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1. Add MS 74286-74287

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Title:
. ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND EARL OF ESSEX : forty-three letters to Queen Elizabeth I; 1590-1601
Scope & Content:
, with his discourse on war with Spain, 1596, etc.; 1590-1888, n.d. Autograph, partly draft and copies. Late in the seventeenth century the manuscripts came into the possession of the Hulton, al. Hilton, family of Hulton Park, co. Lancs., apparently through the marriage of William Hulton (d. 169...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590-1601
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 74287

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Title:
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, autograph draft of Discourse on War with Spain
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is an autograph draft of Discourse on War with Spain, by Robert Devereux (b. 1565, d. 1601), 2nd earl of Essex. Essex wrote the work on board his ship the Due Repulse, during his return voyage from Cadiz to England in early August 1596. The Discourse is written in the form of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1596
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 74286

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Title:
Collection of original letters from Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
This manuscript principally contains a collection of 43 original letters written from Robert Devereux (b. 1565, d. 1601), 2nd Earl of Essex, to Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603). Although some of the letters are undated, all but the first were written between the time of Essex's expedition to Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1590-1601
Extent:
1 volume