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Copies of letters from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, to Sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state for the northern department, December 1677-May 1678 [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711, sender.; Williamson, Joseph, Sir, 1633-1701, addressee.; Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, correspondent.; Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702, correspondent.; Jenkins, Leoline, Sir, 1623-1685, addressee.; Trumbull, William, Sir, 1639-1716, former owner.; England and Wales. Secretary of State.
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Title
Copies of letters from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, to Sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state for the northern department, December 1677-May 1678 [manuscript], ca. 1700.
Description
288 p.
Associated name
Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711, sender.
Williamson, Joseph, Sir, 1633-1701, addressee.
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712, correspondent.
Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702, correspondent.
Jenkins, Leoline, Sir, 1623-1685, addressee.
Trumbull, William, Sir, 1639-1716, former owner.
England and Wales. Secretary of State.
Scope and content
From The Hague and elsewhere. Written while joint ambassador to the congress of Nimeguen and envoy to The Hague. Also, several letters to Williamson from Sidney Godolphin while in the Low Countries, 1678, and a group of letters at the end from Sunderland [secretary of state for the northern department] to Sir Leoline Jenkins, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Peace at Nimeguen, March 25-July 22, 1679.
Note
1 volume of copies of letters and their enclosures.
Provenance
William Trumbull MS.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Netherlands.

Call number
V.b.289
Folger accession
MS Add 433

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