“The King’s Library of Manuscripts”: The State Paper Office as archive and library

The State Papers were the principal executive instruments of the early modern English state. By 1610 they were kept in the State Paper Office, remaining there until 1854, when they were subsumed into the Public Record Office. This article examines whether the State Paper Office, over two centuries,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riordan, M
Format: Journal article
Published: University of Texas Press 2013