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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Language Dutch Name Birch, Thomas, DD, FRS, d 1766

1. Add MS 4101-4478

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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 4106-4107

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Add MS 4106-4107
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TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS and letters from public and private collections, made by or for Birch, together with some original documents. In two volumes not chronologically arranged: Vol. I, 1473- 1657; Vol. II, 1598-1745. The names of the writers of letters, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Among the documents are:-
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1745
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 4273 B

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Paper; ff. 1-31. Folio. includes: ff. 1-5 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Will, afterwards cancelled: 1764.: Copy. f. 6 London, Parishes. St. Margaret Pattens with St. Gabriel, Fenchurch St: Lists of candidates for the lectureship of: 1755. f. 7 James Mickleton, d 1719 antiquary: Signature: 18th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1618-1764
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4437

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285). (1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Generation and on Monsters', by Daniel de Super...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1740-1742
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4439

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Add MS 4439
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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 330). (1) Raimond Cap to the Royal Society, on the squaring of the circle; Château Thierry sur Marne, 20 Feb. 1749. French. ff. 1-3. (2) Fulgence Depourier, 'de l'ordre des Augustins,' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, with problems on 'La Trissection...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1749-1757
Extent:
1 item