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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 132-267

61. Stowe MS 249

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Stowe MS 249
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ACCOUNT of what passed in a Conference in 1719, concerning a scheme for separating the descent of the German possessions of George I. from that of the Crown of England. A note by Tho. Astle states that it is copied from the original in the hand of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, which was in his l...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[18th century]
Extent:
1 item

62. Stowe MS 250

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Stowe MS 250
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OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of intercepted Jacobite correspondence, to which are added copies of letters addressed to the Secretary of State by the English Ambassadors in France, Italy, etc., on the plots of the Jacobites; April - August, 1722. The earlier letters contain much information concerning th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

63. Stowe MS 251

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Stowe MS 251
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TRANSCRIPTS of State Letters, 1723-1748, as follows:- 1. Correspondence of [Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount] Townshend, Secretary of State in attendance on George I. diiring his visit to Hanover in 1723, with Sir R. Walpole, Lord Bolingbroke, the Duke of Newcastle, and others, on public afrair...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

64. Stowe MS 252

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Stowe MS 252
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COPIES Of official correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the commercial relations of Great Britain and Russia; 1732-1765. 1. Letters of [William Stanhope, Baron] Harrington, Secretary of State, with the Commissioners for Trade, reporting the progress of the negotiations of [George Forb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

65. Stowe MS 253

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Stowe MS 253
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Copies of historical letters relating to the Court of Russia, 1740-1766, viz. :- 1. Correspondence of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, English Ambassador to Russia, with [Robert Darcy], Earl of Holdernesse, Secretary of State, on the negotiations for a proposed convention between England and Russi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

66. Stowe MS 254

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Stowe MS 254
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COPIES of State Papers, 1744-1772, viz. 1. " Minute of a Cabinet Paper by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke in Dec. 1744, on the then posture of public affairs." In the hand of T. Astle. f. 1. 2. " Extract of Secretary Murray's [John Murray of Broughton, Secretary to the Pretender] examination befor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

67. Stowe MS 255

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Stowe MS 255
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" PROCEEDINGS against the Rebels after the Rebellion in 1745," consisting of a complete account of the legal proceedings against the prisoners at York and Carlisle, in Aug. and Sept. 1746, the witnesses' depositions, etc. At the end (f. 91) is added a copy of Queen Anne's Commission for regulati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746
Extent:
1 item

68. Stowe MS 256-261

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Stowe MS 256-261
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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 ...
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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

69. Stowe MS 262

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Stowe MS 262
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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

70. Stowe MS 263

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Stowe MS 263
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TRANSCRIPTS Of letters addressed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Ambassador at St. Petersburg; 1755-1757. The letters give an account of transactions in Parliament, movements of parties and court intrigues immediately before and after the fall of' the Duke of Newcastle's ministry in Nov. 1756, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item