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1. Add MS 40771-40776

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Add MS 40771-40776
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. I-VI. Correspondence of James Vernon (d. 1727), Secretary of State (1697-1702), and previously Private Secretary to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1688 and 1694), and Secretary to the Lords Justices (1694-1697). His letters to the Duke of Shrewsbury were published by G. P. R. James, Letters illustrative of the Reign of William III, 3 vols., 1841. Among his other correspondents the chief are:-the King, William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War, Matthew Prior, Secretary of ...
Scope & Content:
Vernon family: Papers and deeds of: 1688-1754. Secretaries of State: Correspondence of J. Vernon as Sec. of State: 1697-1702.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1688-1754
Extent:
6 items

2. Add MS 40777-40778

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. VII, VIII (ff. 269, 35). Letter-books of James Vernon as Secretary to the Lords Justices; 18 May 1695-11 Oct. 1697, 12 Oct.-4 Dec. 1697. The contents consist chiefly of covering letters and similar communications addressed to the Admiralty, Treasury, Irish Lords Justices, etc., or to individual officials. Bound up with Vol. VIII is a miscellaneous collection (ff. 31-35) of Royal warrants and other instruments, apparently compiled as a formulary, 1679-1685.
Scope & Content:
Privy Council, The: Letter-books and minutes of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697. William III of England: Letterbooks, etc., of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695-1697
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 40779-40780

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. IX, X (ff. 170, 173). Minutes of the Proceedings of the Lords Justices, kept by James Vernon as Secretary; 11 May-6 Oct. 1696, 1 May-12 Nov. 1697. The amplified and final version of the Minutes is preserved below in Add. MS. 40782.
Scope & Content:
James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Minutes of the Lords Justices and Privy Council kept by: 1696-1700. Privy Council, The: Letter-books and minutes of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697. William III of England: Letterbooks, etc., of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1696-1697
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 40785-40786

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XV, XVI (ff. 76, 69). Accompts (receipts and disbursements) of James Vernon; 13 Dec. 1697-2 Jan. [1701], Dec. 1700-Jan. 1709. Cf. 40783 above.
Scope & Content:
James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Accompts and fee-books: 1697-1709. Accompts: Accompts and fee-books of J. Vernon: 1697-1709.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-1709
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 40787-40790

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XVII-XX (ff. 246, 81, 99, 209). Precedent-books of warrants and other instruments issuing from the Secretary of State's office; 1662-1697 (not in strict chronological order). A subject index is at the end of each volume. Vol. XX repeats Vol. XVII, ff. 1-198 b.
Scope & Content:
Secretaries of State: Precedent-books of warrants, etc., issued by: 1662-1697. Charles II of England: Precedent-books of Secs. of State: 1662-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662-1697
Extent:
4 items

6. Add MS 40796-40797

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XXVI, XXVII (ff. 272, 58). Letter-books of correspondence, instructions reports, etc. connected chiefly with English mediation between Sweden and Denmark in 1658-1659 and 1698-1700. Vol. XXVI opens (ff. 1-16) with a copy of Capt. [Robert] Pennecuik's Journal from Madeira to New Caledonia [i.e. the Scottish settlement in Darien], 2 Sept.-28 Dec. 1698, practically identical with Hugh Rose's Journal published by J. H. Burton, The Darien Papers (Bannatyne Club, 1849), pp. 60...
Scope & Content:
William Blathwayt, Secretary at War: Correspondence, etc.: 1700.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1658-1700
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 40800-40802

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XXX-XXXII (ff. 170, 181, 175). Letter-books of Hugh Greg, English Resident at the Court of Denmark; 2 Feb. 1693/4-19 Feb. 169.4/5, 26 Feb. 169.4/5-18 Jan. 169.5/8, 21 Jan. 169.5/6 -2 Mar. 1696/7. Most of the letters are addressed to successive Secretaries of State in England or to William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War. Annotations, corrections, and occasional entries are made in Greg's own hand
Scope & Content:
Hugh Greg, British Minister at Copenhagen: Letter-books: 1694-1697. Frederick III of Denmark: Letter-books of H. Greg, British Resident: 1694-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1694-1697
Extent:
3 items

8. Add MS 40808-40809

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Title:
VEIRNON PAPERS. Vols. XXXVIII, XXXIX (ff. 12, 87). Log-books of Edward Vernon in the West Indies on board H.M.S. Strafford, 24 Feb.-25 Apr. 1740, and on board H.M.SS. Burford, Princess Carolina, and Boyne in Succession, 8 Dec. 1740-5 Jan. 1743.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Edward Vernon, MP: Log-books: 1715-1743.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1740-1743
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 40811-40813

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XLI-XLIII (ff. 133, 142, 186). Letter- and Order-books of Edward Vernon, Commanderin-Chief in the West Indies; 13 Mar. 1719-27 June 1720, 23 Jan.- 26 Dec. 1720, 23 Dec. 1720-1 Oct. 1721.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Edward Vernon, MP: Letter-books and orderbooks: 1719-1750. Navy; England: Letter-books and orderbooks of Adm. E. Vernon: 1719-1750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1721
Extent:
3 items

10. Add MS 40815-40817

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Add MS 40815-40817
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XLV-XLVII (ff. 224, 187, 188). Letter-books of Edward Vernon, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies (1 739-1742) ; 27 July 1739 -24 Jan. 1741, 29 Jan.- 27 Oct. 1741, 27 Oct. 1741-Jan. 1750. Letters received are occasionally entered.
Scope & Content:
West Inches: Letter-books and orderbooks of Adm. E. Vernon as Commander-in-chief: 1739-1742. Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Correspondence with Adm. E. Vernon: 1739-1742.: Copies. Admiral Edward Vernon, MP: Letter-books and orderbooks: 1719-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1750
Extent:
3 items