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O, III., 34 . News-letters and political miscellany. 1653-1667. 
E, II., 57. Letters to Cardinal Sigismondo Cbigi. 
A, I., 33 . Various letters of Alexander VII. 
Group VII. Letters, instructions, relations, etc., of miscellaneous dates. 
Q, I., 13 - 14 . Instructions. 1550-1607. 
N, I., 7. Letters and ciphers from nuncios. 1600-1639. 
J, III., 80 . Instructions and relations under Gregory XV. 
J, I., 18 . Letters, relations, instructions, etc. 1625-1660. 
O, I., 1 - 13 . Miscellaneous political material. 1625-1656. 
M, I., 27 - 29 ; M, II., 30 - 31 . Letters of Cardinal Mazarin. 1646-1650. 
A, I., 8 . Letters of Alexander VII. 1651-1652. 
B, I., 7 - 8 . Letters of Alexander VII. while cardinal. 
L, III., 58 ; Q, I., 12 . Miscellany. 
Q, I., 21 . Miscellaneous instructions to nuncios. 
In addition there were noted in indice 201 , of the library of the house of 
Chigi, number 744 , “ Memoriali, Lettere e Scritture diverse appartenenti alia 
Congregatione de Propaganda Fide ”. Also in indice 205 , of the manuscripts 
of Cardinal Flavio Chigi, arm. C, ord. 5 , no. 646 , “ Propaganda Fide Congre- 
gazioni Varie Also in indice 218 , of the manuscripts of Cardinal Sigismondo 
Chigi, numbers 1 - 3 , consistorial acts, 1563-1565, 1575-1595, and 1566-1585; 
12 , decrees of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity, 1604-1644; 13 , 
decrees of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars; 28 - 30 , miscellaneous 
political material; 35 - 37 , 40 , miscellaneous instructions and relations; 50 , 
news-letters, 1633-1651; 51 , news-letters of 1676. 
ARCHIVIO DORIA-PAMPHILI. 
The archivio of the Doria-Pamphili family is in the palace of the same name, 
on the Corso. It contains papers of the Doria family brought from Genoa, of 
Pope Innocent X. (Pamphili, 1649-1655). and many cardinals. The most 
important portion is that brought from Genoa, and belonging to the first half 
of the sixteenth century, when the family was closely associated with Spain. 
This consists of about 300 bundles, each with a list of the writers whose let¬ 
ters are included. These papers were not examined, but might contain a few 
items on America. 5 Access is not encouraged. 
PRIVATE LIB ARIES NOT INVESTIGATED. 
It is impossible to give a complete list of the private libraries in Rome con¬ 
taining archive and manuscript material, but notes on a few are added. 8 To 
judge from the many such libraries examined, it seems probable that, of ordi¬ 
nary manuscripts, there would be in all these libraries but comparatively few 
not copies of those found elsewhere. Of archives, they probably contain much 
for family and local history, and, in the case of ecclesiastical families, many 
relating to the Church; though most of these, also, are likely to be copies, or 
originals of which copies are known. It is not likely that altogether they 
would furnish half a dozen fresh items for American history. 
8 Many copies taken from this archivio by W. H. Bliss are in the library of the Mas¬ 
sachusetts Historical Society. 
• To my mind most of the accounts of such libraries, whether general or special, seem 
to exaggerate their importance. There are undoubtedly many such libraries not yet 
brought to light, but a general card-catalogue of the contents of all of them would show 
an amazing amount of duplication. The best general account is by Dr. Ludwig Pastor, 
“ Le Biblioteche Private e specialmente quelle delle Famiglie Principesche di Roma ”, 
in Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Srienze Storiche (Rome, 1903), III. 123-130. 
