'Memoirs of affairs of state' by Christian Cole, as prepared for the printer (London, 1733), with prospectus for printing by subscription, February 1732. The manuscript contains a considerable amount omitted from the printed text, covering October 1701-April 1702.

The papers were bought from Maggs in 1951.

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M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39949-51.

Cole | Christian | fl 1732-1733 | writer

Great Britain | Politics and government | 18th century