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661. Add MS 45130 A

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Contents include:-(1) Three deeds relating to Writtle and Roxwell, etc., co. Essex, 1539-1599. Formerly with Add. Ch. 7111O- 71205. ff. 1-3;-(2) Correspondence, etc., of the Dukes of Saxony, 5 Sept. 1668-7 Oct. 1823, including one letter of the Empress Maria Theresa, 8 Jan. 1756. German. Signed,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, German, Latin, Polish, and Russian
Date Range:
1539-1871
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1 item

662. Add MS 45198

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BROCKMAN PAPERS. Vol. CXXXI (ff. 214). Miscellaneous recipes, on loose sheets of paper, with some other papers; 1668-1810. Arranged as follows:- (1) Medical recipes; 1668-1730, n.d. ff. 1-125. (2) Cookery recipes; 1678-1719, n.d. ff. 126-154. (3) Miscellaneous papers, accompts, etc.; 1685-...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1668-1810
Extent:
1 item

663. Add MS 45356

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'THE GRAND FLEET 1914-1916', by Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., 1st Viscount (and 1925) 1st Earl Jellicoe; 1918. Autograph draft.
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Preceded (ff. i-iii) by notes on the MS. by Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, G.B.E., K.C.B., Jellicoe's Flag Captain at Jutland, 29 Apr. 1939. According to the preface (p. vii) to the printed text, the MS. was finished by the early autumn of 1918, but publication was deferred till after the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
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1 item

664. Add MS 45364

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DONNELLY PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 56). Royal and general correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir Ross Donnelly, K.C.B., viz.:-(1) Autograph letters to Donnelly from William IV as Duke of Clarence; 1820-1828. Followed (f. 17) by an account in Donnelly's handwriting of an audience, circ. 20 March 1837. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1842
Extent:
1 item

665. Add MS 45365

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DONNELLY PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 161). An imperfect remnant of a letter-book, containing copies of letters to Sir Ross Donnelly, the originals of some of which are in Add. MS. 45364; 1794-1837. Many of the copies are of letters and orders from Lord Nelson as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1837
Extent:
1 item

666. Add MS 45516 A

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Contents:- (1) 'Journal of the Orders to and Proceedings of the Commissrs for Transportation in Matters relating to the Descent' (i.e. on St Malo, planned in the summer of 1692 after the victory of Barfleur, or La Hogue, of 19-23 May); 5 Mar.-22 July 1692, drawn up 16 Nov. of that year. For de...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1692-1708
Extent:
1 item

667. Add MS 45524

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Declaration by Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante of Spain, as Governor of the Netherlands, of friendship and neutrality to French sympathisers; 5 July 1636. French. Copy. ff. 1-2. B. Letter from John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, to-(? in co. Northt.) concerning arrangements for raising troops against the Young Pretender; London, 21 Sept. 1745. ff. 3-4b. C. Rhymed 'Billet-doux' from Sir George Baker, F.R.S., physician (d.1809) to Miss Kitty Daston, offering hi...
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includes: ff. 1-2 b Philip IV of Spain: Declaration by Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante, as Governor of the Netherlands: 1636.: Fr.: Copy.ff. 1-2b Netherlands, Southern Provinces. Governors of. Ferdinand, Cardinal Infante: Declaration by: 1636.: Fr.: Copy.ff. 1-2b Ferdinand, Infante of Spain; ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
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1 item

668. Add MS 45580

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BLECHYNDEN PAPERS. Vol. III. (1) A collection of naval songs (words only), numbered i-xl, made by R. Blechynden; 1781. Imperfect by the loss of one leaf between ff. 22 and 23 containing part of song xxvii and the whole of song xxviii. As follows:- (i) 'Black eyed Susan', beg. 'All in the Dow...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781
Extent:
1 item

669. Add MS 45726 A

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ACCOUNT OF THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS, entitled 'Minuets [sic] taken on board H M Ship Impregnable on the 27 August 1816 From the Commencement to the End of the Action' by Lieut. Harry Wilson, R.N. (d. circ. 1850). Autograph. Included are notes of casualties, etc., during the action, and a copy of the 'Termes offred by Lord Exmouth and Agreed by the day of Algiers' (the terms are printed in a slightly different version by A. Salamé, A Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers in the year 1816, ...
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Algiers, Africa: Minutes of the bombardment: 1816. Lieutenant Harry Wilson, RN: Account of the bombardment of Algiers: 1816. Navy; England: Minutes rel. to the bombardment of Algiers: 1816.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1816
Extent:
1 item

670. Add MS 45918

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MISCELLANE0US AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, mainly of statesmen, clergymen, writers, artists and actors; 1692-1906. Most of the letters are of the 19th century; eight are addressed to Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of Cleveland (ff. 3, 18, 28, 40, 102, 175, 181, 255) and seven to Thomas Dixon Spain, of the Church of England Temperance Society (ff. 4, 5, 9, 80, 81, 140, 167). The only 17th-century letter is from John Houghton, writer on agriculture, to Sir Robert Southwell, 5 Nov. 1692 (f. 158); anonymous...
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includes: f. 1 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter to -: 1832. f. 2 Sir Edwin Arnold, KCIE; poet: Letter to D. C. Murray: 1897. f. 3 Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby: Letter to Rev. F.Wrangham: 1835. ff. 4, 5, 9 Phineas Taylor Barnum, American...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1692-1906
Extent:
1 item

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