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Record Id:
032-001963126
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001963126
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 62665
Title:

GEORGE, EARL MACARTNEY: diplomatic instructions, papers and letters sent to Macartney by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Grenville, and Under Secretaries, George Canning and George Aust, mostly relating to his secret mission to Louis XVIII in exile in Verona; 1795, 1796. Partly cipher, with deciphering by Macartney. Partly French. Also included (ff. 30-31) is a printed copy of a loyalist manifesto, issued in the name of Joseph, Comte de Puisaye. Two letters from Grenville and the Home Secretary, Henry Dundas (ff. 57-60), refer to a subsequent offer to Macartney of the Governorship of the Cape of Good Hope. See also Add. 59052, ff. 27, 33, for further correspondence of Grenville and Macartney. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS. 19002) at the Macartney sale, Puttick and Simpson, 24 Jan. 1854. Lot 908 in the Phillipps sale at Sotheby's, 23 May 1913. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher (f. ii). Purchased at Swann Galleries, New York, 21 April 1983, lot 15.

Paper; ff. iii+64. Quarter bound in vellum. 337 x 210mm.

Scope & Content:

Louis XVIII of France: George Macartney, Earl Macartney: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letters, diplomatic instructions, etc., to Lord Macartney from Lord Grenville rel. to mission to Louis XVIII: 1795, 1796: Partly Fr.

includes:

  • ff. 30-31 Comte Joseph de Puisaye: Proclamation by Comte Joseph de Puisaye: 1795: Fr: Printed.
  • f. 51 George Aust, Under Secretary: Letter to Lord Macartney from George Aust: 1795.
  • f. 57 George Macartney, Earl Macartney: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letter to Lord Macartney from Henry Dundas: 1796.
  • ff. 61-64 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letters to Lord Macartney from George Canning: 1796.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001963126
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-001963126
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1795
End Date:
1796
Date Range:
1795-1796
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet; of Middle Hill: Owned.

Former External References:
Phillipps MS 19002
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Aust, George, Under Secretary
Canning, George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville, politician and Prime Minister, 1759-1834
Louis XVIII, of France
Macartney, George, Earl Macartney, 1737-1806
Phillipps, Thomas, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083446892
Puisaye, Joseph de, Comte