BURKE, EDMUND 1729-1797
Between 2000 and 3000 letters to and from Burke, in a chronological sequence, 1744-1797, along with much associated correspondence. Notes on French, American and Irish affairs. Papers on a variety of political questions, and many other miscellaneous papers. Correspondence and other papers of his executors.
Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, Sheffield City Libraries.
Two groups of letters to Burke, one from English correspondents and one from French. Other correspondence, some being of members of his family. Bundles of notes and drafts of speeches on various topics, and other miscellaneous bundles including verses. 38 bundles in all, c. 1760-1795.
Fitzwilliam MSS., Northamptonshire RO
Printed Material
THOMAS W. COPELAND and MILTON S. SMITH, A Checklist of the Correspondence of Edmund Burke ( Cambridge, 1955).
The Correspondence of Edmund Burke , ed. Thomas W. Copeland and John A. Woods, 9 vols. (London and Chicago, 1958-1970).
Includes the complete correspondence of Burke, from 1744-1797.
New Palgrave ; ODNB ; ESS III 74; IESS II 221 .
Portrait: BM (P); NPG
