1. Add MS 37054
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37054
- Title:
- LETTER-BOOK Of Henry Shirley, Chargé d'Affaires at Moscow and St. Petersburg (see Add. MS. 6826, f. 123); 14 May 1767- 15 July,1768. It contains his correspondence with Henry Seymour Conway and [Thomas Thynne,] Viscount Weymouth, Secretaries of State, Sir George Macartney, late Envoy to Russia, English ministers in Poland, Prussia, etc., chiefly concerning the affairs of Poland and the establishment of an alliance between Russia and Great Britain. Paper; ff. 102. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
- Catherine II of Russia: Letter-book of H. Shirley, English Chargé d'affaires at Moscow, etc.: 1767-1768. Henry Shirley: Letter-book of, as Chargé d' Affaires at Moscow: 1767-1768. includes: ff. 1, 2, 11, 22 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Correspondence with H. Shirley...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 14 May 1767-15 Jul 1768
- Extent:
- 1 item