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Add MS 89438
- Record Id:
- 032-003780650
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003780650
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115465871.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89438
- Title:
- Letters to Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens, describing the early stages of the French Revolution in Paris and events in Brussels
- Scope & Content:
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- ff. 1-5: Letter from Lord Robert Stephen Fitzgerald to Alleyne Fitzherbert, Paris, 23 July 1789, describing the early stages of the French Revolution, including the dismissal of Jacques Necker and the Storming of the Bastille.
- ff. 6-11: 3 letters from J. Sontag in Brussels to Alleyne Fitzherbert at The Hague, 29 and 30 December 1789 and 18 January 1790. The letters are intelligence briefings from a British official at the imperial court in Brussels at the time of the Brabant Revolution of 1789-90.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003780650
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003780650
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 file (4 letters)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1789
- End Date:
- 1790
- Date Range:
- 23 Jul 1789-18 Jan 1790
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: 11 folio.
- Former Internal References:
- deposit 11223
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Blackwell Rare Books, Oxford, 28 June 2019.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fitzgerald, Robert Stephen, diplomat, 1765-1833
Fitzherbert, Alleyne, Baron St Helens, diplomat, 1753-1839