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1. Add MS 63079-63129

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Add MS 63079-63129
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A. COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS 63079-63129. BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-LI. Collections of historical manuscripts acquired by Blakeney; circa 15th cent.-1975. The provenances are various, the largest single group being portions of the archive of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf.; see further under Add. 63079-63082 below. The arrangement by Blakeney in a series of bound volumes (TSB 1-51) has been retained, even though it does not consistently reflect the archival origin of the various c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1975
Extent:
51 items

2. Add MS 63079-63141

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Add MS 63079-63141
Title:
Manuscripts, transcripts, personal papers and photographs from the collection of Thomas Sydney Blakeney (1903-1976), Honorary Secretary of the Friends of the National Libraries, collector, traveller and mountaineer; circa 15th cent.-1976. See also Add. 48979-48982. Bequeathed, with Add. Ch. 76153-76383 and Facs *938-*957, by T. S. Blakeney, Dec. 1976. Paper, except where otherwise stated. Sixty-three volumes, arranged as follows: A. Collected Manuscripts: 63079-63129 B. Personal Papers...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Sydney Blakeney, Secretary, Friends of the National Libraries: Correspondence and papers of and collected by Thomas Sydney Blakeney: circa 12th cent.-1976: Partly photographs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1976
Extent:
63 items

3. Add MS 63084

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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. VI. Miscellaneous letters and papers; 1693-1873. Partly copies and printed. Partly French. (TSB 7). ff. ii+257. 315 x 255mm. Including: 1. ff. 3-20. Correspondence of Zachary Macaulay, philanthropist, chiefly letters from Hannah More and William Wilberforce; 1796-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1693-1873
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63090

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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XII. (TSB 13). ff. ii+305. 380 x 275mm. 1. ff. 1-120. Correspondence, etc., relating to public affairs, chiefly of William Pitt the elder and younger, Warren Hastings, William Windham (see also Add. 37842-37935); William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, Arthur We...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1653-1955
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63093

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Add MS 63093
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XV. Miscellaneous letters and state papers; 1685-1827. Partly copies and printed. Partly French and Italian. Some are addressed to members of the Townshend family; others were acquired by Blakeney from Sotheby's, 4 April 1955, lot 192. Including (ff. 26-42v) nine letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1685-1827
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63129

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Add MS 63129
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. LI. Miscellaneous documents and fragments; circa 15th cent.-1941, n.d. Partly copies and printed. Partly Latin and French. Vellum and paper; ff. 119. Largest size 340 x 213mm. 1. ff. 1-11. Fragments of medieval manuscripts, chiefly illuminated initials; circa 15th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1941
Extent:
1 item