Reference code: GB-0033-WHA
Title: Wharton papers
Dates of creation: 1702-1858
Extent: 10 boxes (c. 900 items)
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: papers (Diaries, Correspondence, etc.) of the Revd. Robert Wharton 1751-1808, his children and other relatives.
Language:
English
The Whartons were related to the Middletons of Offerton through the marriage of George's younger brother Robert to Mary Middleton, sister of Francis Middleton, in 1715. The most interesting parts of the Middleton papers however, are the letters
to Miss Raine, a grand-daughter of Mary Middleton's sister, written by the Revd. Robert Wharton and his mother, which contain comments on Durham gossip, information about his life in Cambridge and, much later, in Sigglesthorne. Pedigrees of both
families can be found in Robert Surtees
History of Durham, I, 195 (Middletons) and III, 300 (Whartons)
. An amalgamated pedigree based on the foregoing and supplemented by information from family and other documents follows:
It is the papers of the Revd. Robert Wharton, however, which form the bulk of this collection. He was the only child of Richard Wharton, one of the younger sons of the above mentioned Robert. Richard took over his father's business as a woollen
draper in Durham City while his elder brother Thomas, a doctor who practised in both Durham and London, inherited Old Park. Richard's wife was Ann Lloyd, a grand-daughter of the Bishop of Worcester mentioned above. Robert Wharton was still at Eton
when his father died in 1764 and he was placed under the guardianship of his two uncles, Doctor Thomas Wharton and his mother's brother Thomas Lloyd a London lawyer. After some hesitation he decided on the church rather than the law as a career and
went to Pembroke College in Cambridge. He took his B.A. in 1773, winning one of the Chancellor's medals for languages, and returned to Cambridge for another three or four terms to complete the studies prescribed for the M.A. The earliest he could
take his M.A. was 1776 and so he decided to use the intervening period by going abroad to perfect his French. He left England in February 1775, travelling alone, with the intention of spending some time in Paris and Dijon and then making a tour of
the south of France, partly in order to transact some business for his uncle Lloyd. In the event, however, he met the young Lord Powis, travelling with his tutor, who persuaded him to seek the permission of his guardians to extend his tour to Rome,
where he spent the winter of 1775-76 and returned home through Venice, Innsbruck and the German cities, arriving back just in time to receive his M.A. at the Commencement in Cambridge in July 1776.
While he was abroad Robert wrote once a week to his mother and only slightly less frequently to his uncles as well as to his cousins Miss Raine and Miss Mary Lloyd (a daughter of another of his mother's brothers), other relatives and friends.
Most of these letters are preserved here either as originals or copies. He wrote mainly about the people he met, their way of life, manners, fashions, transport, entertainments and amusements, religious and civic ceremonies. He comments on
differences between the French and English and records conversations with casual acquaintances. His letters convey a vivid picture of the impression made by France on a rather naive young man on his first, and only, trip abroad.
In Italy he had little opportunity for meeting Italians and concentrated on seeing the sights with other English tourists. As the post was less reliable than it had been in France, fewer letters have survived and we have an incomplete but still
interesting picture of his life there. He kept careful accounts throughout his trip as well as notes of all his correspondence and a rudimentary journal (
Nos. 89-90) which he used as an aide memoire for his letters.
Immediately after his return to England Wharton turned his mind to his career. Within a year he had been ordained deacon and was serving as curate in Bishop Wearmouth. His first rectory was at Thornton Steward in Bedale in 1780, but he had to
wait until his appointment to the more valuable rectory of Sigglesthorne (alias Silston), in Holderness, north of the Humber, in 1786 before his income was deemed adequate to support a wife and family. On 19 December 1786 he married Sarah Whaley,
daughter of the Revd. John Whaley, Rector of Huggate in Yorkshire, whom he had courted unsuccessfully some five years earlier.
In 1787 his Cambridge tutor and friend George Pretyman was appointed Bishop of Lincoln through the influence of his much more famous pupil William Pitt. It was Pretyman's patronage which now enabled Wharton to advance further up the
ecclesiastical ladder. He was appointed one of the chaplains to the Bishop and became a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral in 1788, Archdeacon of Stowe one of the divisions of the Lincoln diocese in 1790, and finally Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral in
1801, a position he held until his death in 1808.
From the time he left Cambridge until his death Wharton wrote regularly to his friend Thomas Brand whose career took a very different course from his own. Much of both sides of this correspondence has survived and is preserved in this collection.
Their friendship grew out of a mutual love for music and their early letters contain many references to concerts and operas, comments on the quality of the performances and their own attempts at music making.
Thomas Brand (1750-1814) was the only son of a merchant in Newmarket. He was ranked 5th Wrangler in his year (1771) and, at the time the correspondence with Wharton begins, he held a number of appointments at Christ's College together with a
fellowship. He was ordained priest in 1775. The following year he gave some University lectures and demonstrations for Anthony Shepherd, the Plumian Professor in Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, and may well have anticipated an academic
career. He had no private means however and as he was unable to secure a benefice he was compelled to augment his income by taking private pupils from both in and outside the University. Among the first of these pupils was the young Cornelia Knight,
then aged about 16 years, whose family he had known from boyhood.
For some years he coached students from Christ's and other colleges until his first major appointment, about Easter 1778, as tutor to Sir James Hall, heir to the baronetcy of Dunglass in Scotland and ward of Sir John Pringle, President of the
Royal Society. Sir James had been admitted to Christ's College the previous Michaelmas and Brand stayed with him for nearly four and a half years until the autumn of 1782. During this time they studied first at Cambridge, then for nearly two years
in Geneva and finally for a year at Edinburgh University. Each summer they made extensive tours and excursions visiting Cornwall and the Cornish mines, Holland and Belgium, Switzerland and the Scottish highlands.
This was probably the most satisfying period of Brand's career. He had ample opportunity to develop his own interests in Botany and Chemistry, and he had an apt pupil and enjoyable companion. Sir James was intelligent and energetic with a robust,
lavatorial sense of humour, demonstrated in some of the letters he wrote to Robert Wharton which have also survived among this correspondence. He made further tours of the continent and the Mediterranean, established a reputation as a chemist and
geologist, and was eventually appointed President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Brand's next two appointments, 1782-84 and 1786-87, were more as travelling companion than as tutor. He toured France, Switzerland and Italy with Sir James Graham of Netherby, and France, Switzerland, Turin, Vienna, central European and German
cities with a Mr. Duncombe. Although Sir James Graham was amiable enough he had been poorly educated and preferred to go to bed early rather than accompany Brand to the theatre; while Mr. Duncombe was moody and unpredictable to such an extent that
Brand wrote to Wharton in alarm enquiring whether there was any history of insanity in the family and was on the point of leaving his employment.
Brand had spent four terms between these two appointments at Cambridge, which he was coming to find less and less agreeable. His prolonged absences had not enhanced his prospects of advancement either in the University or in the Church. Like
Wharton he was to benefit from George Pretyman's patronage, but at a much slower pace. At the time of his return from the tour with Mr. Duncombe at the end of 1787, the only benefice he had received was as Vicar of Croxton, valued at £25 a year, £5
a year less than Wharton had received as curate of Bishop Wearmouth ten years earlier. He therefore decided to accept another long term position as tutor.
His new pupil was Lord Bruce, heir to the Earl of Ailesbury, chancellor to Queen Charlotte. He was about 15 years old, spoilt and pampered. Privately Brand thought he should be at school rather than with a tutor and he was dismayed to discover
that he was expected to supervise the boy's leisure activities as well as his studies. When the time came for them to travel abroad, however, he found the experience much more pleasurable than he had anticipated. As tutor to a son of the English
aristocracy he moved in a much higher social circle than on previous visits and was presented at foreign courts. Moreover, by this time, he had a considerable number of friends and acquaintances among the English living abroad, notably the two Miss
Berrys, Lady Knight and her daughter Cornelia. He encouraged Cornelia to publish her first novel
Dinarbas in 1790 and it was probably because of his influence with Lord Ailesbury that she dared request and was granted permission to dedicate it to the Queen.
Another of his occupations during this period was as adviser and proof reader for the printer Gianbattista Bodoni of Parma, over the publication of James Thomson's poems
“The Seasons” (1794). Photocopies of his letters to Bodoni, supplied by Dr. Fausto Razzetti of the Biblioteca di Parma, have been included as an appendix to this collection (
Facs.
2-16).
After Lord Bruce's marriage in May 1793 Brand's rôle changed from that of tutor to one of friend and adviser. He divided his time between Florence and Naples and enjoyed the expatriate life so much that he postponed returning to England on one
pretext or another for a further two years.
He eventually returned in 1795 and succeeded in obtaining his first substantial benefice as Rector of Maulden on the Duke of Bedford's estates. His career now followed a more conventional pattern. He was able to discharge his duties as chaplain
to George Pretyman and as a prebendary of Lincoln. At last he could give serious consideration to the question of marriage, although it was more than two years before he could summon the courage to ask Wharton's cousin Deborah, one of the daughters
of Dr. Thomas Wharton of Old Park, to marry him. In 1799 he exchanged Maulden for the Rectory of Wath near Ripon in Yorkshire, and eventually he succeeded Wharton as Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral after Wharton's death in 1808.
The Wharton Family Pedigree including links with the Middleton and Lloyd families
Based on pedigrees and epitaph of John Lloyd in Robert Surtees
History of Durham, I 195, II 264 and III 300; supplemented by information from Venn, the wills of George Wharton, Jonathan Wharton and Deborah Brand, and the International Genealogical Index for Durham, London and
Worcestershire.
The descendants of the Revd. Robert Wharton
Compiled from information contained in Revd. Robert Wharton's letters, Mary Wharton's journal
(No.866), Burke, Kelly, Walford, Venn and
Who was who.
Papers belonging to the Revd. Robert Wharton (1751-1808) and his children. It consists of the personal correspondence of the Revd. Robert with family and friends from 1762 to his death in 1808, the correspondence of his children - mainly between
themselves, some diaries and account books, and miscellaneous items of family interest relating to the Whartons of Old Park near Whitworth, and the Middletons of Offerton, both in the county of Durham, in the eighteenth century. In subject matter
the collection is wide ranging, but it is most notable for the substantial quantity of correspondence describing the continental travels of Robert Wharton and his friend Thomas Brand.
Among the more interesting items in the early part of the collection are George Wharton's letters to his father in Durham (Nos. 8-33), written while he was studying medicine in Cambridge and London between 1706 and 1712. They contain detailed
accounts from his tutor and the costs of taking his bachelor's degree, as well as information about his studies and activities. Another significant item of the same period is a letter (No. 24A) from Richard Bentley, Master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, to William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester, concerning chronological problems arising from his edition of Horace; this letter has been printed with notes by A.I. Doyle,
Durham Philobiblon vol. 1, pp 56-57.
The correspondence between Wharton and Brand, which consists of approximately 570 letters written between 1773 and 1808, is a rich source of information on a wide range of topics. Brand's experiences abroad naturally attract the most attention,
but the letters also reflect the cultural and intellectual life of the times with comments on Cambridge friends and acquaintances, ecclesiastical politics, public affairs, the French revolution and the wars which followed, as well as containing
personal and domestic news of the Wharton and Brand families.
The final parts of this collection consist of approximately 120 items concerning the Revd. Robert Wharton's five children. The three boys, William Lloyd (1789-1867), John Thomas (1795-1871), and Robert (1801-49), all attained positions of
distinction in Yorkshire and Durham. In contrast the two girls, Anne Elizabeth (1788-1851) and Catherine (1791-1862) were compelled to live quietly after their early years as Catherine was a chronic invalid, suffering from headaches, nausea and
possibly agoraphobia. Most of the letters were written to William by his mother, brothers and sisters from 1824 onwards. By this time, sixteen years after their father's death, the family had settled in Aberford near Leeds, but William was married
and living in Durham. In 1828 the women moved to Oakley, near Bromley in Kent, so that Catherine could receive treatment from a Dr. Scott. The letters contain family news, reports on the state of Catherine's health, references to the professional
and business interests of the three brothers, William's purchase of Dryburn Lodge and the construction of an ice pit and lake in the grounds. In addition to these items of family interest there are some letters from William's brother-in-law, J.H.
Jacob (Harry), which include a description of preparations for an election in Morpeth in July 1828, and others concerning the adoption of Lord Adolphus Vane as Conservative candidate for Durham 1852-53.
The last major item in the collection is a journal kept by John's wife Mary Jacob, sister to William's wife Fanny. This is a very personal document. As well as keeping an intermittent record of her activities and family events she used it to
express her feelings and moods, reflecting on her conduct towards her children, her loneliness during John's frequent absences, and her reactions to war in the Crimea and India.
Deposited in the University Library by his great-grand-daughter, Mrs. M. Darwin of the South Bailey in Durham.
It is a matter for speculation as to how the different elements of this collection came together. In the summer of 1801 Brand asked Wharton to return his letters so that he could arrange and revise them, possibly with a view to publication. After
his death in 1814 his widow Deborah returned to Durham and took a house in the Bailey near her unmarried sisters who had moved there from Old Park after the death of their father. The old ladies continued living there until well into the 1830's or
40's, with William and his wife keeping an eye on them from the house at Dryburn. William is named as one of the executors of Deborah's will and it is probable that, as their nearest surviving male relative, he performed the same function for her
sisters. Thus he could have come into the possession of letters written by his father and the earlier Wharton and Middleton material. William had no children and the papers probably passed to his brother John at Aberford, whose daughter lived there
until 1921. It was her niece, Mrs. Darwin, who gave the collection to the University Library at Durham.
The papers have been arranged by family member, and then in chronological order.
Durham Diocesan Records
Robert Wharton's Ordination Papers, 1777.
Public Record Office, London
Probate Records:
Will of George Wharton proved 2 March 1738/39
Will of Jonathan Wharton proved 23 February 1768
Will of Deborah Brand proved 2 April 1841
Cambridge University Library
Add. Mss. 8670: Brand's letters from the continent to his sister Susan
National Library of Scotland
Acc. 10061: more of Brand's letters from the continent to his sister Susan
Earl of Ailesbury's MSS
Brand's comments on Sir James Graham are contained in letters dated 19 January and 12 February 1783, and extracts from his reports to the Earl of Ailesbury have been printed by the
Historical Manuscripts Commission (
15th Report pt. VII).
British Library, London
Add. MS. 35377 ff. 256, 271, 303, 306, 308, 312: Philip Yorke's letters to his uncle Lord Hardwick describing Thomas Brand's lectures and demonstrations, 1776 ; (Parts of ff. 303, and 312 are quoted by D.A.
Winstanley,
Unreformed Cambridge 1935, pp. 150-152).
Add. MS. 22976 ff. 13-116: a considerable number of letters from Wharton to the satirist T.J. Mathias.
Gloucestershire County Record Office
Lloyd Baker Archive (D3549, 22/2/17 and 23/1/33): copies of Wharton's will, and correspondence after his death between his wife, Brand and his other trustees.
Burke's
Landed gentry, 1937.
G.E. Cokayne
The complete peerage edited and enlarged 1910-59.
Dictionary of national biography for Sir James Hall, Ellis Cornelia Knight, and Sir John Pringle.
Lady Elizabeth Eliott-Drake
Lady Knight's letters from France and Italy, ed. 1905.
C.R. Hudleston “Residents of the South Bailey”
Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland XI, pts. III and IV (1962).
Kelley's
Handbook to the titled, landed and official classes.
T. Peile
Biographical register of Christ's College, 1910.
Robert Surtees
The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 vols. 1816-40.
J. Venn
Alumni Cantabrigienses, 1922-54.
E. Walford
The county families of the United Kingdom, 1891.
Who was who, 1897-1990.
D.A. Winstanley
Unreformed Cambridge, 1935.
The Whartons of Old Park: family papersReference: WHA.1-54Dates of creation: 1702-59, 1802-20
WHA.10 Postmarked 14 July [1707]
Letter from George Wharton to his father Thomas Wharton in the Low Baily, Durham, containing news of the arrival of Mrs. Atherton, his health and the curacy near Oxford obtained by his uncle (his mother's youngest brother Jonathan Hall,
1679-1743, Prebend of Durham 1723-43); giving an account of his studies and requesting some books to be sent; with his tutor's bill for the quarter ending 30 June 1707 and a note of method of payment by Thomas Wharton dated 29 August 1707.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton to his father Thomas Wharton - WHA.10 WHA.11 26 December 1707
Letter from Thomas Atherton at Christ's College, Cambridge, to Dr. Thomas Wharton at his house in the Old Bailey, Durham, telling of his visit to the West Country with his mother and of matters concerning the sale of part of their estate; with
proposal that he should pay 5 guineas towards (George) Wharton's Christmas quarter tutor's bill if Thomas Wharton will pay the same sum to his sister in Durham.
On the back:
Account of annuity payments made to Thomas Wharton's aunt Dorothy Simpson between 1700 and 1707.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Thomas Wharton at his house in the Old ... - WHA.11 WHA.19 8 October 1709
Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to Thomas Wharton in the Low Baily, Durham, sending his tutor's bill for the quarter ending 17 September 1709, apologising for the amount which he says is due to the cost of medical
treatment for his leg and the need to entertain his countrymen and school acquaintances; assuring him that his only extravagence was the purchase of a periwig.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to ... - WHA.19 WHA.20 4 January 1709/10
Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to Thomas Wharton in the Low Baily, Durham, sending his tutor's bill for the quarter ending 16 December 1709 ; informing him that he will be seeing his Professor about the future direction
of his studies, pointing out the advantages of taking lodgings with a good apothecary, and detailing arrangements for transferring money to Cambridge through Robert Eden, son of Sir Robert Eden, and Mr. Selby.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to ... - WHA.20 WHA.21 6 July 1710
Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to Thomas Wharton in the Low Baily, Durham, sending his tutor's bill for the quarter ending 17 June 1710 ; advising against his (step)mother's project for setting up his younger brother
(Robert) in the malt as well as the cloth trade, and proposing another arrangement for the transfer of money to Mr. Selby as Mr. Eden is refusing to assist.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to ... - WHA.21 WHA.25 8 April 1712
Letter from Richard Crossing at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to George Wharton in Well-yard near the Cloysters in Smithfield, London, assuring him that his father has arranged for Mr. Selby to give him his money when he comes to Cambridge, sending
his tutor's account and itemising the expenses that will be incurred when he takes his degree, pointing out the amount he will save by paying a set sum to the College instead of giving an entertainment.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Letter from Richard Crossing at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to ... - WHA.25 WHA.27 [20 or 22] May 1712
Letter from George Wharton (in London) to Thomas Wharton in the Low Baily, Durham, describing his graduation as a Bachelor in Physic with an account of his expenses, discussing the arrangements he has made for apprenticing his brother (Thomas)
with a Master of the Apoth(ecary's?) Hall in London, and assuring him that he will try to see his uncle.
1f
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton (in London) to Thomas Wharton ... - WHA.27 WHA.32 8 January 1712/13
Letter from George Wharton in London to his father sending his account, discussing the medical treatment given to his brother for an ailment in his legs, giving news of acquaintances, mentioning lectures he has attended which, he says, were
cheaper and better performed than in Cambridge, and describing in detail an autopsy he witnessed on a 4 year old boy; with requests for some small items.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Letter from George Wharton in London to his father ... - WHA.32
The Middletons of Offerton and Miss Raine: family papers (excluding Revd. Robert Wharton's letters to Miss Raine from France and Italy)Reference: WHA.55-87Dates of creation: 1719-89
WHA.56 [1731]
Inventory of furniture "which Brother Middle (Francis Middleton) has for his life and remov'd from the house in the Market Place to Offerton, and at his death to be divided betwixt Mrs. Heron, Mr. Lambton and Mr. Wharton" (Francis Middleton's
sisters Catherine, Joan and Mary were married to Cuthbert Heron, Nicholas Lambton and Robert Wharton respectively).
Compiled on the death of their mother Catherine, widow of Richard Middleton, in 1731?
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Inventory of furniture which Francis Middleton has ... - WHA.56 WHA.61 17 June 1769
Letter from B. Hodgkin, Grey's Inn (to Thomas Gyll) concerning damage to the cliff face (at Hendon?) alleged to have been caused by one of his tenants, and claiming that on the contrary his land has suffered damage and buildings have been washed
away by the sea because Mr. Middleton permitted the rocks to be cut and carried away.
Paper 1f.
Digitised material for Letter from B. Hodgkin, Grey's Inn (to Thomas Gyll) ... - WHA.61 WHA.68 9 March [1774] (endorsed incorrectly 1775)
Letter from Robert Wharton at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge to Miss Raine at Mrs. Myddleton's, Claypath, Durham, reflecting on his idleness as a correspondent, giving news of forthcoming marriages, expressing pleasure that the playhouse in Durham is
well attended and enquiring about concerts in Durham; with mention of his own music making twice a week, in a group of seven or eight players, and George Pretyman.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from Robert Wharton, Pembroke Hall, to Miss Raine ... - WHA.68 WHA.70 22 April 1774
Letter from Robert Wharton, Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to Miss Raine, at Mrs. Myddleton's, Claypath, Durham, containing news of friends including Shipperdson, Hopper and Mr. Boots; with comments on the ingratitude of the people of Durham who have
apparently already stopped mourning the late Dean of Durham (Spencer Cowper).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from Robert Wharton, Pembroke Hall, to Miss Raine ... - WHA.70
[For 5 later letters from Robert Wharton to Miss Raine, written from France or Italy, see 111, 127, 146, 156
and 158]
WHA.82 18 November 1787
Letter from L. Kennedy, staying at Workington with her sister, wife of Sir Greg (?) to her cousin (Mrs. Middleton?) describing her summer at Windsor, her sister's health and alterations being made to her sister's house; commenting on the health
of Lord North now completely blind with copy of some lines composed at Tunbridge in admiration of the devotion of his daughters.
Paper 3ff.
Digitised material for Letter from L. Kennedy, staying at Workington with her ... - WHA.82 WHA.83 27 January 1789
Letter from Ann Wharton, York, to Miss Raine at Offerton containing family news with particular mention of Robert Wharton's baby daughter (Ann Elizabeth), commenting on the King's illness, and local gossip concerning Mrs. Maria Bowes and her
husband, the conduct and profligacy of Hall Wharton of Skelton Castle, and her neighbour Mrs. Peg. Wharton's move to Thirsk.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from Ann Wharton, York, to Miss Raine at ... - WHA.83 WHA.85 [October 1789]
Letter from (Ralph) Shipperdson, Hall Garth (Durham), to Mr. Kirton in the Market Place, Durham, asking him to convey his regrets to Miss Raine, Dr. Wharton and Mr. Mowbray that he cannot attend the funeral of his "late worthy relation" (Miss
Raine's great aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of George Shipperdson) on account of his health.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from Ralph Shipperdson, Hall Garth, Durham, to Mr. Kirton ... - WHA.85
Mrs. Ann Wharton, Revd. and Mrs. Robert Wharton: notebooks, diaries and account booksReference: WHA.88-97WHA.88
Notebook containing information about properties in Redhall and Furthmoor, Morton, Darlington, Cockerton and North Pastures in the mid-eighteenth century; followed by recipes for wines, cakes and ailments in people and animals.
Note on the flyleaf that the book was found at Aberford House in Yorkshire by Mrs. M. D. Darwin on the death of her aunt Miss M. S. Wharton 11 August 1921.
Small, leather bound notebook 115 p.
Digitised material for Notebook containing information about properties in Redhall and Furthmoor, Morton, Darlington, Cockerton and North Pastures - WHA.88WHA.88/1-5
Enclosed with 88.
Notebook containing information on the families of Carr of Cocken and Guy Carleton, Bishop of Bristol 1672-8, and of Chichester 1678-85.
Enclosed: 3medicinal recipes. Survey of an estate in Darlington belonging to
Carleton Carr.
Compiled from deeds and letters probably by Carleton Carr (1700-47) son of Robert Carr of North Biddick by his wife Jane daughter of Bishop Guy Carleton. Carleton Carr's wife Elizabeth was a great aunt of Robert Wharton's wife and left them an
inheritance. (see letter from Robert Wharton to Thomas Brand,
WHA. 287 dated 3 February 1790. See also pedigree of Carr in Surtees,
History of Durham I p. 208, and the collection of South Durham Deeds in Durham University Library, Nos. 16-18)
Unbound paper notebook 15p. + 4 pieces
WHA.90 1775
Diary and account book of Robert Wharton during his tour of France and Italy.
Enclosures: Receipt, 17 February 1775, from J. Emmott for 7 weeks hairdressing; note of books purchased; 2 receipts, 20 April 1775, from M. Desper for one month
and three weeks lodging and hairdressing; Bottom of letter from Benjamin Keene, 10 June 1775, giving his address in Paris; 2 lists of items contained in portmanteau and hand luggage from Dijon [August 1775]; Robert Wharton's account with the tailor
Boniver, 13 September 1775; Letter from Col. Horace St. Paul, 16 September 1775, in Paris to Robert Wharton in Marseilles thanking him for his offer of service in the places he intends to visit, asking to be remembered to M. Patoun and commenting on
Mrs. St. Paul's health; with postscript that he is enclosing Wharton's passport but has received no payments for him; Letter of introduction for Robert Wharton, 11 October 1775, from Philippe Revelli in Marseilles to Signora Madelena Donigaglia
Vedova Oietti in Rome.
Small, leather bound notebook 192 pp. +10 pieces
WHA.91 1787
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton's mother Mrs. Ann Wharton containing some recipes for the treatment of the dropsy and ague and receipts by servants for their wages.
Small, leather bound notebook 154 pp.
WHA.92 1789
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton's wife Mrs. Sarah Wharton.
Small, leather bound notebook 196 pp.
WHA.93 1794
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton. Enclosed: Memorandum of expenses.
Small, leather bound notebook 182 p. + 1 piece
WHA.94 1800
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton.
With enclosures: Letter from J. Willam to Revd. Robert Wharton requesting payment for a set of ivory desert forks purchased by Revd. Mr. Whaley 4 September 1799; Receipt by Joseph Pindar, 29
December 1800, in respect of a bill for £7.16s.6d. paid by Revd. Robert Wharton; Memorandum of Catfoss tithe rents, 1800.
Small, leather bound notebook 182 p. + 3 pieces
WHA.95 1802
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton. With enclosures: List of fruit trees in the garden at Lincoln; Receipt, 27 September 1802, from William Gazard, smith, for work done; Receipt for taxes due Michaelmas 1802; Receipt, 29 September
1802, from William Ostler in respect of a pair of boots; Receipt, 6 October 1802, from the tailor James Barr for waistcoats; 2 receipts, 10 April and 16 October 1802, in respect of the farm rent for Sigglesthorpe, alias Sigglesthorne, Church due to
John Tempest esq. and others; 3 receipts, 2 November 1802, in respect of tithe rents and procurations for Sigglesthorne rectory; Account of Revd. Robert Wharton with Robert Arnot for work done 19 June - 22 December 1802.
Small, leather bound notebook 182 p. + 11 pieces
WHA.96 1804
Diary and account book of Revd. Robert Wharton, including the names and addresses of some London dentists.
Small, leather bound notebook 182 pp.
WHA.97 1804
Wills's Complete Clerical Almanack, containing a few notes and addresses.
Small, leather bound book 88 pp.
Revd. Robert Wharton: letters to his mother from EtonWHA.98-107 20 March 1762-13 March 1768
10 letters written by Robert Wharton, while at Eton, to his mother: containing news of friends and relatives, his studies, an eclipse, problems with his Dame who has told lies about him and his companion (W. Baker?) to his tutor, an incident
involving a mad woman in the chapel and his decision to follow a career in the church as his father wished in preference to the law recommended by his uncle Lloyd.
10 items, some damaged.
Digitised material for 10 letters written by Robert Wharton, while at Eton, ... - WHA.98-107
Revd. Robert Wharton: letters from France, Italy and Germany (including letters to Miss Raine and Revd. Thomas Brand)Reference: WHA.108-169Dates of creation: 1775-76
For his earlier letters to Miss Raine see
WHA.63-74; for his other letters to Thomas Brand see
WHA.170-516.
WHA.(Copy; see WHA.167, Letter book I, f.2v) 29 February 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to his cousin Miss M. Lloyd: describing his new French suit for the theatre; commenting on the streets of Paris, the three theatres, French opera, the buildings and gardens of Paris, the courtesy of the French towards
strangers, a performance of
Adelaide de Gueselin by Voltaire which is almost identical to the English play
Matilda, and the presence of soldiers to keep order at the theatre.
WHA.112 5 March 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York: commenting on the convenience of his new rooms, the cost of living including the amounts he has paid for new clothes and for washing, the popularity of umbrellas, a visit to
Gluck's opera
Iphigenie en Aulide and the absence of any observance of Lent; praising the practice of bathing with a description of the bathing rooms housed in a large boat each having a tub with hot and cold running water.
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Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York: telling her of visits to Colonel St. Paul who has promised to introduce him to a musical family; giving a detailed description of dinner with the ambassador; mentioning an English
horse race attended also by the Queen, Monsieur, and the Comte d'Artois; and commenting on some of the churches in Paris.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York – WHA.113 WHA.114 17 March [1775]
Robert Wharton in Paris to Thomas Brand at Christ's College Cambridge: commenting on the churches, paintings of the Duc D'Orleans and at the Luxembourg, French opera, the works of Gluck, the comic operas at the Comedie Italianne, the plays at the
Comedie Française, and the use of seven serpents to accompany mass at Notre Dame; with an account of his daily routine and progress in the French language.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to Thomas Brand at Christ's College Cambridge – WHA.114 WHA.115 19 March 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York: commenting on news contained in her last letter to him, his growing friendship with Colonel St. Paul and his wife, and the safety of the drinking water; with descriptions of the
dress of different professions and ecclesiastics, a sermon at Notre Dame the manner of which "put me in mind of our Methodists", the national costume of Normandy, and visits to picture galleries.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York – WHA.115 WHA.116 21 March 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to Thomas Wharton and his cousins Peggy, Debby, and Betty at Old Park: commenting on his new rooms, the French preoccupation with eating and the lack of conversation at meal times, his problems in understanding spoken
French, the dress of French ladies in particular the way they paint their faces and dress their hair with ostrich feathers, the dancing and music at the opera; with mention of the opera
Julie, Gluck's adaptation of his own music to French words, and pieces in which Harlequin is the chief character.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to Thomas Wharton and his cousins Peggy, Debby, and Betty at Old Park – WHA.116 WHA.117 25 March [1775]
Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York: commenting on his business dealings with Sir John Eden while in London, his visits to churches and convents with fine pictures, being particularly impressed by the story and
picture of Madame de la Valiere a mistress of Louis XIV and the practices of the Carthusians; mentioning his intention of visiting Versailles in the company of a Chevalier de St. Louis and the kindness of the French towards strangers; with
descriptions of the Concert Spirituel, grand mass for the Assumption (
sic), and the organ in the church of St. Roch which was demonstrated to him by M. Balbâtre.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother at Dr. Bishoprick's in York – WHA.117 WHA.118 31 March 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother in Durham: commenting on news from home and on rumours she has heard about him, describing French fireplaces and bedroom furniture, a dinner at the house of M. Poissonier a physician and councillor of state,
the French attitude to small economies such as a device for using candle ends, and his distaste for a manner of greeting in which the lady's hand, neck, chin and cheek were kissed.
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Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother in Durham: commenting on matters raised in her last letter, particularly her request for the new fashion in diamond earrings; describing his visit to Versailles including the grounds, buildings, the
appearance of the King, Queen and other members of the royal family, their dinner and the carriage in which he travelled between Paris and Versailles; with a postscript praising a concert of music in the Italian style, the quality of the instruments
and the attention of the audience.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother in Durham – WHA.119 WHA.120 16 April 1775
Robert Wharton in Paris to his mother in Durham: telling of his intention to move to Dijon in the coming week and of his expectations from living with a genteel French family; describing the spectacles at Vauxhall, the Foire St. Germain with its
two theatres and the Passion week parade at Longchamp in the Bois de Boulogne; and expressing his preference for the quiet and silent company of a French audience at a concert.
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Robert Wharton in Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park: concerning the management of his estates; seeking support for his plans to extend his tour into Italy after the summer; mentioning his studies including lessons in deportment and commenting
on the mixture of architectural styles in the churches in Dijon; with a note to his cousin Betty dated 20 May 1775 mentioning a poetry reading at the Academic prize giving.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park, 19 May 1775 - WHA.126 WHA.130 16 June 1775
Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother in Escrick: commenting on the improvement of her fortunes on the death of his aunt at Escrick and discussing the disposal of her estate; informing her that his uncles Lloyd and Wharton both approve his plans
for going on to Italy and asking her to advance him £150 or £200 to facilitate these plans and avoid the necessity of waiting until his rents come in at Michaelmas.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother in Escrick, 16 June 1775 - WHA.130 WHA.131 13 (
sic 16?) June 1775
Robert Wharton at Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park: informing him of his proposed route to Italy; expressing the opinion that the study of
Esprit des Lois (by Montesquieu) will be of greater lasting value to him than reading the history of France or the Dukes of Burgundy; assuring him of his intention to continue his studies in Italy and associate with
Italian men of letters if possible, but that he does not consider Italian society worth cultivating; with note to his cousins describing the procession for the Feast of the Holy Sacrament.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton at Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park, 13 (16?) June 1775 - WHA.131 WHA.134 22 June 1775
Ann Wharton at Escrick to her son Robert Wharton: consenting on the advice of his uncles to his proposals to extend his tour, her objections being due to her desire to see him ordained lest he should miss the opportunity of succeeding the rector
[of Escrick] "in case he should go off soon as is expected"; discussing her financial affairs including her intention of maintaining a chaise and horses, the disposal of her aunt's possessions; and containing news of family and friends.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Ann Wharton at Escrick to her son Robert Wharton, 22 June 1775 - WHA.134 WHA.139 18 July 1775
Robert Wharton in Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park: on matters concerning the management of his affairs at home; thanking him for advice on his literary style and reading; expressing pleasure at the poems he sends; describing some enjoyable
evenings flirting with the ladies in Tonnere; with mention of a dispute over rents between the townspeople and the Signeur of Tonnerre and the appearance of the countryside.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Dijon to Thomas Wharton at Old Park, 18 July 1775 - WHA.139 WHA.140 24 July 1775
Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother in Durham: commenting on news from home with mention of his uncle Lloyd's "narrow escape" from danger; giving news of his friends in Dijon; describing a visit to a convent to see a nun acquainted with Madame
O'Gorman, the entertainment at Vauxhall, a card party, another example of French economy, and comparing Dijon and Durham in their fondness for gossip and mustard.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother in Durham, 24 July 1775 - WHA.140 WHA.142 7 August 1775
Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother at Offerton: telling her that he will be happy to leave Dijon as he has been disappointed by a lack of attention and reluctance to introduce him into company; mentioning his hopes of meeting Lord Powis and
his tutor M. Patoun at Lyons as well as the son of Madame O'Gorman who is a page in the royal household, and his plans for inviting Pretyman and Brand to Durham the next summer; with a description of the French equivalent of afternoon tea.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Dijon to his mother at Offerton, 7 August 1775 - WHA.142 WHA.144 27 August 1775.
Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother in Durham: giving an account of some enjoyable evenings spent with Lord Powis and M. Patoun at the house of M. Pernon where he played the piano; commenting unfavourably on a performance of
Orfee et Euridice by Gluck; describing the antics of children playing in the river and preparations for a visit to Lyons by the Princess (Louis XVI's sister Madame Clotilde on her marriage to the Prince of Piedmont
eldest son of the King of Sardinia).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother in Durham, 27 August 1775 - WHA.144 WHA.148 10 September 1775
Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother at Offerton: explaining that his departure from Lyons has been delayed because the tailor has not completed his winter clothes; describing the arrival of more royal visitors, an evening with his French
friends; and referring her to "Mr. Gray's description of Lyons" for a better account of the town than he could give.
(His uncle Thomas Wharton's friend, the poet Thomas Gray).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother at Offerton, 10 September 1775 - WHA.148 WHA.151 24 September 1775
Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother at Durham: telling her that Mr. Patoun is at last recovering from his illness, that he will leave Lyons on Friday and that all post (to Italy) must now be franked in advance as it comes via Germany;
complaining of the noise of the bells, the insects, and the heat; describing the Alps when seen from a walk down the Rhône recommended by Mr. Gray; and mentioning the lives of the galley slaves at Marseilles.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Lyons to his mother at Durham, 24 September 1775 - WHA.151 WHA.153 4 October 1775
Robert Wharton at Organ to his uncle Thomas Wharton at Old Park: describing his journey from Avignon "by coach and 4 mules" with comments on the postillions; sending condolences on the loss of Margaret; commenting on the education of Dicky (his
cousin Richard) and the proposal that he should learn to play the spinnet; and giving an account of visits to the tomb of Petrarch's Laura and to the home of a French count on business for his uncle Lloyd; continued 7 September (sic) with
descriptions of the town of Aix, a concert in Marseilles, a tour round Marseilles including the port, the Bourse, the slaves in the galleys, comments on the weather, the quality of fruit and complaints against the insects.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton at Organ to his uncle Thomas Wharton at Old Park, 4 October 1775 - WHA.153 WHA.154 7 October 1775
Robert Wharton in Marseilles to Miss Raine at Offerton: assuring her that the more he sees of other nations the more he appreciates England, that he has not acquired any foreign mannerisms and that he will procure some rouge for her; with
descriptions of the music, dancing and dress of the peasants and "the better kind of people" at a "feast" in one of the quarters of Marseilles; commenting also on the practice of "the nasty Edinburgh custom" which makes "the streets smell horribly
in the mornings".
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Marseilles to Miss Raine at Offerton, 7 October 1775 - WHA.154 WHA.164 3 June 1776
Robert Wharton in Ulm, Suabia, to Thomas Lloyd at 15 St. James Street, Bedford Row, London: giving an account of his journey from Venice via Verona, the Adige Valley, Innsbruck and Augsburg.
See also copy in
WHA.169, Letter book III, f.17.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton in Ulm, Suabia, to Thomas Lloyd at 15 St. James Street, Bedford Row, London, 3 June 1776 - WHA.164 WHA.165 10 June 1776
Robert Wharton at Strasbourg to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton at Boswell Court, Carey Street, London: commenting on the projects of the Prince of Würtemberg; describing the palaces of the Prince of Durlach-Baden at Durlach, Carlsruh and Rastadt, and
the church tower at Strasbourg; with some disparaging remarks on the musical farce seen at the Comedie the previous night.
See also copy of a few lines of the letter in
WHA.169, Letter book III, f.18v.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter, Robert Wharton at Strasbourg to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton at Boswell Court, Carey Street, London, 10 June 1776 - WHA.165 WHA.167-9 February 1775 - June 1776
Three notebooks containing copies of 47 letters from Robert Wharton while abroad to his relatives in London:
his aunt Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton in Boswell Court, Carey Street;
his uncle Thomas Lloyd at 15 St. James Street, Bedford Row;
his cousin Miss Mary Lloyd (in Marlborough Street?);
and his friend and cousin William Lloyd Baker.
WHA.167
Letter book I
Paper bound notebook 30 ff.
Digitised material for Revd. Robert Wharton: letters from France - WHA.167 Front flyleaf 12 March 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to his cousin W.L. Baker: describing his journey from Calais to Paris; commenting on the exchange rates, his way of life in Paris, the plays and opera, the discomforts of the parterre and an English horse
race.
Digitised version f.1 27 February 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: giving an account of his journey from Calais, his travelling companions, his impressions of the Tuilleries and the Palais Royal gardens, encounters with an avocat and a Chevalier
of St. Louis; with comments on the French theatre.
Digitised version f.2v. 29 February 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton to Miss M. Lloyd from Paris
Digitised version f.4 24 March 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: commenting on his new lodgings, the dress and appearance of ladies and the behaviour of the crowd in the parterre (pit) at the theatre, the difficulties of understanding spoken
French, the manner in which French tragedy is performed, performances of
Tartuffe by Moliere and
Gageuse Imprevue by Sedaine, French fondness for eating, table manners, and the use of snuff; mentioning the presence of the Duchess of Kingston and saying that he
will not attempt to see the coronation (of Louis XVI) at Rheims "as the sight will not answer the Expense, Trouble and fatigue"; with postscript concerning a Bible with manuscript notes which could be sent from Durham for Dr. Hurd, and assuring him
that he treats all new acquaintances with caution.
Digitised version f.6 4 April 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: telling of his visit to Versailles with comments on the buildings, rooms, gardens, the royal family and a comparison with Windsor; describing his appearance when dressed in the
French manner and correcting the belief that the French fast in Lent.
Digitised version f.8 17 April 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to his cousin Miss M. Lloyd: relating how the actor Carlin had offended the Queen by mocking the fashion of wearing high feathers; describing the entertainments of the Foire St. Germain; praising the
Concerts Spirituels and a performance of Pergolesi's
Stabat Mater; and mentioning the Passion week parades at Longchamp in the Bois de Boulogne.
Digitised version Insert at f.10 29 April 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to W.L. Baker: recommending travelling alone as the best way to acquire the language and meet the people; describing his new French clothes and the cost of living in Paris; giving an account of the journey
from Paris to Dijon and his travelling companions with a description of the Forest of Fontainbleau.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised version f.10 2 May 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: giving an account of his journey from Paris to Dijon and his visit to Madame O'Gorman and the family D'Eon at Tonnerre; with description of the countryside and the Forest of
Fontainbleau.
Digitised version f.11v 20 May 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: requesting approval for extending his tour into Italy, asking him to arrange for letters of credit to be sent to Lyons or Marseilles, and saying that he can get letters of
recommendation to "men of science and fashion" from Mr. Patoun, the travelling companion of Lord Powis; with description of a fête at the house of M. De Montigny, the Tresorier General.
Digitised version f.13v 20 May 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his cousin W.L. Baker: describing the opening ceremony for the meeting of the States of Burgundy, the prize giving at the Academy which included poetry readings, Priestly's experiments on fixed air and
a concert, and a fête in the garden of the Intendant; with mention of his English acquaintances Sir D'Carnegie and Lord Powis and his hopes of extending his tour to Switzerland and Italy.
Digitised version WHA.167/1
Enclosure at f.14: Two printed pages containing words and music of a French air
Air du Devin du village, with manuscript note that it was composed by J.J. Rouseau.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised version f.15 12 June 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: describing the University and Academy of Sciences in Dijon, a service for the ordination of priests in the bishop's palace, the restoration of the church and buildings of a
Carthusian house near Dijon, an exceptionally severe storm which has destroyed the vines and corn, and the entertainments at the newly opened Vauxhall.
Digitised version f.16v 18 June 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: commenting on the news that his letters are being copied; describing the procession for the feast of the Sacred Host a relic belonging to the Saint Chapelle; outlining his plans
for continuing his travels, arrangements for transferring money to France and the varying rates of exchange; with mention of his aunt's illness.
Digitised version f.19 29 June 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his cousin Miss M. Lloyd: commenting on family news; describing the celebrations in Dijon for the coronation (of Louis XVI) and the dancing at Vauxhaal on the ramparts.
Digitised version f.21 30 June 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: informing him about the university at Geneva and the intellectual and religious life there, his proposed route to Rome and plans for the return journey.
Digitised version f.22v 14 July 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to W.L. Baker: giving an account of his visit to the O'Gorman family and the relatives of the Chevalier (d'Eon) at Tonnere and his travelling companions on the return journey.
Digitised version f.24 3 July 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Tonnere (to his uncle Thomas Lloyd): describing his visit to the O'Gorman family and Madame d'Eon at Tonnere.
Digitised version f.25v
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: requesting that his money bills should be drawn on banks in Marseilles or Genoa rather than Leghorn which will be out of his way; commenting on a misunderstanding between his
uncle and his mother; approving the proposal that his cousin Soley should study in Glasgow rather than Geneva; with references to his uncle's narrow escape from the Laudanum, the Chevalier and Madame D'Eon, Madame O'Gorman and the frequent
thunderstorms caused by the heat.
Digitised version f.27 24 July 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Dijon to his cousin Miss Mary Lloyd: commenting on news in her letter including the accident to his uncle; complaining that Dijon has become dull and intolerably hot; describing his visit to a Jacobine nun of
Madame O'Gorman's acquaintance, his friendship with a French officer who plays the violin and some French families with whom he plays cards.
Digitised version WHA.168
Letter book II
Paper bound notebook 18 ff.
Digitised material for Revd. Robert Wharton: letters from France - WHA.168 f.1 14 August 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Geneva to his uncle Thomas Lloyd: giving an account of his journey from Dijon and travelling companions; and mentioning his unsuccessful attempt to see Voltaire.
Digitised version f.2 26 August 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Lyons to W.L. Baker: commenting on the numbers of English living in Geneva and the need for a passport when travelling from Geneva to France; describing the town of Lyons, an evening at the house of M. Pernon
and his pleasure in the renewal of his friendship with Lord Powis and M. Patoun.
Digitised version f.3v 21 September 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Lyons to Thomas Lloyd: informing him that his departure from Lyons has been delayed by Mr. Patoun's illness and that he intends to travel to Rome via Leghorn and Florence in order to be there at the same time as
Lord Powys and Mr. Patoun; and describing the informal hospitality he receives at the home of the merchant M. Pernon.
Digitised version f.4 27 August 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Lyons to his aunt Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton: containing descriptions of Lyons and Geneva and accounts of his visits to the Pernon family, the theatre and opera at Lyons.
Digitised version f.5 1 October 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Avignon to Thomas Lloyd: concerning the business and family affairs of the Comte Duroure whose son (? grandson of Robert Knight, Earl of Catherlough, died 1772) is in Thomas Lloyd's care; with a description of
the Rhône and the town of Avignon.
Digitised version f.6v 4 October 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Organ to Miss M. Lloyd: giving an account of his journey from Avignon and the appearance of the two postillions; commenting on the produce of the region which has a harvest every season of the year. Continuation
(7 October 1775) from Marseilles enlarging on the discomforts of the journey; with descriptions of the town of Aix and a tour round Marseilles which included the port, the Bourse, the galleys and the new town.
Digitised version f.7v 23 October 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Leghorn to Thomas Lloyd: giving an account of his journey by sea from Marseilles; describing the town of Leghorn; mentioning his financial arrangements, his intention of travelling to Rome via Pisa and Florence
and of learning Italian; and containing a request that Lloyd should obtain some tickets in the lottery on his behalf.
Digitised version f.8 27 October 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Florence to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton: describing the Italian countryside, sightseeing in Pisa and Florence and the theatres in Florence; commenting on the behaviour of the actors and audience, the quality of the
performances and the "shocking shapes and capering" of a new dance.
Digitised version f.9 8 November 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Thomas Lloyd: enthusing over the picturesque and romantic scenery through which he passed on his five day journey from Florence; describing his sightseeing tours of Rome with Lord Powis under the
guidance of Mr. Byers, daily routine, lessons in drawing and on the violoncello; and sending condolences on the death of a family friend.
Digitised version f.9v 18 November 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to W. L. Baker: urging him to follow his example and come to Rome before settling down with a wife and a good living; listing all the sights he has visited; and praising the singing of the daughters of the
painter Pompeio Battoni.
Digitised version f.11v 6 December 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Miss M. Lloyd: commenting on the death of their friend; describing the procession for the enthronement of the Pope (Pius VI) and a papal blessing given to the multitude from the balcony of the church of
St. John Lateran; with mention of his audience with the Pope, his music making, concerts at the house of Pompeio Battoni and the singing of the eldest daughter.
Digitised version f.12v 20 December 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton: commenting on the music he has heard in Rome, his acquaintance with Santarelli the Pope's chapel master, the sights of Rome and his studies of drawing, Italian and on the
violencello; identifying the buildings in a picture of the forum belonging to Mrs. Wharton; and containing a short description of St. Peter's.
Digitised version f.13v 23 December 1775
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Thomas Lloyd: marvelling at the splendour of St. Peter's; and mentioning that he has been received among the Arcadi "the first literary society in Rome".
Digitised version f.14v 24 January 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Naples to W. L. Baker: discussing the merits of different guide books, the characters of the Roman nobility and people, and their talent for satire; describing some sightseeing trips including a visit to
Vesuvius, and the opera house at Naples.
Digitised version f.16 6 February 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Naples to Thomas Lloyd: saying that he has reached the limit of his travels; describing sightseeing trips round the bay of Naples, two excursions up Vesuvius and the museum at Portici; with mention of his
proposed visit to Pompeii.
Digitised version WHA.169
Letter book III
Paper bound notebook 20 ff.
Digitised material for Revd. Robert Wharton: letters from France - WHA.169 f.3 22 February 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Thomas Lloyd: giving an account of the last three days of the Carnival and outlining his plans for the remainder of his tour; with mention of the weather and the sight of Vesuvius "at one time covered
with snow, and at the same time a river of liquid fire was running down its side".
Digitised version f.5 26 February 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton: expressing relief that the Carnival is over and that he can resume his studies; describing the structure of Roman society with comments on the superficial education of the
nobility and his preference for the middle class or gentry.
Digitised version f.7 7 March 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Miss Mary Lloyd: describing a ceremony which he had witnessed in Naples when two sisters entered their novitiates to become nuns; telling of his opportunities for making and listening to good music,
particularly church music, with special mention of "the three Great Wonders of the Art" (viz.): Pergolesi's
Stabat Mater, Jomelli's
Passione, and the
Miserere by Allegri.
Digitised version f.8v 26 March 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Miss Mary Lloyd: giving an account of the concerts he has attended, speaking disparagingly of a ceremony conducted by the Pope and commenting on the news of his friends Baker, Hopper and Bedford.
Digitised version f.9v 5 April 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Thomas Lloyd: commenting on the various small commissions he has been asked to perform while in Rome, the decline of Rome from its glorious past and his intention of returning through Paris to brush up
his French; with a description of the Maundy Thursday ceremonies in the Sistine Chapel and a performance there of the
Miserere (by Allegri).
Digitised version f.11 3 April 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Revd. W.L. Baker: commenting on performances of
Alexander's Feast by Handel, the
Stabat Mater by Pergolesi and Jomelli's
Passione; describing the Blessing of Palms in the Sistine Chapel; expressing his
preference for the Italian language over the French; and mentioning a dinner at the Duke of Gloucester's.
Digitised version f.12 18 April 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Thomas Lloyd: describing an excursion to Tivoli and Maecenas's Villa and expressing regret at leaving Rome; with mention of some financial arrangements.
Digitised version f.13v 10 April 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Rome to Mrs (Jonathan) Wharton at Boswell Court: describing the elaborate ceremonies for the celebration of High Mass in St. Peter's on Easter Sunday followed by the Grand Benediction from the balcony over the
portico of St. Peter's and a firework display the following evening; with mention of a violent thunderstorm and an earthquake.
Digitised version f.14v 4 May 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Bologna to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton: giving an account of his ten day journey from Rome, including an excursion to the fall of Velsino; with mention of his travelling companion who is a French physician.
Digitised version f.15v 10 May 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Venice to Miss Mary Lloyd: giving an account of his journey from Bologna and describing the sights of Venice.
Digitised version f.16 17 May 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Venice to Thomas Lloyd: describing preparations for the ceremony of the marriage of the Adriatic postponed on account of the weather; expressing gratitude for the encouragement and advice he has received from
his uncle and friends in making his tour of Italy.
Digitised version f.17 3 June 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton to Thomas Lloyd from Ulm in Suabia
Digitised version f.17v 15 June 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton in Paris to Revd. and Mrs. W. L. Baker (Mary Lloyd): describing his journey from Strasbourg with particular mention of the town of Nancy; and expressing his disappointment that Dr. Gem is not in Paris, his old
servant is ill and that the Table d'Hôte he used to frequent has been given up. (The beginning of the letter was not copied, probably because it contained congratulations on their marriage.)
Digitised version f.18v 10 June 1776
Copy letter from Robert Wharton to Mrs. (Jonathan) Wharton from Strasbourg
Digitised version
Revd. Robert Wharton: letters to Revd. Thomas Brand (excluding those from France and Italy)Reference: WHA.170-516Dates of creation: 1773-1808
(Excluding letters from France and Italy, 1775-76, for which see previous section)
WHA.171 8 June 1774
Robert Wharton in Durham to Revd. Thomas Brand at Christ's College, Cambridge: giving an account of his journey back to Durham through Lincoln, Gainsborough and York; with particular mention of visits to Lord Exeter's house (at Burghley) and
Lincoln Minster and a social call on Miss A. in York for whom he has bought a copy of
Acis and Galatea.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Durham to Revd. Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.171 WHA.174 1 February 1775
Robert Wharton at Boswell Court to Revd. Thomas Brand, Christ's College, Cambridge: urging him to come to London, commenting on the performances of Rauzzini and Schiedlerin at the opera, an opera entitled
Armida by Sacchini, a performance by Bastardini at the Pantheon, the performance of a Haydn quartet in E major and other works and again praising the celestinet.
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[For 5 letters from Robert Wharton to Thomas Brand from France and Italy, see above: Nos. 114, 133, 145, 155
and 157]
WHA.180 24 March 1778
Letter from Robert Wharton, in Boswell Court to Thomas Brand at Christ's College, Cambridge: asking if he knows the name of the critic mentioned in Paley's Black Breeches Sermon on which he has to preach to following Sunday, commenting on the
music he is trying to learn, performances of oratorios at Drury Lane and operas; with a mock (?) discussion of some Arabic quotations (probably invented).
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Digitised material for Letter from Robert Wharton, in Boswell Court to Thomas Brand ... - WHA.180 WHA.187 31 July 1779
Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in the Hague: containing news of family and friends including Pitt's candidature, a stay in Whitby, and the charms of Miss Harrop; mentioning that "Robin W. the Squire" (his cousin Robert Wharton eldest
son of Dr. Thomas Wharton of Old Park) is going to the East Indies next year; with some lines possibly composed by Chaucer concerning the Jews in Babylon.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in the ... - WHA.187 WHA.190 10 December 1779
Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in Geneva: complaining that he has received no letters from either him or Sir James, explaining why he has abandoned the "siege" mentioned in his last letter (concerning his suit of a possible bride?); and
including some lines he has written in the style of Milton to mark the "new dignity" of a mutual friend. (Edward Walsby, nicknamed the
Kaimacham, was appointed proctor in October 1779).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in Geneva ... - WHA.190 WHA.195 19 June 1780
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Geneva: giving an account of the Visitation (by the Archdeacons) which he recently attended at Richmond; describing his efforts to teach his choir to sing psalms; commenting on the Gordon
riots in London and his uncle Lloyd's narrow escape; with mention of a ballad he has composed.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.195 WHA.201 18 December 1780 (postmark)
Robert Wharton to Thomas Brand in Geneva: commenting on the news that Brand might return in the spring, giving news of his cousins Robin and Dick (Robert and Richard Wharton of Old Park); expressing shock and anger at the insult offered to the
inhabitants of Chartreuse by some nonsense written in the Chartreuse Album; giving an account of a concert at Wakefield and a visit to Fanny Anderson, now Mrs. Smith; with mention of Pitt's coming into Parliament.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton to Thomas Brand in Geneva commenting on ... - WHA.201 WHA.208 10 February 1781 (sic actually 1782)
Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in Edinburgh: expressing some views on democracy and the intentions of the French towards the government of Geneva; commenting on a sermon he preached "in the market place church" (St. Nicholas's, Durham)
against the excessive respect paid to squires, prebends etc.; and containing copies of a scurrilous verse attached to (Edward) Gibbon's picture in Reynold Street and part of an Epithalamium "on Bunker and Miss Hannah".
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Durham to Thomas Brand in Edinburgh ... - WHA.208 WHA.214 5 July 1782
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Dunglass: saying that his engagements are uncertain during the summer as he expects a visit from his uncle (Thomas) Lloyd and has an invitation from the Rector of Hugget (John Whaley) with a
description of the Rector's daughter Sarah; commenting on his reactions on first reading
“The Sentimental Mirrors”, changes in the government and an outbreak of influenza in Durham.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.214 WHA.215 17 September 1782
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Newmarket: advising that he would be better rewarded if he found a comfortable living in England instead of "leading another cub abroad"; expressing hopes of a successful outcome to his suit
(of Sarah Whaley); and mentioning that he has been employed by the Bishop of Chester (Beilby Porteus) in examining for Orders.
(One line referring to Sarah Whaley has been cut out.)
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.215 WHA.216 1 October 1782
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Newmarket: expressing concern at Brand's predicament and saying he hoped George (Pretyman) would use his influence with Pitt to find Brand a living; commenting on his disappointment at the
failure of his suit; and mentioning the works of Mason, music making at Danby's, his mother's decision to sell her house in Durham, his own property and problems in getting rents paid.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.216 WHA.219 24 November 1782
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Graham's, Queen Ann Street, Cavendish Square, London: commenting on Brand's new position (as tutor to Mr. and Mrs. Graham's son), the book
Le Compère Mathieu, news of Sir James (Hall) and the Ode he has written for him, and his cousin Dick's conduct; telling him to go to see the "She Garrick" Mrs. Siddons.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.219 WHA.221 14 February 1783
Robert Wharton in James Street to Thomas Brand (in Paris): containing news of friends and acquaintances; commenting on the popular reaction to the peace (with France and Spain) and the likely overthrow of the government, Jacob's decision to enter
the church and changes in the opera house, recalling having seen
Tom Jones at the Comedie Italienne.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in James Street to Thomas Brand (in ... - WHA.221 WHA.222 1 April 1783
Robert Wharton in James Street to Thomas Brand in Toulouse: saying that all his hopes (of preferment?) have been disappointed; commenting on performances by Mrs. Siddons, a Boccherini party given by Jacob and his friends and the current state of
politics with a description of some cartoons.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in James Street to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.222 WHA.223 5 and 9 May 1783
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Thoulouse: describing the latest object of his affection (the daughter of his Aunt J. Wharton's brother); containing news of family and friends including the death of his aunt Mrs. Leighton;
commenting on a concert at Danby's, the state of politics and Pitt's suitability for leading the nation.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.223 WHA.224 13 June 1783
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Thoulouse telling of some disappointment (in love or prospects?) with a phrase of music to the words: "Se fortuna mi tormenta la speranza mi contenta"; commenting on
Brand's letter of 27 May, the death of his aunt Mrs. Leighton, news of Sir James (Hall), the reported reaction of Mrs. Siddons to the part of Lady Macbeth, the music played during his visit to
Old Park, the death of Sir Thomas Clavering and the current political chaos.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.224 WHA.225 4 July 1783
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Lyons: telling of his latest disappointment in love; correcting his report of Sir Thomas Clavering's death; commenting on a proposed duel between G. Baker and A.R. Bowes (M.P. for Newcastle),
news from Cambridge, the imprisonment of the mathematician Attwood for debt and the current state of politics; and containing news of family and friends.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.225 WHA.231 8 June 1784
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Geneva: commenting on Brand's letter from Venice and the poor quality of Italian drama; recommending a book entitled
Antimephitique ; describing the Handel Jubilee in Westminster Abbey; mentioning a hundred years old Cremona fiddle now in his possession; and containing some verses entitled “On the Duchesses
of Portland, D-v-nshire and Bedford's Election Glee”.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.231 WHA.236 7 January 1785
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at Christ's College, Cambridge: expressing concern for the health of Brand's father, recounting a faux pas committed by Dr. Antony [Shepherd], the Plumbian professor, while staying at Windsor;
and commenting on the rumour about the
Kaimacham's marriage to Lady Almeria Carpenter.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.236 WHA.238 No date [Spring 1785]
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at Christ's College, Cambridge: upbraiding him for not having written, complaining that he has little prospect of crown preferment as the present incumbents are all too young and healthy, and
saying that they were quite comfortable while snowed in at Swinton (Danby's house) for ten days.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.238 WHA.239 28 May 1785
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at Christ's College, Cambridge: commenting on Brand's decision to travel again (with Mr. Duncombe); inviting him to Thornton Steward at a time when he can visit Old Park and also meet Danby;
asking him to bring some music with him and anticipating music making when the Rector of Bedale "a capital fiddler" arrives; with mention of the marriage pending between his cousin Kitty Wharton and Captain Salvin.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.239 WHA.243 10 September 1785
Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in Newmarket: commenting pessimistically on his (Wharton's) prospects of obtaining a living despite a favourable response from Pitt; containing news of friends, the birth of Pretyman's daughter
and his discovery of the composer Wenceslas Pichl; with request that Brand should procure some music for him.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.243 WHA.247 26 March 1786
Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Dijon: describing the house, garden and situation at Sigglesthorne; telling of the end to his latest hopes of marriage; praising Pretyman for having given his Welsh sinecure of £150 a year to his
brother; commenting on a performance of
The Heiress and mentioning that his mother intends to set up house in York.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Dijon ... - WHA.247 WHA.251 6 August 1786
Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne to Thomas Brand in Geneva: commenting on Brand's complaints about Mr. Duncombe; lamenting his lack of a wife; explaining why he was in a hurry to be inducted to his new living; giving an account of a visit paid to
his church by the Beverley Band of Singers and commenting on the news of Miss Danby and other friends.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne to Thomas Brand in Geneva ... - WHA.251 WHA.256 11 February 1787
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Turin: expressing his fears for Brand's welfare during the past three months when some of their letters must have miscarried; commenting on Brand's financial affairs, his wife's lack of confidence and his
appointment as one of the chaplains to the Bishop of Lincoln (George Pretyman).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Turin ... - WHA.256 WHA.257 4 March 1787
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Turin: discussing the contents of a letter from George Pretyman, Bishop of Lincoln, containing news of the birth of a son and expressing outrage at a letter from Sir James Graham recommending Brand to his
patronage; commenting on Brand's taste for Italian comedy and an anonymous essay dedicated to the Lord Chancellor; with expressions of domestic happiness and news of Danby and his wife.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Turin ... - WHA.257 WHA.258 18 March 1787
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Milan: pointing out the compensations to be gained by travelling through Germany instead of going to Rome; commenting on the restrictions on his conduct imposed by the Assizes currently taking place in
York; with mention of the singer Shenkin Meredyth from Durham Choir.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Milan ... - WHA.258 WHA.259 8 June 1787
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Vienna: commenting on Brand's dispute with Mr. Duncombe; confirming Brand's appointment as a fellow chaplain to George Pretyman; recollecting his own passage of the Alps to Innsbruck; telling how their
house was attacked three times in the previous week and referring to a crisis in relations with Turkey.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Vienna ... - WHA.259 WHA.261 21 December 1787
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Bartlow: congratulating Brand's sister on her inheritance; advising Brand to accept the College living; commenting on the conduct of the Bishop of London who owed his early education to Wharton's
mother's family; and inviting Brand to stay with him on his journeys to and from Edinburgh.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Bartlow ... - WHA.261 WHA.267 16 May 1788
Robert Wharton in Silston (Sigglesthorne) to Thomas Brand: commenting on Brand's complaints about his new employment; asking questions about Lord Bruce; commenting on the assumption of the name of Wharton by John Hall Stevenson of Skelton Castle
in obedience to the wishes of his great great aunt Margaret "Old Peg" (both distant relatives of Robert Wharton) and referring to a dispute with them over Gilling; mentioning friends, musical activities and his dilemma as to whether or not he is to
accompany the Bishop of Lincoln (George Pretyman) on his Visitation.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston (Sigglesthorne) to Thomas Brand commenting ... - WHA.267 WHA.281 22 June 1789
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Lincoln: giving directions for Brand's journey from York and arrangements for meeting him at Beverley, with a recommendation that he should stop on the way to see Redburn Church; mentioning other
guests staying at Silston; and asking Brand to commission Mr. Fardell to receive and make payments on Wharton's behalf in respect of his prebend of Crackpool.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Lincoln ... - WHA.281 WHA.283 16 September 1789
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at A. Salvin's Esq., Mosley Street, Manchester: commenting on the imminent birth of his second child, Brand's new tour abroad, the Bishop of London's recommendation that he should publish his
“Psalmody”, Lord Lonsdale's character, and the health of Dr. Thomas Wharton.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at A. ... - WHA.283 WHA.287 3 February 1790
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Leyden: telling of the death of Kitty Salvin (daughter of Thomas Wharton of Old Park), of his wife's inheritance of £7,500 from her great aunt Mrs. Alexander (of Haughton le Skerne) together with the
reversion of an estate entailed on their sons, and of the death of a friend of Wharton's mother.
(Elizabeth Alexander c. 1700-90, m. (1) Carlton Carr 1683-1747, (2)
Philip Bendlowes, (3) Dr. William Alexander of Haughton).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Leyden ... - WHA.287 WHA.289 26 February 1790
Robert Wharton at Beverley (continued at Silston) to Thomas Brand at the Hague: containing a copy of his poem
“Epitaph on the death of a little bitch” in Latin, news of Salvin's visit to Old Park, Wharton's decision to send copies of two "religious" books to Old Park (Necker, and Beattie's
Evidences
of Christianity), and the Dissenters' petition to Parliament for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts; with copy of a satirical piece purporting to be a petition from the Jews to Parliament for the repeal of the same acts.
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Robert Wharton at James Street to Thomas Brand in the Hague: expressing concern at the health of Lord Bruce; asking whether Brand is the author Dinarbas; giving accounts of performances by Marchesi, Mara and Hilligsberg at the opera, of
rehearsals and a performance of the
Messiah at (Westminster) Abbey and of dinner with the
Kaimacham (Edward Walsby).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at James Street to Thomas Brand in ... - WHA.292 WHA.293 1 June 1790
Robert Wharton at James Street to Thomas Brand at the Hague: sending condolences on the death of the Duke of Montague (brother of Lord Ailesbury); praising a performance of the
Messiah in (Westminster) Abbey beside which modern Italian opera appears paltry; commenting on Miss Knight's painting of Rasselas; asking again whether Brand is Dinarbas and saying the work has been greatly commended;
with mention of his intention of voting in Cambridge, a visit to Hasting's trial and Lord Bruce's health.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at James Street to Thomas Brand at ... - WHA.293 WHA.294 4 August 1790
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Lausanne: commenting on the death of his Uncle Lloyd's wife, Brand's reports in the change in the French nation, and the introduction of an organ into his church; mentioning a visit from his cousin
Baker; containing news of his children who have been innoculated (against small pox), and sending messages to friends in Lausanne.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Lausanne ... - WHA.294 WHA.296 25 October 1790
Robert Wharton at Silston to Thomas Brand in Geneva: commenting on the miscarriage of Brand's post and the possibility that a letter from Mountain might have gone astray, the national mood against Don Antonio, friends and acquaintances in
Lausanne, the health of the Bishop of Durham and Wharton's dispute over tithes with a local squire.
(Jacob Mountain was their contemporary at Cambridge and 1st Anglican Bishop of Quebec 1793-1825.)
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at Silston to Thomas Brand in Geneva ... - WHA.296 WHA.299 11 March 1791
Robert Wharton in Hatfield and London to Thomas Brand in Rome: commenting on his visit to Mountain at Buckden, with news of George Pretyman and his family; giving an account of the operas currently playing in London; mentioning Pretyman's
reaction to Lord Ailesbury's proposal regarding Maulden; and asking whether he remembers an incident at the "7 to 1" recalled by Mountain.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Hatfield and London to Thomas Brand ... - WHA.299 WHA.300 20 March 1791
Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Rome: telling of his collation to the Archdiaconry of Stowe with the prebend of Liddington the previous day; commenting on Brand's report of the opinions of M. De Salgas and Bishop Hurd, the requirement
that he should hold Visitations in Lincoln and Gainsborough as soon as possible, and on his and Brand's correspondence with Mountain; with mention of his wife's health, their intention of returning via Bartlow and the burning down of the Albion
Mills.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Rome ... - WHA.300 WHA.301 24 April 1791
Robert Wharton at Silston to Thomas Brand in Rome: giving an account of their visit to Brand's mother and sisters in Bartlow and Hadstock, and his installation at Lincoln; commenting on a performance by David; and telling of their intention to
visit all their relatives about the Tees provided that "the plague be ceased at Old Park".
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at Silston to Thomas Brand in Rome ... - WHA.301 WHA.304 7 February 1792
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Rome: containing news of his wife and family, his lawsuit with Squire Billy B.(Bethell); commenting on a collection of psalms and hymns and Ormerod's claim to be its author; mentioning the reduction of
taxes, Pretyman's "high health and great spirits", and his plans for the summer.
(Richard Ormerod 1752-1816, chaplain to the Bishop of London.)
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Rome ... - WHA.304 WHA.305 16 April 1792
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Naples: urging him not to consider lack of letters from the Bishop as intentional neglect; commenting on Mountain's criticisms of his (Wharton's) latest work, Dick's marriage and sudden interest in
domestic matters and the pain of his sprained ankle; with light hearted reflections on the future in store for his son and expressing fears lest "the spirit of anarchy and anti-ecclesiasm" should gain ground in England.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Naples ... - WHA.305 WHA.307 16 July 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden: giving an account of Dick's meeting with M.Monod; commenting on Brand's fears for his sister Martha, post which has miscarried, the proclamation (concerning riotous assembly,
May 1792) and the local support for the views of Joseph Priestly; and saying that he has not yet obtained a copy of
Marcus Flaminius (by Miss Knight).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden ... - WHA.307 WHA.308 4 August 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden: sending condolences on the death of Brand's mother and reassuring him as to the health of his sister (Martha) Hall; commenting on Mountain's letter to Brand and his criticisms of Wharton's
latest work, Billy Bethel's reaction to losing his tithe suit and Wharton's determination to find a comfortable exchange for Silston; and including a copy of Wharton's parody of
“Here in cool Grot” by (William) Shenstone.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden ... - WHA.308 WHA.309 26 August 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden: praising Miss Knight's book
Marcus Flaminius ; commenting on an expected visit from Sir James (Hall) and Lady Helen and their own visit to Old Park, Pitt's appointment as Warden of the Cinque Ports at the King's insistence; expressing horror at
events on the continent, attributing "all the mischief" to "that glorious thing Philosophy" and suggesting that Miss Knight should write a work to counteract "those rascals the Philosophes".
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden ... - WHA.309 WHA.310 1 September 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden: commenting on the news of the celebrations in Prague, and the reception of Dick's wife at Old Park; sending the words of his ballad
“The Robin Hood” intended to be sung after a ball given by a society of Gloucestershire Archers called “The Robin Hood” ; with mention of his son's learning to talk, Pitt's reaction
to continental affairs and the proposed visit of Sir James (Hall) and Lady Helen.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Dresden ... - WHA.310 WHA.311 9 September 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Milan: commenting on
Brand's letter of 20 August (concerning the death of his mother), his poor relations with the neighbouring squires,
the news from Danby that Lord Ailesbury may wish his son to winter in Spain or possibly N. Africa, news of Dick's career, Miss Knight's dedication of her book (
Marcus Flaminius) to Horace Walpole and events in France; with mention of their poor health as a consequence of the bad weather and the prospects of a bad harvest.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Milan ... - WHA.311 WHA.312 26 October 1792
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Naples: expressing surprise that Cornelia Knight knew of him and his poems and describing the reception of
Marcus Flaminius at Old Park; commenting on the visit of Sir James Hall and Lady Helen; complaining of the pain in his leg now thought to be gout; sending the tune for the Robin Hood Ballad; expressing the fear that
"Gallomania" will spread "like wild fire" all over Europe; and containing some anecdotes and news of Dick and Debbie.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Naples ... - WHA.312 WHA.313 10 March 1793
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Florence: expressing his detestation and indignation against the "c....d Atheists"; commenting on news from Danby, Brand's recovery from illness, Mountain's criticisms of Wharton's sermon for the
spring Visitations, news of Brand's sisters, Salvin "a desperate democrat" who is in Paris about to be re-married, and recent ecclesiastical appointments including that of J.P. (John Pretyman) as precentor and archdeacon (of Lincoln).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Florence ... - WHA.313 WHA.314 14 April 1793
Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Florence: informing him of Mountain's appointment as Bishop of Canada; commenting on rumours of Lord Bruce's marriage to Lord Berwick's daughter, French defeats in the Netherlands, a poor performance of
the opera where he saw the Kaimacham (Edward Walsby), and the financial crisis; with news of his children, the suffering endured by "poor Anny", and the birth of another son to Pretyman.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in London to Thomas Brand in Florence ... - WHA.314 WHA.316 12 May 1793
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Florence: commenting on visits to Bartlow, Hadstock and Cambridge where they attended a musical party given by Joseph Turner at Pembroke Lodge and said goodbye to Mountain, still recovering from an
abcess on the side of his head; with mention of Pretyman and his family, "Precentor John" and Dick.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Florence ... - WHA.316 WHA.320 16 September 1793
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Florence: giving an account of a visit by Danby and his wife and their excursion to the palace of Burton Constable where they had to wait while "two large tablefulls of Papist Lords, Ladies etc."
finished their breakfast before they were shown the rooms and collections of books, pictures etc.; with mention of a visit to Old Park, "Jacob Bantam" and his attempts at a mathematical puzzle.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Florence ... - WHA.320 WHA.321 20 December 1793
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Naples: commenting on
Brand's letter of 23 November with particular reference to Lord Ailesbury's failure to act on Brand's behalf, the
fate of Miss Knight after the death of her mother and his doubts that Horace Walpole will be a good patron to her; with news of Richard Wharton and the family at Old Park, the safe arrival of the Mountains in Quebec and a copy of a parody of 4
verses beginning "My beds are all furnishd with fleas . . .".
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Naples ... - WHA.321 WHA.324 12 December 1794
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Munich: hoping to see him in London in the spring after the birth of his next child; commenting on the family of Brand's new acquaintance the son of an Archdeacon of Bedford (Henry Shepherd, son of
Ven. Richard Shepherd, Archdeacon of Bedford), Anny's progress in music, and the disposal of some preferments by the Bishop of Lincoln; with news of Robert Wharton (Myddleton), Dick, Mrs. Hall, the Carrs' children and the death of Mrs. Ettrick.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Munich ... - WHA.324 WHA.327 29 May 1795
Robert Wharton in Brig (alias Glanford Bridges) to Thomas Brand at 20 Sackville Street, Picadilly: informing him of the imminent death of the Chancellor of Lincoln and suggesting that Lord Ailesbury should use his influence in procuring the
Chancellorship for Brand; with comments on the Bishop of Durham's decision to give the living offered to Wharton to the Archdeacon of Northumberland, and mentioning his duties as executor for a gentleman of considerable fortune who has recently died
in Hereford leaving estates in Yorkshire.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Brig (alias Glanford Bridges) to Thomas ... - WHA.327 WHA.330 30 August 1795
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow: asking why he has not written for a long time; telling him that a friend of Dick's wants advice on travelling; containing a translation of
“Che Dolce Liquore” he made for Anny; recommending he should read “Grounds of the Contempt of the Clergy” by Cachard; saying that he is lifting his prohibition on puddings and pies
as they no longer fear a bad harvest; and enquiring how Hall and Carr organise their Sunday Schools.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow ... - WHA.330 WHA.332 15 January 1797
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow: expressing the hope that William and George (his son and Brand's nephew George Carr) will keep up a correspondence with each other; commenting on William's progress in Latin; recommending
Brand should read
Alcestis by Euripides; encouraging him to propose directly to the lady herself (Deborah Wharton?) and not through an intermediary; containing news of Dick; and explaining that it is unlikely he will be able to visit
Maulden this year as he is reluctant to leave his curate in charge; with reference to some dialogues he is suspected of having written and good wishes for Brand's move to Maulden.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow ... - WHA.332 WHA.333 9 April 1797
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden, Ampthill: expressing the hope that Brand has now settled into his house at Maulden; commenting on the ill health of his wife and family and the current epidemic of influenza; regretting that they
will not meet at Lincoln in May; saying that he will send Brand copies of catechisms on confirmations which he introduced when he became Archdeacon; accepting Brand's advice regarding William's musical education; commenting on Brand's views of
matrimony in the present uncertain times and the death of their friend Mason.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden, ... - WHA.333 WHA.334 21 April 1797
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden: saying that he is about to send Brand the catechisms together with books and other possessions left with Wharton; commenting on his recovery from influenza, his proposed journey to Gainsborough
and Lincoln and the international situation; with reference to the family at Old Park.
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Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden: commenting on "the dreadful intelligence from Portsmouth in today's paper" (the mutiny of the Channel fleet at Spithead), arrangements for Brand's journey to Silsthorne in June, news of
Pretyman's family, his visit to Lincoln and a petition by the Corporation and Citizens (of Lincoln?) for the dismissal of Pitt.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: telling him of Dick's visit and disappointment at not meeting Brand at Silsthorne; hinting that he may have a new position; giving him a message for the Bishop and commenting on public
matters; with mention of a visit to Flamborough Head and Dick's request that Brand should find a rare plant which grows mainly in Bedfordshire.
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Robert Wharton from Brig and continued at Barton Waterside to Thomas Brand in Maulden: commenting on Brand's account of his return journey from Silsthorne; apologising for not having announced the safe arrival of some seeds sent by Brand to Old
Park; expressing his hopes for Brand's marriage; commenting on his own prospects of preferment, his family's health, his journey by boat and a conversation about Brand with the Bishop.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow: apoplogising for having been the cause of embarrassment between Brand and the family at Old Park; encouraging him to press on with his suit (of Deborah Wharton); reminding him of Dick's
request concerning a plant and expressing the wish that he could share their enthusiasm for Botany; with mention of the Bishop's opinion of Lord Ailesbury.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Bartlow ... - WHA.338 WHA.342 30 August 1797
Robert Wharton in Huggate to Thomas Brand in Maulden: telling him of their arrival in Huggate; commenting on Pitt's refusal to recommend the Huggate exchange (for Silsthorne) proposed by Mr. Whaley, a letter from the Bishop containing remarks
about Brand which Debby saw by mistake, and the date of her departure; urging Brand to write to her or come.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Huggate to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.342 WHA.345 5 October 1797
Robert Wharton at Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: describing his recovery from rheumatism; commenting on Debby's departure, Mrs. Carr's health, the sonatas and vocal music of Camidge; saying that he has recommended Brand to his relatives
at Milton Briant; complaining about the conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton whom he had recommended to the Bishop of Quebec (Mountain); and containing news of his children.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.345 WHA.346 18 October 1797
Robert Wharton at Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: complaining about a recurrent attack of rheumatism; commenting on Brand's account of a visit from the Bishop and his wife, Barmel's book (on the history of Jacobinsim), a book by Joseph
Mede, Pretyman's use of patronage in favour of his brother John and their celebrations for the latest naval victory (the defeat of the Dutch fleet at Camperdown 11 October 1797).
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: commenting on Deborah Wharton's response to Brand's offer of marriage which he is sure will be favourable, and saying that he will refuse any request to perform the ceremony as it would
cause him too much emotion; with mention of Joseph Hall of Bartlow, his relatives at Milton, and the innoculation of his son John.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: expressing pleasure at the news of Brand's impending marriage which is welcomed by all the family at Old Park; assuring him that Wharton's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Inglis of Milton would be
pleased to make his acquaintance; with news of John's recovery from small pox and the improvement in his own health.
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sic.) [1798]
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: expressing his disappointment that Brand and his wife will not visit Silsthorne on their return journey from Old Park; complaining about the taxes on travel; commenting on financial matters
concerning Brand's lease, public events, Dick's ill health, and the improvement in William's health and learning after a stay with his grandparents in Huggate.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.353 WHA.355 21 January 1798
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand: commenting on the success of a mutual acquaintance, financial matters concerning Brand's prebendal estate, the news in the papers including the report that the King and Lord Fitzwilliam are taking the
lead in making voluntary contributions to the war expenses, and the example set by Hall in appropriating money allowed for entertainment to the aid of the government; containing news of Dick, William who has been fox hunting, and the other
children.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand: commenting on the accusation that Mathias is the author "of (what I think) one of the greatest productions of this half century at least" (
The Pursuits of Literature, 1794-97, a work satirising contemporary authors); with mention of Miss Berry, the price of the renewal of a life in Brand's prebendal estate and news of William's progress.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: expressing concern at the news of Brand's sciatica and the consequent postponement of his wedding; praising a sermon by the Bishop despite the criticism it has attracted and commenting on
the latter's views on
The Pursuits of Literature and its authorship; asking for the title of Mr. Harper's pamphlet (accusing Mathias of being the author?); discussing another pamphlet on the subject of reform; and mentioning Dick's opinion
of the war and other matters.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.357 WHA.360 5 April 1798
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden: commenting on
Brand's letter of 1 April ; declining the invitation to Maulden as they are fearful of a French invasion on the
Holderness Coast, with mention of government plans in that event for cattle etc. to be moved away from coastal areas to a point near Bedford; containing news of his children, Dick, the family at Old Park and his niece Nanny Salvin; and praising
Brand's Visitation sermon.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.360 WHA.361 5 May 1798
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden: telling of his visit to Old Park and Offerton with news of his Aunt, cousins (Mary, Betty and Peggy), Dick and his wife Henrietta; encouraging Brand to write to Mountain in Quebec; commenting on
Sir James Hall's
Essay on Gothic Architecture and Brand's view of the current "political difficulties".
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.361 WHA.362 18 May 1798
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: describing how he acquired his present attack of sciatica; commenting on the misfortune of Nanny Salvin and her brother (Catherine Salvin's children), the news of the appointment of
[William Lort] Mansell as Master of Trinity College, the progress of Hornsea Camp (preparation against a French invasion), the improvement in public affairs and the prospects of a good harvest.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.362 WHA.363 27 June 1798
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: commenting on his wife's return from Huggate after her father's death, their acquaintance with military families in the Hornsea camp, his son John's "new dominions" in Wensleydale
(inherited from Mr. Whaley), the effect of Mr. Whaley's death on William's progress, and Brand's problem with servants.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.363 WHA.364 12 August 1798
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden: enquiring after Deborah's health; commenting on the increase in their acquaintances and entertainment brought about by the presence of the Northumbrian Camp (at Hornsea), a visit from the
Sykeses of Sledmere, the Bishop's approval of his (Wharton's) sermon, and the progress of the war; with news of his wife, Mrs. Whaley and his son John.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Maulden ... - WHA.364 WHA.369 19 March 1799
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at Maulden: conveying the reference of a previous employer for Ingram Clarkson whom Brand is considering for the post of footman and discussing the terms on which he should be employed; with mention of other
applicants for the position and news of Debbie's friend Miss Allanson.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at Maulden ... - WHA.369 WHA.370 28 March 1799
Robert Wharton in York to Deborah and Thomas Brand in Maulden: conveying news of Deborah's friends Miss Allanson and others, with an account of a recent visit by Nanny (Salvin) and a present received from Old Park; informing Brand of the terms on
which he has engaged Ingram Clarkson and the results of his search for a pianoforte for him; with news of Dick and some verses which they have exchanged, and William's imminent departure for school.
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Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand: saying that Ingram Clarkson will join Brand at Boroughbridge on 22 April and expressing the hope that he and his wife will also be there to meet Brand; with news of Baker
whose son has an inheritance from his Aunt Lightfoot, a piano he has found, Nanny Salvin, Dick and some additions to his verses, and William's first letter from school.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand saying that ... - WHA.371 WHA.372 19 May 1799
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand and his wife at Wath: congratulating them on the move to Wath, anticipating his own visit to them there in two month's time and expressing pleasure that Ingram (Clarkson) is giving satisfaction;
mentioning some bills (for affairs transacted on Brand's behalf?), Mrs. Richardson's will, John Bright's marriage and a new ode by Dick; with comments on the subscription of £333 raised for "poor Stainton" (Wharton's curate Septimus Stainton
c. 1766-1830, who went blind), and the possibility of visiting or being visited by Mrs. Lambton.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand and his ... - WHA.372 WHA.374 21 January 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Wath: containing news of Danby; expressing the hope that they will be on a neighbourly footing with Richard Bethell when he takes up residence at Catfoss Hall; enquiring the reason for Sir William
Hamilton's dismissal (as envoy plenipotentiary in Naples); and anticipating meeting the Brands at York in the spring.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Wath ... - WHA.374 WHA.375 13 February 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving the dates of his movements for the next three months during which he will be in York for nine weeks, Gainsborough and Lincoln; recommending a housemaid to Brand and asking him to find
out whether Ingram's brother is available as a replacement for his own man Joe who is seeking a better place; and expressing the hope that he will soon settle all his disputes with Billy Bethell, Richard Bethell's father, whose lawyer was deceiving
him.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.375 WHA.376 7 March 1800
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: explaining why he has decided not to engage Ingram's brother; saying he has brought some sermons to York for Brand to see, but that he has to make a short visit to Durham at Dick's request to vote
for Major Russell on Tuesday (11 March); with news of his children and Brand's new housemaid Betty Butler.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.376 WHA.378 25 April 1800
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: concerning his negotiations on Brand's behalf for the purchase of a chaise, Brand's health and a message concerning the latest fashion in bonnets from his wife to Mrs. Brand; congratulating Brand on
becoming a J.P. and asking him for a copy of the
Sansculottides ; with news of his family and servants.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.378 WHA.379 27 April 1800
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: detailing his movements for the next week and suggesting that Brand should dine with them on 7 May; commenting on Brand's debut as a magistrate and urging him to pay particular attention to the
weights and measures in the locality as "I am convinced the poor are abominably injured in that way"; with news of his family, a musical party they held, and the purchase of Brand's chaise. Notes of decisions taken in a magistrate's court on the
back.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.379 WHA.384 25 August 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: saying that he has informed Dick that he thinks there is insufficient proof of Rudston's "rascality" to justify breaking off all connexion with him; anticipating a visit from Brand and the
Carrs; expressing the fear that the constant rain will damage the harvest; with mention of Danby and containing an anecdote about John.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: concerning arrangements for Brand's visit; commenting on Dick's anger with Wharton and Brand for their lack of support in his dispute with Rudston, and expressing the belief that Rudston is
innocent of Dick's accusations; with request that Brand should bring with him some fresh sermons, music and violin strings.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.385 WHA.386 25 September 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Dick's conduct in the matter of William Read's will, Brand's intention to apply for Tanfield in exchange for his churches in Lincolnshire, Brand's neighbours Mr. and Mrs.
Sargentson of Camp Hill, and the Methodist preacher Joseph Benson's
Answer to the Lincolnshire clergy's
Report.
(
Vindication of the People called Methodists in answer to a report from the Clergy of a district in the Diocese of
Lincoln, 1800).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.386 WHA.387 10 October 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: discussing the appointment of Mr. Baines to Tanfield, Brand's neighbours at Camp Hill and the Danbys; with recipes for a medicine and ointment for Mrs. Brand, news of Dick contained in a
letter from Betty Wharton and comments on Benson's attack on the Lincolnshire clergy.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.387 WHA.388 19 October 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Mrs. Brand in Wath: asking why he has had no letter from Brand this week; saying that it is unlikely that he will be able to exchange Silsthorne for a place on the banks of the Tees; and commenting on news of Dick
contained in a letter from Anne Salvin to her cousin (Ann Elizabeth) regarding the recompense he might expect from the Russells.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Mrs. Brand in Wath ... - WHA.388 WHA.389 30 October 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: telling of a visit to Col. Creyke beyond Burlington and their journey there; recommending that Brand should persevere with his digging (as exercise); commenting on Anny's progress in music,
news of Mr. Rudston, his intention of writing a charge against schismatics and Benson, and a society formed by Wilberforce to correct the principles of the Church of England.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.389 WHA.390 9 November 1800
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: saying it will be some years before Anny starts going out in public as he thinks it important that girls should develop "a
taste for
domestic employments, comforts and amusements, on which the happiness of their life must so much depend" and describing her progress in music; commenting on news of Dick, the presence of Lady Corke at Swinton Park (Danby's
house) and Brand's subscription to Messrs. Bouyer and Co. in connection with Benson's attack on the established church.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing amusement at the news of Brand's servant Ingram's matrimonial intentions and detailing the terms on which his groom (?) Mark is engaged; commenting on news of Miss Knight, who is
now in London, and of Danby's hopes of reviving his monthly musical parties; with mention of his health and the recovery of Westerby from an operation for the stone.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.392 WHA.394 2 January 1801
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: concerning a bill paid on Brand's behalf; sympathising with Mrs. Brand's indignation "about the Cork" (being obliged to receive Danby's guest Lady Corke at Wath?) and containing news of the Danbys;
commenting on their health, the possibility of Ingram and Betty (Butler) becoming master and mistress of Brandsburton school and anticipating Brand's visit to York.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.394 WHA.395 18 January 1801
Letter to Robert Wharton in High Ousegate York from [Henry Shepherd, Rector of] Brandsburton: describing the income and duties of the post of schoolmaster at the free school of Brandsburton, accepting that Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Clarkson would be
qualified for the position but doubting that the income would be sufficient; with regret that the girl his wife recommended to Mrs. Wharton has proved useless.
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Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: containing more information about the schoolmaster's post at Brandsburton and the inclination of the churchwardens to favour another applicant; accepting Mrs. Brand's offer to be godmother to the
child they are expecting; with news of William and Anny, Tommy Salvin and a speech made by the Bishop of Chester (Henry William Majendie).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.397 WHA.398 4 February 1801
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Ingram's search for employment, the difficulty of getting good servants, William's illness, the books he has acquired from the library and the report of Pitt's resignation; with news
of Rudston and Miss Allanson and asking their opinion as to whether he should visit Offerton this year. (Home of his cousin Robert Myddleton, formerly Wharton).
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Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: concerning John Bean a possible successor to Ingram, the appointment of another applicant to the school (at Brandsburton), the children's recovery from illness and William's future education; asking
whether he has heard of a singer called Signor Sampieri and expressing despondency over public affairs.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.399 WHA.402 25 February 1801
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at Wath: informing him of arrangements for visits to Durham, his farm house etc. on Framwellgate Moor, Old Park and Darlington, before coming to Wath about 20 March, and asking
his views on the baby's names; with mention of another applicant for Brand's post of butler.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand at Wath ... - WHA.402 WHA.403 28 February 1801
Robert Wharton in York to Thomas Brand in Wath: discussing the choice of names for the baby and arrangements for the baptism; praising a performance by young Pinto on the violin; commenting on public affairs, the availability and price of mortars
and "a fine quantity of business" for Dick arising from land enclosures.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing relief at the change in foreign affairs brought about by Nelson's victory (in the battle of Copenhagen) and the death of Czar Paul; commenting on the Dean's imprudence in
recommending several persons, including Wharton, to the East Riding Bench, the prospect of the Old Park family's removal to North Allerton and the purchase of American flour; with mention of victory celebrations at Hull and Silsthorne.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing annoyance at the failure of Brand's cook Barbara to come up to expectations; containing news of Ingram; praising American flour; commenting on the prevalance of perjury among the
farming people and his forthcoming confirmation service, the first for nine years.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Hadstock: containing a copy of the tide tables and sailings from Hull to Barton and news of friends; expressing the opinion that the established clergy should be on their guard against the
Methodists who "are making great strides in Hull"; commenting on the decision to break the Myddleton entail and the consequences for different members of the family including his own sons; sending compliments to Brand's aunts; praising his son John
and mentioning possible schools for William.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: saying he has decided to educate William at home for the present; approving Brand's plan to arrange and revise his foreign letters with a promise that he will bring those which he has when an
opportunity arises; and containing news of other members of the Wharton family including Robert and Dick.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.415 WHA.416 10 August 1801
Robert Wharton of Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Wath: informing him that Thomas Shepherd will accept the position as Brand's curate and asking Brand's opinion on his latest idea that William should attend Louth School with Thomas Shepherd as a
private tutor; mentioning that Offerton (Robert Wharton's house) is offered for sale; commenting on negotiations with local farmers concerning their tithes; and with news of his wife and family.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton of Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Wath ... - WHA.416 WHA.417 20 August 1801
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: containing the news that Wharton is to be appointed Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, although he is still waiting to hear from the Bishop; mentioning William's education, Mrs. Wharton's ill
health and other family news; and advising Brand to follow his example in increasing the tithes payable by his farming parishioners.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: informing him that Thomas Shepherd will be taking up his duties on Sunday next; giving an account of William's progress in the classics; expressing pleasure at the prospect of the Brands'
visiting Swinton; commenting on the peace with Bonaparte, the "East India plan" for T. Salvin, the Pretymans, and the removal of the "three wise mistresses" (Mrs. Brand's sisters) to the Ord House in Framwellgate.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.422 WHA.423 28 October 1801
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: condemning the peace with France and voicing suspicions that Dr. Orme, headmaster of the school at Louth, is deliberately obstructing the search for suitable accommodation for T. Shepherd and
William because his own boarders are decreasing in number; with comments on the appointment of Carlyle (as Vicar of Newcastle).
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.423 WHA.425 10 November 1801
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing further doubts as to the advisability of sending William to Louth School; mentioning that T. Shepherd was asked to change the hour of Church Service because it interfered with that
of the Methodist meeting; suggesting several persons in India who may be of help to T. Salvin and commenting on affairs in Durham, the peace, and the prospect of a law suit with the Liddells and Lambtons over Framwellgate Moor.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.425 WHA.426 27 November 1801
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: containing further information about Louth School obtained from T. Shepherd and a recipe for the gout; with mention of Dick's support (in the matter of Framwellgate Moor), Elizabeth Wharton's
health, the "bad account" from Bartlow, the loss of Keene, the "shocking business" at Stokesley, his wife and children.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at the Revd. T.C. Read's, Sand Hutton: commenting on Mountain's request that Brand should find him a piano; telling him that T. Shepherd has at last found lodgings and that William will go to Louth
after Christmas; with mention of a book reviewed in the
British Critic and parish news.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: informing him that William has not yet started at Louth because T. Shepherd has been called away; rejecting the idea of purchasing a living for William partly because he anticipates
considerable expenditure on his "business at Framwellgate Moor"; commenting on recent storm damage to Lincoln Cathedral, local events and the establishment of the Italian Republic.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.431 WHA.433 28 February 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Baron's in the Bailey, Durham: informing him that T. Shepherd has obtained a fellowship at Brasenose College, Oxford, and will therefore be resigning Brand's curacy as well as his position as
William's tutor; asking advice as to a school for William now and whether he knows where a good, cheap harpsichord can be obtained for Lincoln.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Baron's in the Bailey, Durham: expressing his shock on hearing of a family death (his cousin Mary Wharton); with news of T. Shepherd, Mrs. Pretyman's request that he should instruct the choir
to sing to her new organ in Buckden church and postscript asking whether the Brands have signed a family deed which will enable some tithes to be sold.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. ... - WHA.434 WHA.436 10 March 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Baron's in the Bailey, Durham: commenting on his cousin's death and burial, a letter from Dick, his plans for draining Framwellgate Moor, William's education, Brand's curacies which will only
be vacant for one year, the destruction of a plantation of trees by a local landowner, and family news.
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Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Baron's in the Bailey, Durham: commenting on the character of his curate Green; expressing the hope that Dick and even Robert will keep him informed about the family in Durham; explaining why
they cannot yet fix a time for visiting Wath; praising Magee's
Discourses on the Atonement ; and asking his advice about writing to Elizabeth at the present time; with mention of the prospect of peace and the vacant Deanery at York.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at Mrs. ... - WHA.437 WHA.438 27 March 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Brand's news of Durham, a letter from Robert which omits all reference to "the late event" (Mary Wharton's death) or the family in the Bailey, Dick's aspiration to become a
member of Parliament, the succession to a subdeanery, William's progress, the failure of his attempts to drive the rooks away from his church, Ch. Constable's "demolitions" (the felling of a plantation of trees), and an anecdote illustrating the
esteem in which T. Shepherd is held by the parishioners of Cockerington.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.438 WHA.441 25 April 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: concerning arrangements for their visit to Wath and the possibility of seeing Elizabeth in Durham, other engagements, Robert's vaccination, the prevalence of (scarlet) fever in the district
and other local news; with mention of Brand's plan to arrange his letters and Maltby's book.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.441 WHA.442 16 May 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: telling of their safe arrival home from Wath via York and thanking him and Mrs. Brand for their hospitality; commenting on the snow and frost which has destroyed the fruit, the failure of his
agent to pay the tenths for Silsthorne Rectory and the Archdeaconry; with domestic and local news including the abatement of the (scarlet) fever.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.442 WHA.444 3 June 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at the Revd. Mr. Burgesses in the College, Durham: commenting on the visit of his cousins the Lloyd Bakers, and arrangements for the Wharton's removal to Lincoln; and saying that Baker has advised
against sending William to Eton for at least another year as the steps being taken to enforce discipline there will "in all probability raise a Rebellion".
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand at the ... - WHA.444 WHA.445 26 June 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: informing him of his intention to go to Durham to assist at Dick's nomination and thanking Brand for his attempts to clear up misunderstandings between Dick and Wharton; commenting on "the
dreadful health" of John Pretyman's wife, Brand's account of his visit to Durham, social engagements, the good shops in Lincoln and another change in his plans for William's education; with mention of a proposed visit from the Bishop and his
sons.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.445 WHA.446 7 July 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing his perplexity in not having heard whether or not Dick needs him for his nomination in Durham this week; giving an account of their social engagements in Lincoln and the children's
education; with news of the Lloyd Bakers and comments on the problem of adjusting to town life and the dearth of music.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.446 WHA.447 25 July 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving an account of his return from Doncaster; commenting on social engagements including the forthcoming visit from the Bishop, his satisfactory enquiries regarding the Spilsby Bank, the book
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth, published 1800, and electioneering in Durham.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.447 WHA.449 10 August 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving an account of their return journey from a dinner party, and that of other guests, after the servants of the house had made all their drivers drunk; informing him that Wyatt has been asked
to give an opinion on the spires (for Lincoln Cathedral); commenting on the skill of their dancing master, William's education and a recent thunderstorm which came during a rehearsal of the Dettingen
Te Deum.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.449 WHA.450 20 August 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: complaining that he has had no letters from the Brands, the Halls or the Carrs since the beginning of their family party; expressing surprise at the cold manner in which Sir James Hall has
refused his invitation to visit; and saying that Littlehales has agreed to take William; mentioning John Pretyman's wife and the decision to consult Wilkins from Cambridge and not Wyatt (about the spires).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.450 WHA.452 23 September 1802
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: telling of the success of his sermon on the Samaritan; commenting on Brand's health and depression, the appointment of Apthorpe to one of the stalls in Lincoln, his family's enjoyment of the life
in Lincoln and reluctance to return to Silsthorne, and the decision that the spires will remain.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.452 WHA.453 20 October 1802
Robert Wharton at Brig and Hull to Thomas Brand in Wath: looking forward with pleasure the quieter life of Silsthorne but expressing regrets at leaving the Minster where he believes he has made some improvements in the singing; praising
Littlehales' school where William is now settled; commenting on their friendly reception at Lincoln; enquiring as to Brand's state of mind and mentioning concern at his aunt's health; with postscript from Hull giving an account of the difficulties
of their journey.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton at Brig and Hull to Thomas Brand ... - WHA.453 WHA.454 30 October 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on their return from Lincoln and saying that, whereas his wife and family would happily stay there all year round, his only regret was in leaving the Minster services; telling of
Littlehales' good report of William's progress but assuring him that William will still go to Eton "when he is equal to a highish place in the upper school"; and mentioning the Brands' acquaintance with the Monsons of Bedale, Paley, Apthorpe, Dr.
Purn (?), and family news.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.454 WHA.455 22 November 1802
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: saying his family is now reconciled to life in Silsthorne; commenting on Anne's very great improvement in music; telling an anecdote about Dr. Paley; with mention of Dick, a "rascally
mill-wright", recent appointments to livings, and the cost of their stay in Lincoln.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.455 WHA.458 [1803?]
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on news of Brand's riding accident, the difficulty of obtaining good cooks and curates, T. Shepherd's new appointment as private tutor to General Powlett's son, Brand's disputation,
news of their cousins Elizabeth, Margaret and Richard, Robert (Myddleton)'s request for information about girls' boarding schools as he is concerned about his daughter's dialect, the possibility that Mountain might get an English bishopric,
William's return to school, John's progress and the birth of a daughter to the Howards (Miss Thomas) in Hull.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.458 WHA.461 15 March 1803
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing relief at the news of Debby's recovery; casting doubts as to Majendie (the Bishop of Chester)'s intentions of giving Brand a prebend: inviting the Brands to stay with them in
Lincoln after the middle of June, commenting on Carr's good fortune; with mention of Dick's prospects, Charles Littlehales and the prospect of another French war.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.461 WHA.462 25 March [1803?]
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on news of Debby's health, Brand's proposal to visit them in Lincoln, news of the family in Durham, Richard's prospects of a compromise with Sir Henry Vane, Brand's chances of a
prebend in Chester, the books he is reading (with Anne?), the music they will play in Lincoln and the death of Carr's father.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.462 WHA.466 10 August 1803
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Wharton's in the North Bailey, Durham: expressing concern about all the family in Durham especially Elizabeth and Dick; commenting on fears of invasion and the failure of the gentry and the church
to give proper leadership; discussing Dick's causes which he hopes will not cause any detriment to his fortune and containing news of John's accident while playing on stilts.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand at Mrs. ... - WHA.466 WHA.469 5 October 1803
Robert Wharton at Brig to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on the popularity of the
“New Song of Old Sayings” Brand recently sent to Wharton; anticipating their return home with an account of preparations against an invasion; mentioning some musical parties and that he had found a promising young
contralto for the choir of Remigius; with postscript telling of their safe arrival home.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton at Brig to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.469 WHA.470 6 November 1803
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: asking for recommendations for a dairy maid; commenting on preparations against an invasion; containing news of several acquaintances; and blaming the gardener at Burton for sending only a
small quantity of fruit instead of the plentiful supply ordered by Lady Monson.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.470 WHA.472 [19?] February 1804
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on the satisfactory conclusion of some family business concerning Robert, Margaret and Elizabeth in Durham, his intention of placing his own title deeds in his house at the Minster,
the lack of preparations for the defence of the Humber, his fears for the King, William's progress and his decision to put John with him, the petition against Richard, the new drawing master's skill on the violin, and Dick's
Fables which Wharton considers too shocking for publication.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.472 WHA.473 29 April 1804
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Mrs. Brand in Wath: expressing pleasure at the news of Brand's new employment; commenting on news of the Pretymans and the rumour that Paley wishes to exchange his winter residence (in Lincoln) with Wharton's in
the summer; asking her to correct the misunderstanding that all the Old Park and Bailey family will visit Lincoln at the same time as the house is too small; with mention of the girls' progress in drawing, the drawing master's musical skills, the
capture of English vessels off Portugal and the Humber and the death of Carlyle.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Mrs. Brand in Wath ... - WHA.473 WHA.474 20 May 1804
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on matters relating to Lincoln Cathedral and the Bishop's staff; responding to Brand's request for a suitable Visitation sermon with an offer of one against Methodist preachers; and
mentioning the pleasure of hearing Anne and the drawing master playing Mozart, Schobert and Corelli.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.474 WHA.476 9 July 1804
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Elizabeth and Margaret's visit to Lincoln and Brand's Visitation sermon to be preached in front of the Bishop of Chester; expressing the hope that Richard's current preoccupation
with poetry will distract him from electioneering; with mention of the improvement in the health of John Pretyman and his wife.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.476 WHA.478 17 August 1804
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Elizabeth and Margaret's visit; recommending he should ask Elizabeth's advice about his sermon on the Samaritan for the Bishop of Chester's Visitation; mentioning Debby's health,
John's progress under Littlehales, his apprehensions at sending William to Eton in October and the translation of a Greek ode by Littlehales' nephew.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.478 WHA.479 and 480 1 September 1804
Letter from V.P. Littlehales of Burton Parsonage to Thomas Brand in Wath responding to Brand's request for a copy of his nephew's translation of a Greek Ode by Mr. Tomline and commenting favourably on William's progress; with letter from Wharton
to Brand, dated 2 September 1804, expressing the hope that Majendie, the Bishop of Chester, will give Brand some real proof of his friendship and asking him to recommend a housekeeper for Littlehales who could take
care of the boys.
1f and 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from V.P. Littlehales of Burton Parsonage to Thomas ... - WHA.479-480 WHA.481 18 September 1804
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Bartlow: telling him of arrangements for taking William to Eton and proposing that Brand should accompany them; expressing his fears that William will neglect the classics in Eton in favour of
scientific experiments; with mention of a public breakfast at Burton during the races.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Bartlow ... - WHA.481 WHA.482 2 November 1804
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving an account of the dental treatment given to John; criticising Littlehales for not having procured a new housekeeper and for being too severe with the boys; expressing disappointment at
Majendie's failure to make Brand Chancellor of Chester or give him another profitable office; containing news of William and Richard who is still actively electioneering and mention of Miss Knight's visit to Buckden.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.482 WHA.486 21 February 1805
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on his (Wharton's) prospects of obtaining other benefices and the death of Fardell, Lincoln Cathedral Chapter's "man of business"; asking Brand's advice about his Visitation sermon
and whether the man riding behind their carriage in London should be in livery; with mention of Brand's interest in the "Little Ripon Prebend" and his children.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.486 WHA.487 1 March 1805
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: discussing the merits of having different music teachers for Anne and Kitty while they are in London as the latter is less advanced; describing the lodgings found for them by Lloyd Baker and
asking his advice regarding servants; saying they will be too large a party to stay for a visit at Bartlow or Hadstock; and mentioning the possibility of their moving from Silsthorne, Paley's health, William's accident at school, Richard's health
and an injury to his own foot.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.487 WHA.489 13 April 1805
Robert Wharton from No. 1 New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath: describing the difficulty he had in persuading Cramer to give Anne some lessons, containing comments on their other teachers including Ferrari and [William?] Payne; with mention
of the poem
Cambuscan, a meeting between Mathias and Mrs. Gillies whose husband (?) had not been "very civilly handled in the
Pursuits etc.", the doctor's opinion blaming his cough and asthma on the
state of his liver and kidneys, and his official duties attending the Bishop in his capacity as Dean of St. Paul's.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton from New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath - WHA.489 WHA.490 4 May 1805
Robert Wharton from No. 1 New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving an account of visits to Miss Knight and concerts; with comments on
Cambuscan, William's experiments with electricity, political matters, the Catholic question, panoramas of Edinburgh and Paris, Ainslie, the imminent death of Dunn's brother and the Lloyd Bakers' distress about their
infant boy.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton from New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath - WHA.490 WHA.491 30 May 1805
Robert Wharton from 1 New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on performances by Grassini, Billington, M. and Mme des Hayes, the Ancient Music at Hanover Square attended by the Royal Family, the meeting of the charity schools at St.
Paul's, their future plans to visit Eton and Windsor, his health, Paley's death and news of Hadstock and Bartlow from Carr.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton from New Bond Street to Thomas Brand in Wath - WHA.491 WHA.496 5 August 1805
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: informing him that the Bishop and Mrs. Tomline are on a visit to Harrogate; commenting on his disappointment (in the matter of Croft) and the auction of Paley's goods; with news of social
engagements and his family, and enquiring whether Lord Grantham has any ecclesiastical patronage.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.496 WHA.497 8 December 1805
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: informing him of their safe arrival for his winter residence; commenting on the children's chicken pox, the recurrence of his cough, Richard's stanzas on Lord Nelson, recent ecclesiastical
appointments including Jacob's prebendal stall at Salisbury and the installation of Bowerbank's successor, and public affairs.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.497 WHA.498 Good Friday (4 April) 1806
Robert Wharton (in Lincoln) to Thoams Brand in Wath: commenting on the recent visit of the Old Park family with particular mention of Anne Salvin and Richard Wharton's poems which are not to be published; with mention of William's visit to Lloyd
Baker at Fulham, Hall's discomfiture at the assizes, the improvement in his health, the Bishop's family and the proposed statue to Pitt in Cambridge.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton (in Lincoln) to Thoams Brand in Wath ... - WHA.498 WHA.499 18 May 1806
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on their return from Lincoln, the new building additions (to the rectory), the state of the gardens and William's exploits at school with mention of Brand's rents and "poor Hall's
trial". The back page contains rough calculations relating to tithes and personal expenses.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.499 WHA.501 13 June 1806
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing pleasure at the prospect of a visit from the Brands; commenting on Brand's search for a chaise, Littlehales' tour of the East Riding, the Monson family, the completion of their
building works, a favourable review of
Latinus (by Miss Knight), and a work by Ely Bates.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.501 WHA.503 25 July 1806
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing pleasure at the news of the improvement in Brand's health; mentioning William and Kitty, his hopes of receiving visits from the Brands and "our Durham friends" when the new rooms
are ready; and sending some Latin lines sent by Baker which he (Wharton) and Littlehales have been unable to translate.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.503 WHA.505 23 August 1806
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: giving an account of the family's tour of North Yorkshire including visits to Burlington, Filey, Scarborough, Castle Howard, Duncombe Park and Sledmere; and expressing the wish that Brand
would visit when William is home so that they could discuss experimental philosophy together.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.505 WHA.506 12 October 1806
Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath: proposing that Brand should visit them in Lincoln when William is at home; commenting on the failure of his "Escrick cousin" to offer him the living at Marston, Miss Hamilton's letters, the
recurrence of his attacks of asthma, Dick's affairs and the music of Durante.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silsthorne to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.506 WHA.507 11 November 1806
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath: containing congratulations and comments on Richard's success in the election; asking for Brand's recipe for sour kraut; and mentioning Mr. Tomline (the Bishop of Lincoln's eldest son)'s
forthcoming speech on "The character of Mr. Pitt" at the Trinity Anniversary, the Bishop of Quebec (Mountain) and William's construction of a model steam engine.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.507 WHA.508 15 November 1806
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath: chiding Brand for giving way to depression and cutting himself off from his friends; commenting on the favourable reaction to Richard's election and the improvement in his temper and conduct;
with mention of the Precentor (John Pretyman)'s refusal to renew one of the Lincoln leases.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.508 WHA.509 23 November 1806
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting further on the nature of Brand's malady which is the sense of his declining powers; urging him to have a change of scene; with mention of Lord Stanhope's new system of tuning (the
traverse harp?), the high opinion in which Brand is held in his neighbourhood, the county election in Durham and Bayley (the Subdean of Lincoln)'s praise of Tomline's speech on Mr. Pitt.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.509 WHA.510 10 December 1806
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: commenting on Brand's business with Mr. Noel Noel; expressing the wish that the Brands would visit while William is with them; mentioning William's experiments, a meeting with an old acquaintance
named Peirse who is a neighbour of the Brands, news from Elizabeth that they have found a new house, new ballads and Sir James Hall.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.510 WHA.511 17 January 1807
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: asking for news of Margaret and Elizabeth; telling of William's return to Eton now that all danger of the fever there has passed; praising Mr. Tomline's speech; commenting on the Bishop of
Lincoln's "arrangements" for members of his family and speculating that he might be offered London on the death of the present bishop (Beilby Porteous).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.511 WHA.513 27 May 1807
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Bartlow: saying he has just returned from the election at York where he voted for Wilberforce and Lascelles, and commenting on conversations there about Brand and his own disappointment of a Yorkshire
living; with mention of Robert's affairs, Mr. Duncombe, rumours about the Bishop of Lincoln and Danby.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Bartlow ... - WHA.513 WHA.514 16 June 1807
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath: expressing annoyance at the outcome of the Yorkshire county election and Lascelle's defeat (by Charles William Winkworth Fitzwilliam Visct. Milton); commenting on Richard's success in topping the
poll (for Durham City) and Robert's forthcoming marriage; containing information about subscriptions to Littlehales' appeal for a lunatic ward to be added to Lincoln hospital, the bishop's poor reaction to the project and renewed proposals for
pulling down Lincoln Cathedral's spires, and the recommendation that Brand should keep bees; with mention of Sir W. Forbes's
Life of Beattie which he particularly enjoyed "from having known so many of the characters personally.
James Beattie (1795-1803) poet, essayist and moral philosopher,
DNB.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.514 WHA.515 27 November 1807
Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Mrs. Wharton's in the Bailey, Durham: commenting on the
Diabolical Breakfast a poem/essay by Brand, rumours circulating (about Anne?), the possibility of Richard using his new friendship with the Bishop of Durham to secure preferment for either of them, the offence caused
to the Bethell family and Littlehales by his choice of tutor for John and the problems the new Archbishop of York, Vernon, will face; with mention of the pain caused by his foot.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Silston to Thomas Brand at Mrs. ... - WHA.515 WHA.516 11 January 1808
Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath: complaining of the pain he has endured from an ulcerated foot; commenting on the improved appearance of the Minster in consequence of the loss of the spires; and containing news of Anne Salvin,
Richard's "theological" dispute with Hall Wharton, Littlehales, Christopher and George Bethell, the family's health and a contested election; with mention of Brand's business affairs.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Lincoln to Thomas Brand in Wath ... - WHA.516
Revd. Robert Wharton: letters from Revd. Thomas Brand, Sir James Hall and J.H. JacobReference: WHA.517-742Dates of creation: 1776-1807
WHA.520 22 August [1778]
Thomas Brand in Salisbury to Robert Wharton in Durham: giving an account of his tour of Cornwall (with Sir James Hall) including visits to Dôlcôth copper mine, the stone circle at Carn Brea near Redruth, a tin mine, and the return journey through
Plymouth, Exeter and Sherborne; with mention of Lord Digby's pleasure grounds at Sherborne and Brown's improvements there.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Salisbury to Robert Wharton in Durham ... - WHA.520 WHA.527 16 October 1779
Thomas Brand in Ambilly to Robert Wharton in Durham: distinguishing between attraction to the Roman Catholic religion and admiration for its art; praising the minister of the English Kirk in the Hague; commenting on his difficulties in speaking
French, Wharton's suit of Jenny R. and acquaintances in Geneva.
(Jenny Reed (?). See Brand's letter to Wharton, 29 December 1782,
No. 575)
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Ambilly to Robert Wharton in Durham ... - WHA.527 WHA.530 20 January 1780
Thomas Brand in Geneva to Robert Wharton in Durham: commenting on a recent concert, the prospect of peace (with America), the possibility of a French invasion of Geneva, the bears in Berne, a publication of the works of Rousseau with a set of
engravings depicting views of Switzerland, Voltaire's intention of making a character in one of his tragedies die of chagrin and the weather.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Geneva to Robert Wharton in Durham ... - WHA.530 WHA.539 9 August 1780
Thomas Brand in Zurich to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: rhapsodising over the glaciers and precipices they have seen in the past three weeks and promising to write detailed accounts of their travels during the winter; describing the
attempts of a M. De Vermonoul to improve the social life of Zurich by holding a Fête; and saying that he may not be able to write again before the return to Geneva.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Zurich to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.539 WHA.546 Postmarked 11 November [1780]
Language:
French
Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: continuing his account of their tour of the Alps from Chamouni to the Valais, recounting his attempts to find suitable reading matter when the weather kept them indoors for three days and
lamenting the damage to his Tenor (Cello) caused by the skates his father had packed in the same parcel.
Part 6 of his Journal.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward continuing ... - WHA.546 WHA.547 Postmarked 1 December [1780]
Language:
French
Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: continuing his account of their tour through the Alps from Chamouni to the Valais via le Col de Balme for the best view of Mont Blanc (unseen because of the weather); with a description of the
inhabitants of Martigni and the bridge over the Rhône at St. Maurice.
Part 7 of his Journal.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward continuing ... - WHA.547 WHA.550 [Spring 1781]
Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton at T. Lloyd's Esq., 15 James Street, Bedford Row, London: commenting on the date of their departure from Geneva and the value of letters of recommendation, including quotations from letters written by Miss Knight
recommending Brand and Sir James Hall to several scholars (in Paris); with news of Jacob and social engagements.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton at T. Lloyd's Esq., ... - WHA.550 WHA.552 Postmarked 4 June [1781]
Thomas Brand (in Paris) to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: complaining that Wharton had not written between 25 February and 17 May; commenting on verses written by Mr. Grey for Madame de Viri and his own setting of the same; giving an account
of their acquaintance with Mme. de Vermonoux and the dismissal of M. Necker from the French government.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand (in Paris) to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.552 WHA.557 18 November 1781
Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: describing their accommodation in George's Square and its surroundings; comparing Edinburgh with Geneva for natural beauty; commenting on the Chemistry lectures they are attending
and other activities; with mention of a mourning concert for Lord Kelly to be held the following week.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.557 WHA.561 26 January [1782]
Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton in Durham: telling of the death and will of Sir James Hall's uncle Sir John Pringle; with comments on events in Geneva and an account of the mourning concert in memory of Lord Kelly; proposing Wharton
should join him for a tour of the highlands when lectures end in May and then go on with him to Newmarket.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton in Durham ... - WHA.561 WHA.565 April 1782 [Postmarked 9 April]
Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton at Thomas Lloyd's, 15 James Street, Bedford Row, London: commenting on an Elegy on the death of Lady Helen Boyle written by Lord Glasgow's tutor, the Catch Club in Edinburgh, published collections of
catches, an amateur performance of
Acis and Galatea, political events and Pitt; and encouraging him to go and see the dancer Theodore.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Edinburgh to Robert Wharton at Thomas ... - WHA.565 WHA.569 [Summer 1782]
Thomas Brand (in Newmarket) to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: giving an account of his journey to London; expressing annoyance that despite having travelled so quickly without stopping to visit Old Park or Durham the question of his
employment as tutor to Mr. Graham of Netherby is still not settled; mentioning that he has refused an offer to go to St. Peterburg with "a young Russian" and a day spent at Freckenham with the Bates's (Henry and Joah).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand (in Newmarket) to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.569 WHA.571 October 1782
Thomas Brand in Cambridge to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: saying he has been too busy playing quartets and talking with Jacob and others to answer Wharton's letter sooner and describing his efforts to obtain employment through the
patronage of Pitt or the Bishop of Ely; with mention of James Graham, Sir James Hall and a book
The Confessions (by "Compère" Matthieu?) which he recommends to Wharton but not to any young man or woman.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Cambridge to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.571 WHA.572 14 October 1782
Sir James Hall in Dunglass to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: describing the famous Suph Johnstone "original in all her ways"; commenting on Brand's new position with (Sir James) Graham and his tour of the Lake District; encouraging Wharton
to write more poetry; and with an invitation to visit them in the winter.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Sir James Hall in Dunglass to Robert Wharton in ... - WHA.572 WHA.574 29 November 1782
Thomas Brand in Queen Ann Street (London) to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: commenting on the book by Compère Matthieu; praising the acting of Mrs. Siddons; mentioning improvements to the theatres and opera house, performances at the opera,
a concert by the Anacreontic Society at the Crown and Anchor and a pamphlet in defence of Lord Shelborne.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Queen Ann Street (London) to Robert ... - WHA.574 WHA.575 29 December 1782
Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: commenting on their journey and Sir James Graham's first impressions of France, two operas he saw before leaving London and a meeting with Jenny and Peggy Reed; warning that Wharton's
ode on the Duchess of Gordon's "posterity" might damage his future prospects if he does not take care who sees it.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.575 WHA.576 2 February 1783
Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton at 15 James Street, London: saying they have been delayed in Paris by Sir James's illness; mentioning the operas and plays he has attended including a piece called
Tom Jones à Londres ; and commenting on the Peace signed between France and England (at the end of the American War of Independence).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton at 15 ... - WHA.576 WHA.578 16 April 1783
Thomas Brand in Toulouse to Robert Wharton at James Street, London: expressing sympathy with Wharton in his disappointments in love and preferment but advising against buying preferment; commenting on the British political scene; and giving a
description of Toulouse, the surrounding countryside and their accommodation.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Toulouse to Robert Wharton at James ... - WHA.578 WHA.579 27 May [1783]
Thomas Brand in Toulouse to Robert Wharton at James Street: commenting on Wharton's latest affection and other points in
his letter of 5 May ; giving an account of the prize winning
poems in the Floral Games and the subject for the next year's dissertation which is "La Grandeur et l'Importance de la Revolution qui vient d'operer dans l'Amerique Septentrionale"; and mentioning some new edicts in favour of the Protestants.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Toulouse to Robert Wharton at James ... - WHA.579 WHA.582 25 September 1783
Thomas Brand in Lausanne to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: expressing disappointment at not having seen Miss Danby when she stayed at Geneva en route for Nice; giving an account of their tour of Switzerland with news of their mutual friend
the
Kaimacham (Edward Walsby) travelling with the Duke of Gloucester; describing the Hermitage at Soleure where he also saw a play in German; and commenting on a chart at Fribourg entitled
“Idealis Umbra Sapientiae generalis” contrasting classical and biblical figures.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Lausanne to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.582 WHA.585 17 November 1783
Thomas Brand in Bologna to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: saying that he has delivered Wharton's letter to the Canonico (an Italian artist/copyist); mentioning introductions they have had, complaining of the cold weather; giving an account
of their journey from Turin, the opera in Alexandria, Genoa and the English company there; and asking for information about a Scot, Mr. Berry, who is well connected with the great Yorkshire families through his wife, a member of the Seaton family,
as one of his daughters and Sir James Graham appear to be forming an attachment to each other.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Bologna to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.585 WHA.586 18 February [1784]
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in James Street: complaining of the length of time since he received a letter from Wharton and expressing their anxiety to know of political events in England and whether Pitt is still in power; commenting
on Sir James Graham's recent illness, his treatment by an English physician, Metcalfe, and the discomforts of a bad winter in Italian houses; reflecting on the ruins of Pompei; and mentioning the presence of the King of Sweden and the Emperor, and
an excursion to the crater of Vesuvius.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in James ... - WHA.586 WHA.587 26 March 1784
Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in James Street: commenting on members of their class in Rome, the conduct of English and foreign visitors including the King of Sweden and the dearth of music; expressing concern for his father's health and
his fears that he will have to travel again to support his family.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in James ... - WHA.587 WHA.589 16 May 1784
Thomas Brand in Venice to Robert Wharton at 15 Great James Street: concerning his notes on Byre's lectures in Rome; commenting on dinner with Lord Cowper and his wife and a visit to a celebrated Improvisatrice in Florence; giving an account of a
performance of the
Tragedy of the Universal Deluge seen in Bologna; mentioning the paintings of "the little Canonico" and the arrival of Sir James Hall; with note added by Sir James Hall.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Venice to Robert Wharton at 15 ... - WHA.589 WHA.590 June 1784 [postmarked 2 July]
Sir James Hall in Geneva with Brand and Sir James Graham to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: describing an incident during a visit to a diamond polisher in Venice when he was accused of stealing a diamond; telling of their acquaintance with a
young French nobleman Prince Charles Rohan Rochefort and his tutor M. Guiraudet with examples of the latter's humour and verses; with a note added by Brand telling of their visit to the opera in Mantua where they all fell asleep, and asking Wharton
to make enquiries about Mr. Laurence, heir to the Aislabee estate who might be in need of a tutor to travel abroad.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Sir James Hall in Geneva with Brand and Sir ... - WHA.590 WHA.593 8 October 1784
Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: giving an account of his journey back from Doncaster with reference to company returning from Doncaster races including George Baker; telling him of the death of the Master (of
Peterhouse) and events in Cambridge with mention of Dick Wharton; and expressing annoyance at the probable cancellation of the college meeting for which he returned south.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.593 WHA.595 13 November 1784
Thomas Brand in Christ's College Cambridge to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: telling of an improvement in his father's health, that his expectations of taking a private pupil have come to nothing, but that he has two temporary ecclesiastical
appointments as Deputy Rector of Moulton and Vicar of Exning; with news of George Pretyman, Richard Wharton and Jacob, and a verse on the Bursar of Trinity.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Christ's College Cambridge to Robert Wharton ... - WHA.595 WHA.597 2 March 1785
Sir James Hall in Naples to Robert Wharton at James Street: giving a brief account of his six months in Rome; congratulating Wharton on his preferment and expressing the wish that Brand could gain a similar position; describing the current small
eruption of Vesuvius and telling of his intention to go to Sicily in a month's time.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Sir James Hall in Naples to Robert Wharton at ... - WHA.597 WHA.602 13 July 1785
Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward; saying he is in Newmarket to assist his father's work for the Tax Office; informing him that a college living has become vacant; commenting on a performance of music in Cambridge
and contrasting it with what he heard in Oxford; with news of Sir James Hall in Palermo and a speech in honour of Pitt on Commencement Sunday.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.602 WHA.604 [Summer 1785]
Part(?) of letter from Thomas Brand (in Cambridge) to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: explaining that he cannot visit Thornton Steward as his father's business affairs require his assistance; commenting on a letter he has received from Sir
James Hall, who has returned from Rome after an expedition to Sicily, an invitation from Lord Exeter to "the Freckenham couple" (Dr. and Mrs. Henry Bates) to the "grand congress at Burghly", and some new satirical odes and eclogues.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Part of letter from Thomas Brand (in Cambridge) to ... - WHA.604 WHA.608 3 December 1785
Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: commenting on the misunderstanding that has developed in regard to the College election and the possibility that Sir James Graham's livings may soon be vacant; containing news of
Jacob, Sir James Hall and others; and discussing Burton's
Anatomy of Melancholy and other works including Boswell's
Journal of the famous "Transit of Ursa Major over the Caledonian Hemisphere".
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Newmarket to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.608 WHA.609 14 January 1786
Thomas Brand in London to Robert Wharton in Thornton Steward: saying their departure for France has been delayed by the weather; commenting on plays and entertainments in London including performances by Mrs. Siddons and Mrs. Jordan, and dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. (Joah) Bates; with reference to Sir James Graham's affairs and the disposal of his livings.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in London to Robert Wharton in Thornton ... - WHA.609 WHA.610 10 February 1786
Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton in Durham: commenting favourably on the character of Mr. Duncombe and comparing him with his previous pupil; giving an account of the crossing and the payment of a deposit of 1,200 livres for importing an
English carriage; with a description of an entertainment in which the characters were mimed by children while adults spoke and sang the words behind the scenes.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Paris to Robert Wharton in Durham ... - WHA.610 WHA.611 14 March 1786
Thomas Brand in Dijon to Robert Wharton at James Street: congratulating Wharton on his appointment as Rector of Sigglesthorne; expressing concern about his father and asking Wharton to visit the family on his return journey from London;
complaining about the society, food and entertainment in Dijon; with mention of two new acquaintances: M. De Morveaux a chemistry professor, and the underprior of the neighbouring Benedictine house.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Dijon to Robert Wharton at James ... - WHA.611 WHA.613 24 May 1786
Thomas Brand in Lyons to Robert Wharton, readdressed from James Street to Sigglesthorne: describing the house taken by Sir James Graham just outside Lyons where he and his wife will remain until their child is born; commenting on music making and
fellow musicians in Dijon and Lyons; mentioning that he has not heard from Pretyman since his father's death; and saying that after a short tour in Switzerland he does not know where they will be going.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Lyons to Robert Wharton, readdressed from ... - WHA.613 WHA.616 October [1786] (Postmarked 9 November)
Thomas Brand in Geneva to Robert Wharton: telling of the death of Miss Danby in Geneva; asking for confirmation of rumours about insanity in Mr. Duncombe's family with comments on the latter's character; and containing news of other friends
abroad including the
Kaimacham (Edward Walsby). (Part of letter missing).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Geneva to Robert Wharton telling of ... - WHA.616 WHA.617 18 February [1787]
Thomas Brand in Turin to Robert Wharton at Micklegate, York: saying that his post is probably being scrutinised by government officials in Turin in case he is a spy; describing their way of life in Turin and commenting on operas by Tarchi and
Cimarosa and the Italian Comedy (productions); with mention of an improvement in his relations with the Duncombes and his satisfaction on hearing of the promotion of George (Pretyman, appointed Bishop of Lincoln 1787).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Turin to Robert Wharton at Micklegate, ... - WHA.617 WHA.618 3 March 1787
Thomas Brand (in Turin) to Robert Wharton in Micklegate, York: sending congratulations on Wharton's appointment as Bishop's chaplain and thanks for his offer to join in a bond to Sir James Graham (in respect of the livings in his gift); outlining
their plans to travel through Vienna, Dresden and Berlin instead of going to Rome as he would have wished; and describing a procession in honour of fifteen captives released from Turin and Algiers.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand (in Turin) to Robert Wharton in Micklegate, ... - WHA.618 WHA.620 16 May 1787
Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne: describing his reconciliation with Mr. Duncombe after a dispute which nearly ended with Brand's immediate return home; giving an account of their journey via Insbruck and Munich,
including dinner with the old Elector one of whose aides de camp is Sir Benjamin Thomson, an American scientist knighted by George III; and asking for confirmation of his sister's news that he has been appointed as one of the Bishop of Lincoln's
chaplains.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne ... - WHA.620 WHA.622 4 August 1787
Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne: expressing concern at the indisposition of Wharton's wife; discussing the causes of Mr. Duncombe's depression, their travelling plans and the indications that a continental war is
imminent; mentioning music he is playing and has purchased including Haydn's
Instrumental Music on the 7 Last Words of our Saviour from the Cross and Harpsichord music by Haydn, Mozart and others.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne ... - WHA.622 WHA.624 10 September 1787
Thomas Brand in Berlin to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne: commenting on the sights of Dresden with descriptions of several paintings, a tour of the fortress and a student choir which sings in the streets to gain money for their maintenance and
education; with mention of the Irish convent in Prague, the international situation and their return journey.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Berlin to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne ... - WHA.624 WHA.628 18 October 1787
Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne: giving an account of their time in Brunswick, where they were entertained by the Duchess, and visits to the country house of General Walmoden (illegitimate son of George II) near
Hanover and the theatre in Hanover; saying that they reached the Hague safely despite their fears of the weather, the roads, the accommodation and the French army; and contrasting the cultivation of Westphalia and other small principalities
unfavourably with Holland.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton at ... - WHA.628 WHA.633 26 May 1788
Thomas Brand at Stafford House to Robert Wharton: praising the music heard at the Pantheon Festival; mentioning that he and Lord Bruce have dined with the Bishop of London at Fulham; commenting on the health of Thomas Thurloe the Bishop of Durham
and Dr. Bates; and anticipating a visit to the trial (of Warren Hastings) arranged by Lord Ailesbury.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Stafford House to Robert Wharton praising ... - WHA.633 WHA.637 13 September [1788]
Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton: expressing the belief that Lord Bruce requires a tutor more suited to supervise his amusements than himself and commenting on the boy's conduct; mentioning George Pretyman's brother's wife; and
describing in detail an etching by Miss Knight entitled
“Conversation sur les affaires actuelles” on the subject of taxation in France.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton expressing ... - WHA.637 WHA.639 28 October 1788
Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton: giving an account of his journey to Bartlow, his sister's marriage to the Revd. John Addison Carr, Vicar of Hadstock, his mother's new house in Bartlow, and a visit to Cambridge during which he
saw George Hunter, Jacob and Emly; with two anecdotes, one concerning a portrait of Wharton in the possession of Lady and Miss Knight.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton giving ... - WHA.639 WHA.641 12 December 1788
Thomas Brand in Turnham Green (Stafford House) to Robert Wharton: commenting on the King's health, political personalities and the probability of a change of ministry soon, a meeting with George Pretyman, and his relationship with Lord Bruce who
he believes, would have developed better at Eton rather than on his own at home surrounded by "a set of mercenary slaves and wretches".
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Turnham Green (Stafford House) to Robert ... - WHA.641 WHA.649 17 June [1789]
Thomas Brand in Oxford to Robert Wharton at Silston: telling of his collation to the stall of Ketton and hopes of staying with Wharton after his visit to Lincoln on 27 June ; describing his tour with Lord Bruce so
far with comments on Lord Harcourt's house at Nuneham containing paintings and gardens designed by Wharton's friend Mason.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Oxford to Robert Wharton at Silston ... - WHA.649 WHA.654 27 September 1789
Thomas Brand in Manchester to Robert Wharton in York: concerning the imminent birth of Wharton's second child, the Archdeacon of Norfolk's command that Brand should preach at Swaffham on 6 October, and arrangements
Brand has made for the performance of his clerical duties during his absence; commenting on their tour of the Lakes, breakfast at Lowther with Lord Lonsdale, and the behaviour of Lady Clackmannan towards Lord Bruce.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Manchester to Robert Wharton in York ... - WHA.654 WHA.656 11 October 1789
Thomas Brand at Warwick Castle to Robert Wharton at York: giving an account of their journey from Matlock and expressing concern that, as the death of Lord Huntingdon prevented their visit to Lord Rawdon, letters sent to him there will have been
delayed.
On the back: a list of names (correspondents?) in Robert Wharton's hand.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Warwick Castle to Robert Wharton at ... - WHA.656 WHA.658 [21 October 1789]
Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton: congratulating him on the birth of a son to be named William Lloyd; commenting on the recent publication of his piece on the Grande Chartreuse and its translation into English verse by Miss
Knight, Wharton's likeness to a portrait he has seen of "the Old Bishop" (Wharton's great grand father William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester 1700-1717), Dr. Wharton's health and the appearance of Mrs. Salvin
(Catherine Wharton); and requesting a copy of
“Jemmy Twitcher” by Gray.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Tottenham Park to Robert Wharton congratulating ... - WHA.658 WHA.663 29 January 1790
Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne: recommending that they save the cost of postage by making use of Lord Ailesbury's address; expressing the belief that his chances of preferment lie with the patronage of George Pretyman
rather than Lord Ailesbury, and his disappointment that the frost in Leyden did not last long enough to allow any skating.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton at Sigglesthorne ... - WHA.663 WHA.664 19 February 1790
Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton at Silston: commenting on the death of Kitty Salvin, Wharton's wife's inheritance, his own thoughts on death, news from Jacob Mountain (Montanto) concerning his appointment as Rector of Buckden, the
movements of Lord Elgin, Fitzherbert and Lord Auckland and his dislike of Leyden.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton at Silston ... - WHA.664 WHA.665 26 February 1790
Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton in York: commenting on Wharton's appointment as Archdeacon of Stowe and Doctor's Degree; speculating on the possibility of Pretyman being translated to the Bishopric of Durham and telling of a visit to
Leyden by the Prince of Orange; with references to the Dissenters' petition to Parliament.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Leyden to Robert Wharton in York ... - WHA.665 WHA.666 12 March 1790
Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in York: commenting on the comfort the family at Old Park might gain from the books by Neckar and Beattie which Wharton has sent them and on Neckar's petition to leave France; reproving Wharton for his
taste for such pieces as the
“Jew's Petition” ; expressing satisfaction at the defeat of the Dissenters' Bill; speculating on the future advancement of Pretyman and Beilby Porteus (Bishop of London) with comments on some of the latter's views;
and mentioning Lord Auckland's family, Alleyne, and the death of the Emperor Joseph II (February 1790).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in ... - WHA.666 WHA.667 9 April 1790
Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in York: telling of Lord Auckland's dinner for the corps diplomatique and foreigners; giving an account of a concert containing performances by Todi (Portuguese mezzo-soprano Luisa Todi
1753-1833) and a solo for Double Bass; comparing the singing of Todi and Mara (German soprano Gertrud Elizabeth Mara 1749-1833); commenting on the appointment of George
Horne as Bishop of Norwich, horn performances by Spandau and the refusal of the King of Naples to grant any more passports to the French; recommending Wharton to buy
Dinarbas when it is published.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in ... - WHA.667 WHA.668 14 May 1790
Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton at 15 James Street: expressing his satisfaction at their final departure from Leyden tempered by anxiety for the health of Lord Bruce who is determined to enjoy all the attractions of the
Kermesse (the fair in the Hague) despite a severe cold; with comments on some books including
Dinarbas, Gertrud Mara the singer, and a demonstration on an organ.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton at ... - WHA.668 WHA.670 4 June 1790
Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in James Street: informing him of an improvement in Lord Bruce's health and conduct; indicating that
Dinarbas is written by Miss Knight and expressing the fear that it may have aroused the jealousy of Miss Burney; describing the efforts being made by Lord Ailesbury and Mr. Lyttelton (son of Lord Westcote) to obtain
the living of Stourton for him from Sir Richard Hoare.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in the Hague to Robert Wharton in ... - WHA.670 WHA.677 27 October 1790
Thomas Brand in Turin to Robert Wharton at Silston: expressing regret that he will probably have to remain on the continent until Lord Bruce is of age and thus will be older than he would have wished when he begins his career in England, but that
this journey is less disagreeable than he expected; commenting on the opera in Turin and the quantity of French refugees; and saying that he hopes to be with the Knights in Genoa by the 29th October.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Turin to Robert Wharton at Silston ... - WHA.677 WHA.679 3 January 1791
Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton at Silston: complaining that it is seven weeks since he heard from Wharton; describing the company in Pisa with a list of English and German families; commenting on the cold Italian appartments heated only
by a fire in an earthen jar placed under the ladies' petticoats or hung on the arm, the financial problems of French refugees and the household of the Irish peer Lord Landaff consisting of his second wife, mistress, daughter and son (by his first
marriage).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton at Silston ... - WHA.679 WHA.682 1 February 1791
Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton in Silston: expressing concern that he has had no letter from George Pretyman or Mountain; commenting on the possibility of gaining one of Lord Ailesbury's livings in Malden, near Ampthill, his pleasure at
the news of Wharton's third child and his sister's baby, Wharton's
Psalmody and his respect for Mountain's opinions and criticisms, a new book by Miss Knight and his own health.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.682 WHA.683 21 February 1791
Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton in James St.: commenting on his friendship with Miss Berry and her sister, musical life in Pisa with particular reference to the organ and organist of St. Stephano and the opera, his prospects of preferment
through the patronage of Lord Ailesbury, and the reception of Miss Knight's book
Dinarbas in England.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Pisa to Robert Wharton in James ... - WHA.683 WHA.685 [March 1791]
Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in York, redirected from James Street: commenting on
Wharton's letter of 21 (February) ; praising a new opera or
Azione Sacra“The Defeat of Siscra” and the performance of Maffoli but condemning the excessive ornamentation now fashionable in Italy and reflected in art and sculpture as well as in music; and describing their visit to Sienna
where they saw Sir Richard Hoare's collection of drawings and an old lady "to whom Lord Ailesbury was Cavalier servente
thirty nine years ago!"
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in York redirected from ... - WHA.685 WHA.686 9 April 1791
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton at Huggate: speculating on the Whartons' activities during their visit to London; reminiscing about the "Seven to One" Society of their Cambridge days and the fate of its members (Wharton, Brand,
Pretyman, Mountain, Job and (Edward Walsby) the
Kaimacham); his intention of settling down as soon as he can honourably leave Lord Ailesbury's service; and preparations in Florence for the arrival of their new sovereign
(the Emperor).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton at Huggate ... - WHA.686 WHA.687 23 April 1791
Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silston: recommending him to be gentle and not severe in the exercise of his duties; commenting on the appearance and characters of the new sovereigns of Florence, Sir William Hamilton's infatuation with
Mrs. Hart and expectations of having her received at court as his wife.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.687 WHA.688 30 May 1791
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in York: commenting on Wharton's visit to Hadstock and Bartlow, Sir James Hall's republican leanings, Brand's weariness with French men and French affairs, his admiration for Burke and fears for the
spread of democratic principles in England, the tranquillity of Florence under its new sovereign, and his concern for the health of his sister Susan.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in York ... - WHA.688 WHA.689 25 June 1791
Thomas Brand in Milan to Robert Wharton in Silston: expressing his pleasure at the births of his nephew and Wharton's third child; commenting on the changes consequent upon the appointment of Barrington as Bishop of Durham, his meeting with Lord
Elgin in Milan and the Emperor's problems; with outline of their proposed route through the St. Gothard to Inspruck, Stutgard and Carlsruhe.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Milan to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.689 WHA.691 26 August 1791
Thomas Brand in Nuremberg to Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne: complaining that he has received no letter from Wharton for a long time; describing the attractions of Carlsruhe including his acquaintance with an English engineer named Burdett, a
major in the service of the Margrave; commenting on an English garden in Schwetzingen, the sights of Heidelberg, the French army at Worms and the prospect of a counter revolution, their introduction to a young canon of the Cathedral in Mayence
brother of the Imperial Minister in England Count Stadiva, the German version of an Italian opera
Cosa Rara seen in Frankfurt, Frankfurt's Jewish population, and the quality of musical performances; with information as to the next stages of their tour, and mention of the abdication of the Margrave of Anspach now in
England with Lady Craven.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Nuremberg to Robert Wharton in Sigglesthorne ... - WHA.691 WHA.693 14 October 1791
Thomas Brand in Livorno to Robert Wharton in Silston: commenting on Wharton's letters of
29 May and
12 June which he has just
received and other letters which have gone astray, a performance of the opera
Ninive Conversa by Anfossi given by the Mendicanti "a sort of female conservatorio" in Venice, his aversion to the French National Assembly and hopes that in time the French will establish a government similar to the
English, prospects of preferment and his ambition of obtaining a stall in Durham; with mention of the Miss Berrys and his health.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Livorno to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.693 WHA.694 6 December 1791
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on problems with the post and two letters from Wharton one written from Old Park and the other dated 9 November from Silsthorne (both now lost), the
family at Old Park, Wharton's rheumatism, the climate in Naples and English society in Naples; mentioning Lord and Lady Maulden, Mr and Mrs. Legge, Mrs. Morrice, the impending visit of Prince Augustus and the Bishop of Winchester and his family.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.694 WHA.696 10 February 1792
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in St. Helen's Square, York (redirected from Silsthorne and Huggate): commenting on his marriage of Lord Bruce's valet de chambre to Miss Bowdler's maid against his better judgement, the impending arrival
of the "Winchester caravan" (the household of the Bishop of Winchester), the departure of Lord Maulden and others, his opinion of the Irish, Montanto and Pretyman, the opera in Naples, and the arrival of an artist named Miss Carr from Newcastle.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in St ... - WHA.696 WHA.697 10 March 1792
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: telling of their proposed tour of Sicily (regarded as preferable to joining the "English and Irish herd in Rome") and future movements; describing the current eruption of Vesuvius;
commenting on amusements in Naples including an oratorio by Piccini
Gionata (Jonathan), the death of the Emperor, and English politics; complaining that he has had no letter from the Bishop (Pretyman) or Mountain.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.697 WHA.698 3 April 1792
Thomas Brand in Palermo to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: describing Sicilian packet boats and their captains; praising Palermo, the surrounding countryside and the hospitality, taste and refinement of the Princi di Ventimiglia and his wife;
commenting on the University and its observatory, Moorish and Norman antiquities, lack of roads and danger from bandits outside the region of Palermo.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Palermo to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.698 WHA.700 20 May 1792
Thomas Brand in Pessaro to Robert Wharton at Storts Hill near Uley (redirected from Silston): saying that they are making for Buda for the coronation (of Francis II, 5 July 1792) via Venice and Vienna and will then
probably go to Poland; commenting on Lord Bruce's "awe" of Catholicism and his reluctance to check it too much for fear of bringing religion as a whole into contempt; describing the archaeological finds of Gavin Hamilton and two monuments made by
the Venetian sculptor Canova; with mention of his sister Martha Hall's pregnancy and Miss Knight's book
Marcus Flaminius.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Pessaro to Robert Wharton at Storts ... - WHA.700 WHA.702 30 June 1792
Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: asking Wharton to tell Dick that he has recommended M. Monod, a young Genevan clergyman, to him; expressing pleasure at the resignation of Lord Thurlow; commenting on Lord Ailesbury's estate
business, his fears for his sister Martha, the coronation (of Francis II), the Edinburgh riots and the King's Proclamation (concerning riotous assembly, May 1792), and entertainments in Vienna.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.702 WHA.703 18 July 1792
Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Silston: commenting on a letter written by Wharton from Storts Hill on 31 May (now lost) and letters from Mountain and his curate in Brisley; expressing the hope that
Wharton has now seen Miss Knight's new work
Marcus Flaminius and asking for a copy of Wharton's ballad on the new Robin Hoods; with news of Lord Ailesbury and complaints about the dull society in Vienna.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Vienna to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.703 WHA.705 20 August [1792]
Thomas Brand in Dresden to Robert Wharton at Silsthorne: concerning his mother's death and Wharton's letter of consolation; mentioning several livings and Lord Ailesbury's management of his Yorkshire estates at Whorlton; commenting on the English
company in Dresden and criticising the practice of sending young men abroad at too early an age; praising the pictures in the Gallery of Dresden; lamenting the fate of Poland; and requesting a copy of his ballad.
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Thomas Brand in Berlin to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on their journey from Dresden, the military intervention of the King of Prussia in French affairs and the construction of the Brandenburg Gates; criticising inscriptions on public
buildings "which would disgrace a boy of the lowest form at Eton or Westminster" and praising the hospitality of Sir Moreton Eden (Britain's envoy to Prussia).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Berlin to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.706 WHA.707 5 October 1792
Thomas Brand in Milan to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on Wharton's letters of
26 August and
1 September with
regard to his recommendation to Miss Knight (for another book?) who already knows some of Wharton's poems, the prospect of Sir James Hall's visit to Silsthorne, the request for a recipe for sauerkraut, the Robin Hood ballad and the progress made by
Wharton's son; giving an account of their journey from Berlin via, among other places, Potzdam where they saw the coffin of Frederick the Great, Wittemburg, Leipsig and Munich where he renewed his acquaintance with Sir Benjamin (Thompson).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Milan to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.707 WHA.708 13 November 1792
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silston: giving an account of their journey to Rome during which their carriage broke, they had a dispute with a postmaster over the horses, and were stopped for want of a passport; commenting on the
fears in Rome and Naples of a French invasion, the burletta and opera in Naples; and praising the singing of Lady Hamilton.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.708 WHA.709 1 December 1792
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: expressing doubts as to whether his sister Martha is really pregnant; describing the preparations to defend Naples against the French and their way of life in Naples; commenting on some
criticisms of Miss Knight's book and the models for some of its characters; asking for more details about Sir James's visit; expressing the hope that coalition will strengthen the government in their dealings with the French and renewing his request
for information about the background of Carr of Newcastle and his sister.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.709 WHA.710 25 December 1792
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: giving an account of the arrival and departure of the French fleet in Naples after extracting a promise of neutrality and the recall of the minister at Constantinople who had prevented the
reception of the French envoy at the Ottoman Porte; expressing fears of civil war in England.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.710 WHA.711 26 January 1793
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: complaining about the disruption of the posts and the conduct of most of the English in Naples who associate with representatives of the (French) Republic; commenting on the Roman resistance
to the raising of the Republican flag at the French consulate, celebrations in honour of the Queen's birthday including the performance of a cantata called
The Grotto by Cornelia Knight, a new gaming table called "Rouge et Noire", a satirical piece he has written entitled “Fragments of the life and exploits of Jacob Bantam Citizen and
Highwayman” and the possibility that they may be forced to leave sooner than they expected.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.711 WHA.715 7 May [1793]
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: confirming the reports of Lord Bruce's impending marriage, praising the qualities of the new Lady Bruce to be and saying that he will probably stay abroad with them for another year;
commenting on Mountain's appointment (as Bishop of Quebec), looting by the French and the death of Mrs. Morrice.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.715 WHA.716 25 May 1793
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on the marriage of Lord and Lady Bruce, his hopes for their future and trust that the facility of divorce which has taken place in France will never take root in England, his
hopes for a preferment which will enable him to keep up the acquaintance he has made abroad, the opera in Florence and a new burletta by a Portuguese composer, Signor Portugallo.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.716 WHA.717 18 June 1793
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: speculating on the fate of his nephew and reflecting that children do not always share the qualities of their parents; expressing pleasure in his changed rôle and greater independence as a
result of Lord Bruce's marriage; with mention of his mare, his cottage in England and Precentor John (Pretyman).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.717 WHA.718 1 July 1793
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: anticipating his return to England in a year's time; expressing satisfaction that his sister Susan's second child is a boy who will be "more easily educated and set out into the world"
than a girl; and commenting on the past week's entertainment in Florence including chariot and horse races, a masked ball, the opera and theatre; with references to David, Vinci and the Duchess of Devonshire.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.718 WHA.720 20 August [1793]
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on Wharton's letter of 12 July (now lost) concerning his farming improvements, the likelihood that Lord and Lady Bruce might stay in Italy for the birth of their child, the
excessive heat and his health, the newspaper accounts of Lord Harvey's correspondence with the Florentine government and his satire
“Jacob Bantam” ; asking Wharton to find out whether any payments are due to him from his prebend in Ketton and telling of their intention to visit Como and Lake Maggiore.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.720 WHA.722 16 October 1793
Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on the quality of his recent satirical works, the attractions of Mountain's appointment, Wharton's letter of 25 September (now lost) containing news
of Miss Raine and Mrs. Pretyman, his journey from Florence and a letter from Sir James Hall who is now hatching chickens by artificial warmth.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.722 WHA.723 23 November 1793
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on the numbers of English wintering in Naples and the consequent rise in the cost of living, his pleasure in his semi-independent existence, a letter from the Bishop (George
Pretyman) confirming his suspicion that Lord Ailesbury had made no effort to procure him a preferment from the government, his month in Rome where he commissioned several drawings from the English artist Rouby currently copying parts of the frescoes
of Raphael "which are mouldering fast away" for Sir Richard Hoare and spent much of his time with Lady and Miss Knight, and a portrait of Miss Knight by Angelica Kauffman; containing a copy of his sonnet on the portrait.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.723 WHA.724 14 December 1793
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on his correspondence with Sir James Hall on various scientific matters, the extent of Sir William Anacreon's hospitality, the birth of a daughter to the Queen (of Naples), the
foolishness of the English ladies in Naples who under the leadership of the Dowager Countess Spencer are sending flannel waistcoats to the armies in Toulon in imitation of those sent from England to the Netherlands, and the same lady's proposal that
she and Brand should share a coach as she only wants it in the mornings and he in the evenings; mentioning that he has received no income from his prebend since he left England and enquiring whether Wharton knows a Yorkshire man named Mr. Marsh who
is travelling with Lord Morpeth.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.724 WHA.725. - 731
Brand's letters to Wharton in 1794 are wrapped in half a sheet of newspaper endorsed "94" containing news for September 1813 including an obituary of General Morceau (1761-1813).
WHA.725 1 February 1794
Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silston : reflecting, on the eve of his 44th birthday, on the modification of his ambitions and congratulating Wharton on his seventh wedding anniversary; commenting on a letter from Pretyman; saying he
is unlikely to return to England until after the birth of Lord and Lady Bruce's first child in mid or end of May; and mentioning some of the English company in Naples.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Naples to Robert Wharton in Silston ... - WHA.725 WHA.726 26 March 1794
Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne : commenting on Wharton's letter of 28th February (now lost); expressing concern for Lord and Lady Bruce whom he has left in Naples and his pleasure in returning to Rome; describing some
archaeological finds near Sta. Maria Maggiore which have been purchased by a Prussian Baron.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Rome to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.726 WHA.727 26 April [1794]
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton redirected to Lambs Conduit Street, London: saying that they will remain in Florence until Lady Bruce has given birth and that he then hopes to return to England; expressing anxiety at the possibility of
a French invasion; commenting on the appointment of a new minister to the Grand Duke, the rearrangement of pictures in the Gallery and the opera in Florence.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton redirected to ... - WHA.727 WHA.728 17 May [1794]
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne : announcing the birth of twin daughters to Lord and Lady Bruce; outlining his plans for the return journey to England; commenting on the French advances and control of four of the Alpine
passes into Piedmont, the British seige of Bastia and the expectation that the states of Corsica will declare themselves a free people under Great Britain; with news of his sister Mrs. Carr and her family.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.728 WHA.729 14 June [1794]
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne : saying that his departure has been delayed by the postponement of the baptism of Lord Bruce's children until the Queen's mandate to the proxy Mrs. Wyndham has arrived; commenting on the
wastefulness of the war, his reluctance to take a position in a Duke's family, the activities of a Mr. Graves "on the tottering plank which divides the connoisseurship of a gentleman from the Knavery of an antique merchant and picturebroker", and
the scandal caused by the English minister in Florence horsewhipping a Jacobine; with mention of other English people and the opera in Florence.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.729 WHA.731 16 September 1794
Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne : explaining that his health prevents him from travelling and that he is inclined to spend the winter in Florence despite his anxiety to see his sister; commenting on his refusal to take a
position with the Duke of Somerset, the christening, and Lord and Lady Bruce's departure for Leghorn.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Florence to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.731 WHA.733 17 July 1795
Thomas Brand in Bartlow to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: commenting on his recent visit to the Pretymans at Buckden where he was in the company of the Bishops of Durham, Gloucester and Peterborough; giving a detailed criticism of a family
portrait of the Pretymans by Peters; commenting on the advantages and disadvantages of a living at Maulden and the improvement in the health of his sister Mrs. Hall.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Bartlow to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.733 WHA.739 12 March [1798]
Thomas Brand at Borough Bridge to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: announcing his marriage and arrangements for their return journey via Buckden; commenting on "the Babylonish Tyranny" and "our dear friend's distress" (George Pretyman's sermon?);
explaining some points about his own Visitation sermon; and giving instructions for Wharton's execution of legal documents (in connection with Brand's marriage settlement).
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand at Borough Bridge to Robert Wharton in ... - WHA.739 WHA.740 1 April 1798
Thomas Brand in Maulden to Robert Wharton in York: expressing the happiness brought about by his marriage and inviting the Whartons to visit Maulden; commenting on the lack of society in Maulden, and their intentions of exploring the beauty and
botanical treasures of the countryside and asking Wharton for his Epithalamium.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Maulden to Robert Wharton in York ... - WHA.740 WHA.741 [July 1799?]
Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: anticipating Wharton's visit before the 22nd; saying that he can obtain the books by Josephus from the Dean of Ripon; commenting on the Bishop's Visitation and dinner with the Bishop and Lord
Grantham, dinner with the Carter's at which the (bursar?) of Trinity College was also a guest, poor news from Bartlow about Joe (Hall) and (Susan) Carr, and the failure of opiate medicines to give relief to Mrs. Wharton at Old Park.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne anticipating Wharton's ... - WHA.741 WHA.742 15 June 1807
Thomas Brand in Wath to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne: giving an account of their return journey from Bartlow and Hadstock with comments on the disappearance of all traces of the recent election, except for flags still hanging in Darlington, a
visit to Burleigh, and the presence of Lord Harewood and his son at the inn (?) at Barnby Moor; mentioning speeches by Richard and Dr. Fenwick; and asking for details about the proposed Lunatic Asylum in Lincoln to which he has been asked to
subscribe.
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Digitised material for Thomas Brand in Wath to Robert Wharton in Silsthorne ... - WHA.742
Revd. and Mrs. Robert Wharton: miscellaneous correspondence with family and friendsReference: WHA.743-753Dates of creation: 1793-1808
William Lloyd and Fanny Wharton of Dryburn: letters from family and friendsReference: WHA.754-858Dates of creation: 1824-55
WHA.754 20 May [1824]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to her brother William Lloyd Wharton at Oswald House, Durham: commenting on Robert's intention to enter one of the Inns of Court and Tim (Catherine)'s state of health; anticipating an excursion to London where
she hopes to go to concerts, exhibitions and nursery gardens; and detailing the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Miss Allan's brother.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to her brother William ... - WHA.754 WHA.755 20 May 1825
Sarah and Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Durham Moor Lodge: discussing arrangements for paying for a table he procured for them; making a gift of £50 towards a four post bedstead for his new house; encouraging him
to change the name of the house (Dryburn Lodge) which at present sounds like a tradesman's house or gamekeeper's cottage; with mention of public affairs, eccelesiastical appointments, Elizabeth Wharton, Mrs. Brand (Deborah) and John's intention of
travelling to Rotterdam.
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Digitised material for Sarah and Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William ... - WHA.755 WHA.757 26 April 1826
Dr. W. Cooke of Mr. Lane's Steward's Office in Lincoln's Inn to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn House, Durham: requesting a letter of introduction for his son, who is a cadet to Madras about to sail to India, to his Commander-in-Chief Sir G.I.
Walker, which would greatly facilitate his chances of promotion.
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Digitised material for Dr. W. Cooke of Mr. Lane's Steward's Office in ... - WHA.757 WHA.760 [9 July 1826]
J.H. Jacob (William's brother-in-law Harry) from the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn near Durham: containing descriptions of the countryside between Newcastle and Edinburgh, the new and old towns of Edinburgh, a
service in the Presbyterian Kirk, the grandeur of the Waterloo Hotel, and preparations for the election in Morpeth where every post chaise was covered with posters for the candidates and barrels of ale were placed along the road "with about a 100
fellows seated round them . . . in Bacchanalian uproar like satyrs of old".
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Digitised material for JH Jacob (William's brother-in-law Harry) from the Waterloo Hotel ... - WHA.760 WHA.762 25 September 1826
Margaret Wharton [in Durham] to (her nephew) William Lloyd Wharton at Grinkle Park: commenting on the death of their friend Mr. G. Hutchinson's wife; containing news of Mr. J. Baker, the Darnells, the Dean and Mrs. Hall; asking for a plan of the
greenhouse at Grinkle; and telling the instructions they have given his man regarding a present of game received at Dryburn from Mr. Gascoigne.
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Digitised material for Margaret Wharton [in Durham] to (her nephew) William Lloyd ... - WHA.762 WHA.763 Postmarked 7 November 1826
Robert Wharton at 27 Store Street, Bedford Square, to his brother William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on the advantages of his new lodgings; discussing some business matters relating to J. Hill, the confusion over rents payable for a
cottage, formerly owned by their father Revd. Robert Wharton and William Briscoe, since the redemption of land tax in 1800 ; and making known his intention of joining the Gymnastic Academy in St. James' Street for the
sake of his health.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton at 27 Store Street, Bedford Square, to ... - WHA.763 WHA.767 9 May [1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: concerning Catherine's illness, assuring him that they have given full consideration to the suggestion that they should call in other doctors but are convinced that Mr.
Ellerton has a thorough understanding of her condition; asking him to convey messages to Miss Jacob and Mrs. Brand in Salisbury; commenting on Canning's new ministry, news of Robert, the new mail coach, William's business difficulties, Mr. Manners
and "the Alderman"; anticipating his visit in June; mentioning other visitors to Aberford and enquiring after friends and acquaintances.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.767 WHA.768 15 May [1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on the new postal arrangements, the Alderman's want of civility towards them, John's return from Malham, Squire Markham's trusteeship, the cost of writing paper
obtainable at Durham, public affairs (Catholic Emancipation); mentioning William's part in the coal trade and the Myddletons.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.768 WHA.770 8 June 1827
Fanny Wharton at Dryburn to William Lloyd Wharton in Aberford: giving accounts of her visit to "the poor old ladies in Elvet", a walk to Old Durham through Pelaw Woods, visits to (Wharton's cousins) Elizabeth and Margaret and a meeting with Mrs.
(Deborah) Brand; with mention of the gardens, her brother Harry, friends and acquaintances.
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WHA.771 Postmarked 15 June 1827
Robert Wharton to his brother William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: discussing the proposal by Mather to exempt some premises from payment of land tax this year in consideration of a "bit of lunch" i.e. 10/-.
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WHA.772 16 June [1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: expressing relief at his escaping injury in a coach accident; describing Catherine's latest attack following her walk out of doors the previous day; with mention of the
Olivers at Parlington, business matters, Mrs. Margaret (Wharton)'s recovery, garden matters and Miss Wilkinson's visit to Salisbury.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.772 WHA.775 28 June [1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton (in Aberford) to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: discussing William's proposal to let his colliery; telling of the Myddleton's departure, their pony Punch's blindness, the Alderman's conduct towards them, Catherine's
state of health, a visit from Miss Anne Bathurst and her excursions to Harewood; containing news of local families; and mentioning the Alderman's lease of Malham Water.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton (in Aberford) to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.775 WHA.777 24 July 1827
Sarah Wharton in Aberford to her son William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: advising against letting his colliery and offering to help him out if he is in need of ready money; containing news of his brothers and sisters and mentioning "the melancholy
event" at Eden Hall, the heat and the inconvenience of present arrangements for postal deliveries; with note added by his sister Anne explaining why Robert cannot accept his invitation to visit during the Assizes, commenting on their dressmaker's
bills and mentioning that they will be spending a day in York the following week.
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Digitised material for Sarah Wharton in Aberford to her son William Lloyd ... - WHA.777 WHA.778 [?16 September 1827]
Robert Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on his visits to the Doncaster races with John where they watched the St. Leger and attended one of the balls; mentioning his fears as to the admissibility of William
running steam engines on the King's highway and proposals for a trip by Anne and Mrs. W. (Fanny?) if Tim (Catherine)'s health permits.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.778 WHA.781 [?7 October 1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at R.W. Myddleton's, Grinkle Park: anticipating a visit from Miss Ellison from whom they hope to obtain information about Mr. Scott; commenting on Catherine's illness and the proposal
that Dr. Ellerton might make a report of her case which Robert could show to Mr. Scott; containing news of new excavations in York and mentioning William's victory over the railway folk and the good prospects for tithes.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.781 WHA.783 5 November 1827
John Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: concerning Catherine's illness, their intention to start trading coals to Scarborough in the spring, their success in growing vines and the death of Osborne Monkton; with note added by
Anne mentioning the Aberford statutes, a break-in at the church and Catherine's illness.
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Digitised material for John Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.783 WHA.785 20 November [1827]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: giving an account of Catherine's state of health; telling of a proposal to build a new dock adjoining their property in London which would enhance its value; containing news
of the Gascoignes, the Alderman, Miss Wilkinson, John's pre-occupation with hunting and shooting, their neighbours at Becca and other acquaintances.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.785 WHA.786 28 November 1827
John Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: giving an account of his stock-jobbing gains; commenting on the improvement in William's coal prospects, news of the Gascoigne family in Paris and "poor Tim" (Catherine)'s health;
asking when he intends to fill his ice house; with note added by Anne Elizabeth Wharton giving details about (Catherine's) illness and quarrels between the servants; mentioning Miss Jacob and Mrs. Brand.
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Digitised material for John Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.786 WHA.788 6 December 1827
John Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on the effect of the Turkish war on the value of their stocks, his fears that (Catherine) is no better, news of Tom Gascoigne, the garden, ice house, game shooting, and the
need to find a servant who can wait upon their mother and help look after Duff (Catherine).
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Digitised material for John Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.788 WHA.790 [? 2 January 1828]
Robert Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: concerning the settlement of accounts with J. P[oole ?], the proposal to insert a
caveat clause in an application for a patent, and Richard Gascoigne's
birthday celebrations at Parlington; with note added by Anne Elizabeth Wharton containing news of (Catherine) and the benefit she has received from drinking an old fine madeira wine given her by Miss Wilkinson; recommending that he subscribe to the
S.P.C.K. in order to procure books for Coundon and criticising the Bishop for not taking "steps to render it a less heathenish place"; and expressing the fear that their mother is working too hard.
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Digitised material for Robert Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.790 WHA.791 13 January 1828
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on the improvement in Mr. Jacob (Fanny's father)'s health so that they need not travel to Salisbury; containing news of Robert, (Catherine), the failure of their
pond to provide ice for the ice pit, Robert's opinion that the new waggons will be the "most horrid odious things", William's business with the Alderman, news of friends and relatives and public affairs, asking if he knows where "real genuine old"
wine can be procured as they believe it would be of benefit to Catherine.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.791 WHA.792 19 January 1828
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton in the Close, Salisbury: sending condolences on the death of Fanny's father; thanking him for the madeira wine sent for Catherine; indicating that they might consult another doctor for
Catherine; commenting on Robert's journey to London, business matters including the agreement to purchase houses in St. Martin's Lane for £1,360, news of friends and the absence of a letter from Mrs. Brand.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.792 WHA.793 28 January 1828
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton in the Close, Salisbury: enquiring after Mrs. Jacob; commenting on business matters including the possibility that the London Docks will want to purchase some of their property and
documents needed for the sale of premises in St. Martin's Lane; informing him of the action taken to refer Catherine's case to Mr. Scott; containing news of their neighbours, Mrs. Brand and her sisters, forthcoming marriages, the weather, the ice
pit, and comments on the formation of the new ministry.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.793 WHA.795 18 February [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton in the Close, Salisbury: commenting on problems caused by the recent snow fall, Catherine's illness, the referral of her case to Mr. Scott and her fears of having to travel to Bromley;
asking him to collect a watch from Robert in London on his return journey and containing some news of friends.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.795 WHA.796 [1 April 1828?]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: giving an account of Catherine's latest attack; containing news of the Myddletons, John's visit to Harewood, Robert's intention to attend court and dine at the Crompton's the
next day and other friends; describing damage done to the interior of their carriage; with note added by Robert Wharton giving directions for sending some law papers and telling him about the case he hopes to hear in court the next day.
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Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.796 WHA.798 7 April 1828
Joseph Pease junior of South End, Darlington to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: asking him to solicit support from friends in the House of Lords for a measure proposed by the (N.E.) Railway Company which would promote the export of coals from
the Tees and which is opposed by coal owners on the Tyne and Wear including Lords Durham and Londonderry.
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Digitised material for Joseph Pease junior of South End, Darlington to William ... - WHA.798 WHA.799 14 and 15 April [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton (in Aberford) to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: conveying messages from Robert regarding a curacy for his friend Petit and legal documents to be drafted for William; mentioning Lord Harewood's reaction to the "railroad
affair", Robert's unsuccessful attempts to gain a place on a London coach, Catherine's condition and their fears that the mail coach will be routed through Aberford; asking him to obtain more information about Mr. Scott; commenting on the cost and
efficacy of a bed carriage for taking Catherine to see him; containing news of neighbours and the dimensions of their new bed.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton (in Aberford) to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.799 WHA.802 1 May [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: conveying a request from their mother to investigate the viability of a garden at present in the possession of her tenant Dryden; containing news of Mr. Ellerton, Steward
Ellerton, the Alderman and Robert; with mention of William's business affairs, the imposition of a duty on coal exports from Stockton, public affairs and Tom Croft.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.802 WHA.803 9 May [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: informing him of Dr. Sympson's opinion of Catherine's case; mentioning John's visit to Malham and Hawes, the imminent engagement of Tom Croft and Miss Thompson, Robert's
financial affairs and plans for his career, a fight between their servants, a new tenant for Dryden's garden and William's new pit.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.803 WHA.805 [9 August 1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: containing news of friends, John and Robert's departure for Hawes (for the shooting); discussing the desirability of moving Catherine before the noise of threshing starts and
of asking Mr. Scott to come to see her; with note to Miss (Mary) Jacob expressing relief at the news of their safe arrival at Dryburn, mentioning their plan of pasturing sheep in front of the house for Catherine to watch, and containing news of
acquaintances.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.805 WHA.806 15 August [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: asking him to convey an invitation to the Lloyd Bakers to visit them on their return journey; discussing the proposal that they should take Catherine to Mr. Scott by sea;
wishing him well on the proposed tour of Scotland; and containing a note to Miss Jacob thanking her for a letter to Catherine and asking her not to mention the fact that she was allowed to see Catherine to the Lloyd Bakers.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.806 WHA.808 20 August [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: commenting on their problems with servants, their search for a house where they will escape the noise of the threshing, the desirability of hiring a spring carriage for Catherine's
journey, Catherine's attempts to walk, William's proposed tour of Scotland and an invitation from the Crofts to visit during the York festival.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn ... - WHA.808 WHA.809 25 August [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: containing comments on their invitation to the Lloyd Bakers, the success of William's coal borings, Robert and John's return from Hawes, Catherine's attempts to take exercise
and her fright at the noise of the carrier's horse, enquiries for a house near Bromley and the request made to William for a copy of his pedigree; with note added by Robert Wharton concerning arrangements for improvements and repairs in a tenancy
agreement and asking how much he can claim from a carrier for the loss of parts of two sets of books which were contained in the same box.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.809 WHA.811 24 September [1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: telling of delays in the arrival of a spring board for the carriage Catherine will travel in and of their doubts as to the advisability of taking her for a trial run before
the journey; comparing the merits of a spring board with Harmon's (spring?) carriage and saying they will try to obtain some of the "newly contrived" rubber "air seats" or cushions; commenting on a slight improvement in Catherine's condition, her
visits to the York festival and John and Robert's intention of attending the fancy dress ball; with mention of William's tour of Scotland.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.811 WHA.812 [6 October 1828]
Anne Elizabeth Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton at R.W. Myddleton's, Grinkle Park near Guisborough: expressing concern for John who left them with a severe cold and, as all the coaches were full of people returning from the (York)
festival, was compelled to travel overnight in bad weather on the outside of the coach going to London; saying how they are preparing Catherine and the spring coach for her journey south; mentioning their regret that Mrs. Jacob and her party will
not have time to stay on their return (to Salisbury), the Crofts and the rise in the price of corn.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton at Aberford to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.812 WHA.813 17 October 1828
A. Sedgwick, Trinity College, to William Lloyd Wharton: describing an experiment in Cornwall to determine the density of the earth; mentioning the imminent publication of some of his papers; enquiring as to the progress of borings and sinkings in
the county of Durham, with particular reference to Eppleton and Ellemore; and discussing other matters of geological interest.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for A. Sedgwick, Trinity College, to William Lloyd Wharton describing ... - WHA.813 WHA.814 25 October 1828
Sarah Wharton (in Aberford) to her daughter Anne Wharton at Oakley House, Bromley, Kent: expressing relief at the news of their safe arrival and confidence that Catherine will benefit from Mr. Scott's treatment; commenting on the death of Richard
Wharton and their fears for the effect of the news on Mrs. Elizabeth; with mention of packing and the potato harvest.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Sarah Wharton (in Aberford) to her daughter Anne Wharton ... - WHA.814 WHA.818 22 January 1829
Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Oakley to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn (with note added by Sarah Wharton?): commenting on his account of the Christmas festivities; mentioning Anne's visit to Norfolk, her intention of going north to settle affairs
at Aberford and see to the management of woodlands at Hawes, visits to a London exhibition, skating on the Serpentine, the purchase of a new mare, the rents for Aberford, their intention of staying in Oakley for at least another winter and the cold
weather; offering to carry out commissions for him in London and asking for news of Mrs. Elizabeth and Mrs. Margaret (their cousins).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Elizabeth Wharton in Oakley to William Lloyd Wharton ... - WHA.818 WHA.824 8 March [1837?]
Letter from S.M. (Sophia Myddleton?) at Old Park to William Lloyd Wharton at Darlington, Wetherby, Yorks: informing him about the extent of coal boring near Old Park and the secrecy surrounding it; commenting on the purchase of stock, estate
matters including the cutting and planting of trees, and family news; with note about the plantation added by her daugher Sophie Gray.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Letter from S.M. (Sophia Myddleton?) at Old Park to ... - WHA.824 WHA.827 31 October 1839
Anne Wharton at Oakley to William Lloyd Wharton at Dryburn: containing a copy of their estate manager Thomas Chilton's accounts, dated 12 October 1839 ; with comments on this and on an agreement for land needed for
the railway and station (at Durham ?), his decision to give up the management of Grinkle and Old Park, social engagements, their railway investments and accusations made against Robert in the radical papers concerning proceedings at Wigan
Borough.
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for Anne Wharton at Oakley to William Lloyd Wharton at ... - WHA.827 WHA.842 22 May 1850
John Thomas Wharton in Aberford, to his brother William Lloyd Wharton: expressing the hope of seeing him at a meeting in York relating to G.N.E. (Great North Eastern Railway?) shares so that they can discuss some family business, and mentioning
arrangements for welcoming Mr. Eden as Vicar of Aberford (Charles Page Eden, Vicar of Aberford 1850-1885).
Paper 2ff.
Digitised material for John Thomas Wharton in Aberford, to his brother William ... - WHA.842
John Thomas and Mary Wharton of Aberford: family papers and journalReference: WHA.859-871Dates of creation: 1833-58
WHA.866 26 March 1841 - 1 February 1858
Journal of Mrs. John Thomas Wharton (Mary Jacob, b. 1794).
Contains a record of everyday activities, family news, visits, letters etc. Kept regularly for the first year. Thereafter entries were made
intermittently with resumé of the preceding intervals. Last two entries, 23 March 1855 and 1 February 1858, contain her reactions to war in the Crimea and India.
2 notebooks sewn together 49ff.
Digitised material for Journal of Mrs. John Thomas Wharton (Mary Jacob, b. 1794) - WHA.866-868WHA.867 October 1841
Enclosed at p. 20:
Newspaper cutting concerning the death of Lord Sydenham on 19 September.
1 piece.
WHA.868 June 1844
Enclosed at p. 32:
Part of letter from Mary Wharton at Ripon to her daughter Mary (aged 9 years) giving instructions for a day's lessons.
Paper 1f.
AppendixPhotocopies of letters from Revd. Thomas Brand to Gianbattista Bodoni of ParmaReference: WHA.Facs 1-16Dates of creation: 1793-94
(from originals in the Biblioteca di Parma)
WHA.Facs 1
Postcard showing a portrait of the printer Gianbattista Bodoni, born 1740.
1 card
WHA.Facs 2 and 3 28 August 1793
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Bologna to Gianbattista Bodoni, master of the printing press in Parma: requesting permission for Lord and Lady Bruce to visit the works and see an example of printing during their short stay in Parma.
(See
No. 721 for an account of this visit).
2 copies, 1f. each
WHA.Facs 4 [29 August 1793]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Modena to Bodoni: informing him of the time of their arrival in Parma.
Paper 1f.
WHA.Facs 5 [30 August 1793]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Parma to Bodoni: returning the corrected proofs of his poem (in honour of Lady Bruce) and asking what time they should make their visit.
Paper 1f.
WHA.Facs 6 31 August [1793]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Parma to Bodoni: commenting on the free translation he has made of Bodoni's letter to Lord Bristol; expressing his thanks (in respect of Lord and Lady Bruce's visit); requesting the bill for some books he purchased and suggesting
that they should be forwarded to Livorno rather than to Florence.
Paper 1f.
WHA.Facs 7 28 September [1793]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Florence to Bodoni: commenting on matters arising from the publication of
The Seasons by James Thomson; informing him that he will be moving from Rome to Naples in the middle of November and expressing his willingness to perform any services in his power.
Paper 1f.
WHA.Facs 8 6 November [1793?]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Rome to Bodoni: informing him of his address in Naples; confirming that he has sent a catalogue and prospectus to Lord Berwick although he believes the latter will soon be leaving for his Egyptian tour; requesting several books to
be sent to Lord Bruce in Naples and conveying the respects of Miss Knight and her mother.
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WHA.Facs 9 and 10 9 November 1793
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Rome to Bodoni: sending him a short preface on the life of Thomson; requesting that his own name should not appear as despite all his care some errors might still remain; informing him that Lord Berwick has left for Egypt;
declining the offer of collaborating in an edition of Milton as he will not be staying in Italy much longer and expressing doubts as to the wisdom of such an undertaking.
2 copies, 1f. each
WHA.Facs 11 26 November [1793]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Naples to Bodoni: mentioning some printing obtained from Signr. Brina and the preface on the life of Thomson; and ordering some books on behalf of Lord Berwick and Lord Bruce.
Paper 1f.
WHA.Facs 12 21 December 1793
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Naples to Bodoni: returning the proofs and expressing the hope that no more errors will be found.
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WHA.Facs 13 22 March 1794
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Rome to Bodoni: apologising for having left Naples without giving the bankers the money for books received on behalf of Mr. Townshend; assuring him that he will do it in Florence or in person at Parma before his return to England;
informing him of his address in Rome and Florence; saying that he will be pleased to accept a copy of the Thomson and requesting another copy for which he will pay.
Paper 2ff.
WHA.Facs 14 19 April [1794]
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Florence to Bodoni: apologising for not having replied to his letter earlier; commenting on the appropriate wording for the dedication of the Thomson book (to "David Steuart, Esquire of Cardneys, Late Lord Provost of the City of
Edinburg"); and wishing him every success.
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WHA.Facs 15 19 August 1794
Language:
French
Thomas Brand in Florence to Bodoni: saying that he had hoped to visit Parma on his way back to England but that as his return has been postponed he will leave the money he owes with the bankers in Florence; expressing surprise at the delay in the
publication of the Thomson book and requesting another two copies.
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WHA.Facs 16 6 September 1794
Language: Italian
Thomas Brand in Florence to Bodoni: praising the edition of the Thomson: informing him that he expects to be in England in a few weeks time and that he has placed the money he owes in the bank at Florence; with expressions of thanks and
gratitude.
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