Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of (1801-1885), philanthropist

66 autograph letters, mainly signed but a few in the third person; nos. 62-63 incomplete.

Numbered 1-63 plus 1a, 19a, 63a

Correspondents include the diplomat Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe (1786-1880) (no. 11). There is also a letter to George Rylands in 1842 dismissing mesmerism and dissociating himself from claims that he is a supporter of the idea (no.1a).

63a Letter to Mr Bayley, 11 Sep 1852, from Shaftesbury at the General Board of Health, on cholera, with pasted in cutting concerning cholera at ports in the Baltic and North Sea

1819-1885

65 items

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.