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421. Add MS 4747

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DAVENANT PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 239). A collection of letters and papers of Henry Davenant; 1703-1723. The contents include the following:- (1) Lists of troops of the Allies on the continent; 1703-1707. French. ff. 3, 10, 11, 17-20, 23, 24, 26-36, 39-44, 47. (2) Orders of Battle of the Allie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1703-1723
Extent:
1 item

422. Add MS 4748

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Title:
WILLIAM III LETTERS
Scope & Content:
Ten letters of William III on the administration of Ireland, apparently all addressed to Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, during his tenure of office as one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland; 1697-1700. French. They are, with one exception, autograph, and are generally signed 'Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1697-1700
Extent:
1 item

423. Add MS 4804

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Vol. I, ff. 243 includes: f. 1 Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley; 2nd Earl of Berkeley (1698); Envoy to the Hague: Letter to J. Swift: 1709. ff. 3, 15, 17, 19, 25, 30 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters to J. Swift: 1708-1718. ff. 5, 7, 8 Anthony Henley, politician: Letters to J. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1733
Extent:
1 item

424. Add MS 4804-4806

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Title:
Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; 1708-1740
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Three volumes. Published from these originals by Dr. John Hawkesworth in Letters written by the late Jonathan Swift ... and Several of his Friends, 1766, vols. i and ii. The letters are numbered as in this edition. The dating of some of the letters has been corrected in The Correspondence of Jon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1740
Extent:
3 items

425. Add MS 4805

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Vol. II, ff. 210 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1729. includes: ff. 2, 11 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to C. Ford: 1714. f. 7 Robert Freind, DD, Head Master of Westminster School: Letter to J. Swift: 1715. ff. 9, 13, 23, 63, 75, 87 Mary Butler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1738
Extent:
1 item

426. Add MS 4806

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Vol. III, ff. 230 includes: ff. 1, 25, 93, 193, 197 Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst: Letters to J. Swift: 1730-1737. ff. 5-82 passim John Gay, poet: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1732. ff. 6, 12b, 22b, 32, 68b, 73b, 89, 97, 101, 107, 109, 115 Catherine Douglas, wife of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1740
Extent:
1 item

427. Add MS 4836

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Title:
HOURS, etc., chiefly in Latin
Scope & Content:
Contents:- (1) Calendar, copiously illuminated, with a saint's feast for every day of the year indicated in blue, red or gold. The saints' names in gold include the following:- Geneviève (3 Jan.), Vincent (22 Jan.), Pris (i.e. Praejectus, 25 Jan.), Charles (i.e. Charlemagne, 28 Jan.), Leu (i.e. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

428. Add MS 4848

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'LA DISCIPLINE ECCLESIASTIQUE des Eglises reformées de France. C'est à dire L'ordre par lequel elles sont conduittes et gouvernées'; 1609
Scope & Content:
The main work (ff. 3-44b) consists of fourteen chapters, at the end of which is a list of the National Synods 1559-1609, with those of 1612 and 1614 added in a later hand. For a similar MS, carrying the list of Synods down to 1637, see Harley MS. 3980. The second part contains accounts of the tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1609
Extent:
1 item

429. Add MS 4857-4900

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Title:
BANKS COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Collections, mostly in Icelandic and relating to Iceland, presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 1767-1781. Banks visited Iceland in 1772 and brought back a collection of printed books and MSS. which he presented to the British Museum on 3 December 1772. The MSS. may be identified from a 'Catalogue of B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
[1160-1799]
Extent:
44 items

430. Add MS 4898

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLII (ff. 140). Collection of medical receipts; 15th cent. Begins (f. 25) 'Nota quod dicimus illam-medicinam esse calidam' and continues on ff. 25b-130b (contemporary foliation 1-104b), being followed by an alphabetical index (ff. 131-136b) giving references to the origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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