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	Add MSS 31125-27
3	papers including accounts: letters (12) to JY Akerman and James Bradley	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum	Perceval Bequest	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	Add MS 31857
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	MS 1749	NRA 40648 Sumner
12	1827-35: letters (18) from him and his sons to John and JY Akerman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 3808
13	1816-36: misc corresp incl letters to JY Akerman (120 items)	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	PSC B24	NRA 34805 Sraffa
14	1802-06: corresp with Daniel Badcock (13 items)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS/C/2616	NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
15	1815-19: copy letters from George Kinloch	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS551	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	RP 79
18	1812-32: letters to James Tubb	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS.Eng.lett.c.541 ff.1-38	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	NLW MS.22364C	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20	1800-06: corresp with William Windham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37853
21	1800-10: corresp with John Wright and James Swann	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22906-7
22	1806-19: corresp with James Wright and John and James Swann	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng hist c 33
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	A 13	NRA 34805 Sraffa
25	1850: colection of letters essays and news articles rel to the life of Cobbett	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	d318	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
26	1822-1826: letters to William Palmer	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add 82727	See Annual Return 2006
27	1831-1832: scrapbook with corresp	London University: Senate House Library	MS1079/4/2	See Annual Return 2007