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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Elizabeth Robinson Montagu papers
Creator:
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800
Identifier/Call Number: mssMO
Physical Description:
140.4 Linear Feet
(117 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1688-1800
Abstract: Papers of Elizabeth Montagu, chiefly letters, with some manuscripts.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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[Identification of item], Elizabeth Robinson Montagu papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1925.
The collection was formed by Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron of Rokeby, nephew of Elizabeth Montagu and executor of her estate.
In 1899, the papers passed into the hands of his granddaughter Emily J. Climenson, and upon her death in 1921 to Mr. Reginald
Blunt.
Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu, socially prominent "bluestocking," author, and indefatigable correspondent. Her husband Edward
Montagu (d. 1775) was a member of the Parliament, prominent Whig and owner of coal mines in Northumberland and estates in
Berkshire and Yorkshire. Elizabeth Montagu's home in London was a famous literary salon that attracted Hannah More, Elizabeth
Carter, Lord Lyttleton, Horace Walpole, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others. After the death of
her husband, she managed the family estates and collieries.
Papers of Elizabeth Montagu, chiefly letters, with some manuscripts. The papers deal with literary affairs, personalities,
and gossip, including references to current books and plays; social and everyday life of Elizabeth Montagu at her homes at
Sandleford Priory, London, Bath, and Turnbridge Wells; her travels to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sandleford, Spa (1763), Paris (1776),
and Scotland (1766 and 1770); current political events, including the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the Seven Years War, the
coronation of George III, the John Wilkes affair, and the trial of Warren Hastings; coal mines and mining in Northumberland.
Correspondents include Dorothea Gregory Alison, Margaret Cavendish (Harley) Bentinck, Duchess of Portland; Frances Evelyn
Boscawen (Glanville); Anne Donnellan; Elizabeth Charlton Montagu; Matthew Montagu, Edward Montagu; William Pultney, Earl of
Bath, Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron of Rokeby; Sarah Robinson Scott; Elizabeth Vesey, Gilbert West, and others.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssMO 1-6923.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection has been digitized in its entirety and the digital reproductions are available in the
Huntington Digital Library.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Grand tours (Education)
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 -- Sources
Literary patrons -- Great Britain
Salons -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Sources
Women authors, English -- 18th century -- Archives
Women intellectuals -- Great Britain
Bath (England) -- Description and travel
England -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Sources
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Sources
London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) -- Description and travel
Sandleford Priory (Berkshire, England) -- History -- Sources
Spa (Belgium) -- Description and travel
Turnbridge Wells (Kent, England) -- History -- Sources
Family papers -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Personal papers -- Great Britain -- 18th century
Alison, Dorothea Gregory -- Correspondence
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 -- Correspondence
Boscawen, Frances Evelyn Glanville -- Corresponence
Donnellan, Anne -- Correspondence
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Coronation
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Montagu, Elizabeth Charton -- Correspondence
Montagu, Matthew, Baron Rokeby, 1762-1831
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800 -- Archives
Montagu, Edward, 1692-1775 -- Correspondence
Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785 -- Correspondence
Rokeby, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron, 1713-1800 -- Correspondence
Scott, Sarah, 1723-1795 -- Correspondence
Vesey, Elizabeth Vesey, 1715?-1791 -- Correspondence
Voltaire, 1694-1778 -- Correspondence
West, Gilbert, 1703-1756 -- Correspondence
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797