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Folios 56-57. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated...
Catalogue reference: SP 32/15/29
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This record is about the Folios 56-57. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated... dating from 1698 Mar 29 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1698 Mar 29
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Folios 56-57. A letter from J [John] Ellis to Ambassador [Joseph] Williamson, dated at Whitehall [London, Middlesex]. Advises that the [unidentified] French gentleman may bring his library of books [to England] free of customs. Mr Nathaniel Castleton has forwarded, for the ambassador's use, a book of acts of the Irish parliament past during the [present] reign of King William III and [Mary II] the late Queen. The Duke of Shrewsbury is to be Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Wharton or the Earl of Jersey are candidates for 'the seals' [?Southern Secretary of State post].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Europe and Russia
- Ireland
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary
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