Add MS 61537

Vol. CCCCXXXVII (ff. 189).

(1) Correspondence, etc., with Abraham Stanyan, as Envoy to the Swiss Protestant cantons and the Grisons, particularly rel. to Andrea Antonio, Count Venzati al. Marquis de Sugana al. Baron de Weltz, 1708-1710, and letters from Stanyan as Envoy in Vienna, 1717. For Venzati see M. Braubach, Geschichte und Abenteuer. Gestalten um den Prinzen Eugen, Munich, 1950, pp. 163-217. Partly French. Partly copies. ff. 1-143.

(2) Letters from the syndics and council of, and British agents in Geneva, partly addressed to Stanyan; 1707-1709. French. Partly, copies. ff. 144-180.

(3) Miscellaneous Swiss letters and papers; 1705-1709. Mostly, French. Partly Latin. ff. 181-189.

Switzerland: Correspondence of British envoys with and rel. to: 1707-1710.: Partly Fr. and Lat.: Partly copies.

includes:

• ff. 1- 138b Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Correspondence, etc., with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1717.: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.
• ff. 5- 10b Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afterwards George I of England): Correspondence, with A. Stanyan: 1708.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 5-10b Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Correspondence with George I, as Elector of Hanover: 1708.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 13-17b Principality of Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Memorial rel. to its defence: 1707.: Fr.
• ff. 13-17b Johann Ludwig Runckel, Dutch Envoy to Switzerland: Project for defence of Neuchâtel: 1707-1708.: Fr.: Signed.
• ff. 15-17b Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Project for defending Neuchâtel: 1707-1708.: Fr.: Signed.
• ff. 18-25 Province of Franche-Comté, France: Allied military projects rel. to: circ. [1705?]-1708.: Fr.
• ff. 18-25 Colonel de Braconnier, alias La Breconniére; adventurer from Franche Comté: Memorial rel. to his proposals for invasion of Franche Comté: 1708.: Fr.
• ff. 26-106b passim Chabò, Marquis de St Maurice; son of T F Chabò, Marquis de St Maurice: Letters to A. Stanyan,: 1707-1710: Fr: Signed, copies and extracts.
• ff. 26-119b, 133-138b Conte Andrea Antonio Venzati, alias Rovanelli; self-styled Marquis de Sugana; Italian adventurer: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1709-1710.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 51, 71, 75, 82, 88 Conte Andrea Antonio Venzati, alias Rovanelli; self-styled Marquis de Sugana; Italian adventurer: Letters to Marquis de St Maurice: 1709-1710.: Fr.: Partly copies.
• ff. 51-55 Victor Amadeus II; Duke of Savoy: Annotations by: 1709.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 57-60b Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Agreement with Conte A. A. Venzati: 1710.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 57-60b Conte Andrea Antonio Venzati, alias Rovanelli; self-styled Marquis de Sugana; Italian adventurer: Agreement with A. Stanyan: 1710.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 96-97, 106, 110 Victor Amadeus II; Duke of Savoy: Correspondence with A. Stanyan: 1710.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 96-97, 106, 110 Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Correspondence with Victor Amadeus II of Savoy: 1710.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 108, 112 Abraham Stanyan, alias Stanian; Envoy to Switzerland and at Vienna: Correspondence with Marquis de St Thomas: 1710.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 108, 112 Giuseppe Gaetano Carron di San Tomasso, Marquis de St Thomas; Savoyard Secretary of State: Correspondence with A. Stanyan: 1710.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 114 Conte Andrea Antonio Venzati, alias Rovanelli; self-styled Marquis de Sugana; Italian adventurer: Safe conduct for: 1710.: Fr.
• ff. 118, 140 Conte Andrea Antonio Venzati, alias Rovanelli; self-styled Marquis de Sugana; Italian adventurer: Letters to Lord Sunderland: 1710.: Fr.
• ff. 124-128 Ahmad III; Sultan of Turkey: Letters rel. to Austro-Turkish negotiations: 1717.
• f. 126 Accounts: Letter rel. to expenses of Ambassador to Turkey: 1717.
• ff. 129-132 Reverend Johann Konrad Werndly, of Zurich; chaplain to A Stanyan: Memorials, etc., on his behalf: 1708-1709.: Partly Fr.
• f. 136b Anne of England: Correspondence, etc., with Victor Amadeus II of Savoy: 1705-1710.: Mostly Fr.: Drafts and copies.
• f. 136b Victor Amadeus II; Duke of Savoy: Correspondence, etc., with Qu. Anne: 1705-1710.: Mostly Fr.: Signed and copies.
• f. 138b Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Letters, etc., to: 1694-1710.: Partly Fr.
• ff. 144-153 City of Geneva: Letters of Syndics and Council to Lord Sunderland: 1707-1709.: Fr.: Seals.
• ff. 153-185 passim Louis XIV of France: Information rel. to: 1707-1709.: Fr.
• f. 154 Republic of Genoa: Letters of Government to Qu. Anne: 1707-1709.: Lat. and Fr.: Partly copy.
• ff. 163-180b Gaspard Perrinet, Marquis d'Arsellières; British agent at Geneva: Letters to Lord Sunderland: 1709.: Fr.
• ff. 165, 181-183 Saladin, banker, of Lyons and Geneva: Letters, etc., rel. to: 1706, 1709, n.d.: Mostly Fr.
• ff. 169, 173 Newsletters From Savoy: Unspecified place: 1709.: Fr.
• ff. 181-183 Jean Henry Huguetan, Huguenot banker, of Amsterdam: Papers rel. to,: 1705-1706: Partly Fr: Partly copies.
• f. 185 New Bern, North Carolina: Memorandum rel. to its foundation: 1706.: Fr.
• f.185 Switzerland: Paper rel. to emigration of Bernese to America: 1706.: Fr.
• f. 186 A. Mayre d'Yvernois, of Switzerland: Letter to J. Addison: 1707.: Fr.
• f. 188 Otto Grass, evangelical clergyman of Sondrio, in the Valtelline: Letter to Lord Sunderland: 1709.: Lat.