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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 218
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Dec 1808
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 219
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1681-1688
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 219-220
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 220
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1681-1688
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 221
Title:: Letter of James II to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Windsor, 30 September, 1685
Scope & Content:: Contents: A letter of James II (r. 1685-1688), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges (b. 1642, d. 1714), 8th Baron Chandos, as English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and the appointment of Sir William Soame (b. c. 1645, d. 16...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Sep 1685
Extent:: 1 leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 222
Title:
Scope & Content:: HANOVER PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 525). 2 Oct. 1692-3 Jan. 1707. The writers are:- J-d'Alais; Hanover, 27 Nov. 1705. f. 339. François d'Auxy, Comte de Monceaux; Cassel, 17 Dec. 1703. f. 219. Louis William, Mar,-].ave of Baden- Baden, to the Duke of Marlborough; Rastat [in Baden], 5 Aug. 1705. Copy....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 2 Oct 1692-3 Jan 1707
Extent:: 1 item

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