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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 83
Title:
Scope & Content:: "A SHORT VIEW of the State of Ireland from the yeare 1640 to ye yeare 1652": a transcript of a work published in 1719-20 under the title of The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland, . . . by . . . Edward, Earl of Clarendon. On f. 114b is copied part of a letter (cf. Stowe 82, f. 16...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 85
Title:
Scope & Content:: Copy of the diplomatic correspondence, with instructions, of Godefroy, Comte d'Estrades, including his missions to England in 1637 and to Holland in 1638-1650, etc.; 1637-1657. With a letter from the Comte to Louis XIV., dated 17 June, 1672. French. The contents agree closely with Egerton 2071, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1637-1672
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 86
Title:
Scope & Content:: "ETAT ACTUEL des affaires généralles concernant les Finances du Royaume de France": a tabular statement of the finances of France, drawn up in or about 1762, and including statements (1) of the ordinary revenue, (2) of the ordinary expenditure, (3) of the extraordinary sums raised in 1755-1762 f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1762
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 87
Title:
Scope & Content:: "DÉTAIL GÉNÉRAL et spécifique sur toutes les parties des Finances du Royaume de France; seconde partie, 1766": an enumeration and discussion of the taxes and imposts existing in France at this period, ending with an attack on the heaviness of the burdens and the maladministration of the finances...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1766
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 88
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I. ff. 22. Louis XV of France: Account of the affairs of France from the disgrace of the Duc de Choiseul to the year 1776, perhaps by Lord Holdernesse: 1777. Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State, etc: Account of the affairs of France, ascribed to: 1771-1776. Bindings EN...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1777
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 88-89
Title:: "SOME ACCOUNT of the affairs of France since the disgrace of the Duc de Choiscul [1771] to the year 1776": a minute narrative of the Court intrigues of the period, with characters of the principal persons concerned, viz. Madame du Barry, the Due de Choiseul, the Due d'Aiguillon, Maupeou the Chancellor, Abbé Terray, the Due d'Orléans, the Due de Richelieu, and several others. Two volumes. The narrative proceeds continuously to the end of 1773 : after that there is, at some interval, an accoun...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1777
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 89
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II. ff. 55. Louis XV of France: Account of the affairs of France from the disgrace of the Duc de Choiseul to the year 1776, perhaps by Lord Holdernesse: 1777. Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State, etc: Account of the affairs of France, ascribed to: 1771-1776. Bindings E...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1777
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 90
Title:
Scope & Content:: PAPERS relating to the French army in 1790-92, consisting of several statements and estimates for establishment and maintenance of the various branches. They chiefly form portions of several plans formed by, or submitted to, the "Comte de Latour du Pin" [Jean Frédéric de la Tour du Pin, Comte du...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1790-1792
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 91
Title:
Scope & Content:: "RELATION circonstanciée d'un voyage fait en Ecosse par la compagnie des cadets gentilshoimmes de la marine de France," who sailed from Dunkirk 11 June, 1746, in the brigantine "Bien Trouvé," commanded by Captain Anguier, in quest of the Pretender, Charles Edward. Written by P. J. C. Dupont, one...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: before 1750
Extent:: 1 item

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