Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of, 1660-1718
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1660 - 1718
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
William Blathwayt papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 2
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, newsletters, diplomatic papers, and reports documenting Blathwayt's career and English foreign policy and history in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Dates:
1646-1796, bulk 1668-1703
Danby papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 6
Overview:
The papers document aspects of Danby's political career, particularly his investigation of the Popish Plot and his impeachment in 1678. They include correspondence with Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland on the negotiation for the Treaty of Nijmegen; letters from several members of the House of Lords on affairs of state; extracts from the correspondence of Edward Coleman and from informants' testimonies; letters and documents relating to Danby's impeachment and imprisonment, including copies of...
Dates:
1661-1748, bulk 1661-1684
Manchester papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS fc.37
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, copies of treaties, speeches and credentials, orders, memoranda, reports, newsletters and other papers mostly relating to diplomatic, political and military affairs in western Europe during the War of the Spanish Succession. In addition to documenting Manchester's missions to the republic of Venice and the court of France, the papers provide much detail on shifting relations among the northern powers, the break between France and England following the former's...
Dates:
1697-1737