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1191. Add MS 4324 A-B

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BIRCH-YORKE LETTERS (Vols. I,II) Letters of Thomas Birch, many of them unaddressed, but some written to Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 1764, and to other members of the Yorke family. Drafts. Two volumes. Paper; ff. 240, 228. Quarto. 1748-1765.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1748-1765
Extent:
2 items

1192. Add MS 4326 A-B

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF THOMAS BIRCH. Two volumes. Quarto and folio.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d. includes: ff. 198-201 William Heberden, MD; FRS: Memoranda by T. Birch of conversations with: 1751.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1712-1765]
Extent:
2 items

1193. Add MS 4327-4332 C

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Title:
Sermons written and preached by Thomas Birch, at various places and times: 1732-1766. About 150 in number, they were mostly preached in the churches of St. Michael, Wood Street, or St. Margaret Pattens, of which he was successively Rector, or other city churches, or at Hampstead Chapel. The dates and places are generally noted on the flyleaves of the sermons. Eight volumes, arranged in order of texts as they occur in the Bible. Paper; ff. 215, 199, 220, 213, 203, 196, 201, 102. Quarto. 1732-...
Scope & Content:
Sermons: T. Birch: sermons: 1732-1766. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Sermons by: 1732-1766.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-1766
Extent:
8 items

1194. Add MS 4336-4345

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Title:
HENLEY LECTURES Heads of 'Lectures' and 'Discourses' of the Rev. John Henley, the 'Orator' (d. 1756), for delivery on the five Sundays in December, 1750. Ten volumes, bound in three. Autograph. For similar MSS. of his see Add. MSS. 10346-10349, 10576-10578, 11768-11801, 12199, 12200, 19919- 19924. Paper; Small quarto. A.D. 1750.
Scope & Content:
Sermons: J. Henley: heads of lectures and discourses: 1750. John Henley, Orator: Heads of discourses and Iectures: 1750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
3 items

1195. Add MS 4364-4365

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COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE SWISS CANTONS State papers and letters relating chiefly to the affairs of the Swiss Evangelical Cantons and Piedmont, and to Cromwell's efforts in 1656-1657, to detach the Cantons from France and to create throughout Europe an universal Protestant League. Two volumes. 1632-1714. Paper. Folio. Included are many letters from John Pell, Cromwell's Agent to the Cantons, and subsequently Resident at Zurich, and of John Durie, who with Cromwell's approbation acted with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1632-1714
Extent:
2 items

1196. Add MS 4394-4396

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Title:
PELL PAPERS (2nd Series) Mathematical and philosophical collections of Dr. John Pell, mathematician (d. 1685) chiefly in the hand of Walter Warner, mathematician (d. 1643). For other series of Pell Papers see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4397-4404 and 4407-443 1. Three volumes (Vol. II, III were originally Add. MSS. 4408, 4409). Paper. Folio. XVII cent.
Scope & Content:
Walter Warner, d 1643 mathematician: Mathematical and philosophical papers: 1627-1632, n.d.: Mainly autogr. John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

1197. Add MS 4397-4404

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Title:
PELL PAPERS (3rd Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, calculations, and extracts from printed works, with other miscellaneous matter, chiefly in Pell's autograph. For the 1st, 2nd and 4th Series of these collections see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396, 4407-4431. A few letters are interspersed; the names of the writers of these are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Eight volumes. 17th cent.
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
8 items

1198. Add MS 4407-4431

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Title:
PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1609-1678]
Extent:
25 items

1199. Add MS 4432-4448

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Title:
ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of the Society (1752-1765), consisting of letters, articles or communications sent for consideration, many of which were subsequently printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, draft minutes, etc. 1660-1765. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Royal Society: Papers rel. to: 1662-1765.: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Germ.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1660-1765
Extent:
17 items

1200. Add MS 4449-4451

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Title:
PAPERS RELATING TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 4449-4451. Papers relating to the foundation and establishment of the British Museum collected, and for the most part written, by Thomas Birch, one of the first Trustees; 1753-1760. Three volumes. Paper. Folio. The contents are:-
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Draft minutes, reports of Trustees meetings, statutes, etc.: 1753-1760. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Papers rel. to the British Museum by, or collected by, as Trustee: 1753-1760.: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1760
Extent:
3 items

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