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Legge, William, (1731-1801), 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, statesman

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Surname:	Legge
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1731-1801
Title:	2nd Earl of Dartmouth
Biography:	ODNB link for Legge, William (1731-1801) 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, statesman
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P138531 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P17105 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Legge

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1765-83: corresp and papers	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D742, 859, 1501, 1778, 3074, 3629, 4544; D(W)515	NRA 5197 Legge
2	1732-1800: trustees and estate papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS North	NRA 837 North
3	1775: letterbook	Boston University Library: Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
4	1773-74: 'Present State of the British Colonies in America', returns made to Dartmouth as Secretary of State	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 72242-621	NRA 7864
5	1774-1775: papers as Colonial Secretary	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO30/29
6	1688-1802: corresp and papers rel to British North American Colonies	Library and Archives Canada	MG23 A1	NRA 25410 Legge See General inventory manuscripts
7	1774-76: letters (33) from W Tryon	Unknown location		See HMC [5] Sixth report appendix pp399-400
8	1760-78: corresp with Gen Amherst and Gen Haldimand	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 21695, 21697
9	1774-83: letters to 2nd Lord Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35611-620
10	c1760-97: letters (34) to Matthew Boulton	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3782	NRA 9497 Boulton

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