The Lexington Papers: Or, Some Account of the Courts of London and Vienna; At the Conclusion of the Seventeenth Century (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Lexington Papers: Or, Some Account of the Courts of London and Vienna; At the Conclusion of the Seventeenth Century

There are also many miscellaneous manuscripts, of various dates, but generally diplomatic, and connected with the negotiations in which Lord Lexington was engaged.

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Excerpt from The Lexington Papers: Or, Some Account of the Courts of London and Vienna; At the Conclusion of the Seventeenth Century

The correspondence from which the following extracts have been selected was lately discovered in the library at Kelham.

From the appearance of the MSS., which (although uninjured) were almost buried in dust, there can be no doubt that they had remained undisturbed for a long series of years in the partially-concealed closets in which they were found. Their existence was certainly unsuspected by this generation; and as far as I can learn, it was also unknown to the last.

The papers thus unexpectedly brought to light consist principally of the official and private correspondence of Lord Lexington during his mission to the Imperial Court in the years 1694-5-6 and 7, and of an equally complete series of his letters during his residence, as Ambassador, at Madrid in the years 1712-13.

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