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- 040-001989945
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- 032-001989677
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000292.0x000349
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Walpole Papers. Vol. ccxxx. ( ff. ). General spies' letters, with related papers; Atterbury, etc.; letters from Florence and Rome, with related papers and extracts, together with intercepted letters; some papers were enclosures in despatches from England; some letters partly in cypher; for other intercepted Jacobite correspondence see Stowe MSS 232, 250; French; Italian.; see also Sir Robert Walpole's papers below; 1708 - 1740, n.d.; contents include:-
1. Extracts by Walpole of letters received from John Lawes, Secretary at Brussels, concerning a possible Jacobite invasion of Scotland; 12 - 21 Mar. 1708.
2. Anon: " Recueil en Abrege de ce que iay eu lhonneur d'escrire de Geneve des le 22 April 1712 - et seulement par raport au Pretendant et au Ministre Anglois "; [ aft. Sept. 1715 ].
3. Letter to Lord Townshend from the Duke of Athol; French; copy; 1716.
4. Two letters to Walpole, giving home news, the first from George Tilson; 26 June 1716; the other 5 Oct. 1716.
5. Speech by James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater; printed in 1716; copy; n.d. [ 1716? ].
6. Letters from the Old Pretender to the Duke of Ripperda; 7 Dec. 1725, 9 Feb., 4 Mar. 1726.
7. Papers relating to Bishop Atterbury; two letters from Atterbury to §, 2 Aug. n.y., n.d.; notes on intercepted letters from Bishop Atterbury and others; 1726, 1727.
8. Letter from James Edgar, Secretary to the Pretender, to Bulstrode, Bologna, 30 Mar. 1728, concerning a request by Bulstrode for money.
9. Extract of letter to " Madame de Bolingbroke "; partly in cypher; 29 May 1728.
10. Despatch with enclosures, from Harrington to Walpole, 23 Nov. 1736, referring to a spy, " Le Connu ".
11. Note of a meeting between the Old Pretender and the French Cardinals; taken from a letter to Rome; 30 Apr. 1740.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001989677
036-001989678
037-001989938
040-001989945 - Is part of:
- Add MS 73770-74088 B : Walpole (Wolterton) Papers 73770-74088 B. Correspondence and papers of Horatio Walpole M.P., (b. 1678, d. 1757),…
Add MS 73770-74002 : A. Royal And Diplomatic Correspondence And Papers Of Horatio Walpole. Horatio Walpole's Diary.
Add MS 73994-74002 : Walpole Papers. Vols. ccxxv-ccxxxiii. Spies: Correspondence of Walpole and others with and concerning spies, agents and…
Add MS 73999 : Walpole Papers. Vol. ccxxx. ( ff. ). General spies' letters, with related papers; Atterbury, etc.; letters from Florence and Rome,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001989677[0001]/036-001989678[0024]/037-001989938[0005]/040-001989945
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1708
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- 1708-1740
- Era:
- CE
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