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1. Add MS 47968-47999

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Add MS 47968-47999
Title:
LEAKE PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Papers chiefly of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (b. 1656, d. 1720) and Stephen Martin Leake II, Garter King of Arms (b. 1702, d. 1773). The original collections of S. M. Leake II passed into the hands of three of his sons, Stephen, John and George. Stephen Martin Leake III presented thirte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1558-1947]
Extent:
38 items

2. Add MS 47979-47999

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Add MS 47979-47999
Title:
B. MARTIN LEAKE PAPERS LEAKE PAPERS. Vols. XIII-XXXVIII. Papers of Stephen Martin Leake II, of Thorpe Hall, Essex, Garter King of Arms 1754-1773, with additions, etc., by his son John (d. -1836), also of Thorpe Hall, Chester Herald 1752-1791. Included are heraldic manuscripts (47979-47983), family papers (47985-47988, 47998 A-47999 C) and four volumes relating to numismatics (47990-47993). On Stephen and John Martin Leake see W. H. Godfrey, A. R. Wagner and H. S. London, The College of Arms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1558-1947]
Extent:
26 items

3. Add MS 47998 B

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Add MS 47998 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
LEAKE PAPERS. Vol. XXXV (ff. 61). (1) Private and family correspondence of J. M. Leake; 1764-1826. ff. 1- 31b. Included (ff. 1-6b) are two letters to his wife describing the journey through Germany in the company of his father on his mission (see 47982 above), 23, 28 May 1764. (2) Miscellane...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1746-1947
Extent:
1 item