James, George Payne Rainsford, (1799-1860), novelist historian and diplomat

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Surname:	James
Forenames:	George Payne Rainsford
Gender:	Male
Date:	1799-1860
Biography:	ODNB link for James, George Payne Rainsford (1799-1860), novelist historian and diplomat
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P159358 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15322 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1826-56: letters (48)	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
2	personal, family and estate papers	The London Archives: City of London	0976	NRA 16333 See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
3	1799-1850: papers (80 items)	Virginia Historical Society		NRA 32583 Virginia HS
4	corresp and papers	Princeton University Library	CO814
5	papers	University of Virginia Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6	1830-50: corresp and misc poems (38 items)	Boston Public Library		NRA 26054 James
7	MS of The Gipsy (1 vol)	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 157	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
8	1836-64: business transactions with Richard Bentley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46612-46649	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1853-60: letters (22) to Sir John Crampton	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Crampton	NRA 28051 Crampton
10	1842-58: corresp (13 items) with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44360-527 passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	1838-50: letters to Royal Literary Fund	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Loan 96	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	letters to the Royal Society of Literature	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS RSL	NRA 33254
13	1832-41: letters (12) to Harriet Scott	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD157	NRA 32440 Hepburne-Scott