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2781. Add MS 6895

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Title:
Butterfly and Moth Paintings by Elizabeth Dennis Denyer ('Drawings of Lepidopterous Insects')
Scope & Content:
Book of butterfly and moth paintings by Elizabeth Dennis Denyer (1765/6-1824), based on specimens collected mostly in the environs of London and housed in the collection of William Jones of Chelsea (1745-1818). The paintings are preceded by notes and an index (ff. 1r-7r) that lists the specimen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1800
Extent:

66 folios

2782. Add MS 6896

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Title:
Remarks made by officiating ministers in England and Wales, preparatory to the Population Act 1811
Scope & Content:
Transcript, copied from the original Schedules, of the Remarks made in answer to the 3rd question addressed to the officiating ministers in England and Wales, preparatory to the Population Act of 1811. viz. ‘3rd. Are there any other matters which you may think it necessary to remark, in explanat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1811
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

2783. Add MS 6897

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Title:
Remarks made by overseers in England and schoolmasters in Scotland, preparatory to the Population Act 1811
Scope & Content:
Transcript of Remarks made in answer to the 6th and 7th Questions addressed to the overseers in England and to the Schoolmasters in Scotland [preparatory to the Population Act of 1811], viz. ‘6th. Referring to the number of Persons in 1801, to what cause do you attribute any remarkable differe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1811
Extent:
1 volume (175 folios)

2784. Add MS 6911

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Title:
Miscellaneous papers presented by various persons
Scope & Content:
1. Statement of payments of secret service money, made by Henry Guy Esq. [Commissioner of the Customs] from 29 September to 25 December 1691, allowed under the sign-manual of King William III, dated Kensington, 20 January 1691. (Original). ff. 1-5v. 2. Letter from William Palmes to Henry Guy E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1691-1803
Extent:
1 volume (38 folios)

2785. Add MS 6912

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Title:
King Charles I paper for Lord Digby, in cipher
Scope & Content:
Long original paper in cypher, signed by King Charles I, and countersigned by George, Lord Digby, on every page. It has originally been indorsed ‘Instructions for Digbie’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640s
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios)

2786. Add MS 6921

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Title:
Transcribed extract from ‘The reformed Historie of Great Brytaine’ etc. by John Lewys of Llynwene, in Harley MS 4872
Scope & Content:
Transcript from Harley MS 4872 of a portion of ‘The reformed Historie of Great Brytaine’ etc. by John Lewys of Llynwene, Esq., comprising the first and second booksand the first chapter fo the third. Prefixed is a dedication to King James I and a table of contents of the six books of which the wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

2787. Add MS 6922

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Title:
Chronological extracts and notes
Scope & Content:
1. Miscellaneous extracts relating to the chronology and history of ancient peoples, viz. of the Assyrians, Medes, Egyptians, Persians, Monarchs of China and Japan, Jews, Greeks, Scythians, Peruvians, Latins, Phoenicians, etc. ff. 1-31, 81, 177-186. 2. Genealogiæ Deorum Gentilium. ff. 32-39v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (214 folios)

2788. Add MS 6926

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Title:
Historical extracts from printed and manuscript sources
Scope & Content:
Notices and memoranda (Chiefly from Baker’s Chronicle) of British historical writers, with extracts from the ‘Armori of Nobilite’, Royal MS 18 C XVII, ‘A burial Cronicle, 24mo 1554’, Nennius, and various other printed authorities; as also an abstract of two historical Rolls in the Lansdowne Coll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)

2789. Add MS 6927

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Title:
Collections for a chronological history of ancient and modern nations
Scope & Content:
Another volume of copious and indigested collections for the chronological history of ancient and modern nations; from the period of Noah to A.D. 1536.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (521 folios)

2790. Add MS 6929

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Title:
Genealogies of Israel and the Patriarchs, to the Babylonish Captivity
Scope & Content:
Genealogies of Israel and the Patriarchs, to the Babylonish Captivity
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 volume (40 folios)

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