Janus: Ada Seeley: Transcripts of British Museum and Public Record Office Papers

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MS Add.4245	George Alexander Wilken: Matriarchy or Mother-Right with the Ancient Arabians, translated by Sir James Redhouse
MS Add.4246	Letters regarding the Irish Rebellion of 1641-1644
MS Add.4247	Occasional Verses and Related Papers
MS Add.4248	List of Library Catalogues
MS Add.4249	Robert Mackenzie Beverley: Correspondence regarding his Attack on Cambridge University
MS Add.4252-4305	Ada Seeley: Transcripts of British Museum and Public Record Office Papers
MS Add.4306	Adair Welcker: 'Book of Generation' and other poems
MS Add.4307	Robert Willis: General catalogue of writers on music and sound
MS Add.4308-4316	Thomas Pierce Williams: Notes on astronomy, physics and mathematics
MS Add.4317	Minutes of meetings of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University
MS Add.4318	Council of Trent: Decisions and Declarations
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Ada Seeley: Transcripts of British Museum and Public Record Office Papers

Title	Ada Seeley: Transcripts of British Museum and Public Record Office Papers
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.4252-4305
Creator	Seeley, Ada E.
Covering Dates	1885–1887
Extent and Medium	54 volumes
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

John Robert Seeley (1834-1895), historian and essayist, was born in London on 10 September 1834. He attended the City of London School and Christ's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1857), where he became a Fellow and Lecturer in Classics. He was appointed Chief Classical Assistant at the City of London School in 1859, and Professor of Latin at University College, London, in 1863. He was Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University, 1869-1895, and became a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 1882. He died in Cambridge on 13 January 1895.

Seeley employed his sister Ada Seeley as a research assistant between 1885 and 1887, transcribing manuscripts at the British Museum and Public Record Office (P.R.O.).

Transcripts made by Miss A.E. Seeley for Professor J.R. Seeley, mainly of diplomatic correspondence from the 18th Century

Transferred from the University Press, 1895.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Ada Seeley: Transcripts of British Museum and Public Record Office Papers, MS Add.4252-4305

Index Terms

Diplomacy

Manuscripts/MS Add.4252-4305 contains:

MS Add.4252

Transcripts. Transcripts of the correspondence of John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville, 1742-1744, made from British Museum Additional Manuscripts, c. 1887, 3 volumes (94, 93 and 94 folios).
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4253

1887

MS Add.4254

1887

MS Add.4255

Transcripts. Transcripts and notes of the correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, 1740-1748, made from British Museum Additional Manuscripts, c. 1887, 4 volumes (62, 94, 78 and 94 folios).
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

1887

1887

1887

Transcripts. Correspondence, with occasional notes and abstracts, dealing with the Treaty of Aix-la Chapelle, 1748, made from Treaty Papers, possibly in the P.R.O., c. 1887, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4260

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1743-1745, made from the Home Office Regencies and Hanover Letter Books in the P.R.O, 50 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4261

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1745; diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Treaty of Hanover (1725), 1723-1725, with a few abstracts and notes; made from the Home Office Regencies, 50 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4262

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1716-1727, made from the P.R.O. Foreign Office Records, Germany, Turkey and Holland, and the Home Office Regencies, 62 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4263

Transcripts. Abstracts, notes and transcripts made from the Foreign Office Records, 97 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4264

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1718, made from the Foreign Office Records, France, 84 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4265

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Congress of Soissons, 1728-1729, made from the Foreign Office Records, France, 96 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4266

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Congress of Soissons, 1729, made from the Foreign Office Records, France, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4267

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1743-1746, made from the Foreign Office Records, France; diplomatic correspondence relating to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1747, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland; 78 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1885

MS Add.4268

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1761-1763, relating to the Peace of 1763, made from the Foreign Office Records, France, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4269

Transcripts. Official correspondence relating to Georgia, 1733-1736, made from the Colonial Office Letter Books; diplomatic correspondence, 1736-1738, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain; 115 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4270

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1726-1729, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany, and the Home Office Regencies; diplomatic correspondence relating to the Treaty of Nystadt, 1721-1724, made from the Foreign Office Records, Sweden; 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4271

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1749-1751, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4272

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1751-1752, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4273

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1752-1755, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4274

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1755-1757, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4275

Transcripts. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty Papers, 1747-1748, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland, and Treaty Papers, 80 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4276

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1749-1751, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4277

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1750-1753, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume; paper.

1886

MS Add.4278

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1753-1780, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland, 92 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1886

MS Add.4279

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1780-1786, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland and France, 32 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1886

MS Add.4280

Transcripts. Letter from [the 1st Earl of Malmesbury] to Francis [Duke of Leeds], 1 September 1786, made from the Foreign Office Records, Holland; diplomatic correspondence, 1714-1718, made from the Foreign Office Records, France; 55 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1886

MS Add.4281

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1736-1740, made from the Foreign Office Records, Naples and Sicily; diplomatic correspondence, 1735-1736, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain; diplomatic correspondence, 1732-1735, made from the Foreign Office Records, Turkey; 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4282

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Bourbons in Italy, 1735-1741, made from the Foreign Office Records, Turkey; and 1733-1734, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany; 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4283

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1734-1736, made from the Foreign Office Records, Germany and France; diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Treaty of Nymphenberg, 1740-1741, made from the Foreign Office Records, France; 114 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4284

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1714-1723, made from the Foreign Office Records, Portugal, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4285

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Treaty of Hanover, 1724-1730, made from the Foreign Office Records, Prussia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4286

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Convention of Hanover (1745), 1745-1748, made from the British Museum Additional Manuscripts; 'Plan du Comte de la Marche pour la Paix du Nord', made from the Foreign Office Records, Sweden; 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4287

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1742-1743, made from the Foreign Office Records, Prussia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4288

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence relating to Russia, 1715-1719, made from the Foreign Office Records; abstract of four books of diplomatic correspondence, 1749-1750, relating to the Franco-Austrian Alliance; 60 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4289

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1728-1733, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 101 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 volume.

1887

MS Add.4290

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1733-1738, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 101 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4291

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1738-1741, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4292

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1741-1742, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4293

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1748-1754, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 62 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4294

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1754-1756, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4295

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1756, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 115 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4296

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1756-1761, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4297

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1761-1764, made from the Foreign Office Records, Russia, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4298

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1670-1726, made from the Foreign Office Records, Savoy and Sardinia, 78 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4299

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence dealing with the Treaty of Seville, 1729, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain, 118 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1887

MS Add.4300

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1739-1743, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain; transcripts of diplomatic correspondence, 1735-1740, made from the Foreign Office Records, France; list of Spanish Treaties, 1700-1729; 106 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4301

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1757-1761, relating to the Family Compact of 1761, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain, 102 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4302

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1761-1765, relating to the Family Compact of 1761, made from the Foreign Office Records, Spain and France, 38 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4303

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence relating to the Family Compact of 1733, 1733-1735, made from the Foreign Office Records, France, Spain, Savoy and Sardinia, and the British Museum Additional Manuscripts, 94 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4304

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence relating to the Peace of Nystadt (1721), 1721, made from the Foreign Office Records, Sweden, 38 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1886

MS Add.4305

Transcripts. Diplomatic correspondence, 1698-1718, made from the Foreign Office Records, Turkey; abstract of a Turkey notebook; notes and abstracts of relations with Russia, 1619-1729; notes and abstracts of relations with Portugal, 1714-1723; notes and abstracts of relations with France, 1714-1716; notes on Gibraltar; extract from a letter from the Duke of Newcastle to the Earl of Marchmont and Lord Whitworth, 11 March 1725, relating to the marriage of Louis XV, King of France; note on the Family Compact of 15 August 1761; 118 folios.
Creator: Seeley, Ada E.
1 Volume.

1885