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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4236
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S TILLOTSON COLLECTIONS Collection of papers, letters, etc., made by Thomas Birch, chiefly in preparation for his 'Life' of John Tillotson (d. 1694), Archbishop of Canterbury; 1680-1761. The 'Life' was prefixed to the 1752 edition of Tillotson's works, also published separately in that ye...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1680-1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4237
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S NEWTON COLLECTIONS Collections for a life of Sir Isaac Newton, by Thomas Birch; 1682-1761. (1) The 'Life', as printed in Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, rev. ed., 1738. ff. 1-99. (2) Two letters of Sir Isaac Newton to William Briggs, M.D.; commending with some...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1682-1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4238
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S BURNET COLLECTIONS Collections by Thomas Birch on the life and works of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, supplemental to the article in Bayle's A General Dictionary; 1702-circ. 1735. The contents are as follows:- (1) Notes on Bishop Burnet, in Birch's hand; circa 1735. ff. 1-35. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1702-c 1735
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4239
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Scope & Content:: MARTINDALE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 'The Autobiography of Adam Martindale, presbyterian minister; 1685 (cf. Chap. iv, §. 11). Autograph. The MS. was edited by Richard Parkinson, Canon of Manchester, for the Chetham Society in 1845. Paper; ff. 115. Small quarto. A.D. 1685. Adam Martindale, Presbyterian mi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1685
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4240
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Scope & Content:: OLDYS MEMOIRS MEMOIRS relating to the family of Oldys, by William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms (d. 1761), including a pedigree of the family from 1366 (f. 14); n.d. Autograph. Paper; ff. 28. Small quarto. XVIII cent. William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms: Memoir of his family and pedigree: 18th cen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4241
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S SLOANE COLLECTIONS 'Memoirs relating to the Life of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. formerly President of the Royal Society', by Thomas Birch, with miscellaneous biographical notes; 1753. Also included in the volume are: (a) a similar memoir in French taken from the above. ff. 26-35;-(b) 'Éloge d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1753
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4242
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Scope & Content:: ROPER'S LIFE OF MORE 'Sir Thomas Moores Lyfe' by his son in law, William Roper (d. 1578); early 17th cent. Copy. Imperfect at end and mutilated by damp. The work was first printed in Paris in 1626. At the beginning is an engraved portrait of Sir Thomas More taken from Henry Holland's Herwologia...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4243
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S GREAVES COLLECTIONS Collections for the life and account of the writings of John Greaves, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford; 1646-1737. Made by Thomas Birch in view of his edition of the Miscellaneous Works of J. Greaves, 1737, 2 vols. The chief contents are:- (1) The 'Life', ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1646-1737
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4244
Title:
Scope & Content:: MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY MEMORANDA by Thomas Birch; 18th cent. Latin, French and English. Included are:-(a) notes and lists of learned women. ff. 21-24;- (b) abstract of observations by Philip Yorke on the State Paper Office; 1746. ff. 31-36;- (c) notes and lists of works of Cat...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4245
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Scope & Content:: COMMONPLACE BOOKS, viz.:- (1) Commonplace book of Thomas Birch consisting of biographical notes, epitaphs, literary memoranda, etc.; circ. 1765. ff. 2-58. (2) Commonplace book of William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms (d. 1761), containing biographical notes, poetical and literary extracts, apot...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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