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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

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 246
Title:
Scope & Content:: CRAGGS PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 287). 1695-1718. 1. G[eorge] Vane, on the progress of the expedition against French Canada; " Off Cape Britton," 8 Aug. 1711. f. 4; " Annopolis Royale," 6 Dec. 1711. f 18. 2. R[obert] Walpole, [Earl of Orford, 1742], Treasurer, etc., of the Navy, enclosing copy of...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1695-1718
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 258
Title:
Scope & Content:: PHELPS PAPERS. Vol. III. (f. 234). 4 Jan.-30 July, 1764. 1. Letters to R. Phelps from (a) C[harles] Sl[oane Cadogan, 3rd Baron, afterw. lst Earl] Cadogan; Caussham [Caversham, co. Oxon.] 22 July. f. 217 ;-(b) Rob[ert] Foley and T- Selwin; Paris, 9 Febr. f. 56;-(c) Sir J. Goodricke; Stockholm, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 4 Jan 1764-30 Jul 1764
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 262
Title:
Scope & Content:: TRANSCRIPTs and extracts of historical letters, etc.; 1748-1774. With a few notes by Thomas Astle. 1. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 2nd Son of George II., to John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, British Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Aix- la-Chapelle, on the situation of affairs in Holl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1748-1774
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 292
Title:
Scope & Content:: POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS upon the state and condition of England, 1695. The tract is divided into twelve chapters, viz. (1) " As to the number of the People of England " ;-(2) " The proportion of England in acres and people to France and Holland, to Europe, and to the world in general; with a calc...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1695
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 303
Title:
Scope & Content:: TRANSCRIPTS of tracts and papers relating to Trade, Parliamentary and Legal Procedure and State affairs; temp . Charles II. 1. " A particular Journal of the proceedings in the House of Peers in a cause between T[homas] Skinner, a private merchant trading to the E. Indies, and the E. India Comp...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [between 1649-1685]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 305
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTION of transcripts of political tracts and poems, satires, lampoons, epigrams, ballads, etc., illustrating the history of the reigns of Charles II.-Anne, and more particularly the period of the Revolution, with a few pieces dating earlier in the 17th cent. Among the tracts are:- I. 1. P...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 324
Title:
Scope & Content:: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS chiefly relating to the customs, taxation, etc., 1396-1764; partly collected by Sir Richard Temple, when Commissioner of the Customs, and some of them apparently in his own hand. Among the contents are:- 1. Copy of an entail upon John Furneux and Amicia his wife of the man...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1396-1764
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 470
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIV. (ff. 52). Establishment of the Ordnance Office in 1705, 1706; giving full particulars of the garrisons in England and abroad, and of the trains on active service. Inserted at the end are:-(a) "The Pay of a Portuguese Regiment of Foot" by the Allies. f. 40;-(b) "E...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1703-1706
Extent:: 1 item

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