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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45271
Title:: Raffles Papers, relating to Kedah
Scope & Content:: RAFFLES PAPERS. Vol. I. Letter-book containing:- (1) A copy of instructions to Captain Light, Superintendent of Penang, for the occupation and government of the island, from John Macpherson (Bart. 1786), Governor-General of Bengal, and his Council; 2 May 1786. An extract is printed in Journal ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, Malay, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1786-1794
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45273
Title:: Raffles Papers
Scope & Content:: RAFFLES PAPERS. Vol. III. Complimentary addresses from the people of Java to Raffles on his retirement as Lieutenant-Governor in 1816. Contents as follows:- (1) Addresses from residents and public bodies in Batavia, two of which, ff. 3-5 (in both Dutch and English), 6-7b (a copy), are printed i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:: 1816
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45356
Title:: '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.
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45416
Title:: HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.
Scope & Content:: HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France; 11 Apr. 1918. Autograph. Signed. The order, which beca...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45914
Title:: T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. ii + 59). Army Field Service Correspondence Book, containing notes and memoranda by Lawrence relating to events, etc., in the Arabian campaign; 30 Oct. 1916-16 Apr. 1917. The entries are written in pencil, partly in diary form, but do not follow a strict chronological sequence. A few loose papers inserted at the end (ff. 56-59) include a description by Lawrence, also in pencil, of events 9 May-9 July 1917, dated Cairo, 10 July 1917 (ff. 56-57).
Scope & Content:: Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards Shaw; called 'Lawrence of Arabia': Notes, diary, etc., rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1916-1917
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45915
Title:: T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 71). Parts of a diary by Lawrence, written in pencil on the backs of Army Messages and Signals pads; 17 Jan-28 June 1917, n.d. The entries relate mainly to topography and details of journeys made by him in Arabia, including a number of rough sketch-plans of terrain. The dates covered are:-(1) 17-24 Jan. ff. 1-13;- (2) 1O-15 Mar. ff. 14-30;-(3) 24 Mar.-18 Apr. ff. 31-42;-(4) 27 Apr.-2 May. ff. 43-44;-(5) 9 May-28 June. ff. 45-59;-(6) n.d. ff. 60-71.
Scope & Content:: Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Maps and Plans: Rough sketch-plans by T. E. Lawrence, to illustrate accounts of his journeys in Arabia: 1917. Thomas Edward Lawre...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Jan 1917-28 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45983 A
Title:: POCKET DIARY OF THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, afterwards Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', printed, with autograph entries in pencil, briefly recording his movements in Arabia and Egypt; 1 Jan. 1917-5 Jan. 1918.
Scope & Content:: A. 1 Jan. 1917-5 Jan. 1918
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Jan 1917-5 Jan 1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45983 B
Title:: POCKET DIARY OF THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, afterwards Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', printed, with autograph entries in pencil, briefly recording his movements in Arabia and Egypt; 1 Jan.-8 Oct. 1918
Scope & Content:: B. 1 Jan.-8 Oct. 1918
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Jan 1918-8 Oct 1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46144
Title:: LACOCK ABBEY MAGNA CARTA 46144. MAGNA CARTA 1225: the exemplification of the Great Charter of Liberties granted by Henry III at Westminster, 11 Feb. 1225, that was sent to the county of Wiltshire and subsequently deposited at Lacock Abbey (see further below). No contemporary enrolment of the charter's text survives, but the Red Book of the Exchequer, in the Public Record Office, contains an early transcript (E. 164/2, ff. 183-184). Two other surviving exemplifications are respectively among...
Scope & Content:: Law OF ENGLAND: Magna Carta: 1225.: Lat. Lacock Abbey; Wiltshire: Magna Carta from: 1225. Henry III of England: Magna Carta: 1225: Great Seal.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1225
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46372
Title:: The Psalms of David, translated into English verse by Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
Scope & Content:: Collection of Psalms, translated into English verse by Sir Philip Sidney, author and courtier (1554-1586), and his sister Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, writer and literary patron (1561-1621). Volume VII of the Harington Papers (Add MS 46366-46384). Previously owned by Sir John Har...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1586-1610
Extent:: 1 volume

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