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361. Add MS 35302

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)'
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's autobiography, published in 1847. Folios 9 and 10 are proofs with autograph corrections. Inscribed (f. 2): 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty) Including Reflections, Observations and Reminiscences of home and ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1847
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

362. Add MS 35303

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. IV. ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of a supplementary chapter to Sir John Barrow’s autobiographical memoir, which was published in 1847. Inscribed (f 4r): ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’ An account of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club, with biographical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 volume (171 folios)

363. Add MS 35304

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. V. Watercolour drawings and printed materials relating to the voyage of H.M.S. North Star to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits
Scope & Content:
Five watercolour views in Wolstenholme Sound, Baffin Bay, [Greenland], and several smaller sketches and maps illustrating the voyage of H.M.S. North Star (James Saunders, Master-commanding) to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits, 1849-50. The North Star was intended as a provision-ship for the Frankli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1850
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

364. Add MS 35305

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BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’
Scope & Content:
‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette. Published in Winter quarters, Arctic Regions’, 28 October 1852-12 February 1853. The original manuscript, mainly in the handwriting of Lieutenant [afterwards Rear-Admiral] Sherard Osborn, in command of H.M.S. Pioneer in the Franklin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1852-12 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

365. Add MS 35324

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Title:
Drawings of funeral processions, 1557–1603
Scope & Content:
Drawings of funeral processions, mostly in Indian ink (opaque black); those of Lady Lumley and Elizabeth I are in colour. Originally in rolls, the drawings are now inlaid in cardboard. Volume XV of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's bequest to the British Museum. ff. 1r–6v: 'Funeral processions o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

366. Add MS 35331

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AUTOGRAPH DIARY of Walter Yonge, of Colyton, co. Devon (M.P. for Honiton in the Long Parliament), from 1627 to April, 1642, being a sequel to the volume (now Add. MS. 28,032) edited by G. Roberts (Camden Society, 1848). A further continuation, Sept. 1642-Dec. 1645, is in Add. MSS. 18,777-18,780....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627-1642
Extent:
1 item

367. Add MS 35830

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

368. Add MS 35831

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwicke Papers vol. 483)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers including the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomat and Member of Parliament (1515/16-1571) during his time as Ambassador in France, 1561-1564. f. 1 Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth I: as Queen Elizabeth I is not satisfied with her pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1562-1599
Extent:
1 volume

369. Add MS 35832

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Title:
Hardwicke Papers, Vol. 484. Miscellaneous State Letters, Vol. III, 1615-1625
Scope & Content:
This is one of three volumes of Miscellaneous State Papers, Add MSS 35830-35832, covering the period 1425-1625, a subset of the massive collection of Hardwicke Papers in the British Library (Add MSS 35349-36278): Correspondence and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other membe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1615-1625
Extent:
1 volume

370. Add MS 35840

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Title:
Roger Ascham's letterbook
Scope & Content:
The letterbook of Roger Ascham as Latin Secretary to Queen Mary I (1553–1558). Volume CCCCXCII of the Hardwicke Papers. It contains copies of letters in Latin from Mary to foreign sovereigns, princes and others, 1554–1558, and is largely holograph. Royal MS 13 B I is the continuation of Ascham’s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1554-1558
Extent:
1 volume

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