291. Add MS 4166
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4166
- Title:
- Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
- Scope & Content:
- The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher and English
- Date Range:
- 1655-1668
- Extent:
- 1 volume