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1. Add MS 34727

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 289). Miscellaneous letters, mostly original, of interest historically or otherwise; 1532-1734. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Among them are:- 1. John Fox, the Martyrologist, to Sir [William] Cecil, Sec. of State, asking licence to print his Tab...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1532-1734
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1 item

2. Add MS 34727-34747

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CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the families of Brawne, Mariett and West, who held in succession (circ. 1608, circ. 1662, post 1734) the manor of Alscot in Preston-on-Stour, co. Glouc., on the borders of cos. Warwick and Worcester; 1065-1813. They are connected more particularly with James West (ob. 1772), Secretary to the Treasury (1741-1762), M.P. for St. Alban's (1741- 1768), and President of the Royal Society, former owner of the Burghley Papers and other MSS. in the Lansdowne collection, w...
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James West, MP for St. Alban's Secretary to the Treasury; President of the Royal Society: Correspondence and historical papers: 1065-1801.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1065-1813
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21 items

3. Add MS 34731

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Vol. V. (I., ff. 332). 1738-1751, chiefly at the embassies at Dresden, Berlin, Vienna and Venice. Also included are:-(a) "Character of the Court of Dresden," in a letter "to the Earl of Chesterfield," endorsed "Feb. 1748," being a copy by Steavens of a letter of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Env...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1751
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1 item

4. Add MS 34731-34732

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WEST PAPERS. Vols. V., VI. Correspondence of Thomas Steavens (ob. 1759), son of Sir Thomas Steavens, of Eltham, co. Kent, and brother of James West's wife; 1738-1759. The correspondence begins when Steavens was at school at Eton and under the guardianship of his brother-in-1aw, but for the most part it was carried on while he was residing on the continent. Two volumes. The names of the writers will be found in the index. Folio.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1759
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 34732

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Vol. VI. (II., ff. 311). 1752-1759, chiefly at Venice and Naples. Appended this volume are a few verses addressed to Steavens, and elegies upon his death and that of the Marchesa Catarina Trotti Gabrielli, in Italian and Latin, etc. Thomas Steavens, Secretary to Sir C Hanbury Williams: Correspo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1752-1759
Extent:
1 item