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31. Add MS 34474-34479

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JOURNALS of Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B., during the siege of Kartoum, from 10 Sept. (the day on which Col. Stewart and Frank Power left Kartoum) to 14 Dec. 1884. Holograph. Six volumes. Paper. Folio. Each volume except the last was wrapped in a linen handkerchief, having a paper label inscribed by Gordon. These wrappers are now preserved in a separate case. The first of the inscriptions is quoted below, in the description of Vol. l., and the rest are similar. With appendices to...
Scope & Content:
Kartoum, the Soudan: Gen. Gordon's journal at: 1884. Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon, CB: Journal at Kartoum: 1884.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
10 Sep 1884-14 Dec 1884
Extent:
6 items

32. Add MS 35105-35106

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Title:
Correspondence of the Rev. John Robinson, D.D., British Agent (from 1696 Envoy extraordinary) in Sweden [Bishop of Bristol 1710, of London 1714-1723, Lord Privy Seal 1711-1713] with William Blathwayt, Secretary at War, acting as Secretary of State with King William during the king's journeys abroad; 1692- 1701. The correspondence is consequently intermittent (see below). It consists of Robinson's original letters, with drafts of some of Blathwayt's replies. Many letters are in cipher, usuall...
Scope & Content:
John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Correspondence, as Envoy to Sweden, with W, Blathwayt: 1692-1702.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1693-1702
Extent:
2 items

33. Add MS 35349-35813

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Title:
Correspondence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
465 items

34. Add MS 36714-36727

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Title:
Vols. I.-XIV. Correspondence of Sir A. Panizzi; 1823-1877. Fourteen Volumes. The names of the writers are given in the Index.
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Correspondence of Sir A. Pannizi, Principal Librarian: 1831-1866.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1823-1877
Extent:
14 items

35. Add MS 37173-37174

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Title:
C. G. LELAND COLLECTION. Vols. VI., VII. Correspondence of C. G. Leland with students of Romany, etc., and witli gypsies; 1867-1899, and undated. The writers, whose names are all given in the Index, include Alfred Tennyson [Lord Tenntson], George Borrow and many English and coiitinental scholars, but the most extensive correspondence is with Francis Hindes Groome, Edward Henry Palmer and David MacRitchie. Included are three photographic portraits, F. H. Groome, vol. i. f. 57, Esmeralda Lock ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Romany
Date Range:
1867-1899
Extent:
2 items

36. Add MS 37348-37352

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. I.-V. Correspondence of Charles Whitworth, as Resident at Ratisbon during the deliberations of the Diet upon the proposal of the Emperor Leopold to declare war with France, and later; 28 Feb. (O.S.), 1702-22 Nov. (N.S.), 1704. With numerous papers, MS. and printed. War was finally declared 6 Oct. 1702, with the consent of the various states represented at the Diet, with the exception of the Elector of Bavaria, who, espousing the cause of France, seized Ulm and Memming...
Scope & Content:
Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of C.Whitworth as Resident at Ratisbon: 1702-1704.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1702-1704
Extent:
5 items

37. Add MS 37354-37360

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols.VII.-XIII. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary to Russia, with successive Secretaries of State, viz. Robert Harley [Earl of Oxford 1711], [Charles Spencer] Earl of Sunderland, Henry Boyle [Baron Carlton 1714], [James Douglas] Duke of Queensberry, and Henry St. John [Viscount Bolingbroke 1712], and with the Duke of Marlborough at the seat of war and other prominent persons in England and at foreign courts; 1704-1712. Besides the higher affairs of stat...
Scope & Content:
Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Correspondence, etc., of C. Whitworth, British Envoy, and his secretary L. C. Weisbrod: 1704-1712.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
1704-1712
Extent:
7 items

38. Add MS 37361-37362

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XIV., XV. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Minister at the Diet at Augsburg and Ratisbon; 1 July, 1714-10 Aug. 1716. It had been first intended that Whitworth should go to Baden, where terms of Peace were being arranged between France and the Empire. His credentials, however, 15 July, 1714 (f. 6), were to Augsburg, whither he went in August, but, the Diet being transferred to Ratisbon, his dispatches from 17 Sept. (N.S.), 1714, are dated from that place. The chief s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1 Jul 1714-10 Aug 1716
Extent:
2 items

39. Add MS 37364-37372

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XVII.-XXV. Correspondence of C. Whitworth, as Envoy Extraordinary, etc., at the Hague during the absence of Gen. William Cadogan, Ambassador Extraordinary; 11 Mar. 1716/7-10 May (N.S.), 1719. He was sent to the Hague (without being recalled from Berlin) owing to the discovery of Swedish designs in aid of the Pretender's invasion of Scotland. During his stay Lord Cadogan twice returned to his post (in Sept. 1717, and in May, 1718-Jan. 1719), and the two then acted join...
Scope & Content:
Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence and papers of C. Whitworth, Envoy at the Hague: 1717-1719.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1717-1719
Extent:
9 items

40. Add MS 37373-37389

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Title:
WHITWORTH PAPERS. Vols. XXVI.-XLII. Correspondence of C. Whitworth [cr. Baron Whitworth 9 Jan. 1721] during his negotiations at the Prussian Court; 1719-1722. He arrived at Berlin from the Hague 6/17, May, 1719, the object of his embassy being to make "a nearer Allyance of Friendship and Union" [v. Lord Stanhope's letter 17 Apr. (0.S.), 1719]. He visited the Hague in June-Nov. 1720, and in July-Nov. 1721, and finally left Berlin for England in the beginning of June, 1722, having been appoint...
Scope & Content:
Frederick William I of Prussia: Correspondence and papers of C. Whitworth as Envoy at Berlin: 1716, 1719-1722.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1719-1722
Extent:
17 items

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