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2201. Add MS 38493-38496

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vols. II-V. Letter-books of Antony Moreau, Polish Envoy at the Hague; 1686-1689. Four volumes. Paper ; fr. 175, 91, 140, 51. Folio. Townshend salecat. 1911, lots 167, 301. The contents, all in French except a few in Latin, Italian or Dutch, are as follows:
Scope & Content:
John III, Sobieski; King of Poland: Letter-books of A. Moreau Polish envoy to the Hague: 1686-1689: Fr. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letterbooks of A. Moreau, Polish Envoy at the Hague: 1686-1689.: Fr. Antony Moreau, Polish Envoy at the Hague: Letter-books: 1686-1689.: Fr. James II of Engla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1686-1689
Extent:
4 items

2202. Add MS 38500-38501

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vols. IX, X (ff. 365, 324). Correspondence of Horatio Walpole [lst Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 1756], as secretary to Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Plenipotentiary at the Hague, to whom many of the letters are addressed; 4 May, 1709-25 Mar. 1711, N.S. Among the correspondents are Daniel Pulteney at Copenhagen, John Wich and Dr. John Robinson at Hamburg, Sir Francis Palmes at Turin and Vienna, and John Chetwynd at Turin. Included also are despatches of Adm. Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 May 1709-25 Mar 1711
Extent:
2 items

2203. Add MS 38502-38504

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vols. XI-XIII (ff. i + 296, i + 271, i + 343). Letters of Horatio Walpole, [1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 1756], as Plenipotentiary at Paris, and Thomas Robinson, [1st Baron Grantham, 1761], as secretary of the embassy, to Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Secretary of State, and George Tilson, Under-Secretary, with some copies of their replies; 18 Jan. 1724/5 , O.S. 22 Nov. 1726, N.S. Many of the despatches are partly in cypher, decyphered. The period covered in...
Scope & Content:
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Despatches as Plenipotentiary at Paris, with replies: 1725, 1726. Field-Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend: Bookplate: late 18th cent. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Letters to H. Walpole: 1725, 1726.: Copies. Thomas R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jan 1725-22 Nov 1726
Extent:
3 items

2204. Add MS 38505-38506

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vols. XIV, XV (ff. i + 79, i + 121). Minute-books of George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquis Townshend, as Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance; 6 Jan. 29 June, 1764. Two volumes. Vol. I. 6 Jan.- 31 Mar. 1764. Vol. II. 2 Apr.- 29 June, 1764. Paper. Folio. (Townshend sale-cat. 1911, lot 82).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1764-29 Jun 1764
Extent:
2 items

2205. Add MS 38540-38541

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PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. I, II (ff. 162, 175). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly sacred, in two volumes, including anthems, carols, chants, hymns, a lamentation, a litany, motets, a fragment of an oratorio, sacred part-songs, fragments of requiems, services, sacred songs, a "Te Deum," a religious march (Vol. I, f. 93), etc., by Pearsall. Included also are compositions, or adaptations from compositions, by Jeremiah Clarke, Johannes Coclius, Thomas Este, Goudimel, Gumpeltzhaimer, Heinrich ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 items

2206. Add MS 38544-38545

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PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. V, VI (ff. 176,163). Miscellaneous compositions, chiefly secular, by Pearsall, in two volumes, including canons, catches, duets, glees, madrigals, operatic fragments, fragments from an oratorio (Vol. V, f. 168 b), part-songs, songs, a vocal trio, orchestral marches (Vol. V, f. 173; Vol. VI, fir. 96 b, 97, 101 b-104 b), and solos for the organ and pianoforte. Included also are compositions, or adaptations from compositions, by C[ornelius ?] Bryan, Philippa Swinnerto...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 items

2207. Add MS 38549-38550

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PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. X, XI (ff. 102,120). "Psalmodia"; with the alternative title "An Essay on Psalmtunes . . . . in the Church of England, by R. L. Pearsall, of Willsbridge, written at Carlsruhe . . . . 1842." In two volumes, vol. ii being described (vol. i, f. 2) as a "Musical Appendix containing many of the most standard continental churchmelodies with short notices of their authors," etc. [with additions down to 1847]. These are most of them chorales by German composers, adapted to...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
2 items

2208. Add MS 38555-38559

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PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. XVI-XX (ff. 33,33, i + 33, 11, i + 32). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th century and the English gleewriters of the late l8th century. The names of the composers are Felice Anerio, Bennet, Bisliop, Brewer, Callcott, Benjamin Cooke, Donato, John Dowland, Michael Este, Ferretti, Festa, Ford, Orlando ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
5 items

2209. Add MS 38571-38576

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Title:
LIVERPOOL PAPERS. Vols. CCCVIII-CCCXIII. Official Correspondence of the 2nd Earl and (38576, f. 135 end) of the 3rd Earl, supplementing 38237-38303; circ. 1798-1842. Six volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1798-c 1842
Extent:
6 items

2210. Add MS 38694-38713

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WAR-OFFICE and other correspondence, 1660-1759, consisting chiefly of (a) Letters to William Blathwayt, Secretary-at- War 1683-1704, from officers and commanders of garrisons (the letters of Peter Shakerley, Governor of Chester, for the period of the Revolution are of interest) ; (b) Drafts of correspondence by Blathwayt, mostly written when in attendance on the King in the Netherlands, including some by Adam Cardonnel, Secretary to Marlborough ; (c) Miscellaneous papers, accompts, establish...
Scope & Content:
William Blathwayt: Correspondence and papers, as Sec.-at-War: 1660-1759. Army; England: War Office correspondence and papers (Blathwayt-Southwell collection): 1660-1759.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1660-1759
Extent:
20 items

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