Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, papers, 1600-1814 (inclusive), [microform].

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, papers, 1600-1814 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers consist of materials from British Museum Additional Manuscripts, numbers 32686-32991b, 32993-33007, 33042, 33044-33045, 33049-33050, 33058-33059b, 33064-33067, and 33069-33078. The papers cover the years 1600-1814 and consist of official correspondence, memoranda, minutes of the Privy Council, diplomatic papers, lists of expenditures, papers relating to Scotland, and Newcastle's domestic and private correspondence.

287 reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692712

Yale University Library

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