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Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A1775-7,A1779,B1780-1,A1783-4,A1786-7,1788,A1790,B1792-5,A1796,B1800,B4306,B4307,B4310,5055-6
Title:: Letters (31) from Robert Louis Stevenson to Edmund Gosse; 16 April 1879-1 Dec. 1894. A1775, 1776, A1779, 1788, A1790, B1794, B1795, A1796, B1800, B4307, B4310 and 5055, letters II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, have envelopes. Stevenson and Gosse probably met in 1873 or 1874, and remained on intimate terms until the end of Stevenson's life - indeed, the last letter in this collection (5055, ff. 28-31, of which ff. 28b, 29b-30b are in the hand of his step-daughter, Mrs Isobel Strong) was written onl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:: 16 Apr 1879-1 Dec 1894
Extent:: 23 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255
Title:: Letters (84) and one postcard from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne; 2 Jan. 1866-20 Sept. 1906. Also included are a letter to Swinburne from Lucy Rossetti, [April?] 1876 (1446, ff. 104-105), and a letter from W. M. Rossetti, not to Swinburne, but possibly to J. C. Hotten, 11 Jan. 1867 (1446, f. 18). The letters in 1446, ff. 9-10b, 52, 52b, 102-103b, and 154, 154b, and in A1871 are imperfect. Vol. A IV, f. 33 is not part of the letter on ff. 31-32b, but is the missing portion of the second l...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:: 2 Jan 1866-20 Sep 1906
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 74112-74128
Title:: GERMANY AND AUSTRIA For the following deeds see H.M.C., pp. 335, 336. (1) Eight deeds rel. to Nuremberg, mostly to the Ayrer family; 1497-1653. Germ. 74112-74119. (2) Grant and confirmation of lands to Johann Samuel, Herr von Berger, (a) from the Emperor Charles VI, in Deckersberg by Hersbruck, near Nuremberg, 1740. Germ. With seal. 74120; - (b) from Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria (afterw. Emperor Charles VII) and Charles Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine, as self-styled 'Reich-V...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1497-1741
Extent:: 17 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 76095 A-B
Title:: UNOPENED LETTERS from the Heads of the Grison Leagues to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough; 1707; German. Seals. Enclosed in a letter from Abraham Stanyan to Marlborough, 25 Jan. 1708. For photographic prints of the contents, see Add. MS. 61145, ff. 78-89.
Scope & Content:: The Grisons: Letters from Deputies to Duke of Marlborough: 1707.: Germ. and transl.: Partly photogr. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence and papers: [1673?]-18th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1707
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4155-4159
Title:: THURLOE PAPERS. First Series. Collection of state letters and papers relating to events at home and abroad chiefly in the time of the Commonwealth. Most of the documents formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They afterwards came into the hands of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor (1737), and were 'communicated' by him to Birch, according to the Preface to ...
Scope & Content:: John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Correspondence of and state papers collected by: 1577-1668.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1577-1692
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4273 A-B
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS BIRCH COLLECTIONS Miscellaneous documents collected by Thomas Birch, probably for the sake of autograph signatures; 1618-1764. Latin, English, Dutch, French, German. They consist chiefly of certificates, letters of ordination, marriage-licences, etc., by various Archbishops, Bishops and other officials, mainly of the northern province, and some foreign documents. The names of the writers, etc., are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1618-1764
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4278-4280
Title:: PELL- PAPERS (lst Series) Correspondence and papers of Dr. John Pell, mathematician, political agent of Cromwell to the protestant cantons of Switzerland and Resident at Zurich (1654-1658); 1631-1683. Latin, French, English, German, Italian and Dutch. For other series of Pell papers see Add. MSS. 4394-4404 and 4407-4431. The correspondence is mainly of a scientific rather than a political character, though a number of allusions are made to affairs connected with his Swiss mission, and many ...
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1631-1683.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1631-1683
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4364-4365
Title:: COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE SWISS CANTONS State papers and letters relating chiefly to the affairs of the Swiss Evangelical Cantons and Piedmont, and to Cromwell's efforts in 1656-1657, to detach the Cantons from France and to create throughout Europe an universal Protestant League. Two volumes. 1632-1714. Paper. Folio. Included are many letters from John Pell, Cromwell's Agent to the Cantons, and subsequently Resident at Zurich, and of John Durie, who with Cromwell's approbation acted with...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1632-1714
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4407-4431
Title:: PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: [1609-1678]
Extent:: 25 items

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