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12. Add MS 4364-4365
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4364-4365
- Title:
- COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE SWISS CANTONS State papers and letters relating chiefly to the affairs of the Swiss Evangelical Cantons and Piedmont, and to Cromwell's efforts in 1656-1657, to detach the Cantons from France and to create throughout Europe an universal Protestant League. Two volumes. 1632-1714. Paper. Folio. Included are many letters from John Pell, Cromwell's Agent to the Cantons, and subsequently Resident at Zurich, and of John Durie, who with Cromwell's approbation acted with...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1632-1714
- Extent:
- 2 items
13. Add MS 4268-4272
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4268-4272
- Title:
- BIRCH PRIVATE PAPERS. Five volumes. Various sizes.
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Private papers: 1720-1766.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1621-1799]
- Extent:
- 5 items
14. Add MS 4336-4345
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4336-4345
- Title:
- HENLEY LECTURES Heads of 'Lectures' and 'Discourses' of the Rev. John Henley, the 'Orator' (d. 1756), for delivery on the five Sundays in December, 1750. Ten volumes, bound in three. Autograph. For similar MSS. of his see Add. MSS. 10346-10349, 10576-10578, 11768-11801, 12199, 12200, 19919- 19924. Paper; Small quarto. A.D. 1750.
- Scope & Content:
- Sermons: J. Henley: heads of lectures and discourses: 1750. John Henley, Orator: Heads of discourses and Iectures: 1750.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1750
- Extent:
- 3 items
15. Add MS 4456-4457
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4456-4457
- Title:
- BIRCH'S POETICAL COLLECTIONS Poems, etc., collected by Thomas Birch, some being written by him; circa 1625-1760. Partly autograph. Two volumes. Small folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- c 1625-1760
- Extent:
- 2 items
16. Add MS 4274-4277
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4274-4277
- Title:
- THORESBY PAPERS Collections of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary, consisting of autograph letters and other documents; circ. 1539-1722. Purchased at the sale of his museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (see 4274, f. 2). For other Thoresby MSS. see Add. MSS. 4212, 4460, 4926-4933. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper and (4274) paper and vellum. Four volumes. Folio.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1539-1722
- Extent:
- 4 items
17. Add MS 4196-4197
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4196-4197
- Title:
- COMMONWEALTH WARRANTS Warrants and orders from the various Commissioners, members of councils and committees of the Parliament, for payments of pensions, compensation for injuries in the war, soldiers' pay and stores, the salaries of the Protector's household, and officers of government, and for miscellaneous services to the Commonwealth. Two volumes. Among the signatures are those of William Sydenham, Slingsby Bethell, Arthur Annesley, Sir Thomas Widdrington, Carew Ralegh, Sir William Wall...
- Scope & Content:
- John Blackwell, Treasurer at war: Warrants for payments to: 1658-1660.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1656-1660
- Extent:
- 2 items
18. Add MS 4300-4323
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4300-4323
- Title:
- BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Collection of letters addressed to Thomas Birch; 1726-1766. Twenty-four volumes, arranged roughly in alphabetical order. The names of writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. In Add. MS. 4323 most of the letters lack signatures. French, Latin, Italian and English. Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1726-1766
- Extent:
- 24 items
19. Add MS 4397-4404
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4397-4404
- Title:
- PELL PAPERS (3rd Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, calculations, and extracts from printed works, with other miscellaneous matter, chiefly in Pell's autograph. For the 1st, 2nd and 4th Series of these collections see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396, 4407-4431. A few letters are interspersed; the names of the writers of these are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Eight volumes. 17th cent.
- Scope & Content:
- John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 8 items
20. Add MS 4221-4225
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4221-4225
- Title:
- BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Collection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other illustrious persons, made by or for Thomas Birch; circa 1730-1766. The names of the subjects, as well as of the writers of the few original letters in the volumes, are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The substance of some of these articles is to be found in A General Dictionary Historical and Critical translated from Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et...
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr. Biography: Collection of biographical notices by T. Birch: circ. 1730-1740.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1730-c 1766
- Extent:
- 5 items