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Cobbett, William, (1763-1835), MP, author, journalist and publisher

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Surname: Cobbett
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1763-1835
Biography: ODNB link for Cobbett, William (1763-1835), MP, author, journalist and publisher
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P148330 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5966 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Cobbett
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1791-1833: corresp and papers (300 items, 2 vols)
Oxford University: Nuffield College Library
NRA 371 Cobbett

See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
2
1807-35: corresp and papers (3 vols)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
3
papers including accounts: letters (12) to JY Akerman and James Bradley
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
4
corresp and papers (c100 items)
Rutgers University Libraries
See NUC MS 65-1591 87-216
5
1793-1832: letters (34) and literary MS
Huntington Library
See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
6
1802-34: letters and papers
Harvard University: Houghton Library
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
7
1830-31: misc papers (I vol)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
8
letters (83)
University of Illinois Library, Urbana
See Hamer, Archives and MSS in the USA 1961
9
letters and papers (12 items)
Boston Public Library
NRA 11046 Boston Library
10
MSS and printed material rel to him
Museum of Farnham
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
11
papers and notes about him in papers of Lord Cochrane's secretary
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 40648 Sumner
12
1827-35: letters (18) from him and his sons to John and JY Akerman
British Library, Manuscript Collections
13
1816-36: misc corresp incl letters to JY Akerman (120 items)
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
NRA 34805 Sraffa
14
1802-06: corresp with Daniel Badcock (13 items)
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
15
1815-19: copy letters from George Kinloch
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 14800
16
1793: letters (23) to James Mathieu
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
17
1830-35: (copies) letters (9) to Thomas Mellersh, with related corresp about Cobbett's last illness and death
British Library, Manuscript Collections
18
1812-32: letters to James Tubb
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19
1829-34: letters (11) to William Williams
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20
1800-06: corresp with William Windham
British Library, Manuscript Collections
21
1800-10: corresp with John Wright and James Swann
British Library, Manuscript Collections
22
1806-19: corresp with James Wright and John and James Swann
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
23
1796-1800: account book
American Antiquarian Society
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
24
ms items for Cobbett's Weekly Political Register
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
NRA 34805 Sraffa
25
1850: colection of letters essays and news articles rel to the life of Cobbett
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
NRA 18661 Osborn coll
26
1822-1826: letters to William Palmer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2006
27
1831-1832: scrapbook with corresp
London University: Senate House Library
See Annual Return 2007