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1. Add MS 27777

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Add MS 27777
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ORIGINAL contributions to the "Public Advertiser," etc., as follows:- 1. Letter, signed "Quidnunc," on the appointments to the government of Canada and bishopric of Quebec, etc.; 23 May [1762 or 1763]; with order to print by "B. T.," f. 2. 2. Announcement of the refusal of a warrant to John Wilkes to search the houses of Lords Egremont and Halifax, Secretaries of State. Signed "John Wilkes," erased [1763?]. Autograph of Wilkes. f. 4. 3. Letter on the definition of libel, signed "Sarah ...
Scope & Content:
Newspapers: Contributions to the " Public Advertiser," by Junius and others: 1762-1784. Junius: Letters and papers of, and relating to: circ. 1770-1840. includes: f. 2 Canada: Letter by " Quidnunc " on appointments to the Government of: 1762, 1763. f. 4 Sir Charles Wyndham, Baronet; 2nd Earl ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1762]-1784
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 27859

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Add MS 27859
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FRANCIS Place. Papers relating to Canada, viz.:- 1. Copies of correspondence of J. D. de Lacy and His Excellency W. A. Bowles, Director-General of the Muscogee nation; 9, 11 Dec. 1801, ff. 2, 14. 2. Petition of Alexander [Alexander, self-styled] Earl of Stirling, claiming the lordship of Nova Scotia and Canada; with printed copies of the original charters, etc. ; 1831, f. 22. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Francis Place: Papers relating to Canada: 1801, 1831. Canada: Papers of F. Place on: 1801, 1831. Political Collections: By F. Place: 18th, 19th centt. includes: ff. 2, 14 J- D- de Lacy: Correspondence with W. A. Bowles: 1801. ff. 2, 14 W- A- Bowles, Director-General of the Muscogee Nation, C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801-1831
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 31867

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Add MS 31867
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CENSUS RETURNS of the Province of Quebec, Canada; 1784, Fr. On the first page is a " Return of the Indians in the District of Quebec, 7th July, 1783." Paper; ff. 8. Large Folio. Presented by Lord Walsingham .
Scope & Content:
Province of Quebec: Census returns: 1784. Canada: Census return in the Province of Quebec: 1783.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1784
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 41063 A-W

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Add MS 41063 A-W
Title:
41063. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, etc.
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includes: f. 1 b Music: Song, " The Devil's Progress " or " Huggle Duggle": 19th cent.f. 4 Henry IV of Spain; of Castile and Leon: Confirmations (1476, 1478) by Ferdinand and Isabella of his privileges to Sigüenza: 1468.: Span.f. 4 Art. Illuminations and Drawings SPANISH: Deed: pen-work i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1300-1923]
Extent:
22 items

5. Add MS 43742

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Add MS 43742
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CONFIDENTIAL OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE of Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, as Secretary of State for the Colonies, concerning Fenian activities in Canada and N. America, in particular a conspiracy to assassinate Queen Victoria and other public figures in England; 16 March 1867-16 Oct. 1868. A further part of the correspondence is contained in Add. MS. 41860 The names of the writers of letters will be found in the Index to...
Scope & Content:
Fenian Brotherhood: Correspondence of the Duke of Buckingham rel. to Fenian activities in Canada and N. America: 1867-1868. Colonies British: Correspondence of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham rel. to Fenians in Canada and U.S.A.: 1867-1868. Ireland: Correspondence of the Duke of Buckingham rel. to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1867-16 Oct 1868
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 46840

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Add MS 46840
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QUEBEC SIEGE DIARY Diary of the siege of Quebec by American forces under the command of Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery, entitled 'J. Danford's Book of Memorandums…' (see cancelled contemporary note on f. i) and written presumably by a member of the British garrison; 10 Nov. 1775- 6 May 1776. Similar narratives have been published and recorded by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in their Historical Documents, ser. 7 and 8, 1905-1906 (with bibliography in ser. 8, pp. 127-...
Scope & Content:
Diaries and Memoranda: J. Danford, of siege of Quebec: 1775-1776. J. Danford: Diary of the siege of Quebec: 1775-1776. Canada: Diary, by J. Danford, of siege of Quebec: 1775-1776. Army; England: Diary by J. Danford of siege of Quebec: 1775-1776. includes: f. ii Major-General James Wolfe: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1775-6 May 1776
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 71232 A-O

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Add MS 71232 A-O
Title:
ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTION: large rolled maps from RUSI; 1709-circa 1930
Scope & Content:
Supplementing Add. 57636-57722. Eight maps are described in the MS RUSI map catalogue of 1912. Transferred from the Map Library, Nov. 1992. Maps and Plans: Canada: Red River Expedition of 1870: circa 1925.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709-c 1930
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 72844

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Add MS 72844
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Horner/Lyell Papers. Album originally containing letters and papers of and relating to George Washington, and to a number of British, American and other statesmen, soldiers and others. Partly French, Italian, Hungarian. Partly copies. Partly printed. Partly fragments. The contents now include thirty-six letters addressed to Francis Horner M.P. (b. 1778, d. 1817), Chairman of the Bullion Committee, and one of the founders of The Edinburgh Review, and ten letters from Horner. Many of th...
Scope & Content:
Art. Portraits: Portraits, etc., of British, American and European statesmen and soldiers: 19th- and 20th cent. Francis Horner, MP: Correspondence: 1803 - 1817. includes: f. 1v Art. Photographs: British America, and United States: George Washington, US President: Washington's grave at Mount...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hungarian, and Italian
Date Range:
1785-1894
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 73166

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Add MS 73166
Title:
Croker Papers. Correspondence of John Wilson Croker P.C., M.P. (b.1780, d. 1857), Secretary of the Admiralty 1809-1830, and a founder of the Quarterly Review, with George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; 1828-1855, n.d. Many of the letters relate to foreign policy, especially to relations with the United States. Several letters refer to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty negotiations, to the related rediscovery of ‘The Red-lined Map’, or ‘King George’s Map’, in the King’s Library, British...
Scope & Content:
'Quarterly Review': Correspondence of Lord Aberdeen and J.W. Croker concerning articles in,: [ 1819? ]-1855 n.d. Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: Correspondence of Lord Aberdeen and J.W. Croker concerning,: [ 1819? ]-1855, n.d. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1855
Extent:
1 item

10. EAP880/1

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EAP880/1
Title:
Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:
While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:
1807-1998
Extent:
89249 TIFF images

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