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11. Stowe MS 132-137

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Stowe MS 132-137
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TRANSCRIPTS Of despatches, instructions to ambassadors, negotiations, treaties, etc., chiefly relating to the general history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Six volumes. Vol. II. has on f. 2 an engraved portrait, " W. Delff sculpsit," of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at Venice and the Hague, etc. (ob. 1632), and on f. 1 the book-plate of Richard, lst Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. All the volumes bear the book-plate, dated 1701, of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex. Paper; xviith ...
Scope & Content:
Treaties: Negotiations, treaties, etc., relating to European history: 14th-17th centt. Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers on the general history of Europe: 16th. -17th centt. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates. Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
6 items

12. Stowe MS 98

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Stowe MS 98
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"ABDICATION du Roi Victor Amadée de Sardaigne": a contemporary account of the abdication of Victor Amadeus in 1730, and of his attempt to recover the throne in 1731; [by the Marquis de Trivié, previously envoy of King Victor at the English court]. At the end is a copy of the Act of Abdication. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

13. Stowe MS 100

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Stowe MS 100
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TABLES Of the strength and expense of the Sardinian army, circ. 1751. Three tables, in French. Small Quarto. Charles Emmanuel III; King of Sardinia: Statistics of the Sardinian army: circ. 1751.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1751
Extent:
1 item

14. Stowe MS 256-261

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Stowe MS 256-261
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers, political and private, of Major Richard Phelps, Secretary to the Embassy at Turin, and Under- Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 17 Febr. 1744/5- 16 Febr. 1768. Prefixed are originals and copies of state despatches supplied for his use on entering office, 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. Phelps's official letters are rough drafts made for the Secretary of State, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who has in many instances added to, or even rewritten, the ...
Scope & Content:
Richard Phelps, Under-Secretary for Northern Department: Political correspondence and papers: 1725-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-16 Feb 1768
Extent:
6 items

15. Stowe MS 166-177

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Stowe MS 166-177
Title:
COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

16. Stowe MS 94

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Stowe MS 94
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"COMMENTAIRE ou diurnal de l'expedition de Thunes faicte par le tresauguste et tresvictorieux Empereur Charles cinqiesme": a narrative by an eye-witness of the expedition made by Charles V. in 1535 against Khair al addin Barbarossa, Dey of Algiers, to punish and suppress piracy, in which Tunis w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 129

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Stowe MS 129
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PROCEEDINGS of General Assemblies and Synods of the Church of Scotland, 1560-1643 ; extracted from the printed works of Calderwood, Spotiswood, and Burnet. With a table of contents. Paper; ff. 124. xviiith cent. Folio. Kingdom of Scotland: Proceedings of General Assemblies and Synods of the Chu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 91

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Stowe MS 91
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"RELATION circonstanciée d'un voyage fait en Ecosse par la compagnie des cadets gentilshoimmes de la marine de France," who sailed from Dunkirk 11 June, 1746, in the brigantine "Bien Trouvé," commanded by Captain Anguier, in quest of the Pretender, Charles Edward. Written by P. J. C. Dupont, one...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
before 1750
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 92

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Stowe MS 92
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Vol. I. ff. 353. Lille, France: Inventory of charters in the Chambre des Comptes at: 1782-85.: Fr. Denis Godefroy, Historiographer of France: Inventory of charters of the Counts of Flanders compiled by: 1782-85.: Fr. Flanders: Inventory of charters in the archives of the Counts of: 1782-85.: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 93

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Stowe MS 93
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Vol. II. ff. 318. Lille, France: Inventory of charters in the Chambre des Comptes at: 1782-85.: Fr. Denis Godefroy, Historiographer of France: Inventory of charters of the Counts of Flanders compiled by: 1782-85.: Fr. Flanders: Inventory of charters in the archives of the Counts of: 1782-85.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
1 item