Additional and Egerton Mss, British Library, London
Anson Mss, private collection
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection, New York Public Library, New York
Clement Collection, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut
Ephemera Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Finch Mss, DG7, Leicestershire Record Office, Wigston Magna
Georgian and Additional Georgian, Victorian and Additional Victorian, and George V Papers, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle
Halford Mss, DG24, Leicestershire Record Office, Wigston Magna
Harcourt Mss, private collection
Hesse-Homburg Papers, Gothic House, Bad Homburg
Hoare Pitt Papers, Public Record Office, Kew
Miss Lucy (known as Mrs) Kennedy’s Diary, Royal Library, Windsor Castle
Lord Chamberlain’s Papers, Public Record Office, Kew
Lower Saxony State Archives, Hanover
Mountstuart Mss, Isle of Bute, Scotland
James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven
Rulers of England Papers, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Stuttgart State Archives, Stuttgart
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