Archives of the Secretary of State 
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337 - 340 . Letters, registers of letters, and minutes of letters to the nuncio. 
1607-1618. 
341 . Letters to divers persons of Spain. 1618-1619. 
342 - 344 . Letters to the nuncio and the nuncios extraordinary 1621- 
1633- 
345 . Ciphered correspondence with the nuncio. 1632-1634. 
346 - 347 . Letters to the nuncio. 1643-1651. 
348 . Letters and ciphers to the nuncio. 1644-1659. 
348 A. Letters to Sig. Condiotti. 1645-1651. 
349 - 356 , 358 - 366 . Letters, and registers of letters to the nuncio. 1655- 
1730. Irregular series. 
352 . Ciphers to the nuncio. 1666. 
364-364 D. Original letters to the nuncios extraordinary at Madrid and 
Paris. 1713-1719. 
369 - 392 . Minutes of letters to the nuncio. 1668-1721. The first two vol¬ 
umes irregularly cover the greater period: 369 (1668-1692), 370 
(1676-1717). Minutes of letters to nuncios extraordinary are in¬ 
cluded. 
393 - 400 . Original letters to the nuncios extraordinary at Madrid and 
Paris. 1711-1715. 
401 - 418 . Minutes of letters to the nuncios. 1721-1808. Regular series, 
except that 401 overlaps. 
419 - 421 . “ Dispacci al Ministro di Spagna.” 1800-1808. 
422 - 428 . Letters to the nuncio. 1732-1758. 
429 - 434 , 436 , 437 , 439 . Ciphers to the nuncio. 1730-1796. 
NUNZIATURA DI FRANCIA. 62 
This collection is inventoried in indice 134 , De Pretis, pp. 15-31. It con¬ 
sists of 669 numbers, 1 - 59 , 61 - 354 , 356 - 615 , and 1 (A, B), 74 A, 92 A, 110 A, 
111 A, 129 A, 147 A, 154 A, 172 A, 179 A, 227 A, 236 (A, B), 250 (A, B), 
311 A, 316 A, 317 A, 368 A, 370 A, 375 A, 376 (A, B), 377 A, 378 (A, B), 
379 (A, B), 388 A, 389 A, 392 (A, B), 445 A, 446 (A, B), 447 A, 449 A, 
450 A, 452 A, 454 A, 455 A, 456 A, 458 (A, B), 461 A, 462 A, 463 A, 485 A, 
528 A, 529 (A, B, C, D), 558 A, 570 A. The extreme dates are 1527 and 1809. 
Numbers 394-435 are from the library of Cardinal Spada, covering very fully 
the period between 1625 and 1662, and specially indexed in number 411. 63 
The contents are less diversified than those of the Spanish nunciature, and the 
organization of the series is more regular. The use of the collection has hardly 
62 G. Bourgin, Archives Pontificates, pp. 60-62; also, “Liste des Nonces envoyes en 
France de 1524 a 1592”, in Bibliotheque de I’Ecole des Chartes, LXV. 309-310; J. Frai- 
kin, Archives de VHistoire Religieuse de la France : Nonciatures de France, vol. I., Feb., 
I S 2 5-June, 1527 (Paris, 1906); also “La Nonciature de France de la Delivrance de 
Clement VII. a sa Mort”, in Melanges d’Arch. et d’Hist, XXVI. 512-563, which is to 
serve as introduction to volume II. of the published material. P. Richard, “ Origines 
de la Nonciature de France: Nonces Residants avant Leon X.”, in Revue des Ques¬ 
tions Historiques, LXXVIII. 136 seq. ; and “ Origines des Nonciatures Permanentes ”, 
in Revue d’Histoire Ecclesiastique, VII. 52-70, 317-338. See also Revue Historique, 
LXXV. 471 seq., on the Societe des Archives de l’Histoire Religieuse de la France, 
formed to publish the nunciature material of the sixteenth century. 
63 This index is by Abbe Giusticiani. Indici 238 and 239 constitute an index to the 
whole Spada library, but might prove of some use for this set of volumes. 
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