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5452. Add MS 72850-72908
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- Add MS 72850-72908
- Title:
- Correspondence and papers of Sir William Petty (1623-1687)
- Scope & Content:
- F.R.S., political economist, demographer and virtuoso; 1646-1698, with some 18th-20th century notes and transcripts relating to the archive. Fifty-nine volumes. Purchased, with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, through Quaritch's from Lord Shelburne, Jan. 1993. Arran...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1646-1698
- Extent:
- 59 items
5453. Add MS 72851
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- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. II. Letters from Sir Robert Southwell to Petty, 1674-1687, and his wife, 1679-1688, with a few drafts or copies of Petty's replies, two original letters (ff. 210-214) from Lady Petty to Southwell, 1687, 1688, which appear to have been added to the volume after binding in the 1...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1673-1688
- Extent:
- 1 item
5454. Add MS 72852-72855
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- Title:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III-VI. Correspondence between the Petty and Southwell families, consisting chiefly of letters from Petty to Sir Robert Southwell, with many related papers and enclosures, relating particularly to Petty's shipping experiments and Irish affairs; 1661-1698. Petty's letters are originals, endorsed by Southwell, and Southwell's are drafts and copies. A few items such as medical notes by Southwell (72852, ff. 102-105), which have no connection with Petty, are also included, fu...
- Scope & Content:
- Sir William Petty, political economist: Correspondence, etc., with Southwell family of Sir William Petty: 1661-1687.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1661-1698
- Extent:
- 4 items
5455. Add MS 72854-72855
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- Title:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. V, VI. Letters and papers from Petty, his wife and sons, to Sir Robert and Edward Southwell, with drafts and copies of the Southwells' replies; 1661-1686. Some of the originals of Southwell's letters are in Add. 72851 above. A preliminary note by Abraham Hill, F.R.S., 1703 (f. 1), indicates that it was he who placed the documents in their present order; he adds, 'Sr Will Pettys letters beside other considerable matters, containe a good vindication of his proceedings, &...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1661-1686
- Extent:
- 2 items
5456. Add MS 72855
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- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. VI ( ff. ii + 154). Correspondence, 1683-1698, with related papers; 1663-circa 1700. Including some relating to the twin-hulled ship. The correspondence between Lady Petty and Southwell is not printed in the Petty-Southwell Correspondence. The papers include: 1. ff. 3-4v. 'C...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1663-1705
- Extent:
- 1 item
5457. Add MS 72857
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- Add MS 72857
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- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. VIII. Personal correspondence and papers of Petty and his family; 1648-1691, n.d. The flyleaves (ff. i-ii) contain a list of the papers by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne. With two labels by James Matthews, (f. iii) 'Lady Petty's Correspondence with her Children, 1684', and (f. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1648-1691
- Extent:
- 1 item
5458. Add MS 72891
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- Add MS 72891
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- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLII. Medical lectures, works, and notes relating to medical practice; [1645?]-[1676?]. The present order of what was originally a collection of loose items was determined at the time of the 19th century binding, and is not systematic. In some cases portions of the same work h...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1644-1677
- Extent:
- 1 item
5459. Add MS 72891-72898
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- Add MS 72891-72898
- Title:
- F. Medical and Scientific Papers
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1575-1740]
- Extent:
- 8 items
5460. Add MS 72892
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- Add MS 72892
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- Scope & Content:
- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIII (ff. 29). Papers relating to medicine and natural science; circa 1650-1685, n.d. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H. 1. f. 1. Thirty-two questions concerning the properties of the waters of Bath for chemical, technological and medical uses; circa 1650. Autograph. G4. 2...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1645-1685
- Extent:
- 1 item