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1. Add MS 72894-72895

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XLV, XLVI. Correspondence and papers concerning Petty's 'double bottom' boat experiments and shipping generally; 1661-1684, n.d. Copies, early 19th cent. (watermarks 1802, 1804), made by Henry Schultes for the 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne, who had an interest in ship-building and sailing (see Slatter, 'Report', I, p. 200), of originals once in Petty's archive. Shortly after the copies were made, they appear to have been sold, randomly divided into two groups, and are now Bod...
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Ships and Shipping: Sir William Petty, political economist: Reports and correspondence rel. to Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat and other shipping matters: circa 1661-1685: Partly copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1684
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2 items

2. Add MS 72895

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVI (ff. i + 100). 1. ff. 1-16. 'A Treatise of Naval Philosophy in 3 parts'; [1671]. Original manuscripts are NMM, SPB/16, No. 52 and Add. 72854, ff. 99-104. Cf. Bodleian MS Rawl. A.178, f. 153: Wood to Pepys, 17 June 1682; Rawl. A.194, f. 279: Pepys to Wood, 16 June 1682. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1685
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 72894

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLV (ff. ii + 94). 1. ff. 1-4. Part of a dedication to Charles II on ship-building; [1661]. Printed in Double Bottom, pp. 4-6. The original is Bodl. Lyell empt. 32, ff. 1-4. 2. ff. 5-10. Letter from Petty to Viscount Brouncker; 29 Oct. 1662. Printed from the archives of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1686
Extent:
1 item