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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36593-36595
Title:: WHITEFOORD PAPERS. Vols. II.-IV. (ff. 407, 547, 488). Correspondence of Caleb Whitefoord, sen., on literary, artistic, political and general subjects, the writers including, aniong others, Benjamin Franklin, Tobias Smollett, H. S. Woodfall, David Garrick, R. B. Sheridan, Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin West and Warren Hastings; 1750-1810. With additional letters to 1822 addressed to his widow. Three volumes: Vol. II. 1750-1799;-Vol. III. 1800-1822;-Vol. IV. undated. In Vol. IV. (f. 303) are include...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1750-1866
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36624-36626
Title:: PLACE COLLECTION. Vol. II.-IV. (ff.129, 37, 192). Miscellaneous common-places, in Vol. 1V. chiefly political; circ. 1818-1844. With index of subjects in each volume.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1818-1844
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36627-36628
Title:: PLACE COLLECTION. Vols. V., VI. (ff. 79, 104). Political memoranda during various sessions of Parliament; 1817-1834. At the end of Vol. VI., reversed, are notes from tracts in Place's possession under years from 1775 to 1803. At fF. 1-3, 40 b-43 of Vol. V. and ff. 1-10 of Vol. VI. are indices of persons and subjects.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1817-1834
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36639-36643
Title:: REDESDALE PAPERS. Vols. I.-V. Comptrolmentbooks of the Hanaper in the Court of Chancery, showing commissions, grants, patents, etc., with the fees paid to the Six Clerks, for several years in which William Mitford (uncle of the historian and of the 1st Lord Redesdale) was Clerk Comptroller
Scope & Content:: Revenue: Comptrolment books of the Hanaper: 1754, 1766, 1772, 1777, 1781. Hanaper Office: Comptrolment books of the-Hanaper: 1754, 1766, 1772, 1777, 1781.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1753-1781
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36645-36646
Title:: REDESDALE PAPERS,. Vols. VII., VIII. Deeds and abstracts of title chiefly belonging to the Freeman family of Batsford, co. Glouc., and other ancestors of Lord Redesdale, 1522-1809; with papers (Vol. VIII. f. 50) relating to the estate of Edward Colston, the Bristol philanthropist (d. 1721). Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Freeman family; of Batsford: Deeds, abstracts of title, and charters relating to: 16th-19th centt.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1522-1809
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36714-36727
Title:: Vols. I.-XIV. Correspondence of Sir A. Panizzi; 1823-1877. Fourteen Volumes. The names of the writers are given in the Index.
Scope & Content:: British Museum: Correspondence of Sir A. Pannizi, Principal Librarian: 1831-1866.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1823-1877
Extent:: 14 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36782-36783
Title:: REGISTER of orders in Council, warrants, instructions and letters of the Lord High Admiral and Navy Board, and other official documents relating to the management of the Navy; 1660-1685. Two volumes: vol. i., 6 July 1660-6 Jan. 1674/5; vol. ii. (with a classified abstract at the end), 12 Dec. 1674 -24 Feb. 1684/5. Paper; ff. 173, 283. Crimson tooled calf binding. Crowcombe Court sale-cat. 1903, lot 115. Folio.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1660-1685
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36799-36800
Title:: LETTERS Of Sir William Lynch, Envoy Extraordinary to Sardinia, to the Secretaries of State [Viscount Weymouth and the Earl of Rochford]; 22 March, 1769-20 Sept. 1776. There is a break between Dec. 1771 and Sept. 1773. Drafts, with one or two exceptions, in Lynch's autograph. Two vols. At the end of vol. i. (ff. 350-358) and the beginning of vol. ii. (ff. 1-4) are a few letters from Lord Rochford to - Cooke at Turin; 3 Jan. 1772-27 April, 1773. Paper; ff. 358, 322. xviii cent Harrowby sale-ca...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 36803-36804
Title:: LETTER-BOOK of Lord Mountstuart (see above), containing copies of his letters to English ministers and consuls abroad, and to other persons, almost entirely of an official nature, during his mission to Sardinia and afterwards; 29 July, 1779- 19 Dec. 1784. Two volumes. The end of vol. i. synchronizes with his departure from Turin in Nov. 1782. Paper; ff. 232, 82. Harrowby sale-cat., lot 31. Folio.
Scope & Content:: John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart; 4th Earl (1792), and 1st Marquis (1796) of Bute: Letter books: 1779-1785. John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart; 4th Earl (1792), and 1st Marquis (1796) of Bute: Diplomatic correspondence, as Envoy to Sardinia, and Ambassador to Spain: 1779-1797.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jul 1779-19 Dec 1784
Extent:: 2 items

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