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841. Stowe MS 249

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Stowe MS 249
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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[18th century]
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1 item

842. Stowe MS 250

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Stowe MS 250
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

843. Stowe MS 251

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Stowe MS 251
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

844. Stowe MS 252

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Stowe MS 252
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COPIES Of official correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the commercial relations of Great Britain and Russia; 1732-1765. 1. Letters of [William Stanhope, Baron] Harrington, Secretary of State, with the Commissioners for Trade, reporting the progress of the negotiations of [George Forb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

845. Stowe MS 253

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Stowe MS 253
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Copies of historical letters relating to the Court of Russia, 1740-1766, viz. :- 1. Correspondence of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, English Ambassador to Russia, with [Robert Darcy], Earl of Holdernesse, Secretary of State, on the negotiations for a proposed convention between England and Russi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

846. Stowe MS 254

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Stowe MS 254
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COPIES of State Papers, 1744-1772, viz. 1. " Minute of a Cabinet Paper by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke in Dec. 1744, on the then posture of public affairs." In the hand of T. Astle. f. 1. 2. " Extract of Secretary Murray's [John Murray of Broughton, Secretary to the Pretender] examination befor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

847. Stowe MS 255

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Stowe MS 255
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" PROCEEDINGS against the Rebels after the Rebellion in 1745," consisting of a complete account of the legal proceedings against the prisoners at York and Carlisle, in Aug. and Sept. 1746, the witnesses' depositions, etc. At the end (f. 91) is added a copy of Queen Anne's Commission for regulati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746
Extent:
1 item

848. Stowe MS 256

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Stowe MS 256
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PHELPS PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 320). 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. 1. Original Letters to R. Phelps from (a) W[illiam] B[agot, afterw. 1st Baron Bagot]; Blithfield, [co. Staff.], 5 Nov. 1755. f. 280;- (b) Sn[eyd] Davies, [Prebendary of Lichfield, afterw. Archdeacon of Derby] ; Eccleshall, Staf...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-26 Sep 1757
Extent:
1 item

849. Stowe MS 256-261

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Stowe MS 256-261
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CORRESPONDENCE and papers, political and private, of Major Richard Phelps, Secretary to the Embassy at Turin, and Under- Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 17 Febr. 1744/5- 16 Febr. 1768. Prefixed are originals and copies of state despatches supplied for his use on entering office, 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. Phelps's official letters are rough drafts made for the Secretary of State, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who has in many instances added to, or even rewritten, the ...
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Richard Phelps, Under-Secretary for Northern Department: Political correspondence and papers: 1725-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-16 Feb 1768
Extent:
6 items

850. Stowe MS 257

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Stowe MS 257
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PIIELPS PAPENS. Vol. 11. (ff. 219). 28 Dec. 1758-C-] Dec. 1763. 1. Original letters to R. Phelps front (a) R[ichard] Bagot, [4th son of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Bart., Secretary to the embassy at Venice] ; Venice, 7 Dec. 1762. f. 84; - (b) W[illiam] Bagot, [afterw. lst Baron baagot] , Siena, 12, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
28 Dec 1758-Dec 1763
Extent:
1 item