John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute: Account Book and Letters

Scope and Content

Personal accounts of the Earl of Bute with James and Thomas Coutts.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased 1996

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

Cambridge University Library also holds a travel journal of the 3rd Earl of Bute (MS.Add.8826) and a volume of Cambridge lectures on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Roger Cotes that also belonged to him (MS.Add.9302).