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1171. Add MS 4160-4164

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Title:
COLLECTION OF TRANSCRIPTS, chiefly in the handwriting of Birch, of State Papers and letters, from private and public libraries, together with a few original papers; 1425-1728. Five volumes. Quarto. The names of the writers of the original papers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Included among these papers 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:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1425-1728
Extent:
5 items

1172. Add MS 4166-4167

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Title:
THURLOE PAPERS Second Series
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1655-1799]
Extent:
2 items

1173. Add MS 4168-4172

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Title:
ROE LETTER-BOOKS Letter-books of Sir Thomas Roe, containing copies of his correspondence and papers during his negotiations as Ambassador- Extraordinary to Hamburg, and, afterwards, to Regensburg and Vienna, for the settlement of a general peace, with the plenipotentiaries of the Emperor, France, Sweden and Denmark; 1638-1642. English, French, Italian and Latin. Five volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Roe, diplomatist: Letter-books: 1638-1642. Ferdinand III; Emperor of Germany: Negotiations of Sir T. Roe with: 1638-1642.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1638-1642
Extent:
5 items

1174. Add MS 4173-4175

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Add MS 4173-4175
Title:
LETTERS OF JOHN CHAMBERLAIN to Sir Dudley Carleton and others; 1598-1625. Copied by Birch from the originals then in the State Paper Office. Three volumes. Most, if not all, of the letters, from 1603, were printed from Birch's transcripts in The Court and Times of James I, 2 vols., 1849, and The Court and Times of Charles I, 2 vols., 1849. The earlier letters (Vol. I, ff. 63-177) were edited for the Camden Society, Old Ser., vol. 79, 1861, by Sarah Williams. At the beginning of Add. MS. 4173...
Scope & Content:
John Chamberlain, d 1627 letter-writer: Correspondence with Sir D. Carleton: 1598-1625.: Copies. Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Correspondence with J. Chamberlain: 1598-1625.: Copies. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

1175. Add MS 4176-4178

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Add MS 4176-4178
Title:
'HISTORICAL LETTERS written in the Reigns of James I and Charles I ... now first publish'd from the Originals in the British Museum, [State] Paper Office, and private collections. By Thomas Birch, D.D.'. Birch's intention to publish (on the verso of the above title-page is an estimate of the cost, etc.) was never carried out but, with the omission of the two letters of an earlier date (Vol. I, ff. 17, 18) and with the addition of the letters of J. Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton (see Add. MSS...
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:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

1176. Add MS 4189-4190

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Add MS 4189-4190
Title:
PAPERS RELATING TO HENRY PRINCE OF WALES
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1605-1799]
Extent:
2 items

1177. Add MS 4196-4197

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Add MS 4196-4197
Title:
COMMONWEALTH WARRANTS Warrants and orders from the various Commissioners, members of councils and committees of the Parliament, for payments of pensions, compensation for injuries in the war, soldiers' pay and stores, the salaries of the Protector's household, and officers of government, and for miscellaneous services to the Commonwealth. Two volumes. Among the signatures are those of William Sydenham, Slingsby Bethell, Arthur Annesley, Sir Thomas Widdrington, Carew Ralegh, Sir William Wall...
Scope & Content:
John Blackwell, Treasurer at war: Warrants for payments to: 1658-1660.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656-1660
Extent:
2 items

1178. Add MS 4215 A-B

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Add MS 4215 A-B
Title:
Papers of Dr. Patrick Forbes. Cf'. also Add. MSS. 4126, 4133-4146, 4248, 4249, 35833.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1700-1799]
Extent:
2 items

1179. Add MS 4219-4220

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Add MS 4219-4220
Title:
NATURAL HISTORY TREATISES
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1746-1763]
Extent:
2 items

1180. Add MS 4221-4225

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Add MS 4221-4225
Title:
BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Collection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other illustrious persons, made by or for Thomas Birch; circa 1730-1766. The names of the subjects, as well as of the writers of the few original letters in the volumes, are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The substance of some of these articles is to be found in A General Dictionary Historical and Critical translated from Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr. Biography: Collection of biographical notices by T. Birch: circ. 1730-1740.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
5 items

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