17 letters (drafts) to Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester. 1699 4/14 Aug to 1701 Oct 3, various places, 1660?-1722.

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17 letters (drafts) to Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester. 1699 4/14 Aug to 1701 Oct 3, various places, 1660?-1722.

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Manuscripts, in two hands, of a collection of 17 letters to Charles Montagu, Duke of Manchester, while Montagu was ambassador-extraordinary at the court of France. The letters concern diplomatic affairs, many detailing King William III's responses to Montagu's reports. Several letters discuss the treatment of English seamen and other English subjects in France; one letter concerns a petition for King William's protection for those on an English ship seized by the French, while another reports on the violence done to an English ship attacked by a French ship, contrary to treaties between the two countries. Others refer to the proposed restitution of the town of Brisae; two letters concern the escape of the "villain" Count Boselli, an Italian under the protection of France who had threatened to assassinate King William III; and the last letter refers to the mourning King William III will undertake upon the death of James II, encourages Montagu to do likewise, and recalls him to England. Fifteen of the letters are autograph; and two are in another hand.

1 v. (ca. 20 p., mounted in an album) ; 29 x 18 cm.

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