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1. Stowe MS 459

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Stowe MS 459
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIII. (fr. 76). Diary of John Richards; 30 Jan. 1696/7 - 29 May, 1699. He started from Dublin to London, and thence through Holland and Germany to Venice, which he reached on 2 April. He served the campaign with his brother Jacob in the Morea; and at its conclusion the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1697-29 May 1699
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 462

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Stowe MS 462
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XVI. (ff. 97). Diary by John Richards on a journey from Napoli di Romania [Nauplia] to Constantinople and thence to Vienna, on his discharge from the Venetian service; 15 July, 1699-21 Sept. 1700. Among the places he describes are Napoli di Malvasia, Canea, Candia, Rho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1699-21 Sep 1700
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 466

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Stowe MS 466
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XX. (ff. 34). Letter-book of John Richards, when in the Polish service, into which he had, in 1701, followed his brother Jacob (whose death on 4 May, 1701, he mentions at f . 6 b );23 Mar.1703-23 Mar.1704. The letters are written from London and Lisbon, and give intere...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1703-23 Mar 1704
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 467

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Stowe MS 467
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXI. (ff. 101). " Diary of the Campaigne. in Portugal," by John Richards, giving a full account of the movements of both armies; 23 May-29 Dec. 1704. Followed (f. 16 b) by a similar " Diary of the Campaigne in Portugal, anno 1705," continued on his departure with the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1704-29 Dec 1704
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 468

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Stowe MS 468
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXII. (ff. 129). Letter-book of John Richards at Lisbon, Monsanto, Peñamacor, Pinhel, Almeida, Estremóz, and Albuquerque on the Portuguese frontier, and later at Barcelona; 16 Apr. 1704-3 Nov. 1705. The most detailed and interesting letters relate to the capture of Mon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1704-3 Nov 1705
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 471

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Stowe MS 471
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXV. (ff. 67). Miscellaneous papers, principally in the hand of John Richards. 1. " A memoriall of the Expedition to Barcelona"; 1705. f. 1. Followed (f. 20) by minutes of the Council of War at Barcelona, 26 Aug. 1705, O.S., and various papers presented by Col. J. Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1705-1707
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 474

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Stowe MS 474
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXVIII. (ff. 140.) Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante; 7 Apr.-24 Oct. 1707. At the reverse end are a few letters of 30 Mar.-9 Apr. 1707. The letters relate to the preparations for the defence of Alicante and Denia, and the siege of the latter; the ra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1707-24 Oct 1707
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 475

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Stowe MS 475
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. 134). Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante, continued; 31 Oct. 1707- 26 Feb. 1709. The letters relate to the affairs of his Spanish regiment; the victualling, etc., of Alicante and Denia, and their siege by the Spaniards; the surrender of Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
31 Oct 1707-26 Feb 1709
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 481

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Stowe MS 481
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COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712. 1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz. (a) Arguments in favour of taking the oaths to William and Mary; circ. 1689. f. 1 ;-(b) Diary of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1692, with a short account of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1689-1712
Extent:
1 item