Add MS 72612

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXXI. Entry-book containing copies of documents relating to diplomatic and naval matters; 1685-aft. 1698. Partly French. The volume was originally used as an entry-book for the items in the first category below, with the last three added later at the end, reversing the volume. Inscribed '307' on spine. Formerly Add. 88.

ff. . Contemporary vellum binding with leather tie. 385 x 260mm.

1. Memorials addressed to the King of France, his ministers and officials on behalf of British subjects and their affairs during Trumbull's embassy in Paris ending with a copy of his letters of recall; Dec. 1685-Aug. 1686. French. Copies in the hand of Trumbull's secretary, James Dayrolle.

2. 'An Account of the most Important Transactions relating to the last years Expedition viz. 1692 written by the Earl of Nottingham', in the form of a diary, 26 Feb.-1 Aug.; [1693]. Copy in the hand of Trumbull's nephew, John Bridges. Concerning the battle of La Hogue.

3. 'A rough Draught of a New Modell att Sea' by George Savile, Marquess of Halifax, copied 29 Nov. 1693, by Trumbull himself from Halifax's holograph. Concerning the recruitment of officers for the Navy. For this and other manuscript versions, see English Literary Manuscripts, II, pt 1, HaG 47, The Works of George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, ed. Mark N. Brown (Oxford, 1989), I, pp. 295-314, 401-402, and Mark N. Brown, 'Sir William Trumbull and the Marquis of Halifax', British Library Journal, 19 (1993), pp. 142-145.

4. 'Lord Rochest[ers] Speech to the K. of Poland when Ambassador'; 1677. Copy in Trumbull's hand.

5. 'Letters relating to the Partition Treaty of .98.', consisting principally of letters between Hans Willem Bentinck, Earl of Portland and James Vernon, as Secretary of State, Aug.-Nov. 1698. Copies in the hand of Trumbull's nephew, Ralph Bridges.

includes:

• ff. 1-35 Louis XIV of France: James II of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir W. Trumbull as envoy in Paris: 1682-1687: Partly Fr. and Span.
• ff. 1-35 Louis XIV of France: Memorials and petitions from British subjects to Louis XIV, his ministers and officials: 1681-1686, n.d.: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 51-48v (vol. rev.) George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: Navy; England: `A rough Draught of a New Modell att Sea' by Lord Halifax: 1693: Copy.
• ff. 56v-51v (vol. rev.) Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: Navy; England: `An Account of the most Important Transactions relating to last years Expedition' by Lord Nottingham: 1693: Copy.