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032-002055599

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032-002055599

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Add MS 37054

Title:

LETTER-BOOK Of Henry Shirley, Chargé d'Affaires at Moscow and St. Petersburg (see Add. MS. 6826, f. 123); 14 May 1767- 15 July,1768. It contains his correspondence with Henry Seymour Conway and [Thomas Thynne,] Viscount Weymouth, Secretaries of State, Sir George Macartney, late Envoy to Russia, English ministers in Poland, Prussia, etc., chiefly concerning the affairs of Poland and the establishment of an alliance between Russia and Great Britain. Paper; ff. 102. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Catherine II of Russia: Letter-book of H. Shirley, English Chargé d'affaires at Moscow, etc.: 1767-1768.

Henry Shirley: Letter-book of, as Chargé d' Affaires at Moscow: 1767-1768.

includes:

ff. 1, 2, 11, 22 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Correspondence with H. Shirley: 1767.: Copies.
ff. 2 b, 5 b, 12 b, 16 b, et passim Stanislas Augustus; King of Poland: Stanislas Augustus. Correspondence of H. Shirley on the religious differences in,and Russian policy towards: 1767-1768.: Copies.
ff. 2 b, 5 b, 7, 14, 24 b, 25 b, 31 b, 46, 55, 87 b Sir Thomas Wroughton, K B; Envoy at Warsaw and Stockholm: Correspondence with H. Shirley, in Russia: 1767-1768.: Copies.
ff. 3 b, 19 b, 29, 44 b, 45 b, 75, 80 b, 90 b, 94 Sir John Goodricke, 5th Baronet; of Ribston: Correspondence with H. Shirley, in Russia: 1767-1768.: Copies.
ff. 5, 8, 9 b, 12 b, 14 b, 16, 16 b, 18 b, 23 b, 26, 27, 27 b, 31, 33 b, 35, 39 b, 40, 41 b, 42, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 57, 59, 60 b, 63 b, 64, 64 b, 66, 68 Field-Marshal Henry Seymour Conway: Correspondence with H. Shirley in Russia: 1767-1768.: Copies.
ff. 7 b, 26, 27 b, 72 b Clement XIII; Pope: Action of, in Poland, etc.: 1767-1768.
ff. 9 b, 10, 50 Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany; brother of George III: Death of, at Monaco: on 17 Sept. 1767.
ff. 10, 37 b, 56, 71, 94 b Sir Ralph Woodford, Resident at Hamburg (1763), 1st Baronet (1791): Correspondence with H. Shirley in Russia: 1767-1768.: Copies.
f. 19 b Sir Andrew Mitchell, Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia (1765): Letter to, from H. Shirley at Moscow: 1767.: Copy.
f. 23 Hans Stanley, MP for Southampton: Letter to, from H. Shirley at Moscow: 1767.: Copy.
ff. 24, 44 Catherine II of Russia: Displeasure of, at the use of the word " Czarine " by the English Secretary of State: 1767.
f. 26 Stanislas Augustus; King of Poland: Confederations for union of Great Poland and Lithuania: 1767.
ff. 31, 38 b, 40, 43 b Catherine II of Russia: Refusal of France to allow her the title of " Imperial Majesty ": 1767.
f. 62 Turkey: British trade with, an obstacle to alliance between Russia and Great Britain: 1767.
ff. 63 b, 73 b George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Nomination of, as Ambassador to Russia, and recall: 1767, 1768.
f. 64 Catherine II of Russia: Appointment of Count Ivan Czernicheff as ambassador to Great Britain: 1767.
f. 64 Count Ivan Czernicheff: Appointment as ambassador to Great Britain: 1767.
ff. 72 b, 73 b, 76 b, 79 b, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88 b, 89, 89 b, 95 b, 96, 97, 98 b, 101, 102 Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth; 1st Marquess of Bath: Correspondence, as Sec. of State, with H. Shirley in Russia: 1768.: Copies.
f. 80 Catherine II of Russia: Letter to, from the king of Poland: 1768.
ff. 80, 84 b Stanislas Augustus; King of Poland: Stanislas Augustus. Letters to Catherine of Russia and Count Panin: 1768.: Copies.
ff. 81 b, 82 Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart: Nomination of, as Ambassador to Russia: 1768.
f. 91 b John Murray, Ambassador to Turkey (1765): Letter to, from H. Shirley at St. Petersburg: 1768.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1767

End Date:

1768

Date Range:

14 May 1767-15 Jul 1768

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Material Type:

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Names:

Cathcart, Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart, army officer and ambassador, 1721-1776
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Clement XIII, Pope
Conway, Henry Seymour, Field-Marshal
Czernicheff, Ivan, Count
Goodricke, John, 5th Baronet, of Ribston, diplomat and politician, 1708-1789
Macartney, George, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794
Mitchell, Andrew, diplomat, 1708-1771
Murray, John, Ambassador to Turkey (1765)
Shirley, Henry, of Add MS 37054
Stanislas Augustus, King of Poland
Stanley, Hans, MP for Southampton
Thynne, Thomas, 1st Marquess of Bath, Secretary of State, 1734-1796
Woodford, Ralph, Resident at Hamburg (1763), 1st Baronet (1791)
Wroughton, Thomas, K B; Envoy at Warsaw and Stockholm
York and Albany, Edward Augustus, Duke of, brother of George III

Places:

Turkey, Middle East, Asia