Letters and documents, 1666-1684.

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Letters and documents, 1666-1684.

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Collection of manuscripts, in multiple hands, primarily documenting Clarendon's financial activities. Many of the items are acknowledgments of debts, including one appointing Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris to act as his attorneys in order to pay interest out of his shares of the New River Waterworks to his debtors; a legal document and several receipts acknowledging Clarendon's debts and payments to others arising from shares in the New River Waterworks; and three pages of financial accounts and calculations related to those debts and payments. Other items include a request to Clayton for a copy of his father's deed settling Clarendon House on Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, explaining that he is weighing offers of purchase from John Granville, Earl of Bath; Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle, and William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire; a letter to Clayton asking him to appoint a house where they can meet with Richard Boyle and Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton; and another to Clayton thanking him and John Morris for a bill of credit and promising him a gift of fruit trees, including some varieties not yet in England. The collection also includes an official petition, addressed to Clarendon as "Lord High Chancellor of England" from Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707) and John Morris, concerning a land dispute between John Dove and John Pretyman.

1 v. (8 items) ; various sizes.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Clayton, Robert, Sir, 1629-1707

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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674

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Brodrick, Alan, Viscount Midleton, 1656?-1728.

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Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1612-1698

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Albemarle, Christopher Monck, Duke of, 1653-1688

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Governor-General of Jamaica. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles II, 1681 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888371 ...

Bath, John Grenville, Earl of, 1628-1701

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Keck, Anthony, Sir, 1630-1695

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Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1617-1684

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