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1. Add MS 45518-45520

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Add MS 45518-45520
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WILLES PAPERS. VOIS. I-III (ff. 56, 111, 82). Miscellaneous papers, mostly relating to ciphersIncluded is correspondence of:- (1) Edward Willes, Bishop of St David's and (1743) of Bath and Wells, 1720 (Vol. I, ff. 15-16b);-(2) Francis Willes (knt. 1784), both as Under- Secretary of State 1772-1775, and as Decipherer (Vol. II, passim);- (3) Francis Willes, junior, 1825-1844 (Vol. III, ff. 30-54b). In Vol. III (ff. 1-10b) are numbered intelligence reports, in cipher with some deciphering, f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1720-1844
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 45520

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Scope & Content:
Vol. III, circ. 1811-1844, n.d. includes: ff. 1-10b John Simpson: Intelligence reports from(?): circ. 1811.: Partly cipher.ff. 1-10b George Galway Mills: Intelligence reports from(?): circ. 1811.: Partly cipher.f. 15 Henry B. Swabey, Registrar of the Admiralty Court 1842: Letter to Lord ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1811-1844
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45519

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Add MS 45519
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II, 1770- 1807 Sir Francis Willes, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers: 1770-1807. includes: f.1 Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool: Letter to Sir F. Willes: 1770.ff. 5-62 passim William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford: Correspondence with Sir F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1770-1807
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 45518

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Add MS 45518
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Vol. I, 1706-bef. 1766 includes: f. 2 Claudius Guide, of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Letter to A. Corbière: 1706.ff. 2, 36 Anthony Corbière, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence rel. to ciphers: 1706, 1726.ff. 4-7b John Keill, mathematician and astronomer: Letter to -, etc., r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1706-before 1766
Extent:
1 item