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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

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Title:
Chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658
Scope & Content:
This volume largely contains the chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658. These volumes cover the period from October 1638 (a powerful letter from Oliver ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume