Archives of the Secretary of State 
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years of the American Revolution. 84 Volumes 20 , 21 , and 22 of the division 
for Cologne, contain the correspondence of Mgr. Rossetti, during the years 
1641-1643, when he was fresh from his experiences in England, and the 
greater portion of English business went through his hands. Such material 
• r -i • . 1 -« • 4 * . « _ _ _ _ _ 
as is found in these volumes is noted 
in the account of volumes 8646-8655 
of the Barberini library. 
1. Germania™ 
12. Firenze. 
2. Francia. 
13. Savoia. 
3. Spagna. 
14. Fiandra. 
4. Polonia. 
15. Malta. 
5. Portugallo. 
16. Legazione di Avignone. 
6. Inghilterra. 
17. Legazione di Bologna. 
7. Genova. 
18. Legazione di Ferrara. 
8. Venezia. 
19. Legazione di Romagna. 
9. Napoli. 
20. Legazione d’Urhino. 
10. Colonia. 
21. Ministri per le Pad. 
11. Svizzera. 
There is also a division entitled “ Diverse ”, but these volumes have actually 
been transferred to appropriate places in the other divisions or to the Miscel¬ 
lanea. 
LETTERE. 86 
This collection contains the originals or copies of many letters addressed to 
the secretary of state or through him to the Pope, and minutes or copies of 
many sent by him. There are large gaps for the reign of Clement VII. and 
Paul III., as well as that of Paul V., which latter, however, can be supplied 
from the Borghese collection. It is particularly strong for the period after 
the first half of the seventeenth century. These letters are classified in five 
groups, according to the official character of the correspondent. Studies of 
these several divisions follow. 
LETTERE DEI CARDINALI. 
This collection consists of 205 numbers, 1 - 189 , with 16 internumbered. It 
is inventoried in indice 134 , De Pretis, pp. 164-168, where the descriptions of 
volumes are of the briefest. The extreme dates are 1554 and 1803. Letters 
to, and letters from, cardinals are, for the most part, bound separately. There 
is doubtless much diplomatic material, some of which may not be duplicated 
in the nunziatura collection. 
None of the volumes were examined, and of those whose contents were at 
all specified by the inventory, only the following appeared of possible use: 
7 . “ Spedizioni dal Cardinal Barberini al Nuncio di Francia.” 
8 . “ Lettere dai Cardinali al Cardinal Barberini sotto Urbano VIII.” 
134 A. “ Lettere al Cardinal Borghese dai Ministri.” 
84 A few references may be noted to the fourth series of the Nuntiaturberichte, 1628 
seq., vol. I.: Jul. 8, 1628, nuncio to Barberini, on report that Holland had a powerful 
fleet in “ Nuova Spagna”; Dec. 16, 1628, Barberini to nuncio, on the robbery of the 
fleet of the Indies by the Dutch. Indice 121 gives supplementary volumes of this 
nunziatura not given by De Pretis. 
85 Several of the volumes in this division contain letters to the nuncios of countries 
other than Germany. 
80 Bourgin, Archives Pontihcales, pp. 72-75; Wirz, Bullen und Breven, pp. xlvi-xlviii; 
Archivio Vaticano, indice 134 . 
