Add MS 36806

OFFICIAL and private letters to Lord Mountstuart, as Ambassador to Spain; 28 Jan. 1783-15 Dec. 1784. Lord Mountstuart was appointed Ambassador 12 March, 1783, and on 1 Jan. 1784 was succeeded by Lord Chesterfield. From the letters here of Robert Liston, Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid pending the in Ambassador's arrival, and from the précis of Liston's correspondence in 1783-1784 in Add. MS. 34465, f. 1, it does not appear that Lord Mountstuart proceeded to Madrid. The names of the writers are included in the Index. The latter part of the volume is taken up with copies of papers chiefly relating to Spanish affairs, of which the more important are:-

1. Article 16 of a treaty between England and Spain; 3 ay,1667. f.78.

2. Letter from Robert Keith, Ambassador at Vienna, to Lord Holdernesse, Secretary of State, on negociations at Vienna; 16 May, 1756. ff. 80-97.

3. " Memoire raisonné sur la situation presente de 1'Allemagne, 1756." Endorsed, " Supposed to be written by the King of Prussia." f. 102.

4. Correspondence between William Pitt, Secretary of State, and Sir Benjamin Keene, Ambassador at Madrid; 23 Aug., 26 Sept. 1757. ff. 106, 114.

5. State of the Revenue of Spain; 1760. f. 124.

6. Account of the insurrection of the Indians against the Spaniards in ]Peru, in 1780 and 1781. f. 136.

7. " Some observations on the probability of success in case an attack should be made on the Island of Trinidada, Sta Fe, Cumana, Carraccas, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatimala," by Gen. John Dalling, Governor of Jamaica; [1782 ?]. f. 145.

8. " Some considerations relative to the Reduction of the Island of Trinidad," in a letter from Louis Flislale, a native of Tuscany, to General Dalling; [1782?]. f. 160.

9. " Observations on the Carraccas and Province of Cumana,' in a letter from the same to the same; 16 Nov. 1782. f. 172.

10. Letter from George Dyer to Alexander Munro, on the Mosquito Shore and the Bay of Honduras; 17 Mar. 1783. f. 183. With remarks on the same subject, f. 187.

11. ',Some thoughts relative to the Trade lately carried on in the Bay of Honduras and on the Mosquito Shore by the British Merchants; 1783." f. 203.

12. " Account of the Spanish Main "; n. d. f. 216.

13. Plan of "the harbour of Port Royal on the South Side of the, Isle Rattan"; n. d. f. 227. Paper; ff. 227. Harrowby sale-cat., lot 52. Folio..

John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart; 4th Earl (1792), and 1st Marquis (1796) of Bute: Diplomatic correspondence, as Envoy to Sardinia, and Ambassador to Spain: 1779-1797.

includes:

• f. 1 Thomas Coutts, banker: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• ff. 3, 11, 19-25 Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham: Letters to Lord Mountstuart: 1782, 1783.
• f. 5 Hon Keith Stewart, Captain RN: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• f. 7 J - Buckholm: Letter to Sir J. Dick: 1783.: Fr.
• f. 9 Francis Carter, FSA: Letter to Lord Grantham: 1783.
• f. 13 Isaac Mendes Belisario: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• f. 17 Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron St Helens: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• f. 27 John Lidderdale: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• ff. 29, 30 General John Dalling: Letters to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.
• ff. 31, 45, 47, 51, 54, 62-70, 73, 75 Robert Liston, Ambassador to Madrid (1783-1788) and to Constantinople (1793-1796): Letters to Lord Mountstuart: 1783-1784.
• ff. 33, 35 Charles James Fox, Secretary of State: Letters to Lord Mountstuart: 1782, 1783.
• f. 37 Grotti: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.: Fr.
• f. 38 Ginezii: Letter to Lord Mountstuart: 1783.: Fr.
• ff. 49, 60 E- Barre: Letters to Lord Mountstuart: 1783, 1784.
• f. 53 J- H- Bourbon: Letters to Lord Mountstuart: circ. 1783.
• f. 72 Sir Robert Murray Keith: Letter, as Envoy at Vienna, to Lord Mountstuart: 1784.
• f. 78 Charles II of Spain: Treaty with England, 16th article: 1667.
• f. 78 Charles II of England: Treaty with Spain, 16th article: 1667.
• f. 80 Robert Keith: Correspondence, as Ambassador at Vienna, with Lord Holdernesse: 1756.
• f. 102 Francis I; Emperor of Germany: Memoir on the state of Germany, by the King of Prussia (?): 1756.
• f. 102 Frederick II of Prussia: Memoir on Germany attributed to: 1756.
• ff. 106, 114 Sir Benjamin Keene: Correspondence, as Ambassador at Madrid, with W. Pitt: 1757.: Copy.
• ff. 106, 114 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Sir B. Keene: 1757.: Copies.
• f. 124 Charles III of Spain: State of the revenue: 1760.
• f. 130 Charles III of Spain: Operations of the Spanish fleet in America: 1777.: Fr.
• f. 132 Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth; 1st Marquess of Bath: Letter to the Marquis d'Almodovar: 1779.: Printed.
• f. 136 Peru: Insurrection of the Indians in: 1780-1.
• f. 145 General John Dalling: Observations,as Governor of Jamaica, on an attack upon the island of Trinidad: 1782.
• ff. 145, 160 Island of Trinidad: Considerations relative to the reduction of: 1782.
• ff. 145, 172 Caracas, Venezuela: Observations on: 1782.
• ff. 145,172 Province of Cumana, Venezuela, S. America: Observations on: 1782.
• ff. 160, 172 Louis Flislale, native of Tuscany: Observations on the island of Trinidad, the Caracas, etc.: 1782.
• f. 183 George Dyer: Letter to A. Munro: 1783.
• ff. 183-215 Mosquito Shore, Honduras: Papers on: 1783.
• ff. 183-215 Honduras Bay: Papers on: 1783.
• f. 216 Spanish Main: Account of: 18th cent.
• f. 227 Maps and Plans: Plan of Port Royal Harbour, Isle of Rattan: 18th cent.
• f. 227 Isle of Ruatan, Gulf of Honduras: Plan of Port Royal Harbour: 18th cent.