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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 475
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. 134). Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante, continued; 31 Oct. 1707- 26 Feb. 1709. The letters relate to the affairs of his Spanish regiment; the victualling, etc., of Alicante and Denia, and their siege by the Spaniards; the surrender of Le...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 31 Oct 1707-26 Feb 1709
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 476
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXX. (ff. 51). Letter-book of Michael Richards at Barcelona; 9 Jan.-15 Apr. 1711. At the end are inserted a few letters carrying on the correspondence to 14 July. The period covered immediately follows the battle of Brihuega, and much information is given of the state ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1711-14 Jul 1711
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 477
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXI. (ff. 29). Copies in the hand of Michael Richards of his letters, etc., to the Board of Ordnance, as "chief engineer of Great Britain"; 11 Nov. 1711- 20 July, 1714. The papers relate to the fortifications, etc., of Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Hull, Berwick, Carlisle, T...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 1711-20 Jul 1714
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 478
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXII. (ff. 12). Tables of the increase and decrease, etc., of the Royal Navy between 1 Oct. 1697 and 1 Nov. 1698, with the establishment at the end of the period, giving the fullest particulars regarding each ship. Followed by lists of salaries at the Admiralty, in th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1697-1 Nov 1698
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 479
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIII. (ff. 14). "Devis des ouvrages . . . . à l'embouchure du havre de Dunkerque." At the end, " Signé Vauban." With four plans. See above, vol. vii. Dunkirk, Nord: Papers relating to works at: late 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 480
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIV. (ff. 74). " Transactions between England and France, relating to Hudson's Bay; 1687." Followed (f. 50) by similar Transactions for 1699. Hudson's Bay, N. America: Transactions between England and France relating to: 1687, 1699. Louis XIV of France: Transaction...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1687-1699
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 481
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712. 1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz. (a) Arguments in favour of taking the oaths to William and Mary; circ. 1689. f. 1 ;-(b) Diary of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1692, with a short account of t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: c 1689-1712
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 482
Title:
Scope & Content:: " STATE Of Ordnance and Stores at the several Forts and Castles in Great Britain, as also at the four Forreigne Garrisons " [Annapolis in Nova Scotia, Gibraltar, Placentia in Newfouiidland, and Port Mahon in Minorca]: a detailed account of the stores, etc., at each place, with a summary of the w...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1 Jan 1726]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 483
Title:
Scope & Content:: ACCOUNT of the reviews and military exercises of Hanoverian Hesse, and Hessian troops held before George H. at Hanover, Luxemburg, and Herrenhausen in July and August, 1729, with coloured diagrams; drawn up, apparently at the King's request, by Richard Manning. At the end (f. 22) are coloured dr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jul 1729-Aug 1729
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 484
Title:
Scope & Content:: " RETURNS of His Majesty's Forces "; 2 June, 1762. Included are troops in Germany, in North America, in the East Indies, under orders for Portugal, on an expedition under Lord Albemarle, etc. At f 38, on an inserted card, is a plan, with particulars, of old and new barracks at Colchester. Paper;...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2 Jun 1762
Extent:: 1 item

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