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1. Add MS 40771-40776

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VERNON PAPERS. Vols. I-VI. Correspondence of James Vernon (d. 1727), Secretary of State (1697-1702), and previously Private Secretary to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1688 and 1694), and Secretary to the Lords Justices (1694-1697). His letters to the Duke of Shrewsbury were published by G. P. R. James, Letters illustrative of the Reign of William III, 3 vols., 1841. Among his other correspondents the chief are:-the King, William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War, Matthew Prior, Secretary of ...
Scope & Content:
Vernon family: Papers and deeds of: 1688-1754. Secretaries of State: Correspondence of J. Vernon as Sec. of State: 1697-1702.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1688-1754
Extent:
6 items

2. Add MS 40798

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VERNON PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 177). "Originall Treaties and Ratifications lying in Mr. Secretary Vernon's Office," chiefly with the Dutch, German and Scandinavian Powers, 1689- 1698, followed (f. 62) by other treaties, etc., taken from copies and ranging in date from the English treaty with Po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1689-1700
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 40805

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VERNON PAPERS. Vol. XXXV (ff. 109). Log-book, kept by Verris Le Compte (see f. 100 b), of two French ships from the Rade de Ranee [St. Malo] to the West Indies, 1707-1710; used, after capture, by Capt. Edward Vernon for memoranda, 1710-1729. The contents are:-(1) Log of a voyage of the St. Espri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1707-1729
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 40827

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VERNON PAPERS. Vol. LVII (ff. 83). Letter-book, etc., of Edward Vernon, containing chiefly his correspondence with the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State, and (reversed) various reports and proposals relating to the West Indies; 8 July 1739- 5 Aug. 1742. Scotland General: Papers rel. to: c. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
8 Jul 1739-5 Aug 1742
Extent:
1 item