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Stowe MS 460
- Record Id:
- 040-001953272
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x0003e3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 460
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with his engagement in the Venetian service as "Sergente Generale"; 29 Nov. 1696-30 Mar. 1699. Italian. They deal principally with the organisation of the artillery, fortifications at the Isthmus of Corinth, etc. Among other topics treated are:-
(a) A proposal by J. Richards to raise troops among the Irish Catholics, who should be settled in the Morea as colonists at the conclusion of the war; 20 Mar. 1698. f. 9 b;-(b) A description of his part in the bombardment of St. Malo, 1695. f. 13 ;-
and (c) A long account of forts, etc., in Dalmatia and Albania. f. 27.
Veniee: Diaries, etc., of the campaigns against Turkey in the Morea: 1687- 1700.
Jacob Richards, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letters, etc., when in the Venetian service: 1696-1699.: Ital.: Copies.
includes:
- f. 9 b Ireland: Proposal to raise troops among Irish Catholics for the Venetian service: 1698.: Ital.
- f. 13 St. Malo, France: Account of the bombardment of: 1695: Ital.
- ff. 20 b-26 b, 38-43 b Corinth, the Peloponnese: Papers relating to fortification of, by the Venetians: 1698.: Ital.
- ff. 27-38 Dalmatia: Account of Venetian forts, etc., in: circ. 1698.: Ital.
- ff. 27-38 Albania: Account of Venetian forts, etc., in: circ. 1698.: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953247
037-001953257
040-001953272 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 438-488 : CLASS IX.ARMY.
Stowe MS 447-480 : MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the…
Stowe MS 460 : RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0009]/036-001953247[0010]/037-001953257[0012]/040-001953272
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1696
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 29 Nov 1696-30 Mar 1699
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Richards, Jacob, Lieutenant -Colonel
- Places:
- Albania, Europe
Corinth, the Peloponnese
Dalmatia, Croatia
Ireland, Europe
St. Malo, France
Venice, Italy