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1. Add MS 8759

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REPORTS ON THE FINANCES OF FRANCE, with a list of its Naval Forces; 1741-1742, 1744, 1749. French. Copy. Detailed accounts of royal revenues and expenses in France for the years 1741-1743 at the time of the contrôleur général de Finances Philibert Orry (1730-1745). Preceded by a list of French Naval Forces in 1723-1749 under the minister of Marine Jean Frédéric Phelippeaux, Comte de Maurepas. Stamp of the Colonna library 'Libraria Colonna' in red on ff. ii, 2, 162, iv verso; for the Colonna ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: late 18th cent. Revenue: Accounts: Louis XV of France: Financial reports of France: 1741-1742, 1744: Fr: Copies. includes: ff. 1-4v General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Louis XV of Fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1749
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 21384

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PAPERS in French in the handwriting of Gabriel Bory, "Chef d'Escadre" in the navy of France, Governor of the Leeward Islands and of St. Domingo, viz.: 1. Journal of explorations by M. de Kerasoret, May-July, 1753, with descriptions of many of the smaller islands of the Bahama group, f. 1. 2. Papers relating to the ships "Heroine" and "Hébé," with plans 1755, 1756, f. 28. 3. List of the fleet on the north-west coast of France; 1756, f. 39. 4. Signals for frigates on the same coast, f. 4...
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General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Papers relating to, by G. Bory: 1753-1777.: Fr. Gabriel Bory, Governor of the Leeward Isles and of S Domingo: Journal and papers: 1753-1777. includes: ff. 1-27 de Kerasoret: Journal of his explorations in the Bahamas: 1753.: Fr. ff. 1-27 Ba...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1753-1775
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 21385

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PIÈCES relatives à la marine Française, 1712-1776, viz.: 1. Letter from [Michel] Le Peletier [de Sousi, Director General of Fortifications] to M. Le Blanc; concerning the recapture of the fort of Knock [on the Yser in West Flanders]; Paris, 24 Oct. 1712, with memoirs on the same subject, f. 1. 2. Letter from [Louis Hector] Maréchal, Duc de Villars; dat. Villars, 10 Oct. 1716, f. 8. 3. "Memoire touchant les Postes des Rades du Port Louis et de Penmanec" [in Brittany], with coloured plans ...
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General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Pièces relatives à la Marine Française: 1712-1766. includes: f. 1 Michel Le Pelletier de Sousi, Director-General of Fortifications: Letter to M. le Blanc: 1712.: Fr. ff. 1-7 Kock Fort; on the Yser in W. Flanders: Papers relating to: 1712.: F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 21386

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ORIGINAL letters in French, chiefly relating to French naval affairs; 1664-1756, viz.: 1. [Jean François Tremolet, Baron, afterwards Marquis de] Montpezat, concerning the ravages of the plague in Holland; Dunkirk, 23 July, 1664, f. 1. 2. [Jean Baptiste] Colbert [Marquis de Seignelay] to M. Colbert de Terron; St. Germain en laye, 28 April, 1670, f. 3. 3. François Evêque de Heliopolis, respecting an interview with M. de Croissy; Paris, 28 Oct. 1680, f. 4. 4. [Michel le Tellier, Marquis] ...
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General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Letters relating to naval affairs: 1664-1756. includes: f. 1 Jean François Tremolet, Baron; afterwards Marquis de Montpezat: Letter on the plague in Holland: 1664.: Fr. f. 3 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1st Marquis de Seignelay; French minister of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1664-1756
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 33589

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LETTERS and papers, public and private, collected by John Smyth, of Nibley, and his family, chiefly relating to co. Gloucester; 1632-xviiith cent. The latter portion (ff. 121-304) consists of correspondence of [James Butler, lst] Duke of Ormonde, principally with, or relating to the affairs of, William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, who married Lady Elizabeth Butler, his granddaughter; 1673-1688. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 350. Folio.
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William Dick, Merchant of Edinburgh: Loan to Sir W. Hamilton: 1632. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamilton, of Elieston: Loan to, from W. Dick: 1632. ff. 3-6 Charles I of England: Sir W. Dick's accompt with the Parliament for the supply of ships, etc.: 1646. ff. 3-6 Captain Louis Dick: Account wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1632-18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 39923

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MISCELLANEOUS letters and papers principally relating to Jacobites ; 1668-1790. Prefixed is a copy of a warrant of Queen Mary for restoration of rents, etc. to Thomas [Howard,] Duke of Norfolk, 3 Dec. 1553, " ex autographo penes P[etrum] l[e Neve] Norroy." A few are connected with the rebellion in 1745 and a large number with the trials of the rebels in 1746. The chief contents are :- 1. Letter from Alexander [Burnet], Archbishop of Glasgow, to Lord - 22 Feb. 1668. f. 2. 2. Letter from [Ja...
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Jacobites: Letters and papers rel. to: 1688-1788. includes: f. 1 Mary I of England: Warrant by, for restoration of rents to the Duke of Norfolk,: 1553.: Copy, 18th cent.f. 2 Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of Glasgow and (1679) of St. Andrews: Letter to Lord -: 1668.f. 3 James Fitzjames, Du...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1668-1790
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 40692

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MISCELLANEOUS tracts, late 17th cent., viz:- A. Draft, in a late 17th cent. hand, of a moral treatise in the form of Maxims and Reflections; written in the first person and addressed, apparently, to a nobleman. Imperf. Beg. "Many have been the Advises given & many y^e Books written to assist Man in the prosecuting the great design of becoming great & Perfect." f. 1. B. "The Character of Humane Frailty": apparently a draft (with corrections in different late 17th cent. hands) of Par...
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includes: f. 1 Morals: Treatise in the form of Maxims and Reflections.: late 17th cent.: Draft.f. 5 Morals: "The Character of Humane Frailty.": late 17th cent.: Draft.f. 30 Jean Bertet, SJ, of Tarascon: Satire, " Le testament du Baron de Lisola," by, [circ. 1675].: late 17th cent.: Copy.f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 43772

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MISCELLANEOUS STATE PAPERS AND LETTERS, arranged chronologically as follows:- (1) Letter from Sir John Norris, commanding the English forces in Brittany, to Sir Anthony Shirley, giving an account of an engagement with troops led by the Governor of Laval (similarly described in Cotton MS. Caligula E. ix, ff. 17b-18); Entrames, 27 April 1593. Contemporary copy. ff. 1-1b. (2) 'Of Robert Devoreux (sic) Earle of Essex and George Villiers Duke of Buckingham': a 17th-cent. copy of Sir Henry Wot...
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includes: f. 1 Sir John Norris, Commander of English forces ill Brittany: Letter to Sir A. Shirley: 1593.: Copy.ff. 3-23 Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador to Venice, and (1623) Provost of Eton: Parallel between the Earl of Essex and the Duke of Buckingham: 17th cent.: Copy.f. 24 Admiral Sir Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 45128

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NOTEBOOK of Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis Eugène Maissin, naval historian, containing:-(1) 'Mémoire du Comte de Grasse Sur le Combat naval du 12 avril 1782', a copy of the printed work so entitled, by Comte François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Marquis de Tilly. French. ff. 1-16;- (2) 'Notes sur l'ouvrage d'Ekins, Montebello, 1837', being extracts from, and summaries of, Adm. Sir Charles Ekins, The Naval Battles of Great Britain. . ., 2nd ed., 1828. English and French. ff. 17-94;-(3) Anonymous acc...
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Capitaine de Vaisseau Louis Eugène Maissin, naval historian: Notebook: 1837, n.d. includes: f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Thorp (John Thomas), of Leicester: 20th cent.f. ii John Thomas Thorp, FRHistS; of Leicester: Bookplate: 20th cent.ff. 94b-100 General Chronicles and History, etc....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1805-1837
Extent:
1 item