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11. Add MS 50851

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Add MS 50851
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE OF WILLIAM WINDHAM, Secretary at War, with French emigrés and others, mostly relating to the Quiberon expedition; 1794-1795. Mostly French. Supplements Add. MSS. 37842-37935, edited as The Windham Papers, 2 vols., 1913, from which they appear to have become separated, remaining at the family home, which eventually passed into the hands of the donor's family. See his Felbrigg, 1962. Presented by Robert Windham Ketton-Cremer, Esq., F.S.A. Paper; ff. 235. Folio.
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France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Correspondence of W. Windham, Sec. at War, with French emigrés: 1794-1795: Fr. William Windham, Secretary for War and the Colonies: Correspondence with French emigrés, etc.,: 1794-1795: Mostly Fr. Emigrés: Correspond...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1794-1795
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 64951

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Add MS 64951
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JAMES PAPERS: papers of Major Charles James (b.1758, d.1821) author, military entrepreneur and spy; 1795, 1816-1818. Partly French. These papers do not appear to have been among the James Papers sold at Sotheby's, 18 Dec. 1986, lot 287. Purchased (ff. 1-54) from Stride & Son, Chichester, 4 Feb. 1988, lot 123 and (ff. 55-100v) from D. P. White of Rusper, Horsham, Cat. 1988, no. 167, 28 April 1988. Paper; ff. 100. British Library arrangement. 1. ff. 1-54. Miscellaneous papers as milita...
Scope & Content:
Major Charles James, military entrepreneur and spy: Papers and letters of Maj. Charles James: 1795-1818: Partly Fr: Partly printed. includes: ff. 1-54 France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Papers rel. to the Quibéron Bay Expedition, etc.,: 1795: Partly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1795-1818
Extent:
1 item