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1. Add MS 70001-70523

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Add MS 70001-70523
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THE PORTLAND PAPERS. Papers of the Harley Family of Brampton Bryan, and of the related families of Vere, Holles, Cavendish and Cavendish-Bentinck; 9th-mid 19th cent. Originally housed at Welbeck Abbey and deposited in the British Museum between 1947 and 1967 by His Grace, the seventh Duke of Portland as 'The Portland Loan' (Loan 29). For a survey of the Portland Archive as a whole, including those sections now in other repositories, see R. J. Olney, 'The Portland Papers', in Archives, XIX, n...
Scope & Content:
Portland Papers: Harley family; Earls of Oxford: Papers of the Harley and related families: 9th-mid 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-Mid 19th century
Extent:
529 items

2. Add MS 70506-70523

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Add MS 70506-70523
Title:
I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 70506-70523. PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. DVI-DXXIII (29/16, 55-61, 240, 243, 327-333). Miscellaneous papers; 9th-17th cent. The charters that formed 29/242 (see H.M.C. Portland, III, pp.1-4) and 29/355 are now Add. Ch. 76696-76724, 76747-76764. Eighteen volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-17th century
Extent:
18 items

3. Add MS 70518

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Add MS 70518
Title:
Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1540-1706
Scope & Content:
These letters are calendared in Historical Manuscripts Commission, Portland Manuscripts, II, 5-64. They form part of a section of miscellaneous manuscripts amongst the Portland Papers, which were originally held at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. The Portland Papers were deposited at the British...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1540-1706
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 70522

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Add MS 70522
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Scope & Content:
PORTLAND PAPERS. Vol. DXXII (29/329). James II, Memoirs as Duke of York; 1652-1655. French translation. Copy certified by his Queen, Mary of Modena; 1704. Phillipps MS. 12209. James II of England: Memoirs as Duke of York: 1652-1655: Fr. transl: Copy, certified by Mary of Modena, 1704.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1652-1655
Extent:
1 item