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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 78442-78461 Level [36] Series

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78446-78447
Title:: EVELYN `PAPERS. Vol. CCLXXIX, CCLXXX. General commonplace books of John Evelyn junior; circa 1668-[1690s?]. Autograph. See also Add. MS 78598 below for estate memoranda in a notebook formerly used by him and containing a few of his commonplace notes. Two volumes. Uniform bindings of brown calf, matching the volumes used for the letterbooks and sermon notes of John Evelyn the diarist (Add. MSS 78298-78299 and 78364 above). 350 x 225mm.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1663-1699
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78449-78452
Title:: EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXXXII-CCLXXXV. Papers of John Evelyn junior relating to the public revenue; 1681-1687, n.d. Evelyn had a succession of posts connected with the public revenue, obtained through the patronage of Sidney, Lord Godolphin; in 1687 he was commissioned by the Treasury to investigate concealed lands in Devonshire (Diary, IV, p. 565). He served under the Treasury secretary as chief clerk from circa July 1689 until June 1691 (Office-holders in Modern Britain: Treasury Official...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1681-1687
Extent:: 4 items

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