Two volumes of contemporary copies, in the same hand, of letters from Henry St. John, Secretary of State, to Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, envoy to the Netherlands.
Dates
- Creation: 1709-1711
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. e. 4, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. e. 4; Eng. misc. e. 180
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13355, 13361
Abstract
Contemporary Copies of Letters of Henry St. John, Secretary of State
Biographical / Historical
Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751) was Secretary of State. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41796-7.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were purchased in 1927 and 1933.
- Title
- Contemporary Copies of Letters of Henry St. John, Secretary of State
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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