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1. Add MS 38597

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LETTER-BOOK contaning,, drafts of letters, official and private, of Thomas Read [Reid, Ithaedus], Latin Secretary to James I, covering the period 1619-1623 ; with a few common-places. Autograph, except for f. 109. The official correspondence, which forms the bulk of the volume, comprises drafts, chiefly in Latin, of letters from James I to foreign sovereigns, etc., dealing, among other matters, with the sending of English levies to Poland; the Palatinate War and the special embassy of Sir Ed...
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James I of England: State letter of, in letterbook of his Latin Sec., T. Read: 1619-1623.: Drafts. Philip IV of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts. includes: f. 1 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to the Queen Mother, Sophia, from James 1: 1619.: Lat.: Draft. f. 1 b Fred...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1623
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1 item

2. Add MS 38669

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COPIES of letters (Latin and French) from Charles I to foreign potentates, etc. in the autograph of George Rudolph Weckherlin, Secretary for Foreign Tongues. The letters, dating from 1627-1635, are addressed to the following : City of Hamburg. ff. 1, 9 b, 17 b. King of Denmark. ff. 1b, 2, 3, 4 b, 5, 8, 9, 10b, 36. City of Lubeck. ff. 2b, 17 b. G. Cornaro, Doge of Venice. f. 3. Grand Duke of Tuscany. ff.3b, 25, 31. City of Berne. f. 3 b. City of Zurich. f. 4. City of Basle. f. 4. Gustavus Ado...
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Charles I of England: Letters to foreign potentates, etc.: 1627-1635.: Lat. and Fr.: Copies. Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, Secretary for Foreign Tongues to Charles I: Copies of letters from Charles I, etc.in his hand. Saxony, Electors of. John George I: Letter to his son from Charles I: 1632.: Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
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1 item