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1. Add MS 37348-37352

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Add MS 37348-37352
Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. I.-V. Correspondence of Charles Whitworth, as Resident at Ratisbon during the deliberations of the Diet upon the proposal of the Emperor Leopold to declare war with France, and later; 28 Feb. (O.S.), 1702-22 Nov. (N.S.), 1704. With numerous papers, MS. and printed. War was finally declared 6 Oct. 1702, with the consent of the various states represented at the Diet, with the exception of the Elector of Bavaria, who, espousing the cause of France, seized Ulm and Memming...
Scope & Content:
Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of C.Whitworth as Resident at Ratisbon: 1702-1704.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1702-1704
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 37354-37360

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Add MS 37354-37360
Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols.VII.-XIII. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary to Russia, with successive Secretaries of State, viz. Robert Harley [Earl of Oxford 1711], [Charles Spencer] Earl of Sunderland, Henry Boyle [Baron Carlton 1714], [James Douglas] Duke of Queensberry, and Henry St. John [Viscount Bolingbroke 1712], and with the Duke of Marlborough at the seat of war and other prominent persons in England and at foreign courts; 1704-1712. Besides the higher affairs of stat...
Scope & Content:
Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Correspondence, etc., of C. Whitworth, British Envoy, and his secretary L. C. Weisbrod: 1704-1712.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1704-1712
Extent:
7 items

3. Add MS 37364-37372

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Add MS 37364-37372
Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XVII.-XXV. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary, etc., at the Hague during the absence of Gen. William Cadogan, Ambassador Extraordinary; 11 Mar. 1716/7-10 May (N.S.), 1719. He was sent to the Hague (without being recalled from Berlin) owing to the discovery of Swedish designs in aid of the Pretender's invasion of Scotland. During his stay Lord Cadogan twice returned to his post (in Sept. 1717, and in May, 1718-Jan. 1719), and the two then acted join...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence and papers of C. Whitworth, Envoy at the Hague: 1717-1719.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1717-1719
Extent:
9 items