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2241. Add MS 38549-38550

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Title:
PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. X, XI (ff. 102,120). "Psalmodia"; with the alternative title "An Essay on Psalmtunes . . . . in the Church of England, by R. L. Pearsall, of Willsbridge, written at Carlsruhe . . . . 1842." In two volumes, vol. ii being described (vol. i, f. 2) as a "Musical Appendix containing many of the most standard continental churchmelodies with short notices of their authors," etc. [with additions down to 1847]. These are most of them chorales by German composers, adapted to...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
2 items

2242. Add MS 38555-38559

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Title:
PEARSALL COLLECTION. Vols. XVI-XX (ff. 33,33, i + 33, 11, i + 32). Neat copies of madrigals, part-songs, glees, etc., for four or five voices, in parts, a few by Pearsall (or slightly altered by him), but most of them by the English and Italian madrigalists of the 16th century and the English gleewriters of the late l8th century. The names of the composers are Felice Anerio, Bennet, Bisliop, Brewer, Callcott, Benjamin Cooke, Donato, John Dowland, Michael Este, Ferretti, Festa, Ford, Orlando ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
5 items

2243. Add MS 38571-38576

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Title:
LIVERPOOL PAPERS. Vols. CCCVIII-CCCXIII. Official Correspondence of the 2nd Earl and (38576, f. 135 end) of the 3rd Earl, supplementing 38237-38303; circ. 1798-1842. Six volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1798-c 1842
Extent:
6 items

2244. Add MS 38694-38713

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Title:
WAR-OFFICE and other correspondence, 1660-1759, consisting chiefly of (a) Letters to William Blathwayt, Secretary-at- War 1683-1704, from officers and commanders of garrisons (the letters of Peter Shakerley, Governor of Chester, for the period of the Revolution are of interest) ; (b) Drafts of correspondence by Blathwayt, mostly written when in attendance on the King in the Netherlands, including some by Adam Cardonnel, Secretary to Marlborough ; (c) Miscellaneous papers, accompts, establish...
Scope & Content:
William Blathwayt: Correspondence and papers, as Sec.-at-War: 1660-1759. Army; England: War Office correspondence and papers (Blathwayt-Southwell collection): 1660-1759.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1660-1759
Extent:
20 items

2245. Add MS 38717-38718

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Title:
COPIES of the correspondence of Sir George Macartney, K.B., later (19 July, 1776) Lord Macartney, Baron of Lissanoure, and finally Earl Macartney, as Governor of Grenada, with Lord George Germain, afterwards 1st Viscount Sackville, as Secretary of State for the Colonies. Two volumes, containing (Vol. I) Letters from Lord George Germain. ; 1 Feb. 1776-5 Aug. 1779; (Vol. II) Letters from Macartney; 9 May, 1776-4 Sept. 1779. The series covers the whole period of Lord Macartney's government, end...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Feb 1776-4 Sep 1779
Extent:
2 items

2246. Add MS 38734-38758

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Title:
HUSKISSON PAPERS. Vols. I-XXV. General correspondence of W. Huskisson, etc.; 1782 and 1790-1831. The names of writers are given in the Index. Twenty-five volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1782-1831
Extent:
25 items

2247. Add MS 38759-38763

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Title:
HUSKISSON PAPERS. Vols. XXVI-XXX. Official and private papers of W. Huskisson ; 1780-1830. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
George IV of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 1820-1830.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1830
Extent:
5 items

2248. Add MS 38767-38768

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Title:
HUSKISSON PAPERS. Vols. XXXIV, XXXV (ff. 270, 218). Speeches, with drafts and notes for speeches; 1790-1830. Vol. XXXIV ends with 1827. Many of them are printed in the edition by J. Wright, 1831, referred to above. At f. 136 of Vol. XXXV are the notes for a speech to be delivered at Liverpool on proposing James Watt's health, the last words which Huskisson wrote on the day of his death.
Scope & Content:
George IV of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 1820-1830. George III of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 1782-1820.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1830
Extent:
2 items

2249. Add MS 38796-38803

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Add MS 38796-38803
Title:
"A DICTIONARY Of Monograms and identified Paintings," by Frederick Peter Séguier, arranged alphabetically under names of painters in two series (Vols. I-IV, V-VIII) with 127 plates and five printed title-pages. Eight volumes. Prefixed (Vol. I, f. i) is a memorandum of June, 1901, stating the author's intention to send the then completed MS. to certain publishers and, in event of refusal, to offer it to the British Museum. The work includes directions for publication in four volumes (Vol. I, ...
Scope & Content:
Frederick Peter Séguier': Dictionary of monograms and identified paintings: 19th-20th centt. Art. Treatises: F. P. Séguier, Dictionary of monograms and identified paintings: 19th-20th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
8 items

2250. Add MS 38805-38806

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Add MS 38805-38806
Title:
TWO NOTE-BOOKS containing copies of painters' monograms and notes on pictures, in an earlier hand. Paper; ff. ii + 46, 96. Small quarto. Watermark 1824.
Scope & Content:
Art. Treatises: Note-books of painters' monograms, etc.: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 items

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