Add MS 15939

ORIGINAL LETTERS signed or written by Kings of Denmark and Sweden, from 1582 to 1815 ; viz.:-

Frederic II., King of Denmark, to Sir Francis Walsingham; dat. Cronburg, 14 June, 1585, Lat., f. 1;-Christian V. of Denmark to William Prince of Orange; dat. Copenhagen, 12 Feb. 1670, Germ.; with seal, f. 3 ; -The same to [George] Duke of Würtemberg; dat. Copenhagen, 14 Jan. 1696, Germ. (copy), f. 5;-Frederic IV., King of Denmark, to General Admiral [Ulric Christian] Güldenlew; dat. Copenhagen, 2 Oct. 1716 (copy), f. 7;-The same to [George Augustus] Prince of Wales [afterwards King George II]; dat. Copenhagen, 3 Apr. 1723, Fr.; with seal, f. 9;-Anne Sophie [Duchess of Schleswig, and wife of Frederic IV. of Denmark] to the same; dat. Copenhagen, 13 Apr. 1723, Fr. ; with seal, f. 11 ;-Christian VI., Kin,, of Denmark, to the Queen of Great Britain [Caroline, wife of George II] ; dat. Hirscholm, 19 Sept. 1732, Fr.; with seal, f. 13;-John III., Kino, of Sweden, to William, Prince of Orange; dat. Schwarzoe, 26 Oct. 1582, Germ.; with seal, f. 15 ;-Transcript of the preceding, f. 17 English translation of the Letter of challenge from Charles IX., King of Sweden, to Christian IV. of Denmark, inviting him to a duel, 12 Aug. 1611, and of the King of Denmark's answer, 13 Aug. 1611, ff. 19, 21 ;-Grant by Charles XII., King of Sweden, to Carl Posse, of the Commission of Lieutenant-Colonel; dat. Wurgen, 30 Oct. 1701, Swedish; with seal, f. 21 ;-

Licence from the same to Director Rosencreutz, to pass to Hamburg; dat. Strahlsund, 16/27 June, 1715, Swedish; with seal, f. 23 ;-Letter of Ulrica Leonora, Queen of Sweden, to the Prince of Wales [afterwards King George II]; dat. Stockholm, 3 June, 1721, Fr., f. 25;-Order from Adolphus Frederic, Kin,, of Sweden, to Colonel Baron Sven Cederström ; dat. Stockholm, 21 Dec. 1768, Swedish; with seal, f. 27;-Gustavus III., King of Sweden, to [Eric Magnus] Baron Stael von Holstein [Swedish Ambassador in Paris]; dat. Stockholm, 6 June, 1786 ; in cypher, with a postscript in French, f. 29;-Charles, Duke of Sudermania, Regent of Sweden [afterwards King Charles XIII], to Lieut..Col. Jagerhorn; dat Drottningholms, 14 Oct. 1795, Swedish; with seal, f. 30;-Gustavus IV. Adolphus, King of Sweden, to his mother [Sophia Magdalena, wife of Gustavus III]; dat. Munich, 11 Dec. 1803, Swedish, f. 32 ;-Order addressed by the same to Lieut.-Col. von Fieandt; dat. Stockholm, 18 Apr. 1803, Swedish, f. 34;-

Passport of Charles XIII., King of Sweden, granted to - Lorent, merchant of Gottenburg; dat. Stockholm, 11 May, 1815, Lat.; with seal, f. 36. Folio. [15,939.]