Papers of William Blathwayt (Addenda), 1667-1734 (bulk 1668-1672).

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Papers of William Blathwayt (Addenda), 1667-1734 (bulk 1668-1672).

Correspondence and documents (accounts and bills) accumulated by Blathwayt during his service in the Hague, and subsequent tour of Europe (1672), along with some later diplomatic correspondence (1682) and a few items relating to British colonies in East and West Indies. The collection also contains secret diplomatic correspondence and intelligence reports (including ciphered messages) (1720-1734) addressed to Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, Charles Withworth, Charles Townshend, and Thomas Pelham-Hollles, 4th Duke of Newcastle.

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