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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FROM MEN OF ALL RANKS
Sources from the British Library, London

Part 1: Autobiographies, c1760-1820

 

Contents of Reels

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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