POLITICS IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, 1715-1848

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

Notes to the Detailed List of Guard-Books of Letters

The Number gives the call number assigned to each letter after the editors of the new Correspondence had completed the chronological re-arrangement.  Capital P after a number indicates that the letter is a photocopy.  Dates in brackets were supplied by the Burke editors or denote an uncertain reading.

In the Correspondent column, EB is Edmund Burke, JB is Jane Burke, his wife, RBSr is Richard Burke, Edmund's brother, RBJr is Richard Burke, Edmund's son, WB is William Burke, Edmund's 'cousin'.  Other abbreviations are straightforward.

The Location abbreviations show where an original letter was to be found when the listing was in preparation.  Where only manuscript copies of an original survive only the location of the Sheffield copy is quoted.  The abbreviations of these sources are:

LOCATION ABBREVIATIONS

N - Northamptonshire Record Office

BM - British Museum

BRI - Bristol Royal Infirmary

CCB - Clifton College, Bristol

CL - Clements Library

CUL - California University Library

EF - Earl Fitzwilliam (personal collection at Milton)

F(M) - Fitzwilliam Estate Office, Malton

FWH - F W Hilles

HS - Haupstaatsarchiv, Stuttgart

IOL - India Office Library

ML - Morgan Library

MT - H S Marsham-Townshend

NLS - National Library of Scotland

NYPL - New York Public Library

OC - Osborn Collection

OF - Dr O Fisher (personal collection)

P - Princeton University Library

PA - Polish Archives, Warsaw

PRO - Public Record Office

PUL - Pennsylvania University Library

RIA - Royal Irish Academy

VMH - Victoria Memorial Hall Calcutta

YL - Yale Library

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