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Charter giving command of a company in the Netherlands

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS DIPLOM 3

Held at: University College London

Title: Charter giving command of a company in the Netherlands

Date(s): 1674

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The document perhaps relates to the Dutch War when, following the Treaty of Dover between France and England in 1670, the British navy supported the French invasion of 1672. Following the Netherlands' alliance with Spain and other powers in 1673, the French had to retreat, and in 1674 the British made peace with the Dutch.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Charter giving James De Douglas command of a company, formerly under the command of Lt Col Maccay, for the defence of the Netherlands, comprising one folio bearing text in a 17th-century hand, and a second folio, dated 1674, bearing text in another hand.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Dutch. One hand is cursive.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment. The first folio bears a seal.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935).

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Unknown.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Source: website http://www.encyclopaedia.com. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.