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1. Add MS 37348-37352

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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 37354-37360

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WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols.VII.-XIII. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary to Russia, with successive Secretaries of State, viz. Robert Harley [Earl of Oxford 1711], [Charles Spencer] Earl of Sunderland, Henry Boyle [Baron Carlton 1714], [James Douglas] Duke of Queensberry, and Henry St. John [Viscount Bolingbroke 1712], and with the Duke of Marlborough at the seat of war and other prominent persons in England and at foreign courts; 1704-1712. Besides the higher affairs of stat...
Scope & Content:
Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Correspondence, etc., of C. Whitworth, British Envoy, and his secretary L. C. Weisbrod: 1704-1712.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1704-1712
Extent:
7 items

3. Add MS 37361-37362

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WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XIV., XV. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Minister at the Diet at Augsburg and Ratisbon; 1 July, 1714-10 Aug. 1716. It had been first intended that Whitworth should go to Baden, where terms of Peace were being arranged between France and the Empire. His credentials, however, 15 July, 1714 (f. 6), were to Augsburg, whither he went in August, but, the Diet being transferred to Ratisbon, his dispatches from 17 Sept. (N.S.), 1714, are dated from that place. The chief s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1 Jul 1714-10 Aug 1716
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 37363

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WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vol. XVI. (ff. 424). Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary, etc., at Berlin; 10 July (O.S.), 1716 - 23 March / 3 April, 1717. He arrived at Berlin 12 Aug. (N.S.), and, except for a short time in Sept.-Oct., when he paid a visit to George I. at Hanover, his disp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1716-1717
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 37364-37372

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WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XVII.-XXV. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary, etc., at the Hague during the absence of Gen. William Cadogan, Ambassador Extraordinary; 11 Mar. 1716/7-10 May (N.S.), 1719. He was sent to the Hague (without being recalled from Berlin) owing to the discovery of Swedish designs in aid of the Pretender's invasion of Scotland. During his stay Lord Cadogan twice returned to his post (in Sept. 1717, and in May, 1718-Jan. 1719), and the two then acted join...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence and papers of C. Whitworth, Envoy at the Hague: 1717-1719.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1717-1719
Extent:
9 items

6. Add MS 37373-37389

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WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XXVI.-XLII. Correspondence of C. Whitworth [cr. Baron Whitworth 9 Jan. 1721] during his negotiations at the Prussian Court; 1719-1722. He arrived at Berlin from the Hague 6/17, May, 1719, the object of his embassy being to make "a nearer Allyance of Friendship and Union" [v. Lord Stanhope's letter 17 Apr. (0.S.), 1719]. He visited the Hague in June-Nov. 1720, and in July-Nov. 1721, and finally left Berlin for England in the beginning of June, 1722, having been appoint...
Scope & Content:
Frederick William I of Prussia: Correspondence and papers of C. Whitworth as Envoy at Berlin: 1716, 1719-1722.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1719-1722
Extent:
17 items

7. Add MS 37390-37397

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols XLIII.-L. Correspondence of Lord Whitworth, as Plenipotentiary, in conjunction with Lord Polwarth, at the Congress of Cambray; 1722-1725. The Congress was held in accordance with a stipulation of the Quadruple Alliance with a view to adjust the remaining differences between the Empire and Spain, through the mediation of France and Great Britain. Though Whitworth's Full-powers and Instructions are dated 9 Feb. 172½, he did not arrive at Cambray till October. For a whole...
Scope & Content:
Congress of Cambray: Diplomatic correspondence of C. Whitworth and Lord Polwarth, Plenipotentiaries at: 1722-1725.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1722-1725
Extent:
8 items