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1. Add MS 78908-78912

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, as Secretary of State for the North; 1720-1730. For the dispersal of the Townshend Papers, see Historical Manuscripts Commission, Guides to Sources for British History: Principal Family and Estate Collections: Family Names L-W (1999), pp. 120-125. Purchased at the Sir John Plumb sale, Cheffins, Cambridge, 14 May 2002, lot 645. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Correspondence with George II and others: 1720-1730: Partly Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1720-1730
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 78911

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. VOL. IV. Correspondence and papers of Lord Townshend; 1720-1729. Partly French. Chiefly correspondence of Townshend and others with English and foreign diplomats, including a few drafts by Townshend and some copies and extracts of other correspondence. At the end is a copy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720-1729
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 78908-78909

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. VOL. I, II. Correspondence of Townshend with George II; 1728-1730. Consisting of informal messages and covering notes to diplomatic documents from Townshend to George II, chiefly about foreign affairs, in the hand of an amanuensis (probably because his handwriting was not clear enough to be read easily) and signed by him, with the King’s autograph responses added to them. When acquired most of the documents were in five bundles, sewn through the top left-hand corner wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1728-1730
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 78910

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. VOL. III. Correspondence of Townshend with Count Conrad Detlev von Dehn, Minister of Brunswick, including many enclosed copies and extracts of diplomatic documents; 1727-1729. French. Townshend’s letters are drafts or copies. Formerly in a bundle tied with pink thread simila...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1727-1729
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 78912

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. VOL. V. Correspondence and papers of Townshend, continuing the preceding, including a number of letters from Stephen Poyntz to Townshend’s under secretary George Tilson and one of 6 May 1730 from Townshend to George II; 1729-1730, n.d. Partly French. Partly drafts and copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1729-1730
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 78909

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Scope & Content:
VOL. II. Bundles 4, 5 and loose documents; 1728-1730, n.d. George II of England: Correspondence,etc., with Lord Townshend: 1728-1730, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1728-1730
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 78908

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Scope & Content:
VOL. I. Bundles 1-3: 1728-1730, n.d. George II of England: Correspondence,etc., with Lord Townshend: 1728-1730, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1728-1730
Extent:
1 item