owen, 1798.

Other Manuscript Papers
BK P 33/1-15: Letters from the Abb de la Bintinaye to Dr King, 1798-9, about a debt of his brother John.
BK P 34/1-14: Letters addressed to Walker King, French Laurence and Earl Fitzwilliam by various owners of letters from Burke; and a statement by the Earl.
BK P 35/1-10: Letters from Walker King to Earl Fitzwilliam, 1810-1826, including a note by the Earl on what should be published.
BK P 36-37/1-21: Correspondence about the Bourke and Fitzwilliam edition of the Letters

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BK P 38-39: Correspondence about the Bourke and Fitzwilliam edition of the Letters
BK P 40-47: Notebooks of William Burke.
BK P 48: Several deeds of William and Edmund Burke concerning property in West Ham, Granada, Beaconsfield and Penn.
BK P 49: Copy of Burke's Will, in the Evening Mail, 26-28 July, 1797.
BK P 50: Printed card advertising Montstephen's portrait of Burke.

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Additional Proofs; drafts and indices for the 1844 edition of the Letters

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Additional Proofs; drafts and indices for the 1844 edition of the Letters