Add MS 15884

COPIES of various Memorials, Resolutions, Letters, and Political Papers, made for Solomon Dayrolle during his residency at the Hague, from 1747 to 1756, viz.:-

Memorials presented by S. Dayrolle, from 12 June, 1747, to 7 Sept. 1756, chiefly addressed to the States, but also to the following persons, viz. : the Prince of Orange, f. 1 ; the Greffier Fagel, f. 2; the States of Holland, f. 3; the Council of State, ff. 3 b., 4 ; the Baron de 'Sgravemoer, (President of the Council of Holland,) f. 9; the Marquis de Botta, at Brussels, f. 15; the Count Cobenzl, f. 19, and Prince Charles of Lorraine, f. 21, in French; -Extracts from the Registers of Resolutions of the States General, the Council of State, and the States of Holland and West Friesland, 5 July, 1747-20 Jan. 1752, in French, ff. 23, 57, 88, 123 b., 168, 227 b.;-Letters of M. Crumpipen, with Memorials, in reply to those presented by S. Dayrolle, 26 July-9 Sept. 1756, Fr., f. 54 b. ;-Letter and reply of the Admiralty of Friesland to a Memorial (which is subjoined) of Baron C. d'Ammon, Prussian Envoy at the Hague, 2 Feb. 1748, Fr., f. 63;-Convention made between Great Britain, Hungary, Sardinia, and the States, signed at the Hague, 26 Jan. 1748, Fr., f. 70;-Treaty concluded between Great Britain and Russia, 9 Dec. 1747, Fr., f. 75;-" Journal du Siége de Bergen op Zoom,"[July-Sept 1747,] f. 78 b.;-Instructions for Lieut. Gen]. Philip Anstruther, on his appointment as Commissary to a body of 30,000 Russians, on their march to Silesia, 12 Feb. 1741, f. 91 b.;-Treaty of England and the States with the Duke of Brunswick, for the service of a body of Wolfenbüttel troops, dat. Hague, 1 Feb. 1748, as confirmed by George II., 2 Feb. 1741, Fr., Lat., f. 93;-Extract of the Acts of the Assembly of Arnheim, 17 Jan. 1748, Fr., f. 104;-Act of accession of the States to the treaty between England and Russia, for a force of 30,000 men, 16 Apr. 1748; with the Resolutions of the States on the subject, Fr., f. 107 b.;-Additional Convention of the allied powers for the campaign of 1748, 3 May, 1748, Fr., f. 109 b.;-Resolution of the States, touching the Convention for recaptures, and surrender of deserters, 24 Apr. 1748, Fr., f.110 b.;-Convention between England and the States, for the return of the Russian troops, dat. Aix la Chapelle, 2 Aug. 1748, Fr., f 114;-Resolution of the States of Friesland, on the subject of the Stadtholder's authority, 13 June, 1748, Fr., f. 118 b.;-Convention between Russia, Great Britain, and the States, for the service of 30,000 Russian troops, s. d. Fr., f. 116 b. ;-Letter from Prince William of Nassau to the Envoy, [Sir Horace] Mann, 3 Sept. 1748; accompanied by an account of the negotiation of Hanau, Fr., f. 158 b.;-Suppressed Memorial of the Magistrates of Rhynland, Delftland, and Schieland, to the States of Holland, 1 June, 1749, Fr., f. 170 b.;-" Pièces relatives à l'affaire des trois compagnies des Gardes Suisses, tirées des régimens du Canton de Berne," Jan.-Apr. 1749, f. 175 b.;-Report made to the States of Holland by the Grand Pensionary, S. van Slingelandt, on the subject of the re-establishment of their finances, 5 May, 1728; with other papers annexed to the same, Fr., f. 183;-Articles submitted to the Directors of the Dutch East India Company, touching the privileges of the Prince of Orange as Governor; with the Reply of the Directors, 20 Feb. 1749, Fr., f. 213;-

Instructions given by the States of Holland to the Councillor Pensionary Stein; with Remarks, n. d., Fr., f. 218 b.;-Project for the establishment of a Company at Embden, to establish a trade with Canton, signed " Henri Thomas Stuard," presented to Frederic II., King of Prussia; with the "octroi" granted by the King for this purpose, 4 Aug. 1750, f. 224 ;-

Instructions for the Duke of Brunswick, in the quality of Captain General of the Provinces of Holland and West Friesland, s. d., Fr., f. 240;-" Pièces relatives à l'affaire de Tabago, 1749," consisting of two Memorials from Col. Yorke to [J. F. Phelippeaux] Comte de Maurepas, dat. Paris, 12 Aug., 12 Apr. 1749; with the Reply, f. 244;-" Extrait de la Relation de la révo. lution en Russie, aprez la mort de l'Imperatrice Anne, par le Duc de Biron," f. 256;-" Idée de la personne et de la manière de vivre de la Cour du Roi de Prusse, 2 Juin, 1752," attributed to [Laurent Anglivier] de La Beaumelle, f. 265. Folio. [15884]