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371. Add MS 4435

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 285). (1) 'Defectus solis observatus e specula Bononiensis scientiarum instituti ... referente Eustachio Manfredio', 15 Aug. 1738. Printed. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 94. ff. 1-2b. (2) Account of electrical experiments by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 1738, 173...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1739
Extent:
1 item

372. Add MS 4158

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
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The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

373. Add MS 4312

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Vol. XIII (ff. 328). K-L. includes: ff.1-3 György Kalmár, Hungarian philologist: Letter to T. Birch: 1753. f. 4 Edmund Keene, Bishop of Chester; Bishop of Ely 1771: Letter to T. Birch: 1748. ff. 6, 8 Benjamin Kennicott, Biblical scholar: Letter to T. Birch: 1759. ff.10-14 Sophia Grey, 2nd wife...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1722-1765
Extent:
1 item

374. Add MS 4301

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Vol. II (ff. 375). B. includes: ff. 1-99 John Peter Bernard, d 1750 FRS; biographer: Letters to T. Birch: 1733-1742, n.d. ff. 100-1 16 John Bevis, MD; astronomer: Letters to T. Birch: 1752 1761. ff. 117-125 John Bird, mathematical instrument maker: Letters to T. Birch: 1755-1764. f. 126 Ann Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1733-1764
Extent:
1 item

375. Add MS 4305

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Vol. VI (ff. 188). D-E. includes: f. 2 James Solas Dodd, surgeon, lecturer and actor: Letter to T. Birch: 1752. f. 4 Charles Dodgson, Bishop of Ossory 1765: Letter to T. Birch: circ. 1760. f. 5 Robert Dodsley, bookseller, of London: Letter to T. Birch: 1751. f. 6 Vitaliano Donati, FRS; Italian...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1734-1794
Extent:
1 item

376. Add MS 4316

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Vol. XVII (ff. 272) O-P. includes: f. 1 J. O: Letter to T. Birch: 1745. ff. 3, 5 William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms: Letters to T. Birch: 1751. f. 7 Olivier: Letter to T. Birch: 1764. f. 8 Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter to T. Birch: 1764. f. 9 George Onslow, 1st Earl of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1742-1764
Extent:
1 item

377. Add MS 4292

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Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-18th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from the originals among Bishop Gibson's MSS. in Lam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

378. Add MS 4155

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English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

379. Add MS 4157

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
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The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1655-1657
Extent:
1 volume

380. Add MS 4222

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Vol. II (ff. 274). D-L. includes: f. 1 Sir Robert Dallington, Master of the Charterhouse: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 2 Edmund Dickenson, d 1707 MD: Biographical notices: 18th cent. f. 3 Publius Cornelius DolabeIla, Roman general; d. 44 BC: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 4 Horatius ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item