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321. Add MS 32439-32441

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Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Robert Brown, Secretary to the Linnæan Society, and Keeper of the Botanical Department in the British Museum; 1760-1858. The earlier portion relates chiefly to his expedition to New Holland, accompanied by Ferdinand Bauer, the botanical draughtsman, in H.M.S. Investigator, under command of Capt. Matthew Flinders, from 1800 to 1806. The rest of the collection comprises his correspondence with distinguished botanists and scientific men during his keepership of Sir ...
Scope & Content:
Dr Robert Brown, of the British Museum: Letters and papers: 1760 - 1858. Botany: Correspondence and papers of botanists: 1760-1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
1760-1858
Extent:
3 items

322. Add MS 32603-32609

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Add MS 32603-32609
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and Papers of the Government of Buenos Ayres; collected by Sir Woodbine Parish, British Envoy. (See Add. MSS. 19,571-19,576.) They are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Sir Woodbine Parish, diplomatist: Collections relating to Buenos Ayres, etc.,: 18th, 19th centt. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Official papers relating to: 1767-1834. Spanish America: Correspondence, etc., relating to: 1767-1834.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1767-1834
Extent:
7 items

323. Add MS 32646-32657

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Add MS 32646-32657
Title:
OFFICIAL correspondence and state papers relating to transactions between England and Scotland during the latter part of the reign of Henry VIII., from 1532 to 1545; and (in the last volume) a few similar letters of the beginning of the reign of Edward VI., in 1548, and the correspondence of Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, with Edward Wotton, Ambassador to Scotland in 1585. Twelve volumes. A large portion of the series relates to the embassy of Sir Ralph Sadler to Scotland in the...
Scope & Content:
Marches of England and Scotland: Official correspondence and papers relating to: 1532-1545, 1548, 1585. Hamilton State Papers: Transactions between England and Scotland: 1532-1548, 1585. England General Chronicles and History: Transactions between England and Scotland: 1532-1548, 1585.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
[7 Mar 1532]-27 May 1590
Extent:
12 items

324. Add MS 32679-33201

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Add MS 32679-33201
Title:
Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Add MSS 32,679-33,201, were presented by the Earl of Chichester.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
13th century-19th century
Extent:
529 items

325. Add MS 33231 A-PP

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Add MS 33231 A-PP
Title:
MAPS and Plans, chiefly of fortifications or surveys for miltary purposes
Scope & Content:
33,231. They appear (together with Nos. 33,232, 33,233) to have been collected by Lieutenant-General William Skinner, R.E. [ob. 1780], from whom they descended to Lieut. Monier Skinner, R.E., in 1872. (See Add. MS. 22,875 for other copies of many of the plans in this collection.) They are:- Lie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
40 items

326. Add MS 33382

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Add MS 33382
Title:
A COLLECTION of pieces in prose and verse, in Spanish, viz.:- 1. Speeches of Lucretia and her father, after the outrage of Sextus Tarquinius. f. 2. 2. Amatory epistle of " La madre Selua," queen of Calidonia, to Mansol, " varon de las partes de Acaya." f. 5. 3. " Letra que fue embiada por los Citas (Scythians) a Alexandre." f. 10. 4. " Complaynta sobre la muerte de dona Ynes de Cleues, princessa de Nauarra [dau. of Adolphus, Duke of Cleves, and wife of Charles of Navarre, Prince of Vi...
Scope & Content:
Poetry: Canciones, etc.: late 15th cent.: Span. includes: f. 2 Lucretia: Her speech after he rage by S. Tarquinius: late 15th cent.: Span. f. 2 Art. Illuminations and Drawings SPANISH: Poems : initials: late 15th cent. f. 2 Romances and Fiction: Speech of Lucretia: late 15th cent.: Span. f. 5 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
Late 15th century-10 Jan 1536
Extent:
1 item

327. Add MS 33471-33486

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Add MS 33471-33486
Title:
COLLECTION of Spanish Plays. Sixteen volumes, of which Vols. XI.-XV. contain anonymous plays, the rest being arranged alphabetically under authors' names. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. Paper ; xviiith cent. Small Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Kingdom of Spain: Collection of Spanish plays: 18th cent. Drama: Collection of Spanish Plays: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
16 items

328. Add MS 33532

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Add MS 33532
Title:
ORIGINAL LETTERS, depositions, reports and other papers connected with an enquiry by the Inquisition at Madrid relative to the practice of animal-magnetism or mesmerism, and the alleged cures effected by it; 1815-1818. Spanish. At the end (f. 74) is a printed tract, Noticias del Magnetismo y de sus effectos portentosos sobre la economia animal, by Don lgnacio Graells, Madrid, 1816. Paper; ff. 101. Quarto. Presented by Edward Houghton, Esq.
Scope & Content:
Mesmerism: Inquiry by the Inquisition at Madrid on the healing powers, etc., of: 1815-1818.: Span. Madrid, Spain: Inquiry by the Inquisition at, into the practice of mesmerism, etc.: 1815-1818.: Span. Animal-Magnetism: Inquiry by the Inquisition at Madrid on the healing powers of,etc.: 1815-18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1815-1818
Extent:
1 item

329. Add MS 33537-33564

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Add MS 33537-33564
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the family of Bentham, consisting of letters to and from Jeremiah Bentham and his two sons, Jeremy, the well-known philanthropist, and Sir Samuel, the naval architect and engineer; with a few letters at the end addressed to George Bentham, the botanist (2nd son of Sir Samuel); autograph notes, memoranda, and dissertations of Jeremy Bentham for many of his works; travels of Jeremy and Samuel Bentham; biographical memoirs; accompts, etc. In twenty-eight volumes. Pa...
Scope & Content:
Bentham family: Correspondence and papers: 1744-1847.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1651-1847
Extent:
28 items

330. Add MS 33733-33791

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Add MS 33733-33791
Title:
Grenville Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
form part of the Grenville Library, bequeathed to the British Museum in 1847 by the Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville. They were transferred to the custody of the Keeper of MSS. in 1890.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
Late 14th century-19th century
Extent:
60 items

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