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Civil War. Collection of letters and state papers, apparently from the papers of John Pym
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB94
Overview:
Collection of 28 letters and other documents, many written to John Pym and all concerned with military activities of the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Numerous writers request financial assistance, food, clothing, and arms for their soldiers, including Alexander Carew, who asks for money and arms to combat an uprising in Cornwall; Sir William Balfour, who requests back pay for his services as commissary and captain of a troop in Ireland and requests two months' advance for...
Dates:
1584-1643
Copies of letters to and from Col. William Legge, transcribed from the originals in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth, during the years 1816 and 1817, by William, 2nd Lord Bagot.
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB190
Overview:
Autograph MS. Contains copies of 373 letters, illustrated with prints and drawings.
Dates:
1816-1817
[Political miscellany; letters, memoranda, deeds, speeches, accounts, and legal notes]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB200
Overview:
Anonymous MS collection.
Dates:
1640-1660
Tracts
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 28
Overview:
Collection of approximately 50 tracts, almost entirely manuscript, concerning British politics and government. Many document relations between King Charles I and Parliament, including copies of speeches before Commons by Bagshaw, Grimston, Owens, and Pym and copies of petitions to the King by the Scottish Parliament and the Berkshire Grand Jury. Other topics include the royal succession, taxation, and court practices.
Dates:
ca. 1550-1665