State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
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The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
LETTERS of James Edward, son of King James II., and known as "the Pretender," and "the Chevalier of St. George," with enclosures; 25 Jan. 1706-23 Jan. 1728. French. Holograph or signed; with a few copies. They occur in the following order, viz.: 1. "Copies de deux lettres du Roy [James Edward] e...
"HISTORIA celebris et antiqui Coenobii Sancti Jacobi de Coudenberga (vulgo Coudenberg) Bruxellis in Monte Frigido, olim conseripta per RD. Balduinum de Backer prædicti coenobii canonicum, nuperrime usque ad hujus monasterii suppressionem [1786] oontinuata." Lat. and Fr. The copy, of the history ...
ORIGINAL and copied official documents, partly printed, relating to the family of Ludovisi d'Orley; chiefly relating to J. M. and P. Ludovisi, from 1715 to 1773, in German, Latin and French; with the signatures and seals of the various officials, and paintings of the different coats of arms. Vellum. Folio.
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Ludovisi family: Papers relating to: 1715-1773.: Germ., Lat., and Fr. includes: ff. 1, 2, 3 County of Chiny, Belgium: Certificates of nobility from the authorities to the family of Orley: 1715.: Lat. f. 15 Charles Rubempré, Vicomte do Montenac: Marriage with F. d'Orley: 1724.: Germ. and Lat. f...