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[Letterbook]. Whitehall, 1684 April 15-1684 August 19

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Manuscript in an unidentified hand.
The volume was used as a scrapbook in the 19th century, and most of the volume (170 f. in all) contains engravings, etc., cut from contemporary magazines and newspapers, and a few original drawings. Among the engravings is one after Bartolozzi, identified on the page opposite as the first attempt at engraving by William Chaughton (b. 1770), aged 17, late a ploughboy, and in 1787 a protege of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. (1743-1820).
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Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

[Letters and documents concerning various members of the Arundell family]., 1665-1680

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Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of ten business letters and legal documents concerning members of the Arundel family. The collection incldues two bonds of payment; several money orders; and two letters from R. Arundel to Sir Robert Clayton, drawing Clayton's attention to a "young lady of a considerable fortune," asking for Clayton's assistance in marriage-making for Arundel's son, and explaining what he would be willing to settle upon the couple.
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Document, signed, 1680 Nov 23 Box 1

Signed Arundell.
Promises to pay £10,600 to Richard
Franklyn and John Wyse.
1 p.; 36 x 23 cm.
Witnessed by Francis Negus (d. 1732),
Sir Anthony Keck (1630-95), and
Friamor (?) Baldwin, with their
signatures.
Henry Howard, son and heir apparent
to the duke of Norfolk, was styled
Earl of Arundel 1677-84, and Baron
Mowbray, 1679.

  1. Osborn fb42
  2. NORFOLK, HENRY HOWARD, 7TH DUKE OF, 1655-1701

Document, signed, 1678 Dec 18 Box 1

Signed Arundell.
Acknowledges receipt of £500 from
Richard Franklyn and John Wyse.
1 p.; 31 x 19 cm.
Witnessed by Matthew Scott, Peter
Clayton, and Sir Anthony Keck
(1630-95), with their signatures.
Henry Howard, son and heir apparent
to the duke of Norfolk, was styled
Earl of Arundel 1677-84, and Baron
Mowbray, 1679.

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  2. NORFOLK, HENRY HOWARD, 7TH DUKE OF, 1655-1701.
Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

3 ALS and 5 DS, 1666-1684

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Collection of manuscripts, in multiple hands, primarily documenting Clarendon's financial activities. Many of the items are acknowledgments of debts, including one appointing Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris to act as his attorneys in order to pay interest out of his shares of the New River Waterworks to his debtors; a legal document and several receipts acknowledging Clarendon's debts and payments to others arising from shares in the New River Waterworks; and three pages of financial accounts and calculations related to those debts and payments. Other items include a request to Clayton for a copy of his father's deed settling Clarendon House on Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, explaining that he is weighing offers of purchase from John Granville, Earl of Bath; Christopher Monck, Duke of Albemarle, and William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire; a letter to Clayton asking him to appoint a house where they can meet with Richard Boyle and Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton; and another to Clayton thanking him and John Morris for a bill of credit and promising him a gift of fruit trees, including some varieties not yet in England.
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ALS to Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), 1675 Jul 22 Box 1

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1 p.; 20 x 29 cm.
Requests a copy of his father's deed
settling Clarendon House on Richard
Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington
(1612-98) and gives advice regarding
the purchase offers of John
Granville, 7th Earl of Bath
(1628-1701); Christopher Monck, 2nd
Duke of Albemarle (1653-88) and
William Cavendish, 4th Earl of
Devonshire (1617-84). With an ALS
(1931 Sep 10) from Herbert Arthur\
Doubleday (1867-1941) to J.C.K
Letts-Croke, regarding Clarendon's
letter.

  1. Osborn fb152
  2. CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF, 1609-74
Yale University -Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library

Collection of Dutch and Flemish Bookplates, 1675-1925

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The collection consists of historical examples of Dutch and Flemish bookplates commissioned by both private and institutional patrons.
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Collection of Dutch and Flemish Bookplates, 1675-1925 1.25 Linear Feet

The collection consists of historical examples of Dutch and Flemish bookplates commissioned by both private and institutional patrons.
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    Clark family papers, 1673-1918

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    Scrapbook containing correspondence, legal and financial records, genealogies and newspaper clippings of the Clark family of Saybrook, Connecticut and Darien, New York. The principal figure in the scrapbook is Orlando E. Clark, lawyer, politician and University Regent of Wisconsin, among whose correspondents is Robert M. La Follette. Of special interest among the Connecticut papers is an order from Governor Gurdon Saltonstall to Major John Clark (1718) to suppress the disturbances at Saybrook protesting the removal of Yale College to New Haven.
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    Clark family
    Scrapbook containing correspondence, legal and financial records, genealogies and newspaper clippings of the Clark family of Saybrook, Connecticut and Darien, New York. The principal figure in the scrapbook is Orlando E. Clark, lawyer, politician and University Regent of Wisconsin, among whose correspondents is Robert M. La Follette. Of special interest among the Connecticut papers is an order from Governor Gurdon Saltonstall to Major John Clark (1718) to suppress the disturbances at Saybrook protesting the removal of Yale College to New Haven.
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      Grant family papers, 1671-1760

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      Legal documents, mostly leases and warrants relating chiefly to the Grant family of Elchies and Ballindalloch in Moray County, Scotland, including a warrant to seize a rebel, issued in the reign of George II and dated December 18, 1736.
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      Grant family papers, 1671-1760 2.5 Linear Feet

      Grant family
      Legal documents, mostly leases and warrants relating chiefly to the Grant family of Elchies and Ballindalloch in Moray County, Scotland, including a warrant to seize a rebel, issued in the reign of George II and dated December 18, 1736.

        1671-1716 Folder 1, Folder 1

          1717-1734 Folder 1, Folder 2

            Yale University -Manuscripts and Archives

            Thomas Wood family papers, 1663-1727

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            The papers consist of personal, business, and family letters written by members of the Wood family of Littleton, Middlesex, England. Correspondence between Thomas Wood and John Pack, in London, makes up the majority of the papers. There are also letters to Thomas Wood from his sons.
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            Thomas Wood family papers, 1663-1727 0.25 Linear Feet

            Wood, Thomas, d. 1723
            The papers consist of personal, business, and family letters written by members of the Wood family of Littleton, Middlesex, England. Correspondence between Thomas Wood and John Pack, in London, makes up the majority of the papers. There are also letters to Thomas Wood from his sons.
              Connecticut State Library, State Archives

              Records of the Particular Court and County Court, 1649-1677

              2 Volumes
              Court cases and documents, wills and inventories.
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              Connecticut State Library, State Archives

              Records of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, 1643-1667

              3 Volumes
              Minutes, records of acts, letters, etc. of the New England Confederation comprised of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.
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              Connecticut State Library, State Archives

              Records of New Haven Colony, 1639-1649,1653-1664

              2 Volumes
              Records of New Haven Colony.
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