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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40705-40707
Title:: OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. XXII. Letter-books of Sir G. Oxenden, containing copies of letters sent out by him from Surat arranged in a very rough chronological order. Vols. X, XII have indexes of recipients of letters. Many of the letters provide the other side of the correspondence found in the rest of the collection. Vol. XI is composed of two letter-books:-(a) March 1663-29 Apr. 1665. f. 1; (b) 25 Nov. 1664-6 Apr. 1665. f. 71. A note in Vol. XII, f. 2, states that it was copied by Henry Oxende...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1663-1665
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40708-40713
Title:: OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. XIII-XVIII. Letterbooks of Sir George Oxenden, containing copies of letters received by him from India (Vols. XIII-XV) and England (Vols. XVI- XVIII). The originals of some of these letters are in Add. MSS. 40696-40701. In Vol. XVI, f. 13 b, is a copy of a letter from Samuel Butler, 19 Mar. 166.2/3, giving an account of the circumstances of the composition of his Hudibras, printed and discussed by R. Quintana, loc. cit., pp. 1-11, and in Vol. XVIII, ff. 1, 28 b, 53 b, 6...
Scope & Content:: Bindings INDIAN: Red leather, some with blind stamps: late 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: [1662-1667]
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40721/1-3
Title:: 40721. Vol. II (ff. 123).
Scope & Content:: Histories of Mackenzie: by Rev. J. MacRa and others.: 19th cent.: Copies. Genealogies: Genealogical histories of the Clan Mackenzie Copies,: 19th cent. includes: ff. 2-49 b Reverend John MacRa, d 1704 of Dingwall: Genealogical-historical account of the Mackenzies.: 18th-19th centt.: Copy.f....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1849-1878]
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40777-40778
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40779-40780
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40785-40786
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40787-40790
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40796-40797
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 40800-40802
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

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