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11. Stowe MS 256-261

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 256-261
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers, political and private, of Major Richard Phelps, Secretary to the Embassy at Turin, and Under- Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 17 Febr. 1744/5- 16 Febr. 1768. Prefixed are originals and copies of state despatches supplied for his use on entering office, 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. Phelps's official letters are rough drafts made for the Secretary of State, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who has in many instances added to, or even rewritten, the ...
Scope & Content:
Richard Phelps, Under-Secretary for Northern Department: Political correspondence and papers: 1725-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-16 Feb 1768
Extent:
6 items

12. Stowe MS 454-456

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 454-456
Title:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
Scope & Content:
Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

13. Stowe MS 219-220

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 219-220
Title:
LETTER-BOOK containing copies of the letters of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, when Ambassador at Constantinople, written to the successive Secretaries of State in England, the Levant Company, the Consuls of the various Mediterranean Ports, and especially Gamaliel Nightingale, Consul at Aleppo, and WilliamRaye, ConsulatSmyrna, etc.; 30 Mar. 1681-16 July, 1688. Most of the letters relate to the transactions and interests of the Levant Company and to the Mediterranean Trade; but curious det...
Scope & Content:
William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
Extent:
2 items

14. Stowe MS 243-245

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 243-245
Title:
LETTER-BOOKS of Hon. Alexander Stanhope, Envoy to the States-General, April, 1700-Jan. 1704 [5]; consisting of transcripts of his despatches to James Vernon, William Blathwayt, Sir Charles Hedges, Charles, Earl of Manchester, Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, and Robert Harley, successive Secretaries of State, James Cressett, Minister at Hamburg, Hugh Greg, Minister at Copenhagen, Sir George Rooke, the Duke of Marlborough, and others. Three Volumes. Paper. Folio. Vol. I. (ff. 171). 12/23 Apr. 1700...
Scope & Content:
Hon Alexander Stanhope: Letter-books, when Envoy to the States-General: 1700-1705. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter-books of Hon. A. Stanhope, Envoy to the Hague: 1700-1705.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1700-[Jan 1705]
Extent:
3 items

15. Stowe MS 166-177

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 166-177
Title:
COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

16. Stowe MS 1031-1033

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1031-1033
Title:
Vols. III.-V. (ff. 190, 144, 116). OUTLINES and headings, with some portions filled up, of a treatise on the Civil Laws and Constitution of England. At the beginning of vol. iii. is a subject index to the three volumes, and a table of contents, showing the divisions of the treatise. Vol. iii. deals with the Prerogatives of the King, and the position of magistrates, ecclesiastical and temporal; vol. iv. with the reciprocal rights of persons in various relations, such as father and son, or lor...
Scope & Content:
England General Chronicles and History: Treatise on the Civil Laws and Constitution of England, by T. Anstis: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1718-1745]
Extent:
3 items

17. Stowe MS 200-217

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 200-217
Title:
ESSEX PAPERS: Royal warrants, official and private letters and other papers addressed to Arthur Capell, Earl of Essex, while Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, followed by a register of his own letters; 1672-1677. Eighteen volumes. Paper. Folio. The correspondence chiefly relates to appointments to offices in Ireland, grants of lands under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, pensions, the farming of the revenues, the irregularities in the payment of the forces in Ireland, the disabilities of th...
Scope & Content:
Trade: Letters and papers relating to trade in Ireland: 1672-1679. Roman Catholics: Letters relating to, in Ireland: 1672-1677. Revenue: Papers relating to the revenue in Ireland, during the Lord Lieutenancy of Lord Essex: 1672-1677. Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount (1669) and 1st Earl (1674) of R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1672-1677
Extent:
18 items

18. Stowe MS 222-232

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 222-232
Title:
HANOVER PAPERS, being the correspondence and papers of J- Robethon, private secretary (1) to William III., (2) to George William, Duke of Zell, and (3) to George Louis, Elector of Hanover, and George I. of England; 2 Oct. 1692-13 Nov. 1719. Eleven volumes. Paper. Folio. Vols. i.-x. have been re-arranged chronologically ; vol. xi., consisting of intercepted Jacobite correspondence, remains unaltered. At Robethon's death the collection passed to his eldest son, Col. Robethon, and after the lat...
Scope & Content:
J- Robethon, Private Secretary to William III., and afterwards to George I: Official and private correspondence and papers: 1692-1722.: Fr., Engl., and Germ. James Macpherson, Historian: Transcribed and published extracts from MSS: in 1775. George I of England: Correspondence and papers of J. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
2 Oct 1692-13 Nov 1719
Extent:
11 items