Vol. II. (ff. 181). STATE-DOCUMENTS relating to negotiations with foreign powers, consisting of credentials or instructions to English Ambassadors abroad, complimentary letters to foreign Sovereigns and their Ministers, etc., arranged chronologically; 25 Sept. 1675-20 Apr. 1680. Lat. and Fr.
Vol. I. (ff. 240). "Princes," sc. correspondence of sovereigns and ministers of state, and " Strafford," sc. correspondence of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, with the Electress and others at the Court of Hanover.
ESSEX PAPERS. Vols. XIV.-XVIII. (ff. 376, 365, 224, 324, 257). Letter-books or register of "Letters written by his Excellency Arthur, Earle of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland "; 5 Aug. 1672 -15 Aug. 1677. Chiefly autograph. Included are many copies or drafts of papers relating to the revenue, the pay of the army, and other matters. Five volumes. A transcript of vol. xvi., for 1675, is in Add. 28,031.