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350 th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy

350 th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy. The National Archives State and Government documents series. 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th Century 20th century. Home Office (HO) series 1782-present. State Papers (SP) series 1509-1782.

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350 th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy

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  1. 350th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Monarchy

  2. The National Archives State and Government documents series 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th Century 20th century Home Office (HO) series 1782-present State Papers (SP) series 1509-1782 Foreign Office (FO) series 1782-present State Papers Online Parts I-IV, 1509-1714 State Papers Online: 18C Parts I-IV, 1714-1782

  3. Date Range: 1714-1782 3 Parts: 1 [British] Domestic, Military, Naval and Privy Council 2 Low Countries and Germany 3 Western Europe 4 Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey Size: around 300,000 folios per part Pub Date: Part 1: June 2013 Part 2: June 2015 (TBC) Part 3: June 2016 (TBC) Part 4: June 2017 (TBC) • The final section of the State Papers series from the National Archives, Kew, UK plus the Privy Council registers and files • In 1782, the State Papers series was closed and the Home Office and Foreign Office series begun

  4. The Period of the Three Georges • America as British colony until 1783 • Age of change • Liberty and commerce (ie political liberty and trade). Commerce was coming • to be seen as the defining mark of modernity • Establishment of the British Empire with Britain as dominant Colonial power • Urban growth • Development of agriculture, industrialisation, mechanisation • Government by parliament with lesser role for the monarch – parliamentary • monarchy • Parliament as battleground/theatre of party politics. Whig v Tory • Rise of professions • European Enlightenment • Developments in the ‘public spheres’ of Europe – development of press and • political associations • Foreign travel and economic migration, deportation of convicts

  5. South Sea Bubble Lord Justices to the King Whitehall We think it our duty at this time to acquaint your Majesty with the very extraordinary case which hath happened within this fortnight. The South Sea stock which was risen to so great a height, and wherein such vast numbers of your subjects are concerned in interest, is fallen so low that it hath brought a general discredit upon everything … September 21, 1720 SP 35/23 f. 54

  6. Atterbury Plot Christopher Layer to Townshend Tower of London Praying that his life may be spared and complaining that, contrary to the promises of the Lords of the Committee, the evidence he gave at his examination was used against him at his trial and was the occasion of his conviction. November 24, 1722 SP35/34 f.59

  7. James III: The Pretender Proclamation of James III, the only rightful and lawful king… Proclamation of James III, the only rightful and lawful king; found fixed on the market cross at Hexham. (undated) SP 54/9 f. 204

  8. War of Jenkins’ Ear Admiral Vernon to Newcastle… Admiral Vernon to Newcastle (Intelligence report from Carolina regarding prisoners of the Spanish). Concerns the inhuman captivity of Captain Wyllis and Mr Duary (his mate) at Merro Castle, Havana April 6 1744 SP 42/27 f. 170

  9. American Colony [Earl of Egremont] to the Lords of Trade Directing that a public thanks giving for the peace be observed in the American Colonies. April 20 1763 SP 44/138 f. 68

  10. Scheme against the King’s Person … having started on his way home from Hampstead, about a quarter five in the afternoon, he overheard between that place and Kentish Town a conversation between three persons relating to a scheme against the King’s person concerted by the brother of one Williams … December 17, 1760 SP 37/01 f. 9

  11. Part I: State Papers Domestic, Naval, Military and Registers of the Privy Council

  12. Part II: Low Countries and Germany

  13. SP80/127 SP81/131 SP81/178

  14. Part III: Western Europe

  15. Part IV: Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey

  16. Academic Adviser Professor Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, UK http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/black/ http://www.jeremyblack.co.uk/ National Archives Adviser Dr Katy Mair Early Modern Records Specialist The National Archives, Kew, UK http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/jobs/staff-profiles.htm

  17. Part 1: Essays with links to the documents Professor Jeremy Black, University of Exeter Introduction to State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, Part I Professor William Gibson, , Oxford Brookes University The Reigns of George I (1714-27) and George II (1727-60) Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster State Papers Military (1714-1782) and State Papers Naval (1714-1782) Dr Andrew C. Thompson, University of Cambridge State Papers Regencies, George I and George II (1716-1755) Professor Daniel Szechi, University of Manchester Scotland and Ireland in the Eighteenth Century Dr Nigel Aston, University of Leicester The Hanoverian State and the Jacobite Threat

  18. State Papers Online 18th Century is fully cross-searchable with the earlier four modules covering the years 1609-1714.

  19. If you have any questions or queries, please contact the Library Reference Publishing team: Cornelia Lenz Digital Product Editor Cornelia.lenz@cengage.com Julia de Mowbray Publisher – History and Politics List Julia.demowbray@cengage.com

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