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1. Add MS 70001-70523

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Add MS 70001-70523
Title:
THE PORTLAND PAPERS. Papers of the Harley Family of Brampton Bryan, and of the related families of Vere, Holles, Cavendish and Cavendish-Bentinck; 9th-mid 19th cent. Originally housed at Welbeck Abbey and deposited in the British Museum between 1947 and 1967 by His Grace, the seventh Duke of Portland as 'The Portland Loan' (Loan 29). For a survey of the Portland Archive as a whole, including those sections now in other repositories, see R. J. Olney, 'The Portland Papers', in Archives, XIX, n...
Scope & Content:
Portland Papers: Harley family; Earls of Oxford: Papers of the Harley and related families: 9th-mid 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-Mid 19th century
Extent:
529 items

2. Add MS 70372-70492

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Title:
F. PAPERS OF EDWARD HARLEY, 2ND EARL OF OXFORD. 70372-70492. PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. CCCLXXII-CCCCXCII (29/19-22, 27{3}, 63, 65, 89-115, 117, 118, 167, 171, 225-234, 244-261, 270-272, 320-322, 337-354, 361, 379-388). Papers of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and of his wife, Henrietta Cavendish Holles; late 17th-mid 18th cent. One hundred and twenty-one volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Mid 18th century
Extent:
121 items

3. Add MS 70469-70492

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Title:
PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXIX-CCCCXCII (29/248-261, 270-272, 361). Papers of, and relating to, Humfrey Wanley; 17th-early 18th cent. Thirty-four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Humfrey Wanley, librarian to the Earls of Oxford: Correspondence and papers: 17th-early 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
24 items

4. Add MS 70484

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Title:
Portland Papers. Vol. CCCCLXXXIV (29/259 {1}). Miscellanea 1-15, 17-44, 46-49
Scope & Content:
Papers of Humfrey Wanley. Miscellanea 1-15, 17-44, 46-49. The Greek items are miscellanea 9, 10, 24, 25, 32, 38, 39, 41. Misc. 9: Jeremias, Patriarch of Constantinople, Letter to Sir Edward Harley, 22 November 1725. Greek, with Latin and English translations. Misc. 10: Notes by Wanley relating...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
8 items.

5. Add MS 70484-70487

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Title:
PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXXXIV-CCCCLXXXVII (29/259, 260). Wanley Miscellanea. Miscellanea 65 and 66 are now Add Ch. 76725, 76726. Four volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 items

6. Add MS 70490

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Title:
Portland Papers. Vol. CCCCXC (29/271). Alphabetical list of Greek abbreviations compiled by Humphrey Wanley
Scope & Content:
Alphabetical list of Greek abbreviations compiled by Humfrey Wanley.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:

37 folios.

7. Add MS 70506-70523

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Add MS 70506-70523
Title:
I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 70506-70523. PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. DVI-DXXIII (29/16, 55-61, 240, 243, 327-333). Miscellaneous papers; 9th-17th cent. The charters that formed 29/242 (see H.M.C. Portland, III, pp.1-4) and 29/355 are now Add. Ch. 76696-76724, 76747-76764. Eighteen volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-17th century
Extent:
18 items

8. Add MS 70516

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Scope & Content:
PORTLAND PAPERS. Vol. DXVI (29/333{2}). Collection of fragments; 9th-17th cent. Latin, Greek, Irish, German and Italian. Heraldic bookplate of 6th Duke of Portland, f. i. Vellum and paper; ff. iv+90. A. Fragment of a patristic text relating a story of a pimp and a notary to illustrate the po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
9th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item