The Marquess of Sligo Archive consists of a series of letters from the 2nd Marquess of Sligo, Howe Peter Browne (1788-1845), to his mother, Lady Louisa Catherine Howe (1767-1817), between 1809 and 1815, as well as several letters to other friends and acquaintances. The letters span two trips taken by Sligo: on a Grand Tour of the Mediterranean from December 1809 to August 1811, recording his interest in classical antiquity, and in Europe from October 1813 to April 1815, following the allied armies in the Napoleonic Wars and socialising with European royalty. The collection also includes several letters by Sligo's solicitor, written in 1841 and two letters from American abolitionist, Jacob Harvey.
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