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Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy [manuscript], 1601 October 11.

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612, sender.; Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606, addressee.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy [manuscript], 1601 October 11.
Description
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Associated name
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612, sender.
Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606, addressee.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Summary
About Irish affairs. Written from "the court." Informs Mountjoy that the reinforcements are being sent to him and then asks in a lengthy postscript that he confer a colonelcy on the brother of the earl of Northumberland [Sir Richard Percy], cryptically referring to Mountjoy's future wife, Penelope Rich, and to Sir Walter Raleigh, and adding that the earl "is one whom I would not discontent."
Provenance
Provenance: Said to be a Phillipps MS.
Linked resources
Microfilm image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.480
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Ireland.

Call number
X.d.480
Folger accession
MS Add. 468

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