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- 040-001950607
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- 032-001949954
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Vol. DI (ff. 244). Correspondence, etc., relating to overseas posts, intercepted letters, intelligence from Post Office agents, etc.; as follows:-
(1) Correspondence of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Bart., Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Bart., and Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart., as Postmasters General, and of their secretary, Benjamin Waterhouse, partly addressed to Pringle; 1706-1710. Partly French. Mostly signed. Partly copies. ff. 1-168b.
(2) Letters, etc., from John Macky, agent at Dover, and his clerk, John Mowat, relating mostly to Ostend mails; 1707-1710. ff. 169-198b.
(3) Letters, etc., from Edmund Dummer, agent at Plymouth, relating to the West Indian mails; 1705-1710. Partly signed, copies, extracts and printed. ff. 199-226b.
(4) Miscellaneous letters, memorials, etc.; 1707-1709, n.d. Partly French. ff. 227-244b.
Post Office: Correspondence of Postmasters General, etc., rel. to overseas mails, intercepted letters, etc.: 1706-1710, n.d.: Partly Fr.
includes:
- ff. 1-102, 174 Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1708.: Signed.
- ff. 1-168b, 174 Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet; Joint Postmaster General: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1706-1710.: Partly signed.
- f. 9 Eleazar Sharnal, packet-boat captain: Letter to Postmasters-General: 1707.: Abstract.
- ff. 12-13b Edmund Dummer, Post Office agent at Plymouth: Memorial to Postmasters-General: 1707.
- ff. 14, 31-33, 80, 98-101b, 114 John Macky, Post Office agent at Dover: Letters to Postmasters General: 1707-1708.: Partly copies.
- f.18 Captain Barnaby Burleigh, packetboat commander: Letter to Postmasters General: 1707.: Signed.
- f. 25 Benjamin Waterhouse, Secretary to Postmasters-General: Letter to J. Addison: 1707.
- f. 25 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1718.: Partly Fr. and Span.
- f. 36 Newsletters From France: Toulon: 1706-1707.: Fr.
- ff. 36, 55, 60 Newsletters From France: Paris,: 1696-1715.: Fr.: Partly printed extracts and imperf.
- ff. 36b, 131-134b Newsletters From Belgium: Ostend: 1708-1709.: Mostly Fr.: Partly extract.
- ff. 44, 82, 90, 96, 104,108,188 Michael Browne, Commissary of packet-boats at Ostend: Letters to Postmasters General, etc.: 1708.
- ff. 47, 120 Zechary Rogers, manager of packet-boats at Falmouth: Letters to Postmasters General: 1708, 1709.: Extracts.
- f. 49 François Jaupain, Postmaster-General at Brussels: Letter to Sir R. Cotton and T. Frankland: 1708.: Fr.: Extract.
- ff. 53-61b, 111, 182, 186 John de Fonseca, Allied intelligence agent in Brussels: Letters, etc., to Postmasters General: 1708.
- ff. 64, 190, 193-196b John Mowat, clerk to J Macky, Post Office agent: Letters to Postmasters General, etc.: 1708-1710.
- f. 66 Paul Hart, at Margate: Letter to Postmasters General: 1708.
- f. 68 Newsletters From Ireland: Coleraine: 1708.
- ff. 72-77b Isaac Manley, Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland: Letter, etc., to Postmasters General: 1708.
- f. 73 Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine: Letter purportedly from, to J. Burchett: 1708.
- f. 73 Josiah Burchett, Secretary to the Admiralty: Letters to: 1708-1710.
- ff. 75-77b John Shepheard, of Dublin Post Office: Report to I. Manley rel. to purported letter of Lord Deloraine: 1708.
- f. 76 Edward Barrett, Postmaster of Galway: Affidavit by: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 76 Richard Revett, clerk, of Galway: Affidavit by: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 76 William Fisher, Sheriff of Galway: Affidavit by: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 76 Richard Wall, Mayor of Galway: Affidavits before: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 77 Loftus Cliff, the younger; customs-officer of Galway: Certificate by: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 77 Henry Arkwright, customs-collector of Galway: Certificate by: 1708.
- f. 77 Robert Widdrington, customs-officer of Galway: Certificate by: 1708.: Signed.
- f. 77 Dr F. Shawe, Minister of Galway: Certificate by: 1708.
- f. 77b Robert Shaw, Clerk of Crown and Peace in Leinster and Connaught: Certificate by: 1708.
- f. 91 J. Bauwens, at Ostend: Letter to Postmasters-General: 1708.
- f. 102 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Letters to: 1708, 1722.: Partly Fr.
- ff. 113-168b Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Lord Sunderland, etc.: 1708-1710.: Signed.
- ff. 121-128b, 137, 143-153b, 156, 162-164 Robert Pringle, Under-Secretary Of State: Letters, etc., to: 1707-1710.: Partly Fr.
- ff.121-128b,137,139,143-153b Benjamin Waterhouse, Secretary to Postmasters-General: Letters, etc., to R. Pringle and T. Hopkins: 1709-1710.
- f. 123 Richard Grey, manager of packet-boats at Harwich: Letter to B. Waterhouse: 1709.: Signed.
- ff. 125, 139, 143-153b, 215 Thomas Hopkins, Under Secretary of State: Letters, etc., to: 1707-1710, n.d.: Partly Fr.
- ff. 145-153b Henry Pyne, Deputy Postmaster at Bristol: Letter, etc., to Postmasters-General: 1710.
- f. 146 Villiers, Secretary, Royal Assiento Company: Letter to: 1709.: Fr.
- ff.146-153b François Dubois, French sea-captain: Letters of: 1709.: Fr.
- f. 148 Girard, clerk of war extraordinaries: Letter to: 1709.: Fr.
- f. 150 Pasquier, Director General, Royal Assiento Company: Letter to: 1709.: Fr.
- f. 164 Captain John Green, packet-boat commander: Letter to Postmasters General: 1710.: Extract.
- ff. 169-192b John Macky, Post Office agent at Dover: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1707-1710.
- ff. 178-179b Roman Catholics: States of English seminaries in Low Countries: 1707.
- ff. 182, 188 John Mowat, clerk to J Macky, Post Office agent: Letters to: 1708.
- f. 190 Benjamin Waterhouse, Secretary to Postmasters-General: Letter to: 1709.
- ff.197b-198b Dover: Names and personal details of passengers from Ostend disembarked at: 1710.
- ff. 199-226b Edmund Dummer, Post Office agent at Plymouth: Correspondence, etc., with Lord Sunderland: 1705-1710.: Partly signed and extracts.
- f. 210 Captain Williams, packet-boat commander: Letter to E. Dummer: 1708.: Extract.
- f. 219 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Postscript to 'Flying Post': 16 Sept.1708.
- f. 219 Admiral Sir Charles Wager: Accounts of his engagement with Spanish treasure ships off Carthagena: 1708.
- ff. 227-228b Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Baronet d 1712: Letters, etc., to Lord Sunderland: 1707-1709.
- f. 229 John de Fonseca, Allied intelligence agent in Brussels: Letter to: 1708.: Fr.
- f. 232 Ashburnham Frowde, Controller of GPO foreign office: Letter to G. Tilson: 1709.
- f. 232 George Tilson, under-secretary of state: Letters, etc., to: 1706-1718.: Partly Fr.
- ff. 243-244b Seals: Impressions from letters sent to Huguetan brothers, etc., for information of postal agents: early 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- 032-001949954
033-001950460
036-001950600
040-001950607 - Is part of:
- Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61491-61665 : D. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND61491-61665. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCXCI-DLXV. Correspondence…
Add MS 61596-61606 H : D. Section VI. ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS 61596-61606. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXCVI-DVI.…
Add MS 61601 : Vol. DI (ff. 244). Correspondence, etc., relating to overseas posts, intercepted letters, intelligence from Post Office agents, etc.;… - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
- English
French
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1705
- End Date:
- 1710
- Date Range:
- 1705-1710
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Addison, Joseph, dramatist and essayist
Arkwright, Henry, customs-collector of Galway
Barrett, Edward, postmaster, of Galway, fl 1708
Bauwens, J., at Ostend, fl 1708
Browne, Michael, Commissary of packet-boats at Ostend
Burchett, Josiah, Secretary to the Admiralty
Burleigh, Barnaby, Captain; packetboat commander
Cliff, Loftus, the younger; customs-officer of Galway
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Dubois, François, sea-captain, fl 1709
Dummer, Edmund, naval engineer and ship builder, 1651-1713
Evelyn, John, 1st Baronet, politician; of Wotton, Surrey, 1682-1763
Fisher, William, sheriff of Galway, fl 1708
Fonseca, John, intelligence agent in Brussels, fl 1707-1720
Frankland, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, Joint Postmaster General
Frowde, Ashburnham, Controller of GPO foreign office
Furnese, Henry, 1st Baronet, d 1712
General Post Office, 1660-1969
Girard, -, clerk of war extraordinaries, fl 1709
Green, John, packet-boat commander and correspondent of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, fl 1713
Grey, Richard, manager of packet-boats at Harwich and correspondent of Benjamin Waterhouse, fl 1709
Hart, Paul, at Margate
Hopkins, Thomas, Under Sec of State
Jaupain, François, Postmaster-General at Brussels
Macky, John, Post Office agent at Dover
Manley, Isaac, Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland
Mowat, John, clerk to J Macky, Post Office agent
Pasquier, Director General, Royal Assiento Company
Pringle, Robert, Under-Secretary Of State
Pyne, Henry, Deputy Postmaster at Bristol
Revett, Richard, clerk, of Galway
Rogers, Zechary, manager of packet-boats at Falmouth
Scott, Henry, 1st Earl of Deloraine
Sharnal, Eleazar, packet-boat captain
Shaw, Robert, Clerk of Crown and Peace in Leinster and Connaught
Shawe, F., Dr; Minister of Galway
Shepheard, John, of Dublin Post Office
Tilson, George, administrator; under-secretary of state, c 1672-1738
Villiers, Secretary, Royal Assiento Company
Wager, Charles, Admiral
Wall, Richard, Mayor of Galway
Walpole, Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Waterhouse, Benjamin, Secretary to Postmasters-General
Widdrington, Robert, customs-officer of Galway
Williams, Captain; packet-boat commander - Places:
- Dover, England