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1. Add MS 45518-45523

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Add MS 45518-45523
Title:
WILLES PAPERS 45518-45523. CORRESPONDENCE and papers of members of the Willes family, who were employed as official Decipherers from 1716 until 1844 (see K. Ellis, The Post 0ffice in the Eighteenth Century, 1958), together with some papers of colleagues; 1706-1844, n.d. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 24321 and 32253-32309 (presented by William Alexander Mackinnon, F.R.S., sonin-law of Francis Willes of Row Green). Six volumes. Various sizes.
Scope & Content:
Willes family: Correspondence and papers: 1706-1844, n.d.: Partly cipher. Cyphers: Correspondence and papers of the Willes family, as Official Decipherers: 1706-1844, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1706-1844
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 45518-45520

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Add MS 45518-45520
Title:
WILLES PAPERS. VOIS. I-III (ff. 56, 111, 82). Miscellaneous papers, mostly relating to ciphersIncluded is correspondence of:- (1) Edward Willes, Bishop of St David's and (1743) of Bath and Wells, 1720 (Vol. I, ff. 15-16b);-(2) Francis Willes (knt. 1784), both as Under- Secretary of State 1772-1775, and as Decipherer (Vol. II, passim);- (3) Francis Willes, junior, 1825-1844 (Vol. III, ff. 30-54b). In Vol. III (ff. 1-10b) are numbered intelligence reports, in cipher with some deciphering, f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1720-1844
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 45522 A-B

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Add MS 45522 A-B
Title:
WILLES PAPERS. Vol. V A, B. Exercise books apparently of Francis Willes (knt. 1784), containing copies of business letters in French, written as from himself, sometimes in conjunction with a partner T. Sharpe; 25 Oct. 1750-18 Mar. 1750/1, 25 Mar. 1750/1-6 May 1751. At the beginning and end of each volume are additions, mostly in another hand, consisting of exercises, notes, etc., circ. 1751-1754.
Scope & Content:
Sir Francis Willes, Under-Secretary of State: Letterbooks: 1750-1751.: Engl. and Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1746-1756
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 45519

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Add MS 45519
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II, 1770- 1807 Sir Francis Willes, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers: 1770-1807. includes: f.1 Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool: Letter to Sir F. Willes: 1770.ff. 5-62 passim William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: Correspondence with Sir F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1770-1807
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 45518

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Add MS 45518
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I, 1706-bef. 1766 includes: f. 2 Claudius Guide, of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Letter to A. Corbière: 1706.ff. 2, 36 Anthony Corbière, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence rel. to ciphers: 1706, 1726.ff. 4-7b John Keill, mathematician and astronomer: Letter to -, etc., r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1706-before 1766
Extent:
1 item