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1. Add Ch 75457

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Add Ch 75457
Title:
SALE of a rent charge by Heinrich Ruhe, of Gemünd, to the priest's brotherhood of Gemünd; 1372. German. Presented anonymously, with Add. MS. 49459, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries.
Scope & Content:
Gemünd, Germany: Sale of rent charge to priests' brotherhood,: 1372: Germ. Heinrich der Ruhe, of Gemünd: Sale by, of rent charge: 1372.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1372
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 47236-47435

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Add MS 47236-47435
Title:
LIEVEN PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Prince Christoph Heinrich Lieven, Russian general and diplomatist, of his wife, Dorothea, née Benckendorff, and their respective families. On these two families see J. Siebmacher's grosses und allegemeines Wappenbuch, bd. 3, abt. 11, Der Adel der russ. Ostseeprovin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
[1750-1895]
Extent:
230 items

3. Add MS 47841

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Add MS 47841
Title:
MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Letter from Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1863, d. 1916) to - Chaplin; n.d. Russian. ff. 1-2. Presented by Commander Leander McCormick Goodhart, O.B.E., through the Friends of the National Libraries. B. Letter from John Ruskin (b. 1819, d. 1900) to [A. P. Ready?], concerning a Syracusan coin; n.d. f. 3. Presented anonymously. C. Book 1, 'The Heritage', Chapter 1, 'Alexander Gray hears of a wreck', of an apparently unpublished novel...
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includes: ff. 1-2 Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, d 1916 Russian monk: Letter to - Chaplin: n.d. f. 3 John Ruskin, author, artist and social reformer: Letter to [A. P. Ready?]: n.d. ff. 4-12 Sir Max Pemberton, d 1950 novelist: Book I, chapter I of a novel by: n.d.: Autogr. ff. 4-12 Fiction: Sir M. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1100-1922
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 49459

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Add MS 49459
Title:
LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1597-1894, n.d. Presented anonymously, with Add. Ch. 75457, 75731 and 75732, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Paper; ff. 100. Folio. 1597-1894. Included are:– 1. ff. 1-1b. Order by William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, for paying forces in the Low Countries; 23 May 1597. Signed. 2. ff. 2-3b. Privy Council order to Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron of Buckhurst, 1st Earl of Dorset, Lord High Treasurer, for payment for men...
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includes: f. 1 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Order for paying forces in Low Countries: 1597: Signed. ff. 1-1b Netherlands, General: Order for paying forces in: 1597. ff. 2-3b Sir John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope of Harrington: Privy Council order signed by: 1602: Signed by. ff. 2-3b Engla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1597-1899
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 49597

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Add MS 49597
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; mid 14th cent.-1916, n.d. Paper and (articles C and N) vellum; ff. 85. Folio. Article N is preserved separately (Add MS 49597/1). A. Letter, etc., of Henry Guy, Secretary to the Treasury, to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Receipt, requesting the disposition of stated funds to named beneficiaries; 1 Mar. 1683. Signed. See Calendar of Treasury Books 1681-1685, vii, pt. 2, 1916, pp. 724-5. Presented by H. M. Colvin, Esq., C.B.E., F.B.A. ff. 1-2b. B. ...
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includes: ff. 1-2b Henry Guy, politician: Request to Auditor of Receipt for disposition of moneys: 1683: Signed. ff. 1-2b Sir Robert Howard, dramatist: Request to, as Auditor of the Receipt: 1683. ff. 1-2b Charles II of England: Treasury request for disposition of moneys,: 1683. ff. 3-36 Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1395-1905
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 58079

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Add MS 58079
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1701-1963, n.d. Paper; ff. 103. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Jan Garrigue Masaryk in London to Group-Captain Malcolm Grahame Christie, recording the former's perceptions of Conrad Henlein, the Sudeten leader, and Edvard BeneÈ, the newly-elected President of Czechoslovakia; 6 Jan. 1936. The letter also describes Czech anxieties about the 'supernationalism which combined with gangsterism seems to be swaying Europe'. Pencil annotation [by M. ...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Jan Garrigue Masaryk, Czech statesman: Czechoslovakia: Group Captain Malcolm Grahame Christie: Conrad Henlein, Sudeten nationalist leader: Letter rel. to the Sudetenland to Group Capt. Malcolm Grahame Christie from Jan Garrigue Masaryk: 1936.f. 3 Revenue: England; Parliament:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1701-1963
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 78944-79198

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Add MS 78944-79198
Title:
Peter Nichols Papers
Scope & Content:
Papers of Peter Nichols, playwright (b. 1927); 1945-2000, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Other significant material is deposited at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, which holds programmes, prompt books, posters, playbills, photographs and some newspaper reviews, audio recordings and artwo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1945-2000
Extent:
256 items