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101. Add MS 4443-4444

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Letters relating to the transactions of the Royal Society addressed chiefly to Thomas Birch and other secretaries, or to successive Presidents, or to the Society itself as a body. Some refer to papers and communications included in Add. MSS. 4432-4441. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Two volumes (not arranged in strict order of date); 1663-1765.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
2 items

102. Add MS 4444

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Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765. includes: f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letter to the Duke of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item

103. Add MS 4448

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 174). Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Society consisting of memoranda and notes by Birch and others, printed tracts, and engraved drawings, illustrating papers in Philosophical Transactions, etc. includes: f. 5 James Petiver, FRS, Apothecary to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1653-18th century
Extent:
1 item

104. Add MS 4452

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PAPERS RELATING TO VARIOUS SOCIETIES, with which Birch was connected. A few letters are interspersed, the names of the writers of which are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. the principal contents are as follows:- (1) The Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

105. Add MS 4458-4459

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BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Miscellaneous papers collected by Thomas Birch; 1631-1757. Two volumes. Small folio. Viz:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1631-1757
Extent:
2 items

106. Add MS 4476-4477

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BIRCH MISCELLANEA Miscellaneous letters and papers collected by Thomas Birch, interspersed with numerous rough drafts of letters, sermons, memoranda, etc., in his hand. Two volumes. Folio. The names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Other items include:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1625-1770]
Extent:
2 items

107. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item

108. Add MS 4740-4747

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Add MS 4740-4747
Title:
DAVENANT PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Papers of Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfurt and Regensburg; 1703-1728. Eight volumes. Folio. Presented by John Thornton, of Clapham, 20 Dec. 1765. Viz.:- B. Zollicoffre, Secretary to H Davenant: Correspondence and papers: 1704-1708.: Fr. Henry Davenant, diplomatist: Correspondence, et...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1703-1728
Extent:
8 items

109. 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

110. Add MS 4857-4900

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Add MS 4857-4900
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

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