Manuscripts
Copies of 3 letters to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Cesnok
- Description
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).
- Date
- 1729, June 29-July 19),
- Call number
- BLA 188
- 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.
