Manuscripts
Great Britain. Court of Exchequer. Order for stay of Process in the trial of Robert Spencer, Charles Wheeler, Bart, and John Strode
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Livingston, Robert. To Sir Edmund Andros : Extract
Manuscripts
Also an extract of a letter to Andros from William Banton & Thomas Pound, dated, July 8, 1690.
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Dutton, Sir Richard. To John Codrington : Order for payment of £500 to Henry Waldrond. Barbados
Manuscripts
Copy of Waldrond's receipt on verso.
BL 401
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Great Britain. Privy Council. To the Board of Trade : Order relating to the Governor's salaries in the West Indies. Court at St. James's
Manuscripts
2 pieces. Signed by John Povey, Secretary. ---- Extract of the same.
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William Blathwayt papers addenda
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This collection consists of 195 pieces of business, diplomatic, and personal correspondence and accounts primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) during his service as a clerk in The Hague (1668-1672) and his tour of Europe in 1672, with some items dated 1682 and a few pieces relating to British colonies in the East and West Indies. Approximately twenty items are secret diplomatic correspondence and intelligence reports from agents throughout Europe, dating from 1720 to 1734 (after Blathwayt's death). Blathwayt Correspondence, 1668-1682 The correspondence of William Blathwayt primarily pertains to the affairs of the English Embassy in The Hague, international affairs, and the personal affairs and professional duties of Blathwayt, including his acquisition of rare books and antiques, particularly his dealings with Daniel Elzevir. The documents related to the affairs of the English Embassy in The Hague date from 1668 to 1672 and include negotiations about the release of ships and goods seized during the Second Anglo-Dutch War; affairs of English sailors and merchants in the Low Countries; and the salvage of a cargo of tin sunk off the port of Ostend (1666-1669). The documents related to international affairs primarily concern the secret treaty of Dover (1670) and the events leading to the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674); foreign relations with Sweden, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and Russia, as reflected in letters to Blathwayt from English diplomats and memoranda submitted to King Charles II by the Ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire in London (1682). Among the correspondents represented are Amsterdam lawyer Paulus Buys (18 items); Amsterdam book commissioner and agent J. D. Benoist (3 items); English factotum in Amsterdam Edmond Custis (15 items); Thomas Downton, the 1st secretary of William Temple (8 items); E. Jollyvet (4 items); Tannegui Lefebvre (2 items) Edward Meredith, an English diplomat in Spain (3 items); Sir William Temple (11 items); Count Franz Sigmund von Thun (6 items); Amsterdam merchant Dirck Van Pas (7 items); Sir John Werden (7 items); and Robert Wolseley (3 items). Diplomatic and intelligence reports, 1720-1734 The collection also includes letters and dispatches (including ciphered messages), written between 1720 and 1734 (after Blathwayt's death), from intelligence agents in Berlin, Hamburg, Cambrai, Paris, Port Sainte Marie (Spain), and Madrid addressed to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, Charles Withworth, Charles Townshend, and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle. The documents contain information on affairs in Brandenburg-Prussia, Russia, Spain, France, and Italy. Correspondents include: Giovanni Battista Paretti, Charles du Bourgay, and Sir Cyril Wich, although most dispatches are anonymous.
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William Eaton papers
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This collection contains the papers of William Eaton, chiefly those accumulated during his service in the Mediterranean. The main period covered by these papers is that of 1798 to 1805, relating to the Barbary affairs. The earlier and later items are for the most part of a personal nature. Included are letters, documents (including 9 volumes of contemporary copies), commonplace books, manuscripts, with a few sketches. The papers document the relations between the U.S. and the Barbary states, the Tripolitan War (1801-05), James Leander Cathcart, naval operations of the U.S. and European powers. Also included are items related to Eaton's professional and personal affairs -- his army career, business transactions, claims against the U.S., and relations with his family and friends. Subject matter: A. Algiers: Consulship of Richard O'Brien (official and personal correspondence) B. Tripoli 1. Consulship of James Leander Cathcart (official and personal correspondence) 2. War, 1801-1805 a. Nicolai C. Nissen, Danish Consul and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires (official correspondence) b. Expedition in behalf of Ahmed II (Hamet Karamanli), ending in the occupation of Derne c. U. S. naval operations: 1). Attack on Tripoli 2). Co-operation with the land force at Derne 3. Treaty of peace C. Tunis: Consulship of William Eaton 1. Negotiations with the bey 2. Relief of Danish captives A. European Powers B. The United States A. Early army service: Recruiting, service in Georgia, courtmartial, etc. B. Personal correspondence with family and friends C. Business transactions D. Claims against the United States Persons represented in the collection include John Adams (2 pieces); Ahmed II, Bey of Tripoli (11 pieces); Samuel Barron (6 pieces); Samuel Briggs & Briggs Bros. (firm) (7 pieces); James Leander Cathcart (108 pieces); George G. Coffin (4 pieces); George Davies (3 pieces); William Eaton (92 pieces including 11 volumes); Hammoudah, Bey of Tunis (3 pieces); Rufus King (6 pieces); Ahmed Korshid, Viceroy of Egypt (3 pieces); James Madison (6 pieces); Francesco Mendrici (5 pieces); Alexander Murray (3 pieces); Nicolai Christian Nissen (37 pieces) Richard O'Brien (71 pieces); Timothy Pickering (5 pieces); Antonio Porcile (3 pieces); Stephen Pyncron (4 pieces); William Loughton Smith (3 pieces); and others. The chronological distribution of the correspondence and miscellaneous papers is: 1792-1798 (26 pieces); 1799 (60 pieces); 1800 (72 pieces); 1801 (125 pieces); 1802 (71 pieces); 1803 (21 pieces); 1804 (26 pieces); 1805 (71 pieces); 1806-1811 (36 pieces); and 1813-1829 (3 pieces). Some notable items include: 1795, Nov. 26. PICKERING, Timothy. To William Eaton. Instructions relative to the Creek Indians 1798, June 14. SEAGROVE, James. Return of the Creek Indians at Colerain 1798, Dec. 18. PICKERING, Timothy. Instructions to Richard O'Brien, William Eaton, and James Leander Cathcart 1799, Apr. 28. NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte. To Yussuf, Bey of Tripoli. Letter copied by James L. Cathcart and enclosed in a letter to William Eaton (1799, June 22) 1799, Nov. 2. SMITH, William Loughton. To William Eaton. A résumé of the political affairs of the United States at that time (letter press copy) 1799. EATON, William. Note of the effects granted to the regency of Tunis by the peace with the United States 1801, July 10. KING, Rufus. To Richard Dale, regarding the regalia for Tunis (letter press copy) 1802, Mar. 15. MORTIMER, H. W. & SON, and T. MORTIMER (firm). To Rufus King: Account for arms presented to the Bey of Tunis. Annexed to the above: 1802, Feb. 10. RANDALL & BRIDGE (firm). Bill for jewels set in gun mountings; also, invoice of jewels for the Bey of Tunis 1804, Sep. 5. O'BRIEN, Richard. To William Eaton. Letter telling of the attack on Tripoli 1804, Sep. 15. BARRON, Samuel. Verbal orders of Commodore Barron to Captain Hull of the U.S. Ship Argus. Attested by Isaac Hull and William Eaton 1807, June 8. AHMED II. To William Eaton. Friendly letter thanking Eaton for his efforts in Ahmed's behalf (in Italian, with Ahmed's signature and seal) Most of the letters are originals, but the official government communications are mainly copies. Many of the letters are duplicated in the letterbooks; some are only in the letterbooks. Some papers appear in: Naval documents related to the United States wars with the Barbary powers ... / Prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, under the supervision of Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S. (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1939-44).
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