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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 132-267

51. Stowe MS 218

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Stowe MS 218
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ROUGH LIST Of Manuscripts belonging to George Capel, 5th Earl of Essex, as offered to the British Museum in Dec. 1808, and ultimately purchased by the Marquis of Buckingham. In the hand of Edward Jeffery, bookseller; and certified by F[rancis] D[ouce], Keeper of MSS. in the British Museum. The M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1808
Extent:
1 item

52. Stowe MS 219-220

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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

53. Stowe MS 221

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Stowe MS 221
Title:
Letter of James II to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Windsor, 30 September, 1685
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Contents: A letter of James II (r. 1685-1688), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges (b. 1642, d. 1714), 8th Baron Chandos, as English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and the appointment of Sir William Soame (b. c. 1645, d. 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1685
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1 leaf

54. Stowe MS 222-232

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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...
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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

55. Stowe MS 233

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Stowe MS 233
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ACCOUNT of the contents of the Hanover State Papers contained inHargrave MS 222-232, according to the original arrangement. At the beginning is a history of the papers. Paper; ff. 14. xviiith cent. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

56. Stowe MS 234-240

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Stowe MS 234-240
Title:
TRANSCRIPTS Of the Hanover State papers contained in Nos. 222-232. Seven volumes. These transcripts were made before the present chronological arrangement of the originals, and are under various headings. Paper. xixth cent. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
7 items

57. Stowe MS 241-242

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Stowe MS 241-242
Title:
STATE PAPERS and Correspondence, originals and copies, 1688 - 1744; collected by Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records in the Tower, and intended to serve as an appendix to the Hanover Papers (Hargrave MS 222-232). Two volumes. Paper. Large Octavo.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1688-1744
Extent:
2 items

58. Stowe MS 243-245

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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...
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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

59. Stowe MS 246-247

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Stowe MS 246-247
Title:
COLLECTION of letters, principally on state affairs, addressed with few exceptions to James Craggs, Jun., Secretary at War [13 Apr. 1717], and Secretary of State [16 Mar. 1718]; 1711- 1720. With a few papers of an earlier date. Two volumes. Paper. Folio. The most important series consists of letters of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France in Jan. 17l5 and Ambassador in Feb. 1719. They are his private letters, as distinct from his formal despatches, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1720
Extent:
2 items

60. Stowe MS 248

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Stowe MS 248
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TRANSCRIPTS of historical papers, viz. 1. " Mr. Harley's Plan for conducting the Business of the Public as proposed to the Queen in a Conference with Her Majesty, October 30th, 1710 " : an outline of foreign and domestic policy on taking office. f. 1. 2. An Account of what passed at a Confer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item