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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 25613-25675

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The "Collectanea Ægyptiaca" of James Burton, formed between 1820 and 1839, and were presented by Decimus Burton. Sixty-three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Topography Collections of Drawings: Drawings illustrative of Burton's Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 19th cent. Egypt: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, by J. Burton: 1820-1839. James Burton: Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 1820 - 1839. Antiquities: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, diaries, drawings and notes, by James Burton: 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
63 items

3. Add MS 27310

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ALBUM amicorum of Francis Baba de Maros Vasarhely, containing autographs chiefly of German Princes, nobles and others, and of English divines and scholars; 1717-1730. Paper. In tooled binding. Oblong Octavo.
Scope & Content:
Bindings GERMAN: Gilt morocco: 18th cent. Franciscus Baba de Maros Vasarhely: Album Amicorum: 1717-1730. Albums: F. Baba de Maros Vasarhely: 1717-1730. includes: f. 4 Frederick II of Prussia: Autograph, as Prince Royal of Prussia: n.d. f. 7 Nassau-Siegen, Princes of (Protestant Line). Freder...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
1717-1730
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 27604

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Title:
1. JOURNAL of Joseph Daere Carlyle, B.D., professor of Arabic at Cambridge, while at Mount Athos cataloguing the monastic libraries; 31 Mar.-17 Apr. [1801.] Cf. Add. MS. 27,234. f. 1. 2. Catalogue of the library of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, taken at Constantinopel by Professor Carlyle and Philip Hunt, LL.D.; Jan. 1801. Turkish, Greek, etc. f. 89. 3. Fragments of diaries of Professor Carlyle at Constantinople, etc. 29 Dec. 1799, 1 Jan., 9, 28 Sept. 1800. Partly autograph. f. 106. 4....
Scope & Content:
Joseph Dacre Carlyle, Vicar of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Diary of a visit to Mount Athos: 1799-1801. includes: f. 1 Mount Athos: Diary of Prof. Carlyle at: 1801. ff. 1-88, 106-130 Diaries and Memoranda: Prof. Jos. D. Carlyle: 1799-1801. f. 89 Jerusalem: Catalogue of the library of the Patriarch,: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 34902-34992

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Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Admiral Horatio Nelson, Baron Nelson (1798), Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte (1801)
Scope & Content:
The collection passed on Nelson's death (21 Oct. 1805) to his brother, the Rev. William Nelson (cr. Earl Nelson 20 Nov. 1805); and on the death of the latter (1835) it descended, together with his own correspondence (see 34,992), to his daughter and heir Charlotte, wife of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
92 items

6. Add MS 36543-36571

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CORRESPONDENCE and Papers of Sir Richard Church, C.B., G.C.H., Lieut. Colonel in the British Army, Major General ill the Neapolitan service and Commander in Chief of the Greek Army during the war of independence.
Scope & Content:
The first volume relates to Church's service in the Ionian Isles, where he raised, in 1810 and 1813, two Greek regiments for the British Army, and to two campaigns in which he was temporarily attached to an Austrian army under Count Nugent, 1813 and 1815. The rest refer chiefly to the Greek War. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
29 items

7. Add MS 38816-38824

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Title:
Dunn Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Purchased at the sale of the library of the late Mr. George Dunn of Woolley Hall, Maidenhead.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
9 items

8. Add MS 38931-39164

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Title:
THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L., the discoverer of Nineveh (b. 1817, d. 1894). From 1842 to 1845 he was unofficially employed on diplomatic missions by Sir S. Canning, afterw. (1852) Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, British Ambassador at Constantinople; he was an unpaid attaché at the Embassy 1847-1849, and a paid attaché 1849-1852. His excavations in Assyria were begun in Oct. 1845 for Lord Stratford and co...
Scope & Content:
Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Official and private correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Syriac, and Turkish
Date Range:
[19th century]
Extent:
248 items

9. Add MS 40018-40055

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Title:
NAPIER PAPERS: private and official correspondence and papers of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. (b. 1786, d. 1860). Napier entered the navy in 1799, was promoted Lieutenant 1805, Commander 1807, Captain 1809, Rear-Admiral 1846, Vice-Admiral 1853 and Admiral 1858. In 1833, under the assumed name of Carlos de Ponza, he accepted the command of the Portuguese Regency fleet against Dom Miguel, with the rank of Vice-Admiral and Major-General of the Portuguese Navy, and for his services was by ...
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence and papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier, etc.: 1796 1904. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, KCB: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1796-1904]
Extent:
38 items

10. Add MS 40096-40098

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Add MS 40096-40098
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean in succession to Nelson, 1805-1809. Belonged to the papers of Adm. Collingwood, sold al. Sotheby's, 12 July 1921.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence of Adm. Lord Collingwood commanding in the Mediterranean: 1805-1809. Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood: Correspondence, as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean: 1805-1809.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1805-1809
Extent:
3 items