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1. Add MS 35057

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Add MS 35057
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, chiefly of scientific men and many of them addressed to Dir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society; 1693-1868. Several engraved and other portraits are interspersed. The names of the writers are given in the index. Paper; ff. 176. Folio. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq.
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includes: f. 2 A - Cartwright: Letter to his brother: 1693. ff. 3, 3b Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount Irvine: Correspondence with the Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance: 1700. f. 4 Robert Horsnaile: Letter to his father and mother: 1701. f. 6 Army; England: Recruits for Col. Howe's regiment: 1704. f. 7 Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1693-1868
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52341

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vol. VIII, [1800?]-1885, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3b John Hodgson, Chief Clerk in Westminster Court of Requests: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1828, bef. 1838.f. 4 Arthur Howe Holdsworth, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1829.ff. 6-9b Thomas Willett, schoolmaster, of Stockwell: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1813-18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1800?]-1885
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 62711

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Add MS 62711
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS: circa 1680-1879. Included are letters from (a) Godfrey Wentworth, M.P., to Alan Johnson, 1745. f. 1; - (b) Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield to -- Burton, 1779. f. 3; - (c) W. C. Macready to Richard Jones. f. 6-8v; Abraham Hayward to J. G. Children, introducing Thomas Carlyle, [1834?]. f. 12; - (d) Benjamin Disraeli to Sarah Disraeli and Thomas Bailey, 1840, 1846 (printed in Benjamin Disraeli Letters, Toronto, 1982-1989, III, pp. 301-302, IV, p. 237). ff. 14-19v...
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includes: f. 1 Godfrey Wentworth, MP: Alan Johnson, attorney of Wakefield: Letter to Alan Johnson from Godfrey Wentworth: 1745.f. 3 Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield: Burton, at Bretby: Letter to — Burton from Lord Chesterfield: 1779.f. 5 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nels...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1680-1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70843

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Add MS 70843
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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 170+74*). Letters numbered 1594-1678, with additions 1782-1786; 1806-1877, n.d. Contemporary index. Probably vol. X from the original series, see Add. 70844 below. Disbound, with several pages missing. Contemporary foliation 4-91, with gaps. Gilt-edged pages. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1806-1877
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70851

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Add MS 70851
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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 91). Correspondence, etc., of members of the Natural History Departments, afterw. the British Museum (Natural History); 1773-1916, n.d. English and French. Includes some portraits. includes: f. 1 Daniel Charles Solander, botanist; Keeper of Printed Books,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1773-1916
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 2840

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Egerton MS 2840
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Vol. IV. (ff. 371). 1833- 1835. includes: f. 1 Joseph Hunter, FRS, FSA, Assistant Keeper of Public Records: Extract of letter to J. G. Nichols: 1833.f. 2 Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records: Correspondence with Sir F. Madden: 1833-1860.f. 5 Records, Public: Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1833-1835
Extent:
1 item

7. Egerton MS 2843

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Egerton MS 2843
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Scope & Content:
Vol. VII. (ff. 394). 1842- 1844. includes: f. 1 Markham John Thorpe: Letter to Sir Madden: 1842. ff. 3, 40, 57, 83, 140, 261-267, 270, 278-286, 291, 294, 354-356, 362 Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet; of Middle Hill: Correspondence with Sir F. Madden: 1828-1865. ff. 5, 8 John Robson, of Warringto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 item