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032-002092423

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Add MS 40621

Title:

CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS of the Harley family, supplementary to the great collection of Harley papers at Welbeck Abbey calendared by the Historical MSS. Commission in vols. iii-vi of the Duke of Portland's MSS., 1894-1901, viz.:-

1. Eighteen letters addressed to Robert Harley (1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 1711) from his father and brother, Sir Edward and Edward Harley, at the time of the Revolution; 9 Dec. 1688- Apr. [1689]. f. 1.

2. Correspondence (letters received and draft replies) and papers of Thomas Harley, Secretary to the Treasury, as envoy on two occasions to Hanover; Feb.-Sept. 1712, Jan.-May 1714. The chief writers are [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of] Oxford as Lord Treasurer and H[enry] St. John, [Viscount] Bolingbroke (1712) as Secretary of State; there are also a few letters from the English plenipotentiaries at Utrecht, [Thomas Wentworth, Earl of] Stralford (1711), and John

[Robinson, Bishop of] Bristol. St. John's letters are in most cases printed from other sources by G. Parke, Correspondence of Lord Bolingbroke, 1798, and some of Oxford's are calendared in the H.M.C. volumes above-mentioned. f. 38.

3. Letter from J[oseph] Addison, as Secretary to the Lords Justices, to [Matthew] Prior, ambassador in Paris, requesting copies of his dispatches since Queen Anne's death; St. James's, 14 Aug. 1714. f. 244.

4. "The state of the Bill for an annuall and trienniall Parliament with objections to and necessesary (sic) Reflections thereupon [1693]. f. 246.

5. "Observations by Mr. [Lewis] Innes [sometime Principal of the Scots College at Paris] on Mr. [Robert] Leslie's paper on the Kings leaving Scotland, March 1716" (so the endorsement). Leslie was son of the nonjuring Dr. Charles Leslie. His MS. at Windsor (see H.M.C., Calendar of the Stuart Papers, vol. iv, 1910, p. 23) is endorsed as "wrote by Mr. Leslie, junior, at Paris, March, 1716, from Lord Mar's journal," and was published in 1716, with alterations, as the Journal of the Earl of Mar. f. 250.

6. Letter from [Charlwood Lawton] to [the Earl of Oxford ?] dat. Northampton, 13 Aug. 1719, with extract of a letter [1687] from Lawton to John Trenehard [knighted 1689] rel. to the latter's pardon; followed (f. 254) by Lawton's autograph account of his friendship with William Penn and of the latter's intercession for Trenehard and Aaron Smith, more or less identical with the first part (pp. 216-220) of Lawtons "Memoir of Penn" published in the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. iii, pt. ii, 1834, pp. 215-231. f. 252.

7. "The Narrative of Capt. Mark Lynch: Relating to a Project Form'd in France, after the Peace at Reswick [1697], For Burning the English Fleet Then at Portsmouth and Chatham." Printed. f. 256. Paper; ff. 257. Folio. xvii-xviii centt.

Scope & Content:

Harley family; Earls of Oxford: Correspondence and papers: 17th-18th centt.

includes:

ff. 1-32 passim Sir Edward Harley: Letters to his son Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford: 1688-1689.
ff. 1-36 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Letters to, from his father and brother: 1688-1689.
ff. 5-36 passim Edward Harley, Auditor of the Imprest: Letters to his brother Robert: 1688-1689.
ff. 38-243 Thomas Harley, Secretary to the Treasury: Correspondence of, as Envoy to Hanover: 1712, 1714.
ff. 38-243 Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afterwards George I of England): Correspondence of T. Harley, as English Envoy to: 1712, 1714.
ff. 42-147 passim Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Correspondence with T. Harley: 1712.
ff. 54, 64, 121, 136, 221 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Correspondence with T. Harley: 1712, 1714.
ff. 54, 64, 97, 121, 136, 145, 221 Utrecht, the Netherlands: Official letters from English plenipotentiaries at: 1712, 1714.
ff. 54, 97, 145 John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Letters, as Plenipotentiary at Utrecht, to T. Harley: 1712.
ff. 58-227 passim Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Correspondence with T. Harley, Envoy to Hanover: 1712, 1714.
ff. 66, 105, 108 Henry Watkins, Deputy Judge-Advocate in Flanders: Letters to T. Harley: 1712.
ff. 86, 90, 95 P- Barnewall, Baron de Roestowne: Letters to T. Harley: 1712.
ff. 93 b, 217 Edward Harley, Auditor of the Imprest: Correspondence with T. Harley: 1712, 1714.
ff. 106, 110 Brigadier-General William Breton, Envoy to Prussia: Correspondence with T. Harley: 1712.
ff.119,151, 219, 227 b-231 Isaac d' Alais, British Resident in Hanover: Correspondence, etc., with T. Harley: 1712, 1714.: Engl.and Fr.
f. 129 Azzurini, political adventurer: Projects of: 1712.: Ital.
ff. 135, 193 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Letters to the Electoral family of Hanover: 1712, 1714.: Copies.
f. 137 T-? Bernard: Letter to T. Harley: 1712.: Fr.
ff. 155, 165, 167, 237, 238 Anne of England: Correspondence with Hanoverian Electoral family: 1712, 1714.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 155, 165, 167, 237, 238 Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afterwards George I of England): Correspondence of the Electoral family with Qu. Anne: 1712, 1714.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 159, 223 Army; England: Accompts of pay due to Hanoverian troops: 1712, 1714.
ff. 169, 173, 197 William Bromley, Secretary of State: Letters to T. Harley: 1714.
ff. 171, 191, 205, 215 Erasmus Lewis, friend of Dean Swift: Letters to T. Harley: 1714.
f. 187 William Thomas: Letter to T. Harley: 1714.
f. 199 William Bromley, Secretary of State: Letter to C. F. Kreyenberg: 1714.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 233 Stambkem: Letter to T. Harley: 1714.: Fr.
f. 235 W- Winde, at Hanover: Letter to T. Harley: 1714.
f. 242 Thomas Harley, Secretary to the Treasury: Letter to the Electoral family of Hanover: 1714.: Draft.
f. 244 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letter to M. Prior: 1714.
f. 244 Matthew Prior, poet and diplomatist: Letter to, from J. Addison: 1714.
f. 246 England; Parliament: Objections to Triennial Bill: [1693].
f. 250 Jacobites: Observations by L. Innes on R. Leslie's paper on the Pretender's leaving Scotland: 1716.
f. 250 George I of England: Papers rel. to the Jacobite rebellion: 1716.
f. 250 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Observations by L. Innes rel. to his retirement from Scotland: 1716.
f.250 Lewis Innes, formerly Principal Of the Scots College, Paris: Observations on R. Leslie's paper " on the Kings leaving Scotland": 1716.
f. 252 Charlwood Lawton: Letter to [Lord Oxford?]: 1719.
f. 252 b Charlwood Lawton: Letter to Sir J. Trenchard: [1687].: Extract.
f. 252 b John Trenchard, Chief Justice of Chester 1689: Letter to, rel. to pardon of, from C. Lawton: 1687.: Extract.
f. 254 Charlwood Lawton: Account by, of his friendship with W. Penn: 1719.
f. 254 William Penn, Quaker: Account by C. Lawton of his friendship with: 1719.
f. 256 Mark Lynch, Captain in service of James II: Narrative conc., as informer of a project for burning the English fleet after the Peace of Ryswick: [aft. 1697].: Printed.
f.256 Navy; England: Narrative of a plot to destroy English Fleet after the Peace of Ryswick: [aft. 1697].: Printed.

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Languages:

English
French
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

17th century-18th century

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Names:

Addison, Joseph, dramatist and essayist
Alais, Isaac, British Resident in Hanover
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Army of England
Azzurini, political adventurer
Barnewall, P., Baron de Roestowne, correspondent of Thomas Harley, fl 1712
Bernard, T-?
Breton, William, Brigadier-General; Envoy to Prussia
Bromley, William, Sec of State
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
Harley, Edward, Auditor of the Imprest, 7 Jun 1664-30 Aug 1735
Harley, Edward, of Add MS 40621
Harley, Family
Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083423906
Harley, Thomas, Secretary to the Treasury, ?1667-1738
Innes, Lewis, formerly Principal Of the Scots College, Paris
Lawton, Charlwood
Lewis, Erasmus, friend of Dean Swift
Lynch, Mark, Captain in service of James II
Navy of England
Parliament
Penn, William, Quaker
Prior, Matthew, poet and diplomatist, 1664-1721
Robinson, John, diplomatist; Bishop of Bristol; Bishop of London, 1650-1723
St John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Stambkem
Stuart, James Francis Edward, Prince the 'Old Pretender'
Thomas, William, of Add MS 40621
Trenchard, John, Chief Justice of Chester 1689
Watkins, Henry, Deputy Judge-Advocate in Flanders
Wentworth, Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640
Winde, W-, at Hanover

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Utrecht, The Netherlands