Manuscripts

To Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle. Cesnok

Description: Signature of author illegible. Enclosure: Two letters from Port Ste Marie: (a) undated, in cipher; (b) July 21, 1729, in French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1729, Aug. 8),
Call number: BLA 191
Creator: Blathwayt, William (1649?-1717)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: The correspondence covers the affairs of the Embassy, including negotiations about release of ships and goods seized during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and salvage of a cargo of tin off the port of Ostend (1666-1669); international affairs, including secret treaty of Dover (1670) and events leading to the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674), as well as relations with Sweden, Spain, Holy Roman Empire, and Russia. The collection also reflects personal affairs and professional duties of William Blathwayt, including his acquisition of rare books and antiques.

Copies of 3 letters to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Cesnok

Manuscripts

First letter, dated June 29, 1729, to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle, with letter to Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, on verso with an enclosure (to Newcastle) of an unsigned, undated intelligence report in cipher [from Port Ste. Marie], deciphered in French. Third letter, dated July 19, 1729, to Newcastle (enclosing a document, not found).

BLA 188

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To [-----]. Port S[ain]te M[arie], Spain

Manuscripts

In French. Endorsed: "Sent 19 July 1729." Enclosing a cipher, in French, endorsed: "In the letter of 23 Juin 1729."

BLA 187

To Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle

Manuscripts

mssBLA 191

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To [-----]. [Port Ste. Marie], Spain

Manuscripts

In French. Enclosure: 2 pages in cipher, deciphered in French. Endorsed: "Not sent becaus not material and containing a complaint ag[ains]t Mr. Keene."

BLA 190

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To [-----]. Port de Sainte Marie, [Spain]

Manuscripts

In French. Enclosing: passage in cipher, deciphered in French. Endorsed: "In the letter of the 14 July. Sent to t[he] D[uke] of N[ewcastle] 8 Augt."

BLA 189

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and of Newcastle Under-Lyme, letter to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

Manuscripts

The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.

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To Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle. Cesnok

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