Add MS 40760

FRANCIS PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. i + 291). Miscellaneous papers of Sir P. Francis, including, letters and copies of diplomatic and political documents. The most noteworthy are:-

(1) A letter, "To the Frequenters of THEATRES," subscribed "An Enemy to Imposition," i.e. Sir P. Francis (cf. Parkes, op. cit., i, p. 68); 25 Jan. 1763. Printed. f. 3;-(2) Articles of the treaty between England and Portugal, [ 10 July 1654], in Portuguese, with the secret article (f. 17 b). Another copy in Latin and Engl. is in Stowe MS. 192. On. f. 15 b are six preliminary articles of a treaty between the same parties, dated 1652. f. 5;-(3) Copies of miscellaneous papers of Thomas Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, British Ambassador at Lisbon 1760. The majority are despatches from Lisbon addressed to William Pitt [1st Earl of Chatham 1766]. The subjects mainly concern trade and the dismissal of Cardinal Felippo Acciaioli, the Papal Nuncio, from the Portuguese court. All are copied in the hand of Sir P. Francis, who was secretary to the Ambassador. f. 19;-(4) Copy of the Preliminary Articles, with the secret article, of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle between England, France and the United Provinces, 30 April 1748. Fr. Another copy, without the secret article, is in Add. MS. 15870, f. 126. f. 135;-(5) Copies of papers relating to the Royal American Regiment, 1756, 1763. f. 141;-(6) Register of official correspondence of Sir Benjamin Keene, as Ambassador at Madrid and Lisbon; 1746-1754. Copy. The Keene Papers are now Add. MSS. 43412-43443. f. 150 b;-(7) Act of Neutrality between France and Austria, 1 May 1756. Fr. f. 212;-(8) Treaty of alliance between France and Austria, Versailles, 1 May 1756. Fr. Copy. f. 214;-(9) Correspondence of Maj.-General William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay 1741-1756, with Henry Fox [1st Baron Holland 1763], William Wildman Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, Maj.-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Bart., Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, Robert Hunter Morris, Governor of New Jersey, Maj.-General James Abercrombie, Commander-in-Chief in N. America, and John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun ; 9 Nov. 1755-5 Sept. 1756. Most of the letters are printed by C. H. Lincoln, Correspondence of William Shirley, 1912, ii, passim, where some of the letters have different addressees. The letters addressed to Shirley are all copies. f. 220;-(10) Five letters from James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawly, to the 2nd Viscount Barrington; 4 Aug. 1756-11 May 1757. f. 271.

includes:

• f. 3 Sir Philip Francis, KB: Letter " to the Frequenters of Theatres" ascribed to: 1763.: Printed.
• f. 5 Treaties: Anglo-Portuguese treaty, 1654.: 18th cent.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 5, 15 b Portugal General: Treaties with England: 1576-1703.: Partly Lat. and Portug.: Copies.
• f. 5 (Portug.) Oliver Cromwell of England: Treaty with Portugal: 1654.: Copies.
• f. 13 Treaties: Preliminary articles, with the secret article, of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.: 18th cent.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 15 b Treaties: Preliminary articles betw. England and Portugal, 1652.: 18th cent.: Portug.: Copy.
• f. 15 b England; Commonwealth: Preliminary articles to an Anglo-Portuguese treaty, 1652.: 18th cent.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 19, 98 Trade and Commerce: Papers rel. to Anglo-Portuguese trade: 18th cent.
• ff. 19, 98 Portugal General: Papers rel. to diplomatic and commercial relations with England: 18th cent.
• ff. 19-104 passim Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin; 9th Earl of Kinnoul: Miscellaneous papers and despatches: 1760.: Copies.
• ff. 29-104 passim William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Despatches to, from Lord Kinnoull: 1760.: Copies.
• f. 66 Luis da Cunha, Portuguese Plenipotentiary at Utrecht and Ambassador in England and France: Letter to Card. F. Acciajuoli: 1760.: Portug.: Printed.
• ff. 66-68 Filippo Acciajuoli, Cardinal: Papers conc. his expulsion from Portugal: 1760.: Portug.: Printed.
• ff. 66-68 Clement XIII; Pope: Papers conc. the expulsion of his Nuncio from Portugal: 1760.: Portug.: Printed.
• f. 67 Joseph Emmanuel of Portugal: Report sent to F. de Almada de Mendonça conc. the dismissal of Card. F. Acciajuoli from Lisbon: 1760.: Portug.: Printed.
• f. 84 Luis da Cunha, Portuguese Plenipotentiary at Utrecht and Ambassador in England and France: Letter to, from Lord Kinnoull: 1760.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 84 Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin; 9th Earl of Kinnoul: Letter to L. da Cunha: 1760.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 107, 110 Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet; diplomatist: Letters to W. Pitt: 1759.: Copies.
• f.112 George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol: Letter, as Envoy to Sardinia, to W. Pitt: 1757.: Copy.
• f. 122 Charles Emmanuel I; King of Sardinia: Letter to Count Perron: 1754.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 124, 130 Robert Wood, Under-Secretary of State: Letters addressed to, from a spy in Belgium: 1759.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 135 Netherlands, United Provinces: Preliminary articles, with the secret article, of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: 1748.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 135 Louis XV of France: Preliminary articles, with the secret article, of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: 1748.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 135 George II of England: Preliminary and secret articles of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.: 18th cent.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 141-148 b Army; England: Papers rel. to the Royal American Regiment: 1756, 1763.: Copies.
• ff. 150 b-162 John V of Portugal: Copy of register of official correspondence of the British Ambassador to: 1746-1748.
• ff. 150 b-200 b Sir Benjamin Keene, KB; diplomatist: Register of official correspondence: 1746-1754.
• ff. 163 b-200 b Ferdinand VI of Spain: Copy of register of official correspondence of the British Ambassador: 1748-1754.
• ff. 204, 207 Lieutenant-General Sir William Draper, KB: Letters to C. Townshend: 1762.: Copies.
• ff. 212, 214 Francis I and Maria Theresa of Germany;: Act of Neutrality, and treaty of alliance betw. France and Austria: 1756.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 212, 214 Louis XV of France: Act of Neutrality and Treaty of alliance with Austria: 1756.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 212, 214 Treaties: Act of Neutrality and Treaty of Alliance betw. France and Austria: 1756.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 220 Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet: Letter to W. Shirley: 1755.: Extract.
• ff. 220-270 British America, and United States: Correspondence of Governor W. Shirley: 1755-1756.
• ff. 220-270 Major-General William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay: Correspondence: 1755-1756.
• f. 222 Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland: Letter to W. Shirley: 1756.: Copy.
• f. 224 Robert Hunter Moth, Governor of New Jersey: Letter to, from W. Shirley: 1756.: Copy.
• ff. 230, 232 (copy) Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letters to, from W. Shirley: 1756.
• ff. 235, 241, 245, 246, 248, 261 William Wildman Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington: Letters to, from W. Shinley: 1756.
• f. 251 Major-General James Abercrombie, Commander-in-chief in N America: Letter to, from W. Shirley: 1756.: Copy.
• ff. 259, 264, 269 John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; Commander in Chief in N America: Correspondence witli W. Shirley: 1756.: Copies.
• ff. 271-285 b James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley: Letters to Lord Barrington: 1756-1757.
• f. 289 b 'Anti-Sejanus, Junior.': Letter, so signed, to " Public Advertiser": 1767.: Printed.