Notebook of J.E. Denison including some parliamentary noted; July 1833-1851
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CMV33154
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Os D 12
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Notebook of J.E. Denison including some parliamentary noted; July 1833-1851
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The notebook of John Evelyn Denison covering period July 1833 to 1853. His notes refer to his miscellaneous interests including history, literature and agriculture.
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Notes from 1833 refer to article by Mr Everett on Tocqueville’s work on American penal system and articles from North American Review comparing prison regimes. Discusses in detail experiments by Mr Lawes in using sewerage as fertilizer to increase crop production; refers to letter in family’s possession from Voltaire to Samuel Estwick which has been dated by Macaulay and compared with Voltaire’s writing; letter copied on f 11v; refers to price of land at sales; includes notes in French on Thiers’ ‘Historie de l’Empire Vol 8’ from 1853; refers to trustees and arrangements for family trusts. Comments on parliamentary affairs during sessions of 1850-51 including vote on Greek Question 1850; refers to case in Court of Common Pleas; discusses workings of specific committees including those on gevernment finances; refers to resignation and reappointment of Government.
Os D 12/1/1 found enclosed.
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88 ff.
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Part of the papers of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800-1873).
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Transferred to the University of Nottingham Department of Manuscripts in 1964. A further group of papers was added in 1979.
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