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1. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 33596

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Title:
Official papers of King Charles I, 1633-1646; captured royalist correspondence of George Digby, Baron Digby, 1645; royalist cipher keys; articles of surrender of Scottish royalists to General George Monck, 1654-1655
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection, including warrants and awards made by King Charles I both before and during the Civil War; captured royalist correspondence; seven royalist cipher keys; and articles of surrender to George Monck during his pacification of the Highlands. The tranche of seven ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
13 May 1633-18 May 1655
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 72438

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Title:
Cipher-keys and intercepted royalist correspondence from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, government official, 1625-1647
Scope & Content:
Trumbull Papers. Vol. 197. Cipher-keys, c. 1625-1645, and intercepted royalist correspondence, 1645-47, from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin. Weckherlin, a German immigrant, began his career as a government official, as a diplomatic secretary and cryptographer to various secretaries of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1647
Extent:
1 folder