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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 72877-72889 Language English Name James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

1. Add MS 72881

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXII (ff. 115). Papers relating to Ireland, particularly the revenue, defence and matters of religion; early 1680s-1685. Former Bowood numbers given for each item below. 1. ff. 1-4v. Proposals for new taxes on people, lands, livestock and trade in Ireland; [1682-1684?]. In t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680-1687
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1 item

2. Add MS 72882

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXIII (ff. 137). Papers relating to Ireland, particularly concerning the land settlement and Roman Catholicism; 1686. Former Bowood numbers given for each item below. 1. ff. 1-8v. 'A Paper of the state of Ireland as made by the English & Irish parties'; 1686. In the hand...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1687
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1 item

3. Add MS 72883-72884

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XXXIV, XXXV. Papers relating to Ireland, arranged according to the list under the heading 'About Ireland' in Petty's 'Catalogus Scriptorum' of 1686 (printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 264-266); 1685-1686. Many of them derive from Petty's attempts to respond to two pamphlets concerning the Irish land settlement: 'Queries', apparently by David Fitzgerald and 'A Narrative of the Sale and Settlement of Ireland'; see also Petty-Southwell Correspondence, pp. 147-150. Former Bowoo...
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Sir William Petty, political economist: Essays and treatises rel. to Ireland by Sir William Petty: 1655-1687: Partly autogr. Roman Catholics: Papers of Sir W. Petty rel. the Down Survey and Irish land settlement: 1653-1687. James II of England: Proposals of Sir W. Petty for political, social a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1686
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2 items

4. Add MS 72885

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVI (ff. 148). Papers arising from Petty's dealings with Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, and Sir Richard Nagle, Attorney-General of Ireland, over changes to the land settlement in Ireland in favour of the Roman Catholics, and related papers of 1687; 1686-1687. Some of the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1688
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1 item

5. Add MS 72886

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVII (ff. 215). 'Treatise of Ireland'; 1687. Drafts and fair copies, with related notes. Partly autograph. These manuscripts expand some of the shorter papers on Ireland in Add. 72882-72885 above. See also Add. 72853, ff. 151-154, 'Contents of a Treatise', enclosed in Petty'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1687
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1 item