Letters received by Edward Weston
Collection
Call Number: MS D159
Letters received by Edward Weston
Collection
Call Number: MS D159
Most letters are unofficial and semi-confidential; some reflect British politics (Weston is John Carteret (1690-1763)'s man); some are brief official notifications. Includes ciphers; and copies of letters from Carteret to Newcastle, of proclamations, of French South Sea trade project, of dispatches from German and Italian battle-fields.
- Conditions Governing Access
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No access restrictions.
- Dates
- Creation: August 17-December 31, 1743
- Extent
- 1 volume : Individual letters within the volume have been numbered in pencil. Volume is missing back cover. ; Volume measures no taller than 30 cm.
- Related Names
- Weston, Edward, 1702 or 1703-1770
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Language of Materials
- French
- Script
- Latin
Porter, James, Sir, 1710-1786, special envoy to Vienna
Item — Volume: 1, item: 1, 10, 32, 34, 62, [75], [91a-b], 94, [104], [113], [138]
Robinson, Thomas (later baron Grantham), 1695-1770, Ambassador to Vienna
Item — Volume: 1, item: 2, 11, 20, 108, 120, 124, 130, 133, 137
Burrish, Onslow, active 1728-1758
Item — Volume: 1, item: 3, 54, 84, 93, 97, 102, 105, 111, 115, 135
Cope, John, Sir, d. 1760, as general
Item — Volume: 1, item: 4, 39, 71, 76
Titley, Walter, 1700-1768, envoy at Copenhagen
Item — Volume: 1, item: 5, 127, 131, 141
Trevor, Robert Hampden- (later viscount Hampden), 1706-1783, Envoy to the States General
Item — Volume: 1, item: 6, 8, 14, 18, [23], 29, 33, 36-37, 42-23, 45, 49, 52, 55, 59, 65, 76, 72, 78, 85, 89, 92, 95, 98, 106-107, 112, 114, 118-119, 121, 123, 125-126, 129, 132, 139
Dickens, Guy
Item — Volume: 1, item: 7, 9, 122
Richardson, J[oseph?], active 1728-1758, traveling as Carteret's clerk
Item — Volume: 1, item: 12-13, 21, 30, 35, 47, 48, 50, [53], 63, [66], 73, 79, 88, 90, 99-101
Draper, Nathan, writing for Robinson
Item — Volume: 1, item: 15
Daniel, Robert
Item — Volume: 1, item: 16, 22, 41, 46, 56, 60, 86, 117
Menzel
Item — Volume: 1, item: 17
Gibson, Archibald
Item — Volume: 1, item: 19
Carteret, John (later earl Granville), 1690-1763, Secretary of State for the North
Item — Volume: 1, item: [24], [64], [69]
Hartley, William, accompanying the army
Item — Volume: 1, item: 27, 77, 87
Duckett, T, writing for "Sir Cyrill"
Item — Volume: 1, item: 31, 128
Wetstein, Caspar
Item — Volume: 1, item: 38, 109
Cope, James (son of Sir John), Resident at Hamburg
Item — Volume: 1, item: 40, 83, 116, 134
Huxley, George, writing for Richardson
Item — Volume: 1, item: 48
Wallace, James, writing for Trevor
Item — Volume: 1, item: 110
Heck, Daniel Van
Item — Volume: 1, item: 140
Citation
Cite Item
Letters received by Edward Weston, MS D159, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Cite Finding Aid
Letters received by Edward Weston, MS D159, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas. https://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/resources/4661 Accessed March 13, 2025.