RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XX. (ff. 34). Letter-book of John Richards, when in the Polish service, into which he had, in 1701, followed his brother Jacob (whose death on 4 May, 1701, he mentions at f . 6 b );23 Mar.1703-23 Mar.1704. The letters are written from London and Lisbon, and give intere...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXVI. (ff. 44). Letter-book of Michael Richards, when Colonel of the train with the Earl of Rivers; 21 July 1706-3 June 1707. The letters, which are very brief, relate generally to matters of the service, and are written at Torbay, Lisbon, Alicante, Valentia, Xativa, A...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXII. (ff. 129). Letter-book of John Richards at Lisbon, Monsanto, Peñamacor, Pinhel, Almeida, Estremóz, and Albuquerque on the Portuguese frontier, and later at Barcelona; 16 Apr. 1704-3 Nov. 1705. The most detailed and interesting letters relate to the capture of Mon...
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...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XVIII. (ff. 86). Letter-book of Capt. Michael Richards, while engaged in completing Fort William, etc., at St. John's, Newfoundland, including various official papers, requisitions for assistance, etc. ; 1 Apr. 1700-Oct. 1703. Among the persons to whom letters are addr...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. 1. (ff. 12). " A Journal [of Jacob Richards] from London to Vienna, and so to Buda " ; 1 Nov. 1685 (O.S.)-21 June, 1686 (N.S.). Preceded by instructions from the Ordnance Office " to improve himselfe in Forreigne Parts beyond Seas, to be employ'd at his return as one o...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. III. (ff. 11). "A Journal [by the same] from Vienna to Venitia," in company with Lord George Savile, and " Mr. Steward, my Lord Monjoixe's [Mountjoy's] son"; 24 Sept.-10 Oct. 1686, N.S. Among the places he passed through are:-Neustadt, Neuenkirchen (with chapel reputed...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. (ff. 20). " A Journal [by the same] from Venitia into Lombardy "; 1 Nov.-5 Dec. 1686. Among the places visited are:-Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua, Parma, Reggio , Rubbiera, Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara; of many of which he gives very full accounts, largely extract...