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1. Stowe MS 447-480

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Stowe MS 447-480
Title:
MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1685-1714
Extent:
34 items

2. Stowe MS 479

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Stowe MS 479
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIII. (ff. 14). "Devis des ouvrages . . . . à l'embouchure du havre de Dunkerque." At the end, " Signé Vauban." With four plans. See above, vol. vii. Dunkirk, Nord: Papers relating to works at: late 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 454-456

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 454-456
Title:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
Scope & Content:
Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

4. Stowe MS 452

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Stowe MS 452
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VI. (ff. 29). " Traité de 1'Artillerie, Par le Sieur Guillaume Dilichij, traduit de l'Alleman en François ": in the hand of Jacob Richards. The original, by Wilhelm Dilich, was published at Frankfort, 1689. The vellum covers are stamped with the arms of William III. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1689
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 467

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 467
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXI. (ff. 101). " Diary of the Campaigne. in Portugal," by John Richards, giving a full account of the movements of both armies; 23 May-29 Dec. 1704. Followed (f. 16 b) by a similar " Diary of the Campaigne in Portugal, anno 1705," continued on his departure with the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 May 1704-29 Dec 1704
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 453

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Stowe MS 453
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1677-1693
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 471

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 471
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXV. (ff. 67). Miscellaneous papers, principally in the hand of John Richards. 1. " A memoriall of the Expedition to Barcelona"; 1705. f. 1. Followed (f. 20) by minutes of the Council of War at Barcelona, 26 Aug. 1705, O.S., and various papers presented by Col. J. Ri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1705-1707
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 456

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 456
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. X. ff. 94. includes: f. 89 Newbury, Berkshire: Map of: 17th cent. f. 89 Maps and Plans: Map of Newbury, co. Berks: 17th cent. f. 90 Lombard, Artillery instructor at Auxonne: Épreuves du tir des bombes avec le canon: 1787.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item