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Sender: Townshend, Charles Townsend, Viscount, 1674-1738
Recipient: Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Letters: 28
Date(s): 1 Sep 1715 - 21 Feb 1716
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Jacobite 1715. In volume lettered "Official Despatches to the Duke of Argyll"
Note: A very valuable official record (possibly the only authentic record now in existence), of what actually was transpiring at home and abroad in connection with the Jacobites, whilst the fortunes of England hung in the balance immediately following the accession of George I to the throne.
Sender: Stanhope, James Stanhope, Earl, 1673-1721
Recipient: Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
Letters: 7
Date(s): 13 Sep 1715 - 22 Nov 1715
Location: BC MS Misc. Letters 1 Jacobite 1715. In volume lettered "Official Despatches to the Duke of Argyll"
Note: A very valuable official record (possibly the only authentic record now in existence), of what actually was transpiring at home and abroad in connection with the Jacobites, whilst the fortunes of England hung in the balance immediately following the accession of George I to the throne.