TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vols. CCXXXVII-CCXXXIX. Miscellaneous verse, with some prose, from the Trumbull and Weckherlin papers; circa 1607-1735, n.d. Partly autograph and printed. Mostly in Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Dutch. The material ranges in date from the time of William Trumbull the diplomat to the decade following the death in 1716 of Sir William Trumbull, from whom the vast majority of the pieces derives. Some items may originate from the papers of G. R. Weckherlin, though t...
Scope & Content:
Poetry LATIN: Poetry FRENCH: Poetry DUTCH: Poetry GERMAN: Poetry ITALIAN: Poetry ENGLISH: Poetry SPANISH: Verse from the Trumbull and Weckherlin papers: circa 1607-1735, n.d.: Partly Lat., Fr., Span., Ital., Germ. and Dutch: Partly copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCCII. Not fully indexed. 1. Papers chiefly relating to Trumbull's practice as a civilian lawyer; 1657-1691, n.d. Including a tract concerning the rights of the Warden of All Souls' College, Oxford, to dismiss the chaplains, 1691 (formerly Add. 128). On 28 April 1668 Tru...
TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vols. CXXXIII-CXLII. Minutes of despatches and letters, etc.; Sept. 1609-Sept. 1625. Drafts and fair copies. These consist largely of Trumbull's retained copies of communications that he addressed to successive Secretaries of State. They incorporate a number sent to James I during the period in which the King acted as his own Secretary, following the death of Salisbury. Miscellaneous items include sets of diplomatic instructions to Trumbull, 1612-1618, and copies of correspo...