Letters to Sir Horatio Walpole and Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, mainly from British envoys abroad, concerning the conduct of the War of the Spanish Succession and the peace negotiations.
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. hist. d. 117, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. hist. d. 117-118
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13451
Abstract
Letters to Sir Horatio Walpole and Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Biographical / Historical
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757) was a diplomat. Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738) was a statesman. 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. 40077-8.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were bought from Dobell in 1927.
- Title
- Letters to Sir Horatio Walpole and Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
- 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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