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1371. Stowe MS 752

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Stowe MS 752
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Vol. I. (ff. 240). 1. LETTERS of Smart Lethieullier, of Aldersbrook, co. Essex (ob. 1760), chiefly on Roman and Saxon antiquities, architecture, etc.; 28 Sept. 1743-1 April, 1760. ff. 1-105. Among the special subjects treated are:- The origin of burial in churchyards and inside churches; 1744-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1743-1 Apr 1760
Extent:
1 item

1372. Stowe MS 752-754

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Stowe MS 752-754
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ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to Charles Lyttelton, LL.D., Dean of Exeter [1748-1762] and Bishop of Carlisle [1762-1768], President of the Society of Antiquaries [1765], chiefly of literary and antiquarian subjects; 1730-1768. Three volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Charles Lyttelton, DD; FRS; Bishop of Carlisle: Correspondence of: 1730-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1730-1768
Extent:
3 items

1373. Stowe MS 753

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Stowe MS 753
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Vol. II.(ff. 301). LETTERS On various topics; 10 May 1730-13 Dec. 1756. includes: f. 1 'Boulephorus': Letter to C. Lyttelton: 1730. f. 3 Thomas Tanner, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph: Letter to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1735. ff. 3, 4, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 75 Dudley fami...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1730-13 Dec 1756
Extent:
1 item

1374. Stowe MS 753-754

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Stowe MS 753-754
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Vols. II., III. (ff. 301, 280). LETTERS On various topics; 10 May 1730-13 Dec. 1756, and 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.) Among the writers are:- George Ballard, author of the History of Learned Ladies; Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St. Asaph; W. Thomas, author of History of Worcester; Elizabeth Elstob, author of a Saxon Grammar, etc.; Dr. Thomas Birch; Dr. William Stukeley; Daniel Dumaresq, of St. Petersburg; Jeremiah Mil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1730-4 Jul 1797
Extent:
2 items

1375. Stowe MS 754

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Stowe MS 754
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Vol. III. (ff. 280). LETTERS On various topics; 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.) includes: ff. 1, 10 Cæsar Ward, of York: Letters to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1749-1758. ff. 2, 8, 18, 50, 64, 74, 78, 80, 89, 96, 100, 106, 116, 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1757-4 Jul 1797
Extent:
1 item

1376. Stowe MS 755

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Stowe MS 755
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MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE LETTERS, etc., English and foreign; 1613- 1818:- 1. [Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount] Mountgarrett, to Sir Williain Andrewes, Knt., with a present of a goshawk, etc.; Ballyne, 12 Sept. 1613. f 1. 2. [Henry Percy, 9th Earl of] Northumberland (ob. 1632), to Sir Thomas Fairfa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1613-1818
Extent:
1 item

1377. Stowe MS 756

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Stowe MS 756
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LETTER-BOOK containing copies of letters of a writer whose name is not given, addressed to " Dolly Sqr," her father, John Handley, his cousin, and others, on the subject of his love for the lady, and his desire to make her his wife; St. Albans and London, 6 April, 1725-29 Jan. 1725/6 Paper; ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1725-29 Jan 1726
Extent:
1 item

1378. Stowe MS 757

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Stowe MS 757
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LETTER from N[athaniel] B[rassey] Halhed [author of A Code of Gentoo Laws, 1776, and A Grammar of the Bengal Language, 1778, afterwards M.P. for Lymington 1791-1796] to the Rev. [George] Costard, on the antiquity and character of the Indian language and religion, in reply to a letter published b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1779
Extent:
1 item

1379. Stowe MS 758

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Stowe MS 758
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, Treasury warrants, papers, etc.; 1619- 1818. Amongst them are:- 1. Statement of claims on the Exchequer of Frances, wife of Sir Thomas Savile, and grand-daughter of William, Lord Cobham; circ. 1620. 2. Speech of Algernon Sydney delivered to the Sheriffs on the scaffold...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1619-1818
Extent:
1 item

1380. Stowe MS 759

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Stowe MS 759
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1. EPIT0ME Of Church history, from the birth of Christ to 1612. ff. 3-49 b. Followed (ff. 50-59) by notes, in the same hand, on the Apostles and Evangelists, the early Bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, and Alexandria, and other Fathers of the Church. At ff. 1 b, 2, are memoranda of commercial transact...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item