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Wilkes, John, (1725-1797), politician journalist and wit

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Surname: Wilkes
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1725-1797
Biography: ODNB link for Wilkes, John (1725-1797), politician journalist and wit
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P153243 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30527 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Wilkes
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1761-64: misc corresp and papers
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
CLC/518
NRA 32770
2
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 30865-96
3
1741-84: corresp and literary MSS
University of Michigan: William L Clements Library
Wilkes papers
See Guide 1978 pp152-53
4
1765-1795: corresp with James Boswell
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
GEN MSS 89
NRA 22146 Boswell
5
1753-81: letters to John Dell (copies)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng lett c 57
6
1765-68: letters to William FitzHerbert
Derbyshire Record Office
D239/F8247-64, 8365
NRA 4879 FitzHerbert