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040-002109642

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032-002109547

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COLLECTION OF NEWS-LETTERS; 1665-1746. Including:-

(1) A series, in one handwriting, giving continuous news, domestic and foreign; Jan.-Nov. 1665. ff. 1-56.

(2) A series, dated from London, giving occasional news; 9 Sept. 1684- 17 Feb. 169 4/5. Some are addressed to John Ellis, Secretary of the Revenue in Ireland. ff. 57-81 b.

(3) 'The Post Boy'; 7-10 Mar. 1696/7. Printed. f. 82.

(4) 'The St. James's Post'; 16-23 Nov. 1716. Printed. ff. 84-85b.

(5) Two letters from Penrith, on the march of the Pretender on Carlisle; Nov. 1745. f. 86.

(6) Letter addressed to 'Mr. Williams, Coffeeman at the Pavillon', containing a scandalous story from Madrid and intelligence that T. Birch has probably gone to Ireland to consult 'the papers of Father Nugent ... as to the negotiations of the Earl of Glamorgan in the year 1646 with the Popish Council at Kilkenny' (see Add. MS. 4185); London, 5 Nov. 1746. ff. 91-92b.

(7) G. Grene to W. Strickland, R. Augier, and others, on affairs in Parliament; 29 May 1646-11 Feb. 1647. ff. 93-95, 97-98.

(8) Newsletters from Paris, Rome and Vienna; 1654-1658. ff. 99-110. Paper; ff. 110. Folio. 1665-1746.

includes:

ff. 1-56 Newsletters: General: 1665.
ff. 57-81 Newsletters From England: London: 1684-1695.
ff.71-75 John Ellis, Under Secretary of State: Newsletters to: 1688, 1689.
f. 82 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The Post Boy': March 1696.
ff. 84-85b Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The St. James's Post',: November - 1716.
f. 86 Carlisle, Cumberland: News of the Rebels at: 1745.
f. 86 Newsletters From England: Penrith, co. Cumb.: 1745.
f. 87 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Answer to a paper entitled 'Jack Sprat': 18th cent.
f. 91 Williams: Newsletter to: 1746.
f. 93 Giles Grene, MP: Correspondence with W. Strickland: 1646-1647.
f. 93 Walter Strickland, MP: Correspondence with G. Grene: 1646-1647.
ff. 94, 95, 98 René Augier, British Resident in Paris: Correspondence with G. Grene: 1646-1648.
ff. 94, 95, 98 Giles Grene, MP: Correspondence with R. Augier: 1646-1648.
ff. 95, 97 Giles Grene, MP: Correspondence with T. Skynner: 1647-1648.
ff. 95,97 Tbomas Skynner: Correspondence with G. Grene: 1647-1648.
f. 96 Henri Auguste de Loménie, Comte de Brienne; Secretary of State: Letter to - de Villequier: 1647.: Engl. transl.
f. 96 Louis XIV of France: Letter to - de Villequier: 1647.: Engl. transl.
f. 96 de Villequier, Governor of Boulogne: Letter to, from Louis XIV: 1647.: Engl. transl.
ff. 99-106 Newsletters From France: Paris: 1654-1662.: Engl., Fr. and Lat.
f. 107 Newsletters From Italy: Rome: 1593-1656.: Engl. and Ital.
f. 108 Newsletters From Austria: Vienna: 1654, 1658.
f. 109 Giovanni Battista Stoppa, Minister of the French Congregation at the Savoy: News from Paris sent to: 1655.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002109547
040-002109642

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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…

Add MS 4182 : COLLECTION OF NEWS-LETTERS; 1665-1746. Including:- (1) A series, in one handwriting, giving continuous news, domestic and…

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032-002109547[0030]/040-002109642

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Languages:

English
French
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1665

End Date:

1746

Date Range:

1665-1746

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Names:

Augier, René, British Resident in Paris
Ellis, John, government official, c 1642-1738
Grene, Giles, MP
Loménie, Henri Auguste, Comte de Brienne, Secretary of State
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Skynner, Tbomas
Stoppa, Giovanni Battista, Minister of the French Congregation at the Savoy
Strickland, Walter, Lord Strickland (1658-1660), politician and diplomat, 1598?-1671
Villequier, Governor of Boulogne
Williams, of Add MS 4182

Places:

Carlisle, England