E. INDEX STEVENS TRANSCRIPTS.The index consists of slips of thin paper which, when they reached the Museum, were arranged loose in boxes in a single chronological series. To enable them to be used as a rough index nominum, they were rearranged in alphabetical order, during 1954-1956, by D. H. W. Young, Esq., M.B.E., who also inserted on the slips the Add. MS. reference of the transcripts in cases where he was able to identify them with certainty; the absence of such notations from the slips ...
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Dallas Hales Wilkie Young, grandson of G F Young, MP: Revised: in 1954-1956.
GOLDSMITH-PERCY PAPERS, being collections made by Thomas Percy, editor of the Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, and (1782) Bishop of Dromore, for a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, with other relevant materials. The Life, generally known as the Percy Memoir, appeared after many vicissitudes as Preface to vol. I of The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 1801, 4 vols., and much of the matter is there printed. The papers were used while in the possession of Miss Constance Isabel Meade, greatgr...
PIGGOTT PAPERS. Vols. III, IV (ff. 134, 136). 'The Rule of 1756, from 1756 to 1825; with a brief reference to the European War, 1914-1918': commentary, documents and authorities.
PIGGOTT PAPERS. Vols. VII-XXIII. Materials for vols. ii-iii of the 'Law of the Sea' series (see above), Documentary History of the French Wars, 1793-1815. Add. MSS. 42531-42535 consist largely of printed proof-sheets for this projected work. Arranged as follows:-
PIGGOTT PAPERS. Vols. XXVIII, XXIX (ff. 161, 162). Collections illustrating the policy of the United States on questions of international maritime law, mostly during the period 1778-1821.
BROCKMAN PAPERS. Vols. I-VI. General correspondence of members of the Brockman and allied families, mainly concerning their business affairs; 1563-1843. The greater part of the material relates to William Brockman (d. 1742). Vol. I includes (ff. 7-27) correspondence of Sir William Brockman (d. 1654) and (ff. 29-49 passim) of James Brockman (d. 1683), and vols. V and VI include correspondence of James Brockman (d. 1767), vol. VI consisting almost entirely of his correspondence with his lawyer...