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Hamilton-Greville collection

Finding aid prepared by Vanessa Wilkie.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
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San Marino, California 91108
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Hamilton-Greville collection
Dates: 1769-1801
Collection Number: mssHM 34441-34527
Creator OR Collector: Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
Extent: 87 items in 1 box and 2 cases
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence between British diplomat and archaeologist Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) and his nephew Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809).
Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Administrative Information

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Hamilton-Greville collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

In Library, 1947.

Biographical Note

Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), diplomat and archaeologist, served as British ambassador to the court of Naples from 1764-1800. During this period he studied volcanoes and earthquakes and collected Greek and Roman artifacts. In 1769 he began a regular correspondence with his nephew, Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809), with whom he shared numerous interests and tastes.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by author and then chronologically. It is housed in one box and two cases.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence between Sir William Hamilton and Charles Francis Greville. Their letters contain gossip about various persons in English and Neapolitan ruling and cultural circles of the day; political observations and opinions; diplomacy; volcanism and earthquakes; and the collecting of Greek and Roman artifacts.

Indexing Terms

Personal Names

Greville, Charles Francis, 1749-1809
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803

Subjects

Classical antiquities -- Collectors and collecting
Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Seismology -- Early works to 1800
Volcanism -- Early works to 1800

Geographic Areas

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Naples (Italy) -- Social life and customs

Genre

Letters (correspondence) -- England -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Italy -- 18th century

Box 1

Hamillton to Greville (HM 34441-34477) 1769-1801

 

 HM 34441  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1769, Apr. 8)

Naples
 

 HM 34442  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1772, Nov. 23)

Venice
 

 HM 34443  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1773, June 8)

Naples
 

 HM 34444  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1774, June 28)

Vietri, near Salerno
 

 HM 34445  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1774, Aug. 2)

Naples
 

 HM 34446  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1774, Oct. 2)

Naples
 

 HM 34447  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1774, Dec. 20)

Naples
 

 HM 34448  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1775, Mar. 14)

Naples
 

 HM 34449  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (177[5], July 4)

Naples
 

 HM 34450  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1775, Nov. 14)

Naples
 

 HM 34451  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1775, Dec. 19)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34452  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1776, Jan. 2)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34453  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1776, Jan 30)

Naples
 

 HM 34454  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1776, Mar. 12)

Naples
 

 HM 34455  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1777, Dec. 16)

Naples
 

 HM 34456  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1778, Mar. 3)

Naples
 

 HM 34457  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1779, Aug. 10)

Naples
 

 HM 34458  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1780, June 27)

Naples
 

 HM 34459  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1780, Oct. 31)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34460  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1781, Oct. 23)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34461  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1782, Feb. 26)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34462  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1782, May 13)

Naples
 

 HM 34463  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1783, Apr. 29)

Naples
 

 HM 34464  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1787, Feb. 16)

Naples
 

 HM 34465  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1787. Dec. 18)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34466  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1790, Mar. 2)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34467  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1793, Mar. 12)

Naples
 

 HM 34468  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1794, Apr. 10)

Naples
 

 HM 34469  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1794, July 15)

Naples
 

 HM 34470  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1794, Oct. 25)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34471  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1795, Mar. 24)

Caserta [Italy]
 

 HM 34472  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1796, June 7)

Naples
 

 HM 34473  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1799, Apr. 28)

Palermo
 

 HM 34474  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1800, Apr. 22)

Palermo
 

 HM 34475  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville ([1801], Mar. 31)

Piccadilly [London]
 

 HM 34476  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville ([1801], Apr. 3)

Piccadilly [London]
 

 HM 34477  Hamilton, Sir William. Letter to Charles Greville (1801, Oct. 9)

23 Picadilly [London]
Case 1

Greville to Hamilton (HM 34478-34502) 1769-1785

 

 HM34478  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1769, Oct. 9)

Vienna
 

 HM 34479  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1769]

[Rome]
 

 HM 34480  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1773, Feb. 12)

St. James
 

 HM 34481  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1773, May 11)

St. James
 

 HM 34482  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1773, July 10)

St James Square
 

 HM 34483  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1775, Oct. 31)

St. James Square
 

 HM 34484  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1775, Dec. 3)

 

 HM 34485  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1778, May 5)

 

 HM 34486  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1780, Oct. 16)

 

 HM 34487  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, Mar. 13)

 

 HM 34488  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, Apr. 3)

 

 HM 34489  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, June 5)

 

 HM 34490  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, Aug. 31)

Warwick
 

 HM 34491  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, Sep. 17)

 

 HM 34492  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1781, Oct. 11)

 

 HM 34493  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1782, Sep. 24)

 

 HM 34494  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [Oct. 1784]

 

 HM 34495  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1784, Dec. 15)

 

 HM 34496  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1784, Dec. 25]

 

 HM 34497  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1785, Jan.]

 

 HM 34498  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1785, Mar. 10)

 

 HM 34499  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1785, May 5)

 

 HM 34500  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1785, June]

 

 HM 34501  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1785, Nov. 11)

 

 HM 34502  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1785, Dec. 3]

Case 2

Greville to Hamilton (HM 34503-34527) 1786-1801

 

 HM34503  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [undated]

 

 HM34504  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton ([1786], Mar. 11)

 

 HM34505  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1786, May]

 

 HM34506  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1786, Oct. 24)

 

 HM34507  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1786, Nov. ?)

 

 HM34508  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1788, Nov. 3)

Alencon
 

 HM34509  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1790]

 

 HM34510  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1790, July 2)

 

 HM34511  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1790, Nov. 27)

 

 HM34512  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1790, Dec,. 10)

 

 HM34513  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1792, Jan. 10)

 

 HM34514  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1792]

 

 HM34515  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1792, Nov. 9)

 

 HM34516  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1793, Jan. 26)

Hackpole Court
 

 HM34517  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1793, June]

 

 HM34518  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1795, Jan. 9)

 

 HM34519  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1795, Apr. 8)

 

 HM34520  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1795, Oct. 31]

 

 HM34521  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1796, Aug.]

 

 HM34522  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1798, Apr. 30)

 

 HM34523  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1799, Jan. 9)

 

 HM34524  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1798, Jan. 10)

 

 HM34525  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1799, June 8)

 

 HM34526  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton [1800, Nov. 9]

 

 HM 34527  Greville, Charles. Letter to Sir William Hamilton (1801, Sep. 27)

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