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131. Add MS 4478 A

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CATALOGUE OF BIRCH'S MSS. Catalogue of Birch's MSS. bequeathed by him in 1766 to the British Museum, compiled by the Rev. Westley Hall in 1771, by order of the Trustees. It is preceded by an account of the bequest, etc., in the hand of Sir Frederic Madden (ff. i, iii); and four leaves (ff. iv-v...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1771
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1 item

132. Add MS 4187

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CALENDAR OF CLARENDON STATE PAPERS Calendar of State Papers of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor (d. 1674), by Birch; to which are added:-(a) copies and extracts from some of the Earl's letters, etc.; 1630-1659. ff. 28-47b;- and (b) copies of letters of Sir Francis Windebank, Secr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

133. Add MS 4232

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JOHN THORESBY LEDGER Ledger of John Thoresby (d. 1679), father of Ralph Thoresby, the antiquary, containing lists of books, etc., and the prices paid for them, for himself, Richard Stretton and Robert Hickson (ff. 2, 5, 13, etc.) and sometimes with the names of persons from whom they were bough...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1673-1675
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1 item

134. Add MS 4238

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BIRCH'S BURNET COLLECTIONS Collections by Thomas Birch on the life and works of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, supplemental to the article in Bayle's A General Dictionary; 1702-circ. 1735. The contents are as follows:- (1) Notes on Bishop Burnet, in Birch's hand; circa 1735. ff. 1-35. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1702-c 1735
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1 item

135. Add MS 4243

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BIRCH'S GREAVES COLLECTIONS Collections for the life and account of the writings of John Greaves, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford; 1646-1737. Made by Thomas Birch in view of his edition of the Miscellaneous Works of J. Greaves, 1737, 2 vols. The chief contents are:- (1) The 'Life', ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1646-1737
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1 item

136. Add MS 4472

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BIRCH'S LITERARY DIARY Literary diary of Thomas Birch, 1754-1764, including, besides notes of various books and anecdotes of persons, the following:- (a) Reference to the death of Elizabeth Foster, Milton's grand-daughter and last descendant, 1754. f. 3;- (b) Extracts from Lord Burghley's MS. d...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1754-1764
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1 item

137. Add MS 4462

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CONTRIBUTIONS to 'The Philosopher', etc. Viz:- (1) 'The Philosopher' (nos. 13. 17, 19-21, 31, 36), with corrections in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-44. They include (a) an article by Jean(?) Le Clerc vindicating John Selden from an attack made on him in Samuel Drake's edition, 1729, of Archbishop P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

138. Add MS 4179

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BIRCH'S 'INTRODUCTION', addressed 'To the Right Honble Philip [Yorke] Lord Viscount Royston', of the above 'Historical Letters' (cf. Add. MSS. 4176-4178), dated 29 Sept. 1760, in which he gives biographical notes of some of the principal writers. A note (f. 29) by Birch altering, in the above dr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1760
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1 item

139. Add MS 4185

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'AN INQUIRY INTO THE SHARE WHICH KING CHARLES I had in the Transactions of [Edward Somerset] the Earl of Glamorgan for bringing over a Body of the Irish Rebels to assist that King in the years 1645 and 1646', with preface and Appendix, being the draft prepared for the press by Birch. It was prin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

140. Add MS 4466

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BOYLE AND CAREW PAPERS Writings by John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery, and Sir George Carew, viz:- (1) Short writings by, and chiefly in the autograph of, John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (d. 1762), viz:-(a) An English translation of Cicero's Epistle to Lucceius. ff. 1-6;-(b) 'Tho...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item