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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 4125

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ANTHONY BACON PAPERS Collection of letters and papers on state affairs, chiefly originals, from the papers of Anthony Bacon and addressed to him, used by Birch in his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., 1754, and his Historical View of the Negotiations between England, France and B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1657
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4155-4159

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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

4. Add MS 4182

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COLLECTION OF NEWS-LETTERS; 1665-1746. Including:- (1) A series, in one handwriting, giving continuous news, domestic and foreign; Jan.-Nov. 1665. ff. 1-56. (2) A series, dated from London, giving occasional news; 9 Sept. 1684- 17 Feb. 169 4/5. Some are addressed to John Ellis, Secretary of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1665-1746
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4191

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COLLECTION OF LETTERS, MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS, relating to the capture or detention of ships and goods off the coasts of France and Holland; 1644-1655. Included are:-(a) Remonstrance by the Committee of Lords and Commons for Foreign Affairs presented to Don Alonso de Cardenas, Spanish Ambassado...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1644-1655
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4193

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STATE PAPERS RELATING TO EUROPEAN AFFAIRS as affected in many cases by the Quadruple Alliance in 1718, with a few earlier documents; 1653-1730. The principal contents are as follows:- (1) Drafts, etc., of a treaty between George I as 'Electeur de Brunswick' and Frederick William, King of Prussi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1653-1730
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4204

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SCHAUB CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence of Sir Luke Schaub during his successive embassies to Vienna (1715, 1718, 1719), Madrid (1718), Hanover (1720), Paris (1721-1724), Dresden (1731), etc., with Secretaries of State, especially James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, James Craggs and John Carteret, Lord...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4221

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Vol. I (ff. 348). A-C. includes: ff. 1-14 Lancelot Addison, Dean of Lichfield: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Fr. ff. 9b, 15 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Biographical notices: 18th cent.: Fr. and Engl. f. 17 Reverend Michael Ainsworth, Master of Cornhampton School: Biographical no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4221-4225

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BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Collection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other illustrious persons, made by or for Thomas Birch; circa 1730-1766. The names of the subjects, as well as of the writers of the few original letters in the volumes, are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The substance of some of these articles is to be found in A General Dictionary Historical and Critical translated from Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr. Biography: Collection of biographical notices by T. Birch: circ. 1730-1740.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
5 items

10. Add MS 4274-4277

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Add MS 4274-4277
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THORESBY PAPERS Collections of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary, consisting of autograph letters and other documents; circ. 1539-1722. Purchased at the sale of his museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (see 4274, f. 2). For other Thoresby MSS. see Add. MSS. 4212, 4460, 4926-4933. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper and (4274) paper and vellum. Four volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1539-1722
Extent:
4 items