Collection of contemporary manuscript copies of fifteen miscellaneous letters and documents. 1599-ca. 1616.

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Collection of contemporary manuscript copies of fifteen miscellaneous letters and documents. 1599-ca. 1616.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54872275

Comprises 1 document, 2 poems, and 13 letters to or from Elizabeth I and James I and various noblemen and women concerning contemporary events, all copies of originals.

4 ff. conjoined in two pairs, manuscript.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7682917

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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