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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37330-37332
Title:: DRYDEN COLLECTION. Vols. II.-IV. (ff. 56, 93, 133, folio). Drawings and plans in water-colour of Broughs, etc., in Orkney and Shetland and antiquities found in them. Arranged under islands and names. The names of the Broughs, etc., are given in the Index. At f. 50 of 37333 is a letter from William G. T. Watt, Keirfield House, by Stromness, 6 Dec. 1878.
Scope & Content:: Maps and Plans: Drawings and plans by Sir H.E.L. Dryden of broughs Picts' houses, stone circles, etc., in Scotland: late 19th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Dec 1878
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37334-37335
Title:: DRYDEN COLLECTION. Vols. VI., VII. (ff. 77, 66, folio). Plans and measurements, with a few water-colour drawings, of Broughs, etc., in Scotland, other than Orkney and Shetland, arranged under counties, parishes and names, in two series according to size. The names of the Broughs, etc., are given in the Index.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37341-37342
Title:: WHITELOCKE'S ANNALS. Vols. I., II. (ff. 153, 156). Notes on English history, viz., "Booke 1. Of the time before the invasion of the Romans," and "Booke 2. Of the time from the invasion of the Romans to that of the Saxons." With a preface addressed to his children, and a table of chapters appended to each volume.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1634-1654]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37346-37347
Title:: WHITELOCKE'S ANNALS. Vols. VI., VII. (ff. 281, 331). "The History of Whitelocke's Ambassy from England to Sweden, with notes thereuppon, etc."; Sept. 1653-June, 1654. Vol. VII. is partially in the hands of clerks. Between ff. 189 and 190 of Vol. VI. six leaves have been cut out, containing a discourse to the Swedish chancellor on tyrants. With a table of chapters prefixed, and an index in both volumes. The title has the note "Published by Carleton Whitelocke, of the Middle Temple, Esq., son ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Sep 1653-Jun 1654
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37348-37352
Title:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37354-37360
Title:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37361-37362
Title:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37364-37372
Title:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37373-37389
Title:: 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

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