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1. Add MS 36119-36122

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Add MS 36119-36122
Title:
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DCCLXXI.-DCCLXXIV. Warrants to Philip Yorke, list Earl of Hardwicke, as Lord Chancellor (1737-1756), to affix the Great Seal to full-powers, ratifications of treaties, etc., copies of which are in each case attached; 1738-1756. Signed by George II., and countersigned by Secretaries of State. Four volumes. The first two deal chiefly with various conventions for the support of Maria Theresa and the treaties of peace of Berlin (1742) and Dresden (1745); the third relates...
Scope & Content:
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Warrants to, as Lord Chancellor, for sealing treaties, etc.: 1738-1756. Treaties: Copies of treaties attached to War. rants for great Seals: 1738-1756. Francis I; Emperor of Germany; Maria Theresa: Papers rel. to negotiations with England, etc: 1741-1754. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738-1756
Extent:
4 items

2. Egerton MS 3404-3412

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Egerton MS 3404-3412
Title:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. LXXXI-LXXXIX. Official and private correspondence (with numerous enclosures) of Lord Holdernesse, as Minister to the United Provinces, with Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, as Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 1749-1751. The Newcastle Papers contain, in Add. MSS. 32817-32828, the greater part of the private correspondence given in the present volumes, including the originals of Holdernesse's private letters; they omit almost entirely the official cor...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Correspondence with Lord Holdernesse: 1744-1761. Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence, etc., of English diplomatic representatives to: 1749-1761. George II of England: Diplomatic papers and corresponden...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1749-1751
Extent:
9 items

3. Egerton MS 3414-3419

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Egerton MS 3414-3419
Title:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. XCI-XCVI. Correspondence of Lord Holdernesse, as Minister to the United Provinces, with English diplomatic representatives to other countries, as follows; together with copies of their correspondence with the Dukes of Newcastle and Bedford, Secretaries of State, and related diplomatic papers; 1749-1751. Supplementary to the Newcastle Papers, Add. MSS. 32816-32828, and Hardwicke Papers, Add. MSS. 35465-35471. For later correspondence of Holdernesse with the same and other ...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence, etc., of English diplomatic representatives to: 1749-1761. George II of England: Diplomatic papers and correspondence of Lord Holdernesse: 1749-1761.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1749-1751
Extent:
6 items

4. Egerton MS 3445-3453

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Egerton MS 3445-3453
Title:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. CXXII-CXXX. Correspondence of Lord Holdernesse, as Secretary of State chiefly for the Northern Department (1754-1761), with Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Joseph Yorke (Baron Dover 1788), as Minister to the United Provinces; 1751-1761. Preceded (Vol. CXXII, ff. 1-10) by correspondence between Holdernesse and Solomon Dayrolle, Resident at the Hague; Sept.-Nov. 1751. Among the enclosures are (1) numerous extracts (1757-1760) from the intercepted correspondence of Comte Louis Auguste Aug...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence, etc., of English diplomatic representatives to: 1749-1761. George II of England: Diplomatic papers and correspondence of Lord Holdernesse: 1749-1761.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1751-1761
Extent:
9 items

5. Egerton MS 3456-3457

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Egerton MS 3456-3457
Title:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. CXXXIII, CXXXIV (ff. 322, 355). Correspondence of Lord Holdernesse with William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, as Ambassador to France, including the originals, as well as drafts and copies of Holdernesse's letters; Included are also letters to Holdernesse from other English diplomatic representatives in Paris. For earlier correspondence between Holdernesse and Albemarle, see Eg. MS. 3416.
Scope & Content:
Louis XV of France: Papers of Lord Holdernesse conc. Anglo-French relations: 1749-1761. George II of England: Diplomatic papers and correspondence of Lord Holdernesse: 1749-1761.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1751-1755]
Extent:
2 items

6. Egerton MS 3460-3461

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Egerton MS 3460-3461
Title:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. CXXXVII, CXXXVIII (ff. 360, 338). Correspondence of Lord Holdernesse, as Secretary of State for the Northern Department, with Andrew Mitchell (K.B. 1765), as Minister to Prussia. Included (Vol. CXXXVIII, ff. 74, 76, 81, 85, 91) is some correspondence, 1758, between Holdernesse and Maj.-Gen. the Hon. Joseph Yorke as Minister (see above, Eg. MS. 3445). For the original letters of Holdernesse to Mitchell during the above period, see the Mitchell Papers, Add. MS. 6832, ff. 5...
Scope & Content:
Frederick II of Prussia: Papers of Lord Holdernesse conc. Anglo-Prussian relations: 1750-1761. George II of England: Diplomatic papers and correspondence of Lord Holdernesse: 1749-1761.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1756-1761]
Extent:
2 items

7. Seal CLXXV.113-114

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Seal CLXXV.113-114
Title:
Obverse and Reverse of the Judicial Seal of George II for cos. Glam., Brecon and Radn.*
Scope & Content:
George II of England: Judicial seal for cos. Glam., Brecon and Radn.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items