Excerpt from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Possession of the Earl of Hardwicke This Catalogue was formed by the late Earl of Hardwicke, and contains, among many curious and interesting papers never given to the public, several which have been printed by the Earl of Hardwicke himself, as will in Sir Dudley Carleton's Collection of Letters, and his two volumes of State Papers, as in some other modern publications. Want of leisure, and the difficulty of exactly ascertaining all such as are in print, have prevented their being particularly distinguished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.