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9871. Add MS 89662/3

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Title:
Notebook of formulations for fabric dyes
Scope & Content:
Notebook of formulations for fabric dyes in French with 12 fabric specimens attached to pages of the book. The volume is entitled "Experimens commence le 10 Janvier 1820, Chez Mr. Peel". This folder includes a photocopy of the entry from the register of the Patent Office Library.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 folder

9872. Add MS 89662/4

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Title:
Letter from John Buddle to Mr Warburton regarding coal seams near Newcastle
Scope & Content:
Letter from John Buddle to H Warburton, dated 19 May 1830, regarding evidence given to a Parliamentary committee on 13 May about coal seams in the Newcastle area. Buddle desires to correct his statement regarding the number of coal seams in the district.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
1 folder

9873. Add MS 89662/5

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Title:
Volume of correspondence relating to Henry Dircks' proposed Union of Mechanic and Literary Institutions
Scope & Content:
A bound volume of collected correspondence and notes relating to a proposed union of scientific and literary institutions. The letters are mostly replies to a circular from Henry Dircks in 1839 and another from the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge inviting the delegates to a meeting ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 folder

9874. Add MS 89722

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Title:
Correspondence relating to the purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus
Scope & Content:
Correspondence donated to the British Library by dealer, Maggs Brothers Limited, concerning the purchase of the Codex Sinaiticus in 1933 from the Soviet Goverment. The letters and copies of letters within this folder are generally between Maggs Brothers and their clients, Sir Frederick Kenyon, fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1933-2016
Extent:
1 folder

9875. Add MS 89728/1/1

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during June and August 1812. These letters begin on HMS Fawn on 28 Jun as Gordon sets sail from Falmouth for the Peninsular. However, bad weather forces a return to Falmouth for several days. The first letter from Lisbon is dated 12 Jul w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

9876. Add MS 89728/1/2

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during September and October 1812, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal. These letters begin with one on 8 Sep from Valladolid, originally enclosing a copy of a report on the position of the troops. The letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

9877. Add MS 89728/1/3

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during and after the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during November 1812 and Oct 1814, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal and one with an attached military seal. These letters begin with one on 1 Nov from Rueda, describing how the siege of Burgos was abandoned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
1 folder

9878. Early 14th century

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Early 14th century
Title:
LEGAL COLLECTION: early 14th cent. Imperf. at beginning and end. Latin and French. Origin: England. For current bibliographical information on many of theses texts, see Baker and Ringrose (1996), which has an index of manuscripts. Marginal legal memoranda, 15th cent., ff. 43, 94v, 107v, 209. Presented? to the British Museum, date and donor unknown. See Manuscripts Department Archives, Register of Donations to the Department of Manuscripts. . .1756-1837. Vellum; ff. 348. Sec. fol. imperf. a...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Legal collection: initials: early 14th cent. Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes and treatises: early 14th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: ff. 160-194 Ralph de Hengham, Chief Justice of Common Pleas: 'Fait assovoir', attrib. to: early 14th cent: Fr: Imperf. ff. 160-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

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