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2. Add MS 72850-72908
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- Add MS 72850-72908
- Title:
- Correspondence and papers of Sir William Petty (1623-1687)
- Scope & Content:
- F.R.S., political economist, demographer and virtuoso; 1646-1698, with some 18th-20th century notes and transcripts relating to the archive. Fifty-nine volumes. Purchased, with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, through Quaritch's from Lord Shelburne, Jan. 1993. Arran...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1646-1698
- Extent:
- 59 items
3. Add MS 72852
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- Add MS 72852
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. III (ff. iii + 225). Letters, etc., from Petty and his wife to Robert Southwell senior and Sir Robert Southwell; 1663-1683. Including (ff. 1-58, 224-225) notes, reports and letters by Petty and Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, secretary to the Royal Society, and others, concernin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1663-1683
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Add MS 72852-72853
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- Add MS 72852-72853
- Title:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III, IV. Letters and papers chiefly from Petty and his wife to Sir Robert Southwell, and his family; 1663-1688. Each volume has a contents list on paper water-marked '1830', by William Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (d. 1836), who was probably responsible for their acquisition; with 20th cent. additions by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 79-97. Formerly Bowood Vols. 9, 10. Two volumes. Mounted on guards and bound i...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1663-1688
- Extent:
- 2 items
5. Add MS 72852-72855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 72852-72855
- Title:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III-VI. Correspondence between the Petty and Southwell families, consisting chiefly of letters from Petty to Sir Robert Southwell, with many related papers and enclosures, relating particularly to Petty's shipping experiments and Irish affairs; 1661-1698. Petty's letters are originals, endorsed by Southwell, and Southwell's are drafts and copies. A few items such as medical notes by Southwell (72852, ff. 102-105), which have no connection with Petty, are also included, fu...
- Scope & Content:
- Sir William Petty, political economist: Correspondence, etc., with Southwell family of Sir William Petty: 1661-1687.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1661-1698
- Extent:
- 4 items