Add MS 74077

Walpole Papers. Vol. cccviii. ( ff. ). Miscellaneous political and other letters and papers of Sir Everard and W. Fawkener:-

1. Anon.: " Abregé de l' Histoire des Successeurs de Genghizcan pour servir d' eclaircissement a tout ce qui suit "; account of Genghis Khan's successors up to 1708; n.d. [aft. 1729; circa 1736 ? ].

2. Anon. paper in the same hand: " Abregé historique Sur l' Empire des Tartares,... ", according to D' Osterman, Russian minister, in a letter to the Grand Vizier, 23 Apr. 1736.

3. Anon. paper addressed to " Monsieur" [ Sir Everard ? ], concerning Moscow and the Muscovites; written in several hands; draft copy, with corrections; Feb. 1737.

4. Anon. paper in the same hand; " Relation Succinte et historique de ce qui est passé de plus particulier en Turquie un peu avant la declaration de guerre de la Czarine contre la Porte et depuis que ses Armées ont commencé les hostilités jusqu'que ce jour "; with accounts of the battles of the Emperor's troops since he entered the war; 1 Jan. 1738 ( 1739?); [ date corrected from 1734 ].

5. Anon. paper on the muslims; Italian; n.d.

6. Anon. account [ Peter Lupart ?; see below ] : " A Spasso To Ephesus in Ionia & Guzz'el hassar in Caria Anno 1730 Tempus edax rerum, inque [?] invidiosa vetustas Omnia destruitis!; account of the travels of the author, Sir Everard, and — Gaspari, as above, with some details of antiquities visited; together with some Greek inscriptions; 23 - 28 Apr. 1734.

7. Anon. account, in the same hand: " A Spasso To Magnesia and Thyatira fas sit mihi visa referre 1734 ". account of a journey to the above places and of antiquities discovered, by the author and others including a Thomas Anson and a Capt. Wilde; a number of Greek inscriptions are recorded. 28 Aug. - 2 Sept. 1734; together with a fragment in a different hand relating to another spasso, to Eski Baba, Kavouli and elsewhere; circa 13 [ 24 ? ] Nov., n.y. [ c. 1734 ?].

Both (7) and (8) are possibly connected with a letter of 1736 enclosing similar material from Peter Lupart to Sir E. Fawkener, in the correspondence in 74076 above.

8. Anon. notes; " Voyage round the Propontis "; n.d.

9. Anon. paper: " Observations Sur neuf Medailles des Roys du Bosphore Cimmerien ...."; paper covers; French; n.d [aft. 1744 ].

10. Anon. note: " The ceremony of the Aspasmus or last embrace "; work on the final part of the Greek Orthodox burial service, including much, possibly all, of the ceremonial rite and the liturgy; n.d.

11. Anon. paper: " Traduction des Points que Mos. Gurowski, Stolnick de Podolie a remis à la Sublime Porte Ottomane de la part et au nom de quelques Senateurs de la Republique de Pologne avec la Reponse que la Sublime Porte y a donnée. "; n.d.

12. Anonymous letter to [ W. Fawkener ? ], explaining a cypher system; partly cypher; partly French.; n.d.

13. Correspondence of W. Fawkener; the first letter is from W. Fawkener to Capt. James Crauford in London, 3 Aug. 1770, concerning a Turkish military victory; the last is an anon. letter to — [ Burke or Tom Paine ?], both known to W. Fawkener, criticising the radical nature of the recipient's planned publication on the origin of governments; copy; n.d.; watermarked 1796; 1770 - [ circa 1796 ? ].

14. Papers of W. Fawkener; including copies of Thomas Grenville's correspondence with C. J. Fox, relating to negotiations with the American states at Paris, 1782; mostly copies; partly French; much of the material for 1790 - 1791 in (13) and (14) was found tipped into 74081 ; 1768? - 1791, n.d.