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1. Add MS 30877

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Add MS 30877
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LETTERS Of statesmen, scholars, etc., to John Wilkes; 1754- 1797. The writers are:- George Grenville [afterwards Secretary of Stale]; 2 Apr. 1754-25 Apr. 1759, ff 1, 4, 6, 11. David Hume; 8, 16 Oct. 1754, ff. 2, 3. W[illiam] Pitt [afterwards Earl of Chatham]; 20 July, 1757, 16 Oct. 1759, ff. 5, 14. T[obias] Smollett; 16 March, 1759-28 March, 1762, ff. 8-10, 15, 17-19. [Thomas Pelham] Holles, [Dulke of] Newcastle, Secretary of State; 23 July, 1759, f. 13. [Richard Grenville, Earl] Temple; 2...
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John Wilkes, MP: Correspondence and papers: 1739-1831. includes: ff. 1, 4, 6, 11 Right Hon George Grenville: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1754-1759. ff. 2, 3 David Hume: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1754. ff. 5, 14 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Letters to J. Wilkes: 1757, 1759. ff. 8-10...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1797
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 33486

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Vol. XVI. (ff. 342). 1. " MAcBÉ (sic) ò los Remordimientos Tragedia en cinco Actos, Escrita en Yngles por Shakespeare, refundida en frances por M. (Jean François) Ducis, y acomodada al Teatro Español por D. Manuel Garcia, 1817." f. 1. 2. " El Hijo Natural, ô las pruevas de la Virtud, Comedia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 33964

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ORIGINAL LETTERS of sovereigns and noblemen, actors, artists, and authors; arranged in each class, according to the nationalities of the writers, under the beads of England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States of America; 16th-19th centt. The names of writers are given in the Index. Among them are:- Qu. Elizabeth. William III. John, Duke of Marlborough. Francis I. of France. Catharine de'Medici. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. Mary...
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George Colman, senior: Letters to, conc. C. Macklin's acting at Covent Garden: 1774. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letter, when Envoy at the Hague, conc. treaty with Sweden: 1701. includes: f. 1 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Lord North: 1593. f. 1 Roger North, 2nd Baron North: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
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4. Add MS 44936

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Add MS 44936
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MISCELLANE0US FRENCH AUTOGRAPH LETTERS; 1711-1801. All the letters are noticed, and the texts of most printed in full, in the Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison, 4 vols., 1883-1890. Those addressed to Voltaire are edited by T. Besterman, Voltaire's Correspondence, Geneva, 1953, etc. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xi, 1936-1937, pp. 180-181. As follows:- (1) Letters of Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine, to:-(a) her sister Maric T...
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includes: ff. 2-10 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letters to her sister, the Princesse de Conti: 1711.f. 12 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letter to M-R. de Voyer d'Argenson: 1713.f. 15 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1801
Extent:
1 item