IF WE'RE RELATED, IT'S MY ONLY CLAIM TO ARISTOCRACY. Title The Aristocracy, the state and the local community : the Hastings collection of manuscripts from the Huntington Library, San Marino, California Notes Microreproduction of originals in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. This collection of manuscripts on the Hastings family in England spans more than four centuries and is an invaluable source for research into British social, political and religious history. Part one includes the family correspondence from 1477 to 1701 and part two, from 1701 to 1828. "Every aspect of the family's affairs and its involvement in national and local issues is illuminated by the letters. Correspondents range from monarchs, politicians, churchmen and other public figures to estate agents, tenants and family friends."--Publisher's note.