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251. Stowe MS 246

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Stowe MS 246
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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 Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695-1718
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1 item

252. Stowe MS 246-247

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Stowe MS 246-247
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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, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1720
Extent:
2 items

253. Stowe MS 247

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Stowe MS 247
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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. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1719-1720
Extent:
1 item

254. Stowe MS 248

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Stowe MS 248
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

255. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[18th century]
Extent:
1 item

256. 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

257. 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

258. 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

259. 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

260. 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