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ORIGINAL letters and autographs of eminent persons; 1587 1835: 1. Thomas Wilkes, English Ambassador at the Hague, to Queen Elizabeth; Hague, 16 Feb. 1586[7]; with seal. f. 2.

2. Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, to Sugden, Teller of the Exchequer, certifying that Arthur O'Toole, a pensioner, is alive; with Arthur O'Toole's mark, and the attestation of John Usher, Piers Walshe, and Thomas Bysshope; Dublin, 10 Jan. 1588[9], f. 5.

3. George Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Sibrand Lubbert; Lambeth, 24 Feb. 1611[2], O.S. Lat. f. 8.

4. William Le Neve, Clarenceux, to his cousin [Sept. 1640], f. 11.

5. Warrant of William [Juxon, Bishop of] London, Lord High Treasurer, to Sir Robert Pye; Mar. 1638, f. 13.

6. Thomas, lst Viscount Wentworth [of Wentworth Woodhouse, afterwards Earl of Strafford] to [circa 1638], f. 15.

7. Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, K.G., Lord Admiral of England, to Robert Sydney, Earl of Leicester; London, 19 Sept. 1639, f. 18.

8. Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, K.G., to Lord ; Winchester, 11 Sept. [1684], f. 21.

9. Sir Edward Nicholas to Prince Rupert; n.d. [1643-1644], f. 23.

10. William Cavendish, Earl [afterwards Duke] of Newcastle, to Prince Rupert; Cottingham, 3 Oct. 1643. (Printed in Eliot Warburton's Memoirs of Prince Rupert." London, 1849, vol. ii. p. 310.) Newcastle, 4 Feb. 1643[4], ff. 26, 28.

11. Harry, Lord Jermyn [afterwards Earl of St. Albans] to Prince Rupert; Exeter, 14 June, 1644, f. 29. (Printed in Eliot Warburton's "Memoirs of Prince Rupert." vol ii. p. 422.) 12. Lieut.-Col. William Rolleston, Deputy Governor of Newark, to Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax; Newark, 8 Mar. 1644 [1645], f. 32.

13. James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, to John Robertson, at Blair Castle in Athole; Craigtoune, 6 July, 1645, f. 35.

14. George Lord Digby [afterwards 2nd Marquis of Bristol] to Prince Rupert; Newport, Friday, 25 July, 1645, f. 38.

15. John Rushworth to Ferdinando Lord Fairfax; Tiverton, 27 Dec. 1645. [Printed in Bell's "Memorials of the Civil War" (concluding Johnson's "Fairfax Correspondence"), vol. i. p. 268.] With seal. f. 41.

16. Sir John Mennes to Prince Rupert; Salop, 10 Feb. [164³/₄]. [Printed in Warburton's "Memoirs of Prince Rupert," vol. ii. p. 373, n.] f. 44.

17. Warrant from [William Cecil, Earl of] Salisbury, P[hilip Lord] Wharton, Sir Henry Vane, Cornelius Holland, and Thomas Hoyle, Commissioners of the Treasury, to Thomas Fauconbridge, Receiver- General of the Revenue, for payment to Richard Cresheld, Serjeantat-law; Westminster, 6 May, 1647; with Cresheld's receipt, 31 May, ff. 46, 46 b.

18. Warrant from [William Cecil, Earl of] Salisbury, [Philip Herbert, Earl of] Pembroke [and] Montgomery, Denis Bond, Cornelius Holland, and Thomas Hoyle, Commissioners of the Treasury, to the same, for payment to Philip Jermyn, Serjeant-at-law; Westminster, 18 Nov. 1647; with Philip Jermyn's receipt, 11 Dec., ff. 49, 49 b.

19. Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, to Prince Rupert; Hague, 30 Dec. 1648; with seal. f. 52.

20. Hon. Algernon Sidney to his father, the Earl of Leicester; Leicester House, 10 Jan. 1648, f. 55.

21. Warrants from Basil Feilding, Earl of Denbigh, J Edwardes, Denis Bond, Francis Rous, and Cornelius Holland, Commissioners for the Public Revenue, to Thomas Fauconbridge, Receiver-General of the Public Revenue, for payments to Peter Warburton, Judge of the Common Bench, and to Robert Nicholas, Judge of the Upper Bench; Westminster, 21 June, 1649 ; with receipts, 23 June, ff. 58, 61.

22. Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, to Prince Rupert; Hague, 18 Mar. [16⁴⁹/₅₀], f. 64.

23. Warrant from William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, Sir Henry Vane, J Edwardes, Denis Bond, and Nicolas Love, Commissioners of the Public Revenue, for payment to Edmund Prideaux, Attorney- General for the Commonwealth; Westminster, 30 Apr. 1650; with his receipt; 15 June, f. 67.

24. Warrant from Sir Henry Vane, Henry Mildmay, Cornelius Holland, John Trenchard, and J Edwardes, Commissioners for the Public Revenue, for payment to Robert Reynolds, Solicitor-General to the Commonwealth; Westminster, 16 Nov. 1652; with his receipt; 24 Nov., ff. 70, 72.

25. Major-General John Disbrowe to Colonel John Clerke, at the Admiralty; Crookehorne [Crewkerne], 31 Mar. 1654; with seal. f. 74.

26. Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, to Prince Rupert; Stansteed, Bletchington, 7, 16 Jan. 1643, ff. 77, 78.

27. Sir Orlando Bridgeman [afterwards Lord Keeper] to [Arthur Capell Lord Capel, Lieutenant-General to Prince Rupert; Chester, 14 Apr. 1643, f. 80.

28. Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, to Lord Melfort 3 Mar. [circa 1680], f. 83.

29. Power of attorney from the same as Lord Ashley to John Spicer, Deputy Teller in the Exchequer; Oxford, 7 Nov. 1665; with seal. f. 84.

30. Roger Boyle, lst Earl of Orrery, Lord President of Munster, to Sir Robert Southwell, Clerk to the Privy Council; Castlemartyr, 14 May, 1678; with seal. f. 87.

31. Sir John Keatinge, Lord Chief Justice in Ireland, to ; with an endorsement in the handwriting of James II.; Dublin, 16 Sept. 1684, f. 90.

32. James Butler, Earl of Ossory [afterwards Duke of Ormonde], to Sir Robert Southwell; Badminton, 28 Aug. 1685; with seal. f. 93.

33. [John Churchill, Earl, afterwards Duke of] Marlborough to William Blathwayt, Secretary at War; Maestricht, Breda, 25, 29 May, 1689; with seals, ff. 96, 98.

34. Sir Richard Pyne, Sir John Hely, Robert Doyne, Sir Richard Cox, John Lyndon, Sir Henry Echlin, John Jeffreyson, and Nehemiah Donellan, Judges in Ireland, to Sir Robert Southwell; Dublin, 6 Feb. 1696[7], f. 101.

35. William [King, Bishop of] Derry to Sir Robert Southwell; Johnstown, near Dublin, 21 Dec. 1697, ff. 104, 106.

36. John [Sharp], Archbishop of York, to [Ralph] Thoresby, of Leeds; Bishopsthorpe, 26 Apr. 1699, f. 108.

37. Thomas [Tenison, Archbishop of] Canterbury, Sir Nathan Wright, Keeper of the Seals, [Thomas Herbert, Earl of] Pembroke, Lord President of the Council and Lord High Admiral, [William Cavendish, Duke of] Devonshire, Lord Steward, [Charles Seymour, llth Duke of] Somerset, [Edward Villiers, Earl of] Jersey, Lord Chamberlain, and [Sidney, Lord] Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer, as Lords Justices, to William III.; Whitehall, 12 Aug. 1701, f. 111.

38. Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord President, Robert Dundas, Sir. John Lauder, William Anstruther, Sir John Maxwell, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Robert Stewart, Sir Alexander Ogilvie, Robert Mackenzie, Hon. James Erskine, Sir Alexander Campbell, John Murray, and Adam Cockburn, Lords of Session in Scotland, to Queen Anne, with a memorial by Sir Hew Dalrymple; Edinburgh, 6 July, 1708, ff. 114, 115.

39. Robert Harley [afterwards Earl of Oxford], Secretary of State, to James Dayrolle [Resident at the Hague]; Whitehall, ^{June 20}/_{July 1} , 1707, f. 118.

40. Horace Walpole [afterwards Lord Walpole of Woolterton], Secretary to Hon. Henry Boyle, Secretary of State, to the same; Whitehall, 14 Jan. 170⁸/₉. f. 121.

41. Hon. Henry Boyle [afterwards Lord Carleton] to the same; Whitehall, 3 Sept. 1708; 5 Apr. 1709; 30 June, 1710, ff. 123-127.

42. Sir Constantine Phipps [Lord Chancellor of Ireland] to Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., Speaker of the House of Commons; Dublin, 14 Mar. 1713, f. 128.

43. James Craggs, Secretary of State, to James Dayrolle, Resident at Geneva; Whitehall, 17 July, 4 Sept. 1719, ff. 131-133.

44. Charles, Viscount Townshend, Secretary of State, to the same; Whitehall, 23 June, 1721; 6 Mar. 1723, ff. 135, 136.

45. William Stanhope, Lord [afterwards Earl of] Harrington, Secretary of State, to the same; Whitehall, 23 May, 1738; 3 Mar. 173¹/₂, ff. 138, 139.

46. [John Russell, 4th Duke of] Bedford, Secretary of State, to the same; Whitehall, 5 Aug. 1748, f. 141.

47. [Thomas Pelham] Holles, [Duke of] Newcastle, Secretary of State, to the same; Hanover, ⁶/₁₇ Nov. 1748; Whitehall, 5 Nov. 1751, ff. 144, 145.

48. [Robert Darcy, 6th Earl of] Holdernesse, Secretary of State, to the same; Hanover, 19 Aug. 1755, f. 148.

49. William Pitt [afterwards Earl of Chatham], Secretary of State, to Brownlow Cecil, Earl of Exeter [1757-8]. (Printed in the Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, vol. i. p. 293. 8vo. London, 1838.) f. 150.

50. Horatio [afterwards Viscount] Nelson, to his uncle, William Suckling; "Agamemnon," Vado Bay, 6 Nov. 1795, f. 151.

51. The same, as Lord Nelson, to Lieut.-Colonel Suckling; franked by Lord Nelson, under date of 21 Nov. 1801. Written with his left hand; with seal. f. 153.

52. Code of signals given by Lord Nelson on board the "Victory," off Cadiz, 29 Sept. 1805, and used at the battle of Trafalgar; with Lord Nelson's signature. f. 155.

53. Engraved facsimile of the same, f. 156.

54. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, to the Lady-in-Waiting on the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg; London, 20 June 1835, f. 159.

55. Benjamin Franklin to Captain and Commodore Paul Jones; Passy, 23, 25 Mar. 1784; 5 June, 9 July, 1785, ff. 161-166.

53. Thomas Jefferson, American Minister to France, and afterwards President of the United States, to the same; Paris, 11 July, 1786, f. 168. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

includes:

f. 2 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from T. Wilkes: 1586.
f. 2 Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1586.
f. 5 Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin: Letter to --Sugden: 1588.
f. 5 Arthur O'Toole, Pensioner: Certificate of his existence: 1588.
f. 5 John Usher: Attestation: 1588.
f. 8 Sibrand Lubbert, Professor of Theology at Franeker: Letter to, from Archbishop Abbot: 1611.: Lat.
f. 8 George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to S. Lubbert: 1611.: Lat. and Dutch.
f. 11 William Le Neve, Clarenceaux Herald: Letter to his cousin: 1640.
f. 13 William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury: Order to Sir R. Pye: 1638.
f. 13 Sir Robert Pye: Order to, from the Lord Treasurer: 1638.
f. 15 Thomas Wentworth, Viscount Wentworth; Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: Letter to -: circ.1638.
f. 18 Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester: Letters to, from Lord Northumberland: 1639, 1640.
f. 18 Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland: Letters to Lord Leicester: 1639, 1640.
f. 21 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: Letter to Lord: circ. 1684.
f. 23 Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1644.
ff. 23, 26, 28, 29, 38, 44, 52, 64, 77, 78 Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letters to, from Sir E. Nicholas and others: 1643-1650.
ff. 26, 28 William Cavendish, Baron Ogle; Earl, Marquis, and 1st Duke of Newcastle: Letters to Prince Rupert: 1643, 1644.
f. 29 Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans; Master of the Household to Qu. Henrietta Maria: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1644.
f. 32 William Rolleston, Lieutenant -Colonel, Deputy Governor of Newark: Letter to, Lord Fairfax: 1645.
f. 32 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax: Letter to, from Col. Rolleston: 1645.
f. 35 John Robertson, of Inver, Captain of Blair Castle: Letter to, from the Marquis of Montrose: 1645.
f. 35 James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose: Letter to J. Robertson: 1645.
f. 38 George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1645.
f. 41 John Rushworth, MP: Letters to Lord Fairfax: 1645-1647.
f. 41 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax: Letters to, from J. Rushworth: 1645 - 1647.
f. 44 Vice-Admiral Sir John Mennes, Comptroller of the Navy 1661: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1644.
f. 46 Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton: Warrants for payments, signed by: 1647, 1648.
ff. 46, 46 b Richard Cresheld, MP, Recorder of Evesham, Serjeant-at-Law: Warrant for payment to: 1647.
ff. 46, 46 b, 49 b, 58, 61, 70, 72 Cornelius Holland, regicide: Warrants for payments: 1647, 1650.
ff. 46, 46 b, 58, 61 Thomas Fauconbridge, alias Fauconberge; Receiver-General of the Revenue: Warrants to, for payments: 1647, 1649.
ff. 46, 46 b, 67, 70 Sir Henry Vane, the younger; statesman: Warrants: 1647-1650.
ff. 46, 49 Thomas Hoyle, Revenue Commissioner: Orders for payment: 1647, 1648.
ff. 46 b, 49 b, 67 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury: Warrants for payments: 1647, 1650.
f. 49 b Philip Jermyn, Serjeant at Law: Warrant for payment to, with receipt: 1647.
f. 49 b Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Signatures to warrants and orders: 1636 - 1652.
ff. 49 b, 58, 61, 67 Denis Bond, Admiralty Commissioner: Warrants for payment: 1645-1650.
ff. 52, 64 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letters to Prince Rupert: 1648, 1650.
f. 55 Hon Algernon Sydney: Letter to his father, Lord Leicester: 1648.
f. 55 Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester: Letter to, from his son Algernon: 1648.
ff. 58, 61 Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh: Warrants for payment as Commissioner for Public Revenue: 1649.
ff. 58, 61 Francis Rous, MP: Orders: 1647, 1649, 1654.
ff. 58, 61, 67 b, 70 J- Edwardes, Commissioner for Public Revenue: Pay-warrants: 1649, 1650, 1652.
ff.58,58 b Peter Warburton, Justice of the Common Pleas (1649): Warrant for payment to, with receipt: 1649.
f. 61 Robert Nicholas, Justice of the Common Pleas: Warrant for payment to, with receipt: 1649.
f. 67 Nicolas Love, Commissioner of the Revenue: Warrants for payment: 1650, 1651.
f. 67 Sir Edmund Prideaux, Attorney-General: Order for payment of salary to, with receipt: 1650.
f. 70 John Trenchard, Commissioner for the Public Revenue: Warrants for payment: 1651, 1652.
f. 70 Sir Henry Mildmay, Revenue Commissioner: Warrants signed by: 1645-1652.
ff. 70, 72 Robert Reynoldes, Solicitor-General: Pay-warrant for.: 1652.
f. 74 John Clerke, Colonel, Army and Navy Commissioner: Letter to, from Maj.-Gen. Disbrowe: 1654.
f. 74 Major-General John Disbrowe, Admiralty Commissioner: Letter to Col. Clerke: 1654.
ff. 77, 78 Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester: Letters to Prince Rupert: 1643.
f. 80 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Lord Keeper: Letter to Lord Capel: 1643.
f. 80 Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel (1641): Letter to, from Sir O. Bridgeman: 1643.
f. 83 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to Lord Melfort: circ. 1680.
f. 83 John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort; styled 1st Duke of Melfort: Letter to, from Lord Shaftesbury: circ. 1680.
f. 84 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Power of Attorney to J. Spicer: 1665.
f. 87 Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill; 1st Earl of Orrery: Letters to Sir R. Southwell: 1678.
f. 87 Sir Robert Southwell, successively Clerk of the Privy Council, Envoy to Spain and Portugal, and Secretary for Ireland: Letter to, from Lord Orrery: 1678.
f. 90 Sir John Keatinge, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland: Letter to - -: 1684.
f. 93 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: Letters to Sir R. Southwell: 1685, 1697.
f. 93 Sir Robert Southwell, successively Clerk of the Privy Council, Envoy to Spain and Portugal, and Secretary for Ireland: Letters to, from Lord and Lady Ossory: 1685, 1688.
ff. 96, 98 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letters to W. Blathwayt: 1689.
ff. 96, 98 William Blathwayt, Secretary at War: Letters to, from Lord Galway and others: 1688-1703.
f. 101 Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letters to Sir R. Southwell: 1687, 1696.
f. 101 John Lyndon, Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696.
f. 101 Sir John Hely, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696.
f. 101 Sir Henry Echlin, Puisne Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696.
f. 101 Robert Doyne, Judge, in Ireland: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696.
f. 101 Sir Robert Southwell, successively Clerk of the Privy Council, Envoy to Spain and Portugal, and Secretary for Ireland: Letters to, from Sir R. Cox: 1687, 1697.
f. 101 Nehemiah Donellan, Judge, in Ireland: Letter to Sir E. Southwell: 1696.
f. 101 John Jeffreyson, Judge: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696.
ff. 101, 104 Sir Robert Southwell, successively Clerk of the Privy Council, Envoy to Spain and Portugal, and Secretary for Ireland: Letters to, from the Judges in Ireland and the Bishop of Derry: 1697.
ff. 104, 106 William King, Bishop of Derry and Archbishop of Dublin: Letters to Sir R. Southwell: 1697.
f. 108 Ralph Thoresby, of Leeds: Letter to, from Archbishop Sharp: 1699.
f. 108 John Sharp, Archbishop of York 1691: Letter to R. Thoresby: 1699.
f. 111 Sir Nathan Wright, King's Serjeant; Lord Keeper 1700: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 111 William III of England: Letter to, from the Lords Justices: 1701.
f. 111 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 111 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 111 Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 111 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 111 William Cavendish, Lord Cavendish, afterwards 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire: Letter to William III.: 1701.
f. 114 Sir Gilbert Eliot, 3rd Baronet; of Minto: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 William Anstruther, Lord of Session: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Sir John Lauder, Lord of Session: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Sir Alexander Ogilvie, of Forglen, Lord of Session: Letter to Queen Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Sir Alexander Campbell, of Cesnock, Lord of Session: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Robert Dundas, Lord of Session: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Robert Stewart, of Tillieoutrie, Lord of Session: Address to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Hon James Erskine, of Grange, 2nd son of Charles, 10th Earl of Mar: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormistoun, Lord Justice Clerk: Letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 114 John Murray, of Bowhill, Lord of Session: Memorial to Qu. Anne: 1708.
ff. 114, 115 Sir John Maxwell, Baronet; of Nether-Pollock: Memorial and letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
ff. 114, 115 Robert McKenzie, Lord Preston Hall: Memorial and letter to Qu. Anne: 1708.
ff. 114, 115 Anne of England: Address to, from the Lords of Session in Scotland: 1708.
ff. 114, 115 Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet; of North Berwick, Lord President of the Scotch Council: Memorial and signature: 1708.
ff. 114, 115 Kingdom of Scotland: Address of the Lords of Session to Qu. Anne: 1708.
f. 118 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Letter to J. Dayrolle: 1707.
f. 121 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Letter to J. Dayrolle: 1709.
ff. 123-127 Henry Boyle, Lord Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Letters to J. Dayrolle: 1708-1710.
f. 128 Sir Constantine Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letter to Sir T. Hanmier: 1713.
ff. 131, 132, 133 John Craggs, junior; Secretary of State., etc: Letters to J. Dayrolle: 1719.
ff. 135, 136 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Letters to J. Dayrolle: 1721, 1724.
ff. 138, 139 Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to J. Dayrolle: 1732, 1738.
f. 141 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford: Letter to J. Dayrolle: 1748.
ff. 144, 145 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1715; formerly Pelham; Secretary of State: Letters to J. Dayrolle: 1748, 1751.
f. 148 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State for the North: Letter to J. Dayrolle: 1755.
f. 150 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Exeter: 1758.
f. 150 Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter: Letter to, from W. Pitt: 1758.
ff. 151, 153 William Suckling, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letters to, from his nephew, Lord Nelson: 1795, 1801.
ff. 151, 153 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Letters to his uncle, Col. Suckling: 1795, 1801.
ff. 155, 156 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Code of signals at Trafalgar: 1805.
ff. 155, 156 Cape Trafalgar, Spain: Code of signals used in the battle by Nelson: 1805.
ff. 155, 156 Navy; England: Code of signals of Nelson at Trafalgar: 1805.
f. 159 Richard Wellesley, MP: Letter to the Lady-in-waiting on the Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg: 1835.
ff. 161-166 Benjamin Franklin, MD: Letters to Capt. Paul Jones: 1784, 1785.
ff. 161-168 John Paul, alias Jones (Paul), Russian Admiral and American Commodore: Letters to, from B. Franklin and T. Jefferson: 1784-1786.
f. 168 Thomas Jefferson, US President: Letter to Capt. Jones: 1786.

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Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1562-1633,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083686634
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Anstruther, William, Lord of Session
Blathwayt, William, Sec at War
Bond, Denis, Admiralty Commissioner
Boyle, Henry, Lord Carleton, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill, 1st Earl of Orrery
Bridgeman, Orlando, Lord Keeper
Butler, James, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, statesman and soldier, 1665-1745
Campbell, Alexander, of Cesnock, Lord of Session
Capell, Arthur, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, MP and Royalist, 1608-1649
Cavendish, William, Baron Ogle, Earl, Marquis, and 1st Duke of Newcastle
Cavendish, William, Lord Cavendish, afterwards 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire
Cecil, Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter
Cecil, William, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Clerke, John, Colonel, Army and Navy Commissioner
Cockburn, Adam, Lord Ormistoun, Lord Justice Clerk
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, politician, 1621-1683
Cox, Richard, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Craggs, John, jun, Secretary of State etc
Cresheld, Richard, MP, Recorder of Evesham, Serjeant-at-Law
D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, diplomat and politician, 1718-1778
Dalrymple, Hew, 1st Baronet, judge and politician, of North Berwick, 1652-1737
Digby, George, 2nd Earl of Bristol, politician, 1612-1677
Disbrowe, John, alias Desborough, army officer and politician, ?1608-1680
Donellan, Nehemiah, lawyer and judge, 1649-1705
Doyne, Robert, barrister, judge and politician, 1651-1733
Drummond, John, 1st Earl of Melfort, Jacobite and politician, 1650-1715
Dundas, Robert, Lord Arniston, judge, d 1726
Echlin, Henry, 1st Baronet, Irish barrister and judge, 1652-1725
Edwardes, J-, Commissioner for Public Revenue
Eliot, Gilbert, 3rd Baronet, of Minto
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Erskine, James, of Grange, 2nd son of Charles, 10th Earl of Mar
Fairfax, Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, parliamentarian military officer, 1584-1648
Fauconberg, Thomas, 1st Earl Fauconberg, nobleman, c 1627-1700
Feilding, Basil, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, army officer and politician, c 1608-1675
Franklin, Benjamin, MD
Godolphin, Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, politician and statesman, 1645-1712
Graham, James, 1st Marquess of Montrose, courtier, poet and army commander, 1612-1650
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Hely, John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland
Herbert, Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery, 1584-1650
Holland, Cornelius, regicide
Holles, Thomas Pelham-, Duke of Newcastle, prime minister, 1693-1768
Hoyle, Thomas, Revenue Commissioner
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674
Jefferson, Thomas, US President,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121297235
Jeffreyson, John, Judge
Jermyn, Henry, Earl of St. Albans, Master of the Household to Qu. Henrietta Maria
Jermyn, Philip, Serjeant at Law
Juxon, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Keatinge, John, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
King, William, Bishop of Derry and Archbishop of Dublin
Lauder, John, Lord of Session
Le Neve, William, Clarenceaux Herald
Loftus, Adam, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, c 1533-1605,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054898048
Love, Nicolas, Commissioner of the Revenue
Lubbert, Sibrand, Professor of Theology at Franeker
Lyndon, John, Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland
Maxwell, John, Baronet, of Nether-Pollock
McKenzie, Robert, Lord Preston Hall
Mennes, John, Vice-Admiral; Comptroller of the Navy 1661
Mildmay, Henry, Revenue Commissioner
Murray, John, of Bowhill, Lord of Session
Navy of England
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758-1805,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121400634
Nicholas, Edward, Secretary of State, 1593-1669
Nicholas, Robert, Justice of the Common Pleas
O'Toole, Arthur, Pensioner
Ogilvie, Alexander, of Forglen, Lord of Session
Paul, John, alias Jones (Paul), Russian Admiral and American Commodore
Percy, Algernon, 10th Earl of Northumberland
Phipps, Constantine, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Prideaux, Edmund, Attorney-General
Pye, Robert, of Add MS 21506
Reynoldes, Robert, Solicitor-General
Robertson, John, of Inver, Captain of Blair Castle
Rolleston, William, Lieutenant -Colonel, Deputy Governor of Newark
Rous, Francis, MP
Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine; Duke of Cumberland, royalist army and naval officer, 1619-1682
Rushworth, John, MP
Russell, John, 4th Duke of Bedford
Seymour, Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, English peer, 1662-1748
Sharp, John, Archbishop of York 1691
Southwell, Robert, successively Clerk of the Privy Council, Envoy to Spain and Portugal, and Secretary for Ireland
Spencer, Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702
Stanhope, William, 1st Earl of Harrington, Colonel
Stewart, Robert, of Tillieoutrie, Lord of Session
Suckling, William, Lieutenant -Colonel
Sydney, Algernon, of Add MS 21506
Sydney, Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Tenison, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1636-1715
Thoresby, Ralph, of Leeds; of Add MS 21062
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Trenchard, John, Commissioner for the Public Revenue
Usher, John
Vane, Henry, the younger, statesman
Villiers, Edward, 1st Earl of Jersey
Walpole, Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Warburton, Peter, Justice of the Common Pleas (1649)
Wellesley, Richard, MP
Wentworth, Thomas, Viscount Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Wharton, Philip, 4th Baron Wharton
Wilkes, Thomas, Clerk to the Privy Council and diplomat, c 1545-1598
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702
Wilmot, Henry, 1st Earl of Rochester
Wright, Nathan, King's Serjeant; Lord Keeper 1700

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