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Language French Name Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I Level [36] Series

1. Add MS 37348-37352

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Add MS 37348-37352
Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. I.-V. Correspondence of Charles Whitworth, as Resident at Ratisbon during the deliberations of the Diet upon the proposal of the Emperor Leopold to declare war with France, and later; 28 Feb. (O.S.), 1702-22 Nov. (N.S.), 1704. With numerous papers, MS. and printed. War was finally declared 6 Oct. 1702, with the consent of the various states represented at the Diet, with the exception of the Elector of Bavaria, who, espousing the cause of France, seized Ulm and Memming...
Scope & Content:
Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of C.Whitworth as Resident at Ratisbon: 1702-1704.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1702-1704
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 41824-41827

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Add MS 41824-41827
Title:
MIDDLETON PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXV. Letters from Bevil Skelton, Resident at Hamburg, 15 Dec. 1682- 21 Feb./3 Mar.168.4/5, and from his successor [Sir] Peter Wyche, 22 May 1685-19 Oct. 1688, to successive Secretaries of State. The documents relate largely to the Danish threat to Hamburg and the dispute between Christian V of Denmark and Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (cf. also Add. MS. 41830, ff. 275-364 below). For other letters of Wyche, Feb. 1681-Jan. 1682, and of Skelt...
Scope & Content:
Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp: Despatches and papers rel. to his dispute with Denmark and the Treaty of Altona: 1682-1684. City of Hamburg: Correspondence, etc., of the English Residents at: 1682-1688. Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Despatches, etc., of English Residents...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1682-1688
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 41834-41841

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Add MS 41834-41841
Title:
MIDDLETON PAPERS. Vols. XXXII-XXXIX. Letters from Edmond Poley and Sir George Etherege, Residents at Ratisbon, to successive Secretaries of State, 1682-1688. Other letters of Poley, Feb. 1681- May 1683, are in Add. MSS. 37986, 37987. Of those of Etherege, a certain number (e.g. Add. MS. 41836, ff. 68-208 passim) are in the hand of his secretary, Hugh Hughes, who has also copied many of them into two letterbooks (one now Add. MS. 11513, from which they have been edited by S. Rosenfeld, The Le...
Scope & Content:
Ratisbon: Correspondence of the English Residents, E. Poley and Sir G. Etherege, with the Sec. of State: 1683-1688. Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Despatches, etc., of English Residents at Hamburg and Ratisbon to the English Sec. of State: 1682-1688. Louis XIV of France: Correspondence and pap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1682-1688
Extent:
8 items