From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Jul 2/[12]-20/30
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 8, folder 178
Image Count:
12
Description:
Reporting on Charles II's health and the actions of the Spanish Council of State. The letter of Jul 6/16 is accompanied by a copy, in Spanish, of Stanhope's note to Don Antonio Ubilla and his reply concerning William III's arrival at the Hague.
1. Ubilla, Antonio.
2. Carlos II, King of Spain, 1661-1700.
3. Spain--History--Charles II, 1665-1700.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1699 Aug 3/13-Oct 12/22
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 8, folder 178
Image Count:
31
Description:
Reporting on papal support for Spain against the Darien colony, Don Antonio Ubilla's representation against negotiations in Loo concerning the Spanish succession, and the king's health. The letter of Aug 3/13 is partially printed in Manon's Spain under Charles the Second, 1840, p. 145. A copy of Ubilla's representation, in Spanish, with two copies in French, is enclosed in the letter of Aug 17/27 and Stanhope's reply of Aug 24 concerning the imprisoning of an Irish friar, chaplain to the Spanish ambassador to England.
1. Ubilla, Antonio.
2. Darien. Scots' Colony.
3. Carlos II, King of Spain, 1661-1700.
4. Spain--History--Charles II, 1665-1700.
5. Great Britain. Treaties, etc., 1694-1702 (William III).
6. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 May 4
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Asks Blathwayt's advice whether his son should continue to study philosophy under M. Bayle at Rotterdam; corn riots; another fraud by Fuller. 1. Vernon, James, d. 1756. 2. Fuller, William, 1670-1717?.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 Jun 2
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Discusses the arrest of Eleanor Aldridge for conveying letters to St. Germain; demonstrations by the weavers against the lack of raw silk. 1. Aldridge, Eleanor. 2. Weavers-- Great Britain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1693 Jun 6
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 196
Image Count:
4
Description:
Apparently about Vernon's request to become Secretary for Virginia by deputy, the seizure of two presses has stopped libels on behalf of the weavers. 1. Virginia--History--Colonial period. ca. 1600-1775. 2. Printers-- Great Britain. 3. Weavers--Great Britain.
From the Collection: Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717
Published / Created:
1698 Jul 22
Call Number:
OSB MSS 2
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 198
Image Count:
3
Description:
Writing at the end of the first day of polling for M.P.'s in Westminster, Vernon reports a request by Lord Paget for additional supplies and discusses complaints from the French concerning the island of St. Christopher. 1. Great Britain. Parliament-- Elections. 2. Colt, Henry, Sir, d. 1731. 3. Paget, William Paget, 6th Baron, 1637-1713. 4. Great Britain-- Foreign relations--France. 5. Great Britain--Colonies--Leeward Islands.
