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1. Stowe MS 84-103

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 84-103
Title:
SECT. III. - FOREIGN.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
20 items

2. Stowe MS 87

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 87
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Scope & Content:
"DÉTAIL GÉNÉRAL et spécifique sur toutes les parties des Finances du Royaume de France; seconde partie, 1766": an enumeration and discussion of the taxes and imposts existing in France at this period, ending with an attack on the heaviness of the burdens and the maladministration of the finances...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1766
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 86

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 86
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Scope & Content:
"ETAT ACTUEL des affaires généralles concernant les Finances du Royaume de France": a tabular statement of the finances of France, drawn up in or about 1762, and including statements (1) of the ordinary revenue, (2) of the ordinary expenditure, (3) of the extraordinary sums raised in 1755-1762 f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 88-89

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 88-89
Title:
"SOME ACCOUNT of the affairs of France since the disgrace of the Duc de Choiscul [1771] to the year 1776": a minute narrative of the Court intrigues of the period, with characters of the principal persons concerned, viz. Madame du Barry, the Due de Choiseul, the Due d'Aiguillon, Maupeou the Chancellor, Abbé Terray, the Due d'Orléans, the Due de Richelieu, and several others. Two volumes. The narrative proceeds continuously to the end of 1773 : after that there is, at some interval, an accoun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1777
Extent:
2 items

5. Stowe MS 97

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 97
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Scope & Content:
"RELATION ou Journalier du Siège de Turin," giving a minute account, written by one of the garrison, of the progress of the siege of the fortress by the French in 1706, from 13 May to the relief of the town by the victory of Prince Eugene on 8 Sept. French. Printed at Amsterdam, 1708, without th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1706
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 102

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 102
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Scope & Content:
Account of the political position in Malta and Sicily, with a description of the character and administration of Malta; [1806]. Perhaps by [George Annesley,] Lord Valentia, whose name is on the cover; but the contents are not in his hand. Paper; ff. 23. Small Folio. Island of Sicily: Account of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1806]
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 92-93

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 92-93
Title:
"INVENTAIRE chronologique et detail1é de toutes les chartes qui se trouvent dans les archives des Comtes de Flandre, deposées dans l'ancienne chambre des comptes du Roi à Lille." Compiled by Denis Joseph Godefroy, Keeper of the Archives de la Chambre des Comptes at Lille. In two volumes, comprising respectively the periods 706-1240 and 1241-1270. The title-pages are dated 1784 and 1785; and in the preface to vol. i. (f. 7) the compiler states that the work, a great part of the expense of whi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
2 items

8. Stowe MS 90

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 90
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Scope & Content:
PAPERS relating to the French army in 1790-92, consisting of several statements and estimates for establishment and maintenance of the various branches. They chiefly form portions of several plans formed by, or submitted to, the "Comte de Latour du Pin" [Jean Frédéric de la Tour du Pin, Comte du...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1790-1792
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 99
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Scope & Content:
"RELAZIONE del sistema politico, ecconomico e militare di S. M. Sarda": report of an ambassador from the Venetian Republic on the kingdom of Sardinia, including a sketch of the history of the House of Savoy, a description of the existing condition and policy of the kingdom, and a character of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1730-1773]
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 98
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Scope & Content:
"ABDICATION du Roi Victor Amadée de Sardaigne": a contemporary account of the abdication of Victor Amadeus in 1730, and of his attempt to recover the throne in 1731; [by the Marquis de Trivié, previously envoy of King Victor at the English court]. At the end is a copy of the Act of Abdication. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item