ESSEX PAPERS. Vols. XIV.-XVIII. (ff. 376, 365, 224, 324, 257). Letter-books or register of "Letters written by his Excellency Arthur, Earle of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland "; 5 Aug. 1672 -15 Aug. 1677. Chiefly autograph. Included are many copies or drafts of papers relating to the revenue, the pay of the army, and other matters. Five volumes. A transcript of vol. xvi., for 1675, is in Add. 28,031.
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...
Vol. I. ff. 277. Levant Company: Letter-books of Lord Chandos, Amb. at Constantinople, relating to: 1681-1688. Thomas Coke, Cancellarius at the English Factory at Constantinople: Letter-book of Lord Chandos, probably in his hand: 1681-1686. James Brydges, Baron Chandos: Letter-books, when Amb...
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...
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William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Vol. II. ff. 105. Levant Company: Letter-books of Lord Chandos, Amb. at Constantinople, relating to: 1681-1688. James Brydges, Baron Chandos: Letter-books, when Ambassador at Constantinople: 1681-1688. City of Constantinople: Letters of Lord Chandos when Ambassador at: 1681-1688. Trade: Lett...