Letters to Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, with some other papers.
Scope and Contents
The letters deal chiefly with the imprisonment of Lord Lovat at Angoulême and at Saumur, and the activities of his friends and his enemies in France and in Scotland with regard to it, and contain news of contemporary events in France, Holland and Great Britain. The principal correspondents are Colonel Gordon O’Neill, the Marquis and Marquise de la Frézelière, the financier Nicolas Desmarets, and Roujault, Intendant of Poitou.
Dates
- Creation: 1702-1725, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
120 Leaves ; Chiefly quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
120 folios.
Custodial History
The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Dowell's Sale, January 30 1935.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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