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111. Add MS 35072

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Title:
Prose narrative and poem on the Greek Revolution, by John Laganes of Athens
Scope & Content:
Prose narrative and poem on the Greek Revolution, by John Laganes of Athens. The poem (ff 101r-144v), entitled ἱστορία τῆς ἐπαναστάσεως τῶν Ἑλλῖνων μὲ τὸν Ὀδωμονόν, is the longest Greek oral poem to survive from the 19th century, and includes a description of an encounter with Lord Byron on ff 12...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
144 folios

112. Add MS 35230

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS original letters, many of which relate to literary and scientific matters, with a few papers, etc.; 1690-1873. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Included are:- Sir Robert Southwell [Secretary of State for Ireland] to Sir John Lowther, Bart.; Camp, near Dundalk, 28 June, 1699. f. 1. 2. Capt. Tames Waller to Sir Robert Southwell; Charles Fort, 18 Feb. 169 5/6. f. 3. 3. E[dward] Soutlhwell [Secretary of State for Ireland] to [James Butler] Duke of Ormonde;...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Sir John Lowther, Commissioner of the Treasury: Letter to, from Sir R. Southwell: 1690. f. 1 Sir Robert Southwell, Envoy to Portugal; Secretary of State for Ireland: Letter to Sir J. Lowther: 1690. f. 3 Captain James Waller: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1696. f. 3 Sir Robert South...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1690-1873
Extent:
1 item

113. Add MS 35325-35341

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Title:
Add MS 35325-35341
Scope & Content:
Purchased (with Egerton MSS. 2818-2824, q.v.) at a sale, 5-10 June, of a further portion of the library formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill, co. Worcester, and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-19th century
Extent:
18 items

114. Add MS 36455-36483

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Title:
BROUGHTON PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Bart. (1831), Baron Broughton de Gyfford (1851), the friend and collaborator of Lord Byron; 1774-1867. From 1823 to 1829 he was a member of the Greek Committee. He was M.P. for Westminster (1819-1834), Nottingham (1834- 1848), and Harwich (1848...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1774-1867
Extent:
30 items

115. Add MS 36491-36522

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Title:
CUMBERLAND PAPERS. Correspondence of the family of Cumberland, with papers, diaries and note-books of George Cumberland, of Bristol; 1748-1836. Most of the letters are of a purely private nature, and consist mainly of the correspondence of George Cumberland with his two sons, George and Sydney, and his brother Richard, Vicar of Driffield, co. Gloucester. The elder George Cumberland was a man of artistic, antiquarian and literary tastes, and among his correspondents are William Blake, Francis...
Scope & Content:
George Cumberland, senior: Correspondence, diaries and papers: 1748-1836.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
1748-1836
Extent:
32 items

116. Add MS 36543-36571

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Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and Papers of Sir Richard Church, C.B., G.C.H., Lieut. Colonel in the British Army, Major General ill the Neapolitan service and Commander in Chief of the Greek Army during the war of independence.
Scope & Content:
The first volume relates to Church's service in the Ionian Isles, where he raised, in 1810 and 1813, two Greek regiments for the British Army, and to two campaigns in which he was temporarily attached to an Austrian army under Count Nugent, 1813 and 1815. The rest refer chiefly to the Greek War. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
29 items

117. Add MS 37001-37012

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Add MS 37001-37012
Title:
Dawes Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Add MSS 37001-37012, were collected by the Rev. John Samuel Dawes, D.D., chaplain in Corfu, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
11th century-17th century
Extent:
12 items

118. Add MS 37074

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Collection of vocal and instrumental compositions, in score, probably by Reverend Robert Creyghton.
Scope & Content:
ff. 4-6b Series of seven short unnamed pieces for Lute, apparently in the hand of the Rev. Robert Creyghton, D.D., who has signed four with his initials, and added the date 1727 on the first and the last pages. ff. 7-8b. 'Hark! How ye pleasant thunder-tempest sounds'; with a bass for harpsicho...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 volume (101 folios)

119. Add MS 37182-37201

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Title:
CORRESPONDENCE of Charles Babbage (b. 1791, d. 1871), F.R.S., mathematician and inventor of calculating machines; 1806- 1871. Among his correspondents are many of the principal mathematicians and men of science in England and abroad. Interspersed throughout are drafts of his own letters; and at the end of Vol. XVIII. (ff. 542-610) is some correspondence of his son H. P. Babbage relating to him, 1871-1899. The names of the writers appear in the Index. Twenty volumes. Paper. Folio. Presented, ...
Scope & Content:
Charles Babbage, FRS; mathematician: Correspondence: 1806-1899.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1806-1871
Extent:
20 items

120. Add MS 37274-37318

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Title:
WELLESLEY PAPERS: correspondence and papers, official, political, and private, of Richard Colley Wellesley (b. 1760, cl. 1842), 2nd Earl of Mornington (1781), cr. Baron Wellesley in 1797 and Marquis Wellesley in 1799
Scope & Content:
He was Governor General of Bengal, 1797-1805; Ambassador Extraordinary to the Central Junta of Spain, April-Dec. 1809; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dec. 1809-Feb. 1812; and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1821-1828, 1833-1834. Forty-five volumes. The collection is classified as follows.- ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, Persian, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1697-1842]
Extent:
50 items

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