Draft letters to George I and notes about the death of Queen Anne and the succession. By Edward Southwell. London, 1714. 1714

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Draft letters to George I and notes about the death of Queen Anne and the succession. By Edward Southwell. London, 1714. 1714

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Edward Southwell (1671-1730), clerk to the Privy Council, is the apparent author of 2 letters to George I (1660-1727) about his succession to the throne, both written in 1714 at the time of the death of Queen Anne (1665-1714). Also present are notes made by Southwell about the Succession Act of Anne 6.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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