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1. Add MS 78168-78693

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Add MS 78168-78693
Title:
EVELYN PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of the Evelyn family of Wotton, Surrey, and related families; 16th-early 20th centuries. The core of the archive consists of the papers of John Evelyn the diarist (1620-1706), to which are added those of his wife’s family (Gonson and Browne) and his own (Evelyn and Stan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
633 items

2. Add MS 78298-78429

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Title:
JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706) 78298-78429. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. CXXXI- CCLXII. Correspondence and papers of John Evelyn; 1635-1706, with a few earlier and later items. Evelyn, second son of Richard Evelyn of Wotton, was educated at Lewes and Balliol College Oxford, travelled extensively in Europe in the 1640s, married Mary Browne, daughter of the English Resident in Paris in 1647, and settled at her ancestral home, Sayes Court in Deptford (where he created a celebrated garden) from 1652 until...
Scope & Content:
John Evelyn, diarist: Correspondence and papers: 1635-1706.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1635-1706
Extent:
161 items

3. Add MS 78315

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CXLVIII. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1637-1649 with several draft responses and copy letters written by Evelyn.
Scope & Content:
Mostly English, with a number of the letters in Latin, French and Italian. f. 1. William Morley [written Gulielmus Morley], dated Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 13 April 1637. Latin. Former number 1014. f. 2. Jane Newton [Evelyn's Grandmother], dated Southover, Lewes, 31 May 1637. Former number ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1637-1649
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)

4. Add MS 78315-78319

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols CXLVIII-CLII. Five volumes of letters to John Evelyn from various correspondents 1637-1706.
Scope & Content:
Chiefly letters to Evelyn, but including draft letters by him, some of which were intended for copying into his letterbooks. A number of letters in Latin, French and Italian. Letters of John Earle, John Cosin (Add MS 78316, ff. 24, 31) and Lady Clarendon (Add MS 78317, f. 140), which may origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1637-1706
Extent:
5 volumes

5. Add MS 78316

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CXLIX. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1650-1659 with some draft responses written by Evelyn.
Scope & Content:
Mostly English, with a number of the letters in Latin and French. f. 1. James Stephens [written Ja Stephens. Evelyn's cousin], dated Essex, 12 January 1649. Former number 1175. f. 2. 'K S', dated London, 13 January 1649. Former number 1149. Evelyn's annotation reads 'From the Lady Catherine Sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1650-1659
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

6. Add MS 78317

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CL. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1660-1679 with several draft responses and copy letters written by Evelyn.
Scope & Content:
Mostly English, with a number of letters in Latin and French. Note that Evelyn's correspondence as Commissioner for Sick and Wounded Seamen during these years is filed separately in Add MS 78320-78322. ff. 1-2. Samuel Hartlib [written Sam Hartlib. Polymath], dated 14 April 1660. Former referenc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1660-1679
Extent:
1 volume (144 folios)

7. Add MS 78318

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CLI. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1680-1699, with several draft responses and copy letters written by Evelyn.
Scope & Content:
Mostly English, with a number of letters in Latin and French. f. 1. Mary Colclough [sister of Margaret Godolphin, formerly Blagge], dated Kibworth, Harborough, Leicestershire, 3 January 1679. Former number 480. Asks Evelyn for news of her nephew, son of Margaret Godolphin [Blagge], after hearin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1699
Extent:
1 volume (155 folios + 86*)

8. Add MS 78319

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Title:
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CLII. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1700-1706, with several draft responses and copy letters written by Evelyn.
Scope & Content:
Mostly English, with one letter in Italian. Folios 70-93 are undated and include a series of rough notes by Evelyn, primarily written in Latin. f. 1. John Dibble, dated Abinger, 25 February 1699. Former number 513. Includes a draft response from Evelyn on the recto. f. 2r. John Dibble, dated ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1700-1706
Extent:
1 volume (93 folios)

9. Add MS 78414-78429

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Add MS 78414-78429
Title:
Manuscripts, etc., collected by John Evelyn
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1200-1999]
Extent:
35 items

10. Add MS 78416 A-D

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Add MS 78416 A-D
Title:
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCXLIX A-D. Music manuscripts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1575-1670]
Extent:
4 items