LETTER-BOOKS of Hon. Alexander Stanhope, Envoy to the States-General, April, 1700-Jan. 1704 [5]; consisting of transcripts of his despatches to James Vernon, William Blathwayt, Sir Charles Hedges, Charles, Earl of Manchester, Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, and Robert Harley, successive Secretaries of State, James Cressett, Minister at Hamburg, Hugh Greg, Minister at Copenhagen, Sir George Rooke, the Duke of Marlborough, and others. Three Volumes. Paper. Folio. Vol. I. (ff. 171). 12/23 Apr. 1700...
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Hon Alexander Stanhope: Letter-books, when Envoy to the States-General: 1700-1705. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter-books of Hon. A. Stanhope, Envoy to the Hague: 1700-1705.
Vol. II. (ff. 270). 10 Mar. 1703-2 Oct. 1703. Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Letters to, from Hon. A. Stanhope: 1700-1704. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letters to, from Hon. A. Stanhope: 1702-1704. includes: ff. 1-15 James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Letters t...
Vol. III. (ff. 270). 19 Sep./2 Oct. 1703 - 25 Dec./6 jan 1704/5 includes: ff. 1-141 passim 172, 211-257 passim Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State: Letters to, from Hon. A. Stanhope: 1700-1704. ff. 21 b-83 passim Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham Secretary of State: Letters to, as Secretary ...
CRAGGS PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 287). 1695-1718. 1. G[eorge] Vane, on the progress of the expedition against French Canada; " Off Cape Britton," 8 Aug. 1711. f. 4; " Annopolis Royale," 6 Dec. 1711. f 18. 2. R[obert] Walpole, [Earl of Orford, 1742], Treasurer, etc., of the Navy, enclosing copy of...
COLLECTION of letters, principally on state affairs, addressed with few exceptions to James Craggs, Jun., Secretary at War [13 Apr. 1717], and Secretary of State [16 Mar. 1718]; 1711- 1720. With a few papers of an earlier date. Two volumes. Paper. Folio. The most important series consists of letters of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France in Jan. 17l5 and Ambassador in Feb. 1719. They are his private letters, as distinct from his formal despatches, ...
CRAGGS PAPERS. Vol. 11. (ff. 211). 1719-1720. 1. [James Brydges, 3rd Earl of] Carnarvon, asking that " Mr. Evans, a merchant of note," proposed as Deputy Governor of the Turkey Company, may be allowed to live outside the City of London, though contrary to the Charter; 5 Feb. 1718/9. f 7. 2. ...
TRANSCRIPTS of historical papers, viz. 1. " Mr. Harley's Plan for conducting the Business of the Public as proposed to the Queen in a Conference with Her Majesty, October 30th, 1710 " : an outline of foreign and domestic policy on taking office. f. 1. 2. An Account of what passed at a Confer...
ACCOUNT of what passed in a Conference in 1719, concerning a scheme for separating the descent of the German possessions of George I. from that of the Crown of England. A note by Tho. Astle states that it is copied from the original in the hand of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, which was in his l...
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of intercepted Jacobite correspondence, to which are added copies of letters addressed to the Secretary of State by the English Ambassadors in France, Italy, etc., on the plots of the Jacobites; April - August, 1722. The earlier letters contain much information concerning th...
TRANSCRIPTS of State Letters, 1723-1748, as follows:- 1. Correspondence of [Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount] Townshend, Secretary of State in attendance on George I. diiring his visit to Hanover in 1723, with Sir R. Walpole, Lord Bolingbroke, the Duke of Newcastle, and others, on public afrair...