SOUTHWELL PAPERS; supplementary to the series in Add. 34,329-34,335, which relates to the business of successive British envoys to Portugal, viz. Sir Robert Southwell himself (1665-1669), and afterwards Francis Parry, who wrote to Southwell as Clerk to the Council (till 1679). For other Southwell collections see 21,122-21,138, 34,329-34,350, 34,770-34,778, and below, 35,104- 35,017. The chief contents are:-
Correspondence of the Rev. John Robinson, D.D., British Agent (from 1696 Envoy extraordinary) in Sweden [Bishop of Bristol 1710, of London 1714-1723, Lord Privy Seal 1711-1713] with William Blathwayt, Secretary at War, acting as Secretary of State with King William during the king's journeys abroad; 1692- 1701. The correspondence is consequently intermittent (see below). It consists of Robinson's original letters, with drafts of some of Blathwayt's replies. Many letters are in cipher, usuall...
Scope & Content:
John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Correspondence, as Envoy to Sweden, with W, Blathwayt: 1692-1702.
lxvi.-lxx. Cleves: John I., Duke, and Elizabeth his wife, 1481-1483.
Scope & Content:
John II; Duke of Cleves, in Prussia: Sepulchral brass of him and Elizabeth his wife, at Cleves: 1481-1483. Cleves, Germany: Sepulchral brasses,: 1481-1521.
PLACE PAPERS. Vols. I.-VI. Autobiograpliy, comprising incidentally papers on politics, morals, manners, etc. (some printed), and original letters of Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, George and Harriet Grote, William Godwin, Joseph Hume, etc.; 1771-1847. Six volumes. Small Folio. Vols. I.-III. form a more or less continuous biography; Vols. IV.-VI. contain memoranda on public affairs, social changes, public improvements in London, etc. At the beginning of Vol. I. (ff. 3-13) is a table of the conte...
PLACE PAPERS. Vols. VII.-X. Political correspondence, more particularly with Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Joseph Hume, Joseph Parkes and Richard Cobden; 1827-1850. Four volumes. Folio. The names of the writers are given in the index.
Scope & Content:
Francis Place: Political correspondence: 1827-1850.