Add MS 15915

COPIES and Translations of Letters and Papers of State, from 1685 to 1764 (which probably formed part of the Dayrolle collection); arranged as follows :-

Letter from James II. to the Duc de la Feuillade; dat. London, 13 Jan. 1684, Fr., f. 1 ;-Letters from Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne to the States General; dat. London, 9 Oct. 1685, Fr., ff. 3, 5 ;-Translation of a Letter from Charles XII., of Sweden, to William III., in answer to his offer of mediation; dat. Wurgen, in Courlad, 30 Dec. 1701, f. 7;-Letter from the Emperor, Joseph I., to the Dauphin; dat. Vienna, 8 Sept. 1710, Ital., f. 9;-The Prince of Wales (afterwards George II.) to the Margrave of Anspach, to condole with him on the loss of his son ; dat. St. James, 30 Mar/ 10 Apr. 1716, Germ., f.11 ;-Caroline, Princess of Wales (afterwards Queen), to the States General; dat. St. James, 13 Apr. 1716, Fr., f. 13 William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, to the Prince of Wales (two letters) ; dat. Eisenach, 10 Dec. 1716, 14 Sept. 1717 (translations), ff. 15, 19;-Prince Maurice William [of Saxe-Merseburg] to the same; dat. Merseburg, 23 Dec. 1716 (transl.), f. 17 ;-Princess Henrietta Charlotta of Saxony [wife of the preceding] to the same; dat. Merseburg, 23 Dec. 1716 (transl.), f. 18 ;-Louis [Prince of the Asturias] to the States General ; dat. Madrid, 5 Mar. 1718, Fr., f. 20;-Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Luxemburg, to the Prince of Wales, notifying the birth of a son ; dat. Wolfenbüttel, 25 Sept. 1718 (transl.), f. 22;- "Requête ou Demande générale du Conseil d'État, presentée aux États Généraux des Provinces Unies, le 4. Fevr. 1719," f. 23;-Letter from George I. to the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, in favour of Lady Russel [Rachel, widow of William Lord Russel], heir of the late Lord Galloway [Henry de Massué de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway]; dat. St. James', 1 Oct. 1720, Fr., f. 43;-Letters of compliment and condolence

from Queen Caroline to the Duke of Modena, the Duke, Duchess, and Duchess dowager of Guastalla, the King of Sardinia [Charles Emanuel IIII] the Duke of Sleswick.Holstein, the Bishop of Lubeck, and the King of France [Louis XV], - Jan. 173 4/5, 30 Sept. 1736,-Jan. 173 6/7, 30 July, 1737, Fr., ff. 44-52 ;-Project of the demand made by France on England, and declaration of war in case of refusal; dat. Versailles, 21 Dec. 1755, Fr., f. 53 ;-Answer of the States General to the French Ministers, in reference to the differences between France and England; dat. Hague, 9 Feb. 1756, Fr., f. 55;-Pro-Memoria presented by Col. [Joseph] Yorke (afterwards Lord Dover), to the Deputies of the States on the preparations making by France to invade England, 13 Feb. 1756, Fr., f. 56;-Paper delivered to the Secret Committee of the States by [Louis Auguste Augustin] Comte d'Affry, on the part of France, 4 Mar. 1756, Fr., f. 58;- Answers of the States to the Memorials of Col. Yorke, and Comte d'Affry, extracted from their Register, 22 Apr. 1756, Fr., If. 60, 62 ;-Demand made by the King of Great Britain [George II] on the States, to fulfil the conditions of the Treaty of 1678, in consequence of the war declared by him against France [May, 1756], Fr., f. 64 ;-Resolutions of the States to thank the French and Imperial Ambassadors, for informing them of the convention of neutrality, signed 1 May, and to express satisfaction at the Declaration of the French King [Louis XV], in reply to the States resolutions of 25 May previous, 14 June, 1756, Fr., f. 67 ;-Declaration of the French King, in reference to the resolution of neutrality on the part of the States [June, 1756], Fr., f. 73 ;-Memorials presented by Comte d'Affry and Col. Yorke to the States, respecting the passage of the Meuse, 17 Mar., 1 Apr., 6 Apr., 1757, Fr. ; with the replies of the States, 22 Mar., 6 Apr., 1757, Fr., ff. 70-79;-Précis of the conditions offered by the Imperial Court to the King of Great Britain, as Elector of Hanover, touching the war between the Empress Queen and the King of Prussia, n. d., Fr., f. 80;-Letter from Capt. Kendrik Lynslager to Lord concerning the wages paid to Dutch seamen ; dat. Somerset House, f. 82;-Translation of a Letter from the Emperor of Morocco, Mohammed Ben-Abdala, to George III., complaining of want of civilities [May, 1764], f. 84. Folio. [15,915.]