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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS TO SOMERS, CHIEFLY RELATING TO POLITICAL AFFAIRS

Catalogue reference: 371/14/E/

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This record is about the MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS TO SOMERS, CHIEFLY RELATING TO POLITICAL AFFAIRS dating from c.1689-1710.

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371/14/E/
Title
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS TO SOMERS, CHIEFLY RELATING TO POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Date
c.1689-1710
Description

This group has no internal coherence but includes letters of congratulations to Somers on his appointment as Lord Keeper in 1693; three letters from Sir Francis and Lady Elizabeth Drake relating to political affairs in Devon in 1697; letters from the Dukes of Shrewsbury and Newcastle relating to the political situation in Worcestershire, 1698, and Yorkshire, 1702; letters to Somers congratulating him on his acquittal at his impeachment trial, 1701; and a letter from John Shute Barrington relating to Somers' failure to gain relief for dissenters.

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Surrey History Centre
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/43a7e0af-92f7-4136-9042-f9fddc26fd5c/

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS TO SOMERS, CHIEFLY RELATING TO POLITICAL AFFAIRS