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1. Add Ch 76662

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Add Ch 76662
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WARRANT of the Privy Council, for the payment of expenses to Richard Colinge, one of the Keepers of the King's Chamber; 18 Dec. 1701. English. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, Esq., 1 March 1989. Paper. Signed by Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, Sir Henry Goodricke and Sir Charles Hedges. Seal.
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Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke; Lord High Admiral: Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet; of Ribston: Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford: Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Richard Colinge, Keeper of the King's Chamber: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1701
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 21551

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Add MS 21551
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ORIGINAL letters and drafts relating to political affairs, chiefly addressed to George Stepney, English Minister at Vienna and other Courts; 1690-1706: 1. [Daniel Finch], Earl of Nottingham, Secretary of State, to [the Hon. John] Johnston, Envoy at Berlin; 12 Aug. 1690, f. 1. 2. H[ugh] Greg, Minister at Copenhagen, to [William] Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War; 1 Apr. 1693, f. 3. 3. Sir Paul Rycaut, Resident at Hamburg; 17/27 May, 1693, f. 5. 4. William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War; 1697, f....
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George Stepney, diplomatist: Correspondence: 1690 - 1706. includes: f. 1 Hon John Johnston, Envoy at Berlin: Letter to, from Lord Nottingham: 1690. f. 1 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham; afterwards 6th Earl of Winchilsea, Secretary of State: Letter to Hon. J. Johnston: 1690. f. 3 Hugh Greg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1706
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 25098

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Add MS 25098
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ORIGINAL letters and papers relating to Admiralty affairs: consisting chiefly of warrants and other documents concerning prizes and letters of marque, with correspondece of the Admiralty on legal questions with Sir Charles Hedges Judge of the High Court of Admiralty [afterwards Secretary of State]; 1691-1698. With a table of contents. Paper; xviith cent. The book-plate of Townsend Andrews, LL.B. [Vicar of Ashwell, co. Herts?], is inserted; and the volume subsequently belonged to the Advocate...
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James Kendan, Admiralty Commissioner: Signature: 1691-1698. Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Correspondence with the Admiralty Office: 1691-1698. Admiralty; Commissioners of the: Letters and papers relating to: 1691-1698. includes: ff. 1-94 James Sotherne, Secretary to the Admiralty: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1691-1698
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 37407

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Add MS 37407
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ORIGINAL LETTERS relating to political affairs from British Envoys and others abroad, addressed, with three exceptions, to George Stepney, as secretary to the Hon. John Johnston, Envoy at Berlin, and as Envoy to various European Courts; 1691-1706. They belong to the collection of Stepney Papers in Add. MSS. 7058- 7079, which were presented to the Museum in 1829 by W. R. Stokes (see letter from F[rances] Stackhouse Acton to the Rev. John Yardley, 12 Feb. 1877, f. 1). For a volume of similar c...
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Edmund Poley, Envoy at Berlin: Letter to G. Stepney: 1704. includes: f. 1 Frances Stackhouse-Acten: Letter to Rev. J. Yardley: 1877.ff. 1, 12 Hon John Johnston, Envoy at Berlin: Letters to, from Sir P. Rycant: 1690, 1694.f. 6 Hon John Johnston, Envoy at Berlin: Letter to, from R. Moleswo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1690-1706
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 40060

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Add MS 40060
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POEMS and other pieces, chiefly satirical. Most are dated, the extreme dates, some but not all of which-seem to be those rather of copying than of composition, being 1687 and Feb. 1711 [17121. There are many references to the Kit-Cat Club and its members, but the tone of most of the poems is Tory rather than Whig; only towards the end of the volume does a definite bias on the opposite side appear. All seem to be in the same hand. The majority are published or occur in other MS. collections, ...
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Political and Satirical Poems: State poems and others, chiefly satirical: 1687-1712. Epigrams: Miscellaneous epigrams: 1697-1712. includes: f. 1 Colonel Henry Heveningham: Letter in verse to from 1- B: 1697.: Copy.ff. 1-2 b I- B-: Letter, in verse, to Col. H. Heveningham: 1697.: Copy.ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1698-1740
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 41178 A-R

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Add MS 41178 A-R
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41178. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.
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includes: f. 1 Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey: Letter, as Sec. to the War Cabinet, to Lord Rothschild: 1917.ff. 1-3 George V of England: "The Balfour Declaration " on establishment of Jewish national home in Palestine: 1917.: Typewritten.ff. 1-4 Palestine: The " Balfour Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1489-1929]
Extent:
17 items

7. Add MS 71171

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Add MS 71171
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STEPNEY LETTERS: letters, etc., mostly addressed to George Stepney (b.1663, d.1707), envoy to various German courts; 1691-1706. Partly French and Latin. Chiefly from diplomatic representatives and other officials, whose letters also appear in Stepney's main archive cited below, but including (f. 4) one letter of domestic news from Andrew Newport, M.P., to his nephew, Richard Newport, 1693, a stray from the sequence of letters in Add. 7080. Supplementing Add. 7058-7080, 21551 and 37155-37156....
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includes: f. 1 John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Letter to G. Stepney from John Robinson: 1691.ff. 1-36v George Stepney, diplomatist: Letters to George Stepney: 1691-1706.f. 3 Sir Paul Rycaut, diplomatist: Letter to G. Stepney from Sir Paul Rycaut: 1692.f. 4 Andrew Newport,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1691-1706
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 891

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Egerton MS 891
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OFFICIAL COPIES of thirty-two Letters from [Henri de Massué de Ruvigny,] Lord Galway, commander of the forces in Spain, to Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord Treasurer; Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State; Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State; John, Lord Somers; Henry St. John, afterwards Viscount Bolingbroke, Secretary at War; James Brydges, afterwards Duke of Chandos, Paymaster. of the Forces; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough; Prince Eugene of Savoy; Sir Paul Methuen ...
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Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland; Secretary of State: Letters to him, from Lord Galway, in Spain: 1706, 1707. John Somers, Baron Somers 1697: Letters to him from Lord Galway: 1706, 1707. Henry Saint John, Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to, from Lord Galway: 1706, 1707. Morice: Letters to hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1706-Jan 1707
Extent:
1 item