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Language Portuguese Name Friends of the National Libraries, 1931- Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 43412-43443

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Add MS 43412-43443
Title:
KEENE PAPERS. Papers of Sir Benjamin Keene, K.B., the diplomatist, chiefly as Minister Plenipotentiary (1727-34), Envoy Extraordinary (1734-1739) and Ambassador (1746-1757) to Spain. The first section (Add. MSS. 43412-43422) consists mostly of copies of letters and despatches written by Keene during the years 1730-1739, the originals of which are to be found in the Tyrawly Papers (Add. MSS. 23627-23629, 28149), the Robinson Papers (Add. MSS. 23780-23791) and the Newcastle Papers (Add. MSS- 3...
Scope & Content:
Spain, General: Correspondence of Sir B. Keene, as Ambassador to: 1730-1757. Sir Benjamin Keene, KB; diplomatist: Correspondence and despatches of: 1730-1757.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1730-1757]
Extent:
32 items

2. Add MS 44063-44084

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Add MS 44063-44084
Title:
LOUDOUN PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL, 4TH EARL OF LOUDOUN, chiefly as Commander-in-Chief of the expeditionary force sent to assist the Portuguese in 1762. Included also (Add. MS. 44068) are some papers (1742-1745) of Lord Loudoun's kinsman Lt.-Gen. Sir James Campbell, who was killed at Fontenoy. For other papers concerning the campaign of 1762-3 see Add. MSS. 23635, 23644 and 23645, as well as the 'Mémoire de la Campagne de Portugal en 1762' (King's MS. 236). C...
Scope & Content:
Charles III of Spain: British diplomatic and military papers rel. to the Spanish invasion of Portugal: 1762-1763. Joseph of Portugal: British diplomatic and military papers rel. to: 1762-1763. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; Commander in Chief in N America: Diary, etc., and papers of: 1739...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1739-1776]
Extent:
22 items

3. Add MS 47236-47435

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Add MS 47236-47435
Title:
LIEVEN PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Prince Christoph Heinrich Lieven, Russian general and diplomatist, of his wife, Dorothea, née Benckendorff, and their respective families. On these two families see J. Siebmacher's grosses und allegemeines Wappenbuch, bd. 3, abt. 11, Der Adel der russ. Ostseeprovin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
[1750-1895]
Extent:
230 items