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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 4291

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Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters, originals and copies, collected by Thomas Birch. The names of the writers will be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The contents include:- (1) Charles Davenant, Inspector-General of Imports, etc., to his son Henry Davenant, Resident at Frankfurt; London, 13 Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4291-4293

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Title:
BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1536-1799]
Extent:
3 items

4. 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

5. Add MS 27310

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Title:
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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Add MS 34941-34951

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Title:
NELSON PAPERS. Vols. XL,.-L. Foreign correspondence and papers, connected chiefly with the two periods of Lord 1798-1800 and 1803-1805, and consisting of letters addressed to him by officers and others connected with the allied army, memorials and petitions to him from French and Italian prisoners or their friends, reports of secret intelligence, intercepted letters, official and private, found on board the ships of the French and Italian Republics, etc.; 1792- 1805. Paper. Folio. Eleven vol...
Scope & Content:
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Correspondence and paper.: 1762-1806. France; Sovereigns of, and Transactions in particular reigns. Republic: The Nelson papers relating to the war with Great Britain: 1793-1805. George III of England: The Nelson Papers relating to the war with Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1792-1805
Extent:
11 items

9. Add MS 34951

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Scope & Content:
Vol. L. (XI. ff. 13). 1798-1803. includes: ff. 1, 8, 11-13 Turkey, Selim III: Correspondence of the Grand Vizier with Lord Nelson: 1798-1804. f. 5 Turkey, Selim III: Firman to Arab tribes and others, etc.: 1798.: Turkish. f. 5 John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: Note on Tur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 36543-36571

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Title:
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