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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Language Latin Name Yorke, Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

1. Add MS 4107

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State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Sto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1745
Extent:
1 volume.

2. Add MS 4255

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Vol. III, ff. 257, XVIII cent. includes: ff.1-3 Royal Society: Dedication to George II by T. Birch of his History of: 1757.ff. 4 - 7, 13 - 14 William Murdin, Vicar of Shalford: Preface to his 'Collection of State Papers. . . ': 1759.f. 9 John Locke, philosopher: Tract on his 'Essay upon ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4292

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Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-18th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from the originals among Bishop Gibson's MSS. in Lam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4309

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Vol. X (ff. 134). H. includes: f. 1 Henry Hadley, father of John Hadley: Letter to T. Birch: 1759. ff. 3-14 John Hadley, FRS; Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge: Letters to T. Birch: 1762-1764. ff. 15, 17 Henry van Haemstede, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1762. f. 19 Godhard Hagen: Letter to T. B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1764
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4325

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BIRCH-YORKE LETTERS (Vol. III) 4325. Letters mainly addressed to Thomas Birch, from the following members of the Yorke family, viz.:-Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, 1758-1763 (ff. 1-8);- Philip, Viscount Royston and 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1741-1765 (ff. 9-43);- The Hon. Charles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4326 A

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Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) Revised drafts of portions of the Athenian letters having, in many cases, the initials of the revisers at the end of the letters (Nos. I-LXIII), published in 1741-1743. ff. 1-86. Followed by (a) 'Minutes of the Committee for revising' the same, the members present being '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1741-1765
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4326 B

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Vol. II (ff. 216). (1) Original letters addressed to Birch. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. (2) Copies, in Birch's hand (with one exception) chiefly of state papers and letters, among them being (a) Extracts from the dispatches by Matthew Prior...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1712-1751
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4456

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Vol. I (ff. 215). (1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; follo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item