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901. Add MS 61871

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NORTH (SHEFFIELD PARK) PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 163). Miscellaneous papers; circa 1774-1783. 1. ff. 1-24. Plan to improve the manning and regulations of the Navy, sent by John Green; [1778?]. Written in the same hand as item 2 below. See also Kings 60. 2. ff. 25-36. 'The principles of Mr. Green...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1769-1788
Extent:
1 item

902. Add MS 61891

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 135. British Library arrangement. A. Passport for travel between Marseilles and Paris issued by the municipal authorities of Marseilles and Lyon to Joseph Sellis (1771-1811), valet to Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; Jan. 1791. French. Partly printed. Supplementing Add. 27851, 27852. Presented by Miss Phyllis Sewell, Sellis's great-great granddaughter, Jan. 1981. f. 1. 385 x 250mm. B. Miscellaneous letters to Montague J. Gue...
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includes: f. 1 Passports: Joseph Sellis: Passport between Marseilles and Paris for Joseph Sellis: 1791: Fr: Partly printed.f. 2 Alfred Montgomery, Commissioner of Inland Revenue: Letter to M. J. Guest from Alfred Montgomery: 1873.ff. 2-30 Montague John Guest, MP: Letters to Montague John Guest:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1000-1978
Extent:
1 item

903. Add MS 62114

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 121. British Library arrangement. A. Correspondence of Captain W. H. O'Shea, M.P., husband of Kitty O'Shea; 1882-1885. Partly copies. Presented, with Add. Ch. 75998, by Mrs Caroline A. Wright, 25 Jan. 1982. Consisting of: (a) two letters to him from W. E. Gladstone, Prime Minister, 11, 15 April 1882. ff. 1-4; (b) letters from and to Joseph Chamberlain, 17 April 1882 (copy by O'Shea), 12 Nov. 1885. ff. 5-8v; (c) letter from O'Shea to Charles St...
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includes: ff. 1-4 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: William Henry O'Shea, Irish politician: Letters to William Henry O'Shea from William Ewart Gladstone: 1882. ff. 5-8v William Henry O'Shea, Irish politician: Joseph Chamberlain, PC; MP: Correspondence between William Henry O'Shea and Jos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1698-1940
Extent:
1 item

904. Add MS 62936

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NAVAL SIGNAL BOOK; circa 1747-1748. A naval officer's privately made pocket signal book, derived from the printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions but arranged for ready reference with a thumb index of 60 flags in colour. Further illustrated with 28 watercolour drawings of ships showing their use, and 18 larger representations of the flags. Also listed in some cases are directions for positioning signals, and their meanings. Included (ff. 30v-34) are additional signals issued by Vice-Admira...
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Navy; England: Officer's pocket-book of signals: circa 1747-1748. includes: ff. 30v-34 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Sir Peter Warren, Vice-Admiral: Signals issued by Vice-Adm. Anson and Rear Adm. Sir P. Warren: 1746, 1747.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1747-1748
Extent:
1 item

905. Add MS 63742

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HENRY STANLEY, 4TH EARL OF DERBY: collection of letters and papers on affairs of state, etc.; circa 1583-1589. Copies in the hand of a secretary in Derby's household. A description of the manuscript, including a number of items now missing from leaves that originally stood before the present f. 1 and between ff. 106v and 107, was given by William Oldys in The British Librarian, no. 5, May 1737, pp. 270-286. Owned, before 1729, by Peter Le Neve (f. i verso); in 1737, by Nathaniel Booth of Gra...
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County of Lancaster: Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby: Papers and accounts of Earl of Derby partly rel. to Lancaster: circa 1583-1589: Copies. includes: ff. 3-5 Navy; England: 'The Booke of the whole Navie': 1585.ff. 6-17v Joanna II of Naples: Mary of Scotland: Comparison of Joan II of Nap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1578-1589
Extent:
1 item

906. Add MS 64870-64924

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COKE PAPERS (SERIES I) Correspondence and papers of Sir John Coke, Secretary of State to King Charles I; 1551-1644. Partly drafts. Partly Latin, French and Italian. The papers cover all aspects of Coke's official career, as manager (1591-1593) of the estates of Sir Fulke Greville, Deputy-Treasurer (1599-1604) and later (1621-1636) Commissioner of the Navy, Master of Requests (1622-1625), Member of Parliament (1621-1629) and Secretary of State (1625-1639). Also included are letters and papers...
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Navy; England: Correspondence and papers rel. to the Navy: 1578-1644. Sir John Coke, Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers of Sir John Coke: 1551-1644: Partly Fr., Lat. and Ital: Partly drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1551-1644
Extent:
55 items

907. Add MS 69887-69906

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Add MS 69887-69906
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COKE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vols. XX-XXXIX. Naval papers mainly of Sir John Coke, illustrating all aspects of naval policy and administration especially during his periods as Deputy to Fulke Greville, Treasurer of the Navy (1599-1604), and as a Commisioner of the Navy (1618-1623); 1553-1639, n.d. Included are some naval accounts, etc., of the earlier Elizabethan period. Partly Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. See also Add. 69919 below. Twenty volumes.
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Navy; England: Papers rel. to English navy: 1553-1639, n.d.: Partly Lat., Fr., Ital, and Span. Accounts: Navy and army accounts: 1553-1639, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1553-1639
Extent:
36 items

908. Add MS 69959

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COKE PAPERS (SERIES III). Vol. XXIV. 1. Army establishments, including Coke's notes and working papers relating to the investigations into the accounts of Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh, as paymaster of the forces; 1685-[1712?], n.d. Partly printed. 2. Navy, admiralty, transport service and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1699-1706
Extent:
1 item

909. Add MS 69960 B

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Add MS 69960 B
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COKE PAPERS (SERIES III). Vol. XXV B. Instructions from the Admiralty commissioners to the Commissioners for Victualling the Navy; 4 Jan. 1701. Copy in a clerical hand. 172 x 108mm. Navy; England: Accounts, notes, etc., by T. Coke rel. to navy, admiralty, transport service and prizes: 1699-17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1701
Extent:
1 item

910. Add MS 70044

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Add MS 70044
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Vol. XLIV (29/215). Naval Papers; 1565 - 1714, n.d. Navy; England: Naval papers of Harley family: 1565-1714, n.d. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Correspondence and papers: late 17th cent.-1724.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1565-1714
Extent:
1 item

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