Miscellaneous official papers
Dep. Bland Burges 51
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Miscellaneous official papers
Shelfmark
Dep. Bland Burges 51
Summary
Includes
(fols. 1-3) copy of a translation of the Chinese dispatch sent to Russia, 21 Jan. 1789
(fols. 5-8) copy of a paper by Lord Thurlow on insolvency, 1789
(fols. 9-10) draft of proposed message to Spain on the capture of British ships at Nootka Sound, [1789]
(fols. 12-40) papers relating to Richard C. Etches, Russian Commissary General of Marine, 1789-1790
(fols. 49-54) paper on Polish commerce, c.1789
(fols. 60-66) copy of letter from Lord Hervey, ambassador in Florence, to the Duke of Leeds, 1790
(fols. 71-89) copy of a letter from Edmund Burke on the state of France, Jan. 1791
(fols. 93-97) copies of letters concerning Robert Adair's visit to Russia, 1791
(fols. 113-117) letters concerning Japan, 1792
(fols. 132-161) copy by Sir James of a letter from Robert Liston, minister plenipotentiary in Stockholm, to Lord Grenville, 1792
Date
1789-1792
Language
English
Physical extent
171 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir James Bland Burges, mainly 1772-1824, with papers of the Burges and Head families
Papers of Sir James Bland Burges as Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office
Miscellaneous official papers
Miscellaneous official papers
