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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/O/1529-1574
Title	Letters from Sir William Throckmorton in Paris to Edward Coleman [Colman] many written in sympathetic / invisible ink
Date	Nov 1674-Apr 1675
Description	Letters written in invisible ink, probably orange juice, include D239/M/O/1530, 1533, 1536, 1537, 1539-1541, 1543, 1544-1558,1561-1567, 1570-1574. Some letters are wholly written in invisible ink, and others have a second 'secret' letter in invisible ink written between the lines of a letter in ordinary ink.
Extent	46 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Format	Document
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	These letters are transcribed in 'Manuscripts of Sir William Fitzherbert, Bart, and Others', published by the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1893, which is available in the Local Studies collection under Biographies (B/Fit)
Term	Popish Plot (1678-1681)
Term	Letters (documents)

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