The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript

The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript

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QUEEN ANNE | document signed, list of daily passwords, 1704

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July 15, 01:03 PM GMT

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700 - 900 GBP

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QUEEN ANNE 


DOCUMENT SIGNED AT THE HEAD, LIST OF DAILY PASSWORDS "FOR THE COURT" AND "FOR THE CITTY"


providing two daily passwords, each being an English town or city, 4 pages, folio, February to April 1704, with a duplicate set of passwords for February, detached blank, contemporary docketing


These passwords, or paroles, will have been circulated to those guarding the royal court and the gates of the City of London.


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