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171. Add MS 34341-34344

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LETTERS to Sir Robert Southwell, Clerk to the Privy Council, etc. (with a few to Lord Arlington), chiefly from British agents in the Low Countries, and relating to the war with Holland and the abortive negociations for peace at Cologne; 1672-1674. Most of the letters are from [Sir Henry de Vic,] Baron de Vique, British Resident at Brussels; from Richard Bulstrode, Agent (and afterwards successively Resident and Envoy) at Brussels; from Joseph Chaumont, who appears to have been employed as an...
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Sir Robert Southwell, Clerk of the Privy Council: Letters to, from British agents in Brussels and Cologne: 1672 - 1674. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letters from English agents in: 1672-1674. Charles II of England: Letters to Sir R. South. well, from British agents in Brussels and Cologne: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1672-1674
Extent:
4 items

172. Add MS 34474-34479

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Title:
JOURNALS of Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B., during the siege of Kartoum, from 10 Sept. (the day on which Col. Stewart and Frank Power left Kartoum) to 14 Dec. 1884. Holograph. Six volumes. Paper. Folio. Each volume except the last was wrapped in a linen handkerchief, having a paper label inscribed by Gordon. These wrappers are now preserved in a separate case. The first of the inscriptions is quoted below, in the description of Vol. l., and the rest are similar. With appendices to...
Scope & Content:
Kartoum, the Soudan: Gen. Gordon's journal at: 1884. Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon, CB: Journal at Kartoum: 1884.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sep 1884-14 Dec 1884
Extent:
6 items

173. Add MS 34488-34499

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Title:
MACKINTOSH COLLECTIONS. Vole. II.-XIII. " Extraits de la Correspondance Diplomatique au Bureau des Affaires Étrangères à Paris." Twelve volumes. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
City of Paris: Notes and extracts of correspondence at the Bureau des Affaires Etrangères 1660-1742 ;: 19th cent.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1660-1742
Extent:
12 items

174. Add MS 34504-34505

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Title:
MACKINTOSH COLLECTIONS. Vols. XVIII., XIX. (f. 232, 225). Copies of letters from William III. to the Pensionary Heinsius, 1689-1702. Fr. Two volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Anthonie Heinsius, Grand Pensionary of Holland: Correspondence with William III: 1689-1702.: Fr.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1689-1702
Extent:
2 items

175. Add MS 34611-34626

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Title:
MACVEY NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. I.-XVI. Correspondence; 1805-1847. Sixteen volumes. The writers include Sir Walter Scott, H. Brougham, T. B. Macaulay, W. M. Thackeray, C. Dickens, E. Bulwer Lytton, Dr. T. Young, Dugald Stewart, F. Jeffrey, T. Carlyle, J. S. Mill, B. Disraeli, and Lord J. Russell, with many others, whose names are all given in the index.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1805-1847
Extent:
16 items

176. Add MS 34731-34732

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Title:
WEST PAPERS. Vols. V., VI. Correspondence of Thomas Steavens (ob. 1759), son of Sir Thomas Steavens, of Eltham, co. Kent, and brother of James West's wife; 1738-1759. The correspondence begins when Steavens was at school at Eton and under the guardianship of his brother-in-1aw, but for the most part it was carried on while he was residing on the continent. Two volumes. The names of the writers will be found in the index. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1759
Extent:
2 items

177. Add MS 34739-34740

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Title:
WEST PAPERS. Vols. XIII., XIV. Miscellaneous papers, deeds, bonds, accompts, etc., relating to Preston-on-Stour, Whitchurch, Alderminster and other places near Stratford-on-Avon in cos. Glouc., Warw. and Wore., and to the families of Brawne, Mariett and West; 1419-1810. Two volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire: Papers rel. to the neighbourhood of: 1419-1810. Preston-on-Stour, Gloucestershire: Papers relating to: 1419-1810.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1810
Extent:
2 items

178. Add MS 34773-34778

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Title:
SOUTHWELL PAPERS relating to Irish affairs, 1686-1741 being a portion of the collection of Sir Robert Southwell, who was Secretary of State for Ireland from 1690 to 1702, of his son Edward, who succeeded him, and of his grandson Edward, who was appointed to the same office (jointly with his father) in 1720 (cf. 34,775, f. 85). Six volumes. Paper. Folio and (Vol. VI.) Quarto. For other volumes of the Southwell Collection see Add. 21,122-21,138, 34,329-34,335. All these six volumes seem to hav...
Scope & Content:
Ireland: Southwell Papers relating to affairs of: 1686-1741.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1686-1741
Extent:
6 items

179. Add MS 34880-34882

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Title:
GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. VII.-IX. Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books of Edward Gibbon, mostly printed in the Miscellaneous Works. Three Volumes. Holograph, except where otherwise noted.
Scope & Content:
Edward Gibbon, historian: Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

180. Add MS 34903-34932

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Title:
NELSON PAPERS. Vols. II.-XXXI. General correspondence of Lord Nelson, consisting chiefly of original letters, reports, etc., addressed to him when on active service, 1762-1805, but especially from 1793, when in the Mediterranean under Lord Hood and the Earl of St. Vincent, commanders-in-chief, and when he was himself in command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1803-1805. Arranged chronologically in thirty volumes. Paper. Folio. The names of the writers appear in the index.
Scope & Content:
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: General correspondence: 1762-1805. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Correspondence and paper.: 1762-1806. France; Sovereigns of, and Transactions in particular reigns. Republic: The Nelson papers relating to the war with Great Britain:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1762-1805
Extent:
30 items

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