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61. Add MS 4449-4451

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 4449-4451. Papers relating to the foundation and establishment of the British Museum collected, and for the most part written, by Thomas Birch, one of the first Trustees; 1753-1760. Three volumes. Paper. Folio. The contents are:-
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British Museum: Draft minutes, reports of Trustees meetings, statutes, etc.: 1753-1760. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Papers rel. to the British Museum by, or collected by, as Trustee: 1753-1760.: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1760
Extent:
3 items

62. Add MS 4478 D

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BIRCH COMMONPLACE-BOOK Commonplace-book of Thomas Birch, written in his student days, 1725 and 1726, and consisting chiefly of extracts in Latin, Greek, and English, from classical and modern writers on abstract subjects. There are also some poems written by Birch, including (f. 56) a Latin poe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1721-c 1732
Extent:
1 item

63. Add MS 4176-4178

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'HISTORICAL LETTERS written in the Reigns of James I and Charles I ... now first publish'd from the Originals in the British Museum, [State] Paper Office, and private collections. By Thomas Birch, D.D.'. Birch's intention to publish (on the verso of the above title-page is an estimate of the cost, etc.) was never carried out but, with the omission of the two letters of an earlier date (Vol. I, ff. 17, 18) and with the addition of the letters of J. Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton (see Add. MSS...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

64. Add MS 4106-4107

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TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS and letters from public and private collections, made by or for Birch, together with some original documents. In two volumes not chronologically arranged: Vol. I, 1473- 1657; Vol. II, 1598-1745. The names of the writers of letters, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Among the documents are:-
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1745
Extent:
2 items

65. Add MS 4366

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EDWARD HERBERT OF CHERBURY TREATISE Treatise on the Christian religion, in dialogue form, by Edward Herbert, 1st Lord Herbert of Cherbury, d. 1648 (see preface to printed edition). Imperfect copy, wanting one or two leaves at the beginning; 18th cent. The work was printed in 1768 under the titl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

66. Add MS 4432-4448

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Add MS 4432-4448
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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of the Society (1752-1765), consisting of letters, articles or communications sent for consideration, many of which were subsequently printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, draft minutes, etc. 1660-1765. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Royal Society: Papers rel. to: 1662-1765.: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Germ.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1660-1765
Extent:
17 items

67. Add MS 4468

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON, as edited by Isaac Gruter, Francisci Baconi Scripta in naturali et universali philosophia . . ., Amsterdam, 1653. The title-page and pages 62-74 of the printed edition (containing Gruter's translation of Sir Thomas Bodley's letter (1607) to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1653-1799
Extent:
1 item

68. Add MS 4298

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TRANSCRIPTS OF SLOANE CORRESPONDENCE TRANSCRIPTS in Thomas Birch's autograph of selected letters from the correspondence of Sir Hans Sloane (Sloane MSS. 4036-4069). Paper; ff. 150. Quarto. Circa 1750-1757. Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Collections of T. Birch rel. to his life: circ. 1753. Thomas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1750-1757
Extent:
1 item

69. Add MS 4148

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DUDLEY CARLETON CORRESPONDENCE Transcripts of the official correspondence of Dudley Carleton, afterwards Viscount Dorchester, when Ambassador at The Hague, consisting chiefly of letters from him to George Calvert and Sir Edward Conway, Secretaries of State; 28 Dec. 1622-10 Sept. 1624. The volum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

70. Add MS 4217

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THE LADY CATHERINE WHETENALL JOURNAL 'The Voyage of the Lady Catherine Whetenall from Brussells into Italy in the holy yeare with the cheif accidents that hath happened therin written in Padua a little before her ladyship fell sick by other of her trayne'; 1650. Written at her request by Richar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 item