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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Entry Books
Catalogue reference: SP 104
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SP 104
An incomplete series of out-letter entry books of correspondence of the Secretaries of State with British ambassadors, ministers and other representatives abroad (including consuls). In addition, a number of volumes contain copies of letters to...
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SP 104
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1571-1783
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Description (What the record is about)
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An incomplete series of out-letter entry books of correspondence of the Secretaries of State with British ambassadors, ministers and other representatives abroad (including consuls). In addition, a number of volumes contain copies of letters to foreign ministers in England (1710-1783), and several more refer to those ministers' privileges. There are also a number of précis books which summarise both in-coming and out-going correspondence; draft minutes of the Committee of Foreign Affairs (1667-1678); registers of instructions given to special diplomatic missions and of allowances paid (1664-1687 and 1760-1773); an entry book of letters from the Secretary of State to the Board of Trade (1763-1767), and entry books of letters from British monarchs to foreign heads of state from c 1603 - c 1723. Some letter books contain general correspondence of individual Secretaries of State.
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Arrangement
The records are mainly arranged alphabetically by country name (and then within each country they are listed in chronological order), or arranged chronologically under 'Miscellaneous' (ie relating to more than one country). The series ends with entry books of letters to foreign ministers in England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See later volumes with the King's Letter Books in FO 90
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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271 bundles and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Trade and commerce
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Of the documents concerning Sicily and Naples certain folios are transcribed mainly in Italian in 'Contributo ad un inventario delle Fonti manoscitte inglesi o reperibili in Inghilterra e relative ai rapporti fra Inghilterra e mezzogriorno d'Italia nei secoli XVII-XVIII' ed Gigliola Pagano. Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Selected documents dated before August 1589 are described in theCalendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth I, ed A J Butler, S C Lomas and R B Wernham (London, 1901-1950). Transcripts of some instructions from the Secretaries of State in this series are inBritish diplomatic instructions 1689-1789, I-IV, ed J F Chance and L G Wickham Legg (Camden Third Series, XXXII, XXXV, XXXVI and XXXVIII, London, 1922-1927). For Sicily and Naples, there are descriptions in Italian for a number pieces inIl commercio inglesi nel Mediterraneo dal '500 al '700..., ed Gigliola Pagano (Naples, 1984).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13643/
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