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Egerton MS 2157

Record Id:

032-001983094

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001983094

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000053.0x0001ac

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Egerton MS 2157

Title:

ORIGINAL, letters addressed to Sir James Porter, ambassador at Constantinople and minister plenipotentiary at Brussels, on public and affairs; 1758-1776. The names of the writers will be found in the index. A large number of letters are from Sir Joseph Yorke [afterwards Lord Dover], envoy at the Hague. Paper. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Sir James Porter, diplomatist: Letters addressed to: 1758-1776.

includes:

f. 1 A- M- de Hochepied: Letter to her daughter, Mrs. Porter: 1758.: Fr.
f. 3 Sir George Amyand: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1761.
ff. 7, 37-39 Anthony Hayes: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1762, 1763.
ff. 9, 17, 90 Sir Andrew Mitchell, KB; FRS; diplomatist: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1762, 1763.
ff. 11-14, 23, 35, 46 Valentine Fitzhugh: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1762, 1763.
ff. 15, 33, 48 Thomas Talbot Foley: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1762, 1763.
f. 19 P- Le Leu de Wilhem: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1762.
ff. 21-311 passim Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1762-1776.
ff. 25, 31, 40 M. van Asten: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1762, 1763.: Fr.
ff. 44, 50-53, 60, 70 G- J- de Hochepied: Letters to Sir J. Porter and his wife: 1763.
ff. 56, 62, 76 H- van Goor: Correspondence with Sir J. Porter: 1763.: Fr. and Dutch.
ff. 94, 98 Claude Louis François de Regnier, Comte de Guerchy; French Ambassador in London: Correspondence with Lord Halifax: 1764.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 94, 98 George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of Halifax; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Secretary of State: Correspondence with Count Guerchy: 1764.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 108, 137 Thomas Mortimer: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1765, 1766.
f. 110 John Larpent, Clerk in the Foreign Office: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1765.
ff. 112-115, 118-121, 126-130, 133-136, 139-144, 148-152 N- Kent: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1765, 1766.
f. 116 Terence Brady: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1765.
f. 122 Grovestein, General: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1765.
f. 124 Johann Heinrich Andrie, Prussian Minister in London: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1765.
f. 131 Claudius Amyand, Under-secretary of State, Commissioner of Customs (1756-1765): Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1766.
ff. 139-144, 148-152 N- Kent: Letters to Sir J. Porter: 1765, 1766.
f. 159 M- Phelps: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1768.
f. 314 Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich, Jesuit: Letter to Sir J. Porter: 1762.: Ital.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001983094

Is part of:

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Hierarchy:

032-001983094

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Dutch
English
French
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1758

End Date:

1776

Date Range:

1758-1776

Era:

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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Names:

Amyand, Claudius, Under-secretary of State, Commissioner of Customs (1756-1765)
Amyand, George
Andrie, Johann Heinrich, Prussian Minister in London
Asten, M van
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe, Jesuit
Brady, Terence
Dunk, George, 2nd Earl of Halifax, né Montagu, politician and statesman, 1716-1771
Fitzhugh, Valentine, correspondent, fl 1748-1763
Foley, Thomas Talbot, correspondent of Sir James Porter, fl 1762-1763
Goor, H, correspondent of Sir James Porter, fl 1763
Grovestein, -, army officer and correspondent of Sir James Porter, fl 1765
Hayes, Anthony
Hochepied, A- M-
Hochepied, G- J-
Kent, N-
Larpent, John, Clerk in the Foreign Office
Le Leu de Wilhem, P-
Mitchell, Andrew, diplomat, 1708-1771
Mortimer, Thomas, of Egerton MS 2157
Phelps, M-
Porter, James, diplomatist
Regnier, Claude Louis François de, Comte de Guerchy, French Ambassador in London
Yorke, Joseph, 1st Baron Dover, army officer, diplomat and politician, 1724-1792