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Stowe MS 252
- Record Id:
- 040-001953051
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x000312
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 252
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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COPIES Of official correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the commercial relations of Great Britain and Russia; 1732-1765.
1. Letters of [William Stanhope, Baron] Harrington, Secretary of State, with the Commissioners for Trade, reporting the progress of the negotiations of [George Forbes], Viscount Forbes [3rd Earl of Granard, 1734], Minister Plenipotentiary, and Claudius Rondeau, Minister Resident at St. Petersburg, for a Treaty of Commerce; 27 May, 1732-31 Dec. 1734. f. 1. Among the enclosures is (f. 42) a copy of the treaty, dated 2 Dec. 1734.
2. " A state of the grievances and hardships the English Trade lies under in Russia"; n.d. f. 52.
3. " Counter-project of a Treat), of Commerce with Russia"; circ. 1760. f 60.
4. Projet de Convention eventuelle entre leurs Majestés Prussienne et Britannique; 30 Dec. 1761. f. 77.
5. Letter from [? George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of Halifax, Secretary of State], to Sir George Macartney, Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, relating to the commercial relations between Great Britain and Russia, April, 1765 ; with papers concerning the proposed new Treaty between the two countries, circ. 1765. ff. 81-143. Paper; ff. 143. xviiith cent. Folio.
England General Chronicles and History: Papers relating to commercial relations with Russia: 1732-1765.: Copies.
includes:
- f. 1-51 Claudius Rondeau: Negotiations, as British Resident at St. Petersburg: 1732-1734.
- ff. 1-40 Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters, as Secretary of State, to the Commissioners for Trade: 1732-1734.: Copies.
- ff. 1-51 Anne; Emperor of Russia: Negotiations with England for a Treaty of Commerce: 1732-1734.
- ff. 1-51 George Forbes, Viscount Forbes: Negotiations at St. Petersburg: 1732-1734.
- f. 31 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letter to Sir G. Macartney: 1765: Copy.
- f. 60 Elizabeth; Emperor of Russia: Project of a commercial treaty with England: 1760.
- f. 71 Frederick II of Prussia: Project of treaty with England: 1761.
- f. 77 George III of England: Project of treaty with Prussia: 1761.
- ff. 81-143 Catherine II of Russia: Negotiations for a commercial treaty with England: circ. 1765.
- ff. 81-143 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Negotiations for a commercial treaty: circ. 1765.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001952918
040-001953051 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 54-310 : CLASS IV.HISTORY.
Stowe MS 132-267 : SECT. V. - STATE PAPERS, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
Stowe MS 252 : COPIES Of official correspondence and papers chiefly relating to the commercial relations of Great Britain and Russia; 1732-1765.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0005]/037-001952918[0064]/040-001953051
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Anne, Emperor of Russia
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Elizabeth, Emperor of Russia
Forbes, George, Viscount Forbes
Frederick II, King of Prussia
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Macartney, George, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman, 1718-1792
Rondeau, Claudius, of Stowe MS 252
Stanhope, William, 1st Earl of Harrington, Colonel