Letter - Letter from Charles II to Lord Heneage Finch | McCord Museum

Letter

Letter from Charles II to Lord Heneage Finch

Date February 21, 1678

Dimensions1 textual record ; 29.7 x 18.7 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents

Origin Netherlands, Europe

Object NumberS001/E6.3,1.1

DivisionArchives - Textual Archives

CollectionStewart

Scope and ContentLetter from King Charles II (1630-1685) to the lord chancellor Heneage Finch, asking him to affix the Great Seal of England to the document officially appointing Sir Leoline Jenkins as the country’s ambassador in the discussions leading up to the Treaty of Nijmegen between France, the Dutch Republic, Spain and the Empire, which put an end to the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). Order issued by the Palace of Whitehall on February 21, 1678/9.

NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.

Signatures and inscriptions: signed by King Charles II at the top and countersigned below by Sunderland.

Physical description: the document bears a royal seal.

Physical condition: poor.

Restoration/Conservation: to be restored.

Language of the document: the document is in English.

Status

Not on view

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