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Author Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Title Memoirs [microform] : illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn, esq. F.R.S. ... / comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters ; to which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I. and his secretary of state, Sir Edward Nicholas, whilst His Majesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, ambassador to the Court of France, in the time of King Charles I. and the usurpation ; the whole now first published, from the original Mss. ; edited by William Bray, esq. fellow and treasurer of the Society of antiquaries of London.

Imprint London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1819.

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 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 21859-60    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description 2 v. : 10 plates (incl. fold. geneal. table, fold. map, ports.)
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 21859-60
Note "Pedigree of the Evelyn family in the different branches": vol. 1, facing p. ix.
Additional correspondents not cited on t.-p. include: Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I; Charles II; Princess Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia; and the duke of York. cf. Introd., vol. 2.
The editor proposes that the royal correspondence came to Evelyn "from his father-in-law Sir Richard Browne, who was related by marriage to Sir Edward Nicholas." - Introd., vol. 2.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 21859-60)
Note s 1976 ilu n
Subject Evelyn family.
English letters -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Added Author Bray, William, 1736-1832
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
Nicholas, Edward, Sir, 1593-1669.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
Browne, Richard, Sir, 1605-1683.
Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669.
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia, 1596-1662
James II, King of England, 1633-1701.

 
    
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