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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47762-47764
Title:: NIGHTINGAI.E PAPERS. Vols. CLX-CLXII (ff. 263, 286, 233). Notes by Florence Nightingale of her interviews with members of the nursing staff of St Thomas's Hospital;
Scope & Content:: London Hospitals: Correspondence and papers rel. to St Thomas's: 1857-1901.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1871-1898]
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47799-47800
Title:: Vols. VI, VII (ff. i+117, ii+235). 'No. 5 Book', 1794- 1805, copied aft. 1822 (watermarks); 'No. 7 Book', 1796-1814, copied aft. 1818 (watermarks). In the hand of William Parker, who has prefixed an index to Vol. VI on ff. 1-5 and to Vol. VII on ff. 1-12.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: after 1818
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47801 A-B
Title:: Vols. VIII, IX (ff. 20, 23). 1796-1815, 1802-1812. Copied by the Rev. T. P. Foley, who has added a note on Vol. VIII, f. 1b. Belonged to W. W. Wilson.
Scope & Content:: Thomas Philip Foley, Rector of Old Swinford: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1830.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1796-1815]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47803 B-C
Title:: Vols. XII, XIII (ff. 5, 5). Vol. XII, 2 Sept. 1807 (copied by - Messenger, and signed by Miss Townley and Mrs Underwood); Vol. XIII, Dec. 1817, n.d. Both volumes were apparently made for Peter Morison (see Vol. Xll, f. 1, Vol. XIII, f. 1).
Scope & Content:: Peter Morison, cotton-printer, of Liverpool: Correspondence and papers: aft. 1801-1819.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1807-1817
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47859 A-B
Title:: MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XVII-XIX. Letters, translations and music relating to the first performance of the oratorio 'Elijah' by Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the Birmingham Festival, 26 Aug. 1846, and its subsequent revision and publication. Mostly in the hand of William Bartholomew, the English translator of the words, but including eleven autograph letters of Mendelssohn (Add. MS. 47859 A, ff. 1- 17b). The collection belonged to Frederick George Edwards, who acquired it (cf....
Scope & Content:: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, composer: Collections rel. to 'Elijah': 1846-1847.: With autogr. annotations.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1846-1847]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47865-47878
Title:: MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vols. XXVI-XL Materials relating to Thomas Chatterton, the poet, compiled by various persons, 19th-20th centt., and mostly assembled by Meyerstein in connection with A Life of Thomas Chatterton, 1930. Partly in Meyerstein's autograph. See also The Bodleian Library Record, iv, 1952-1953, pp. 235-236; D. S. Taylor, The Complete Works of Thomas Chatterton, 1971. Fifteen volumes. As follows:-
Scope & Content:: Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Collections rel. to T. Chatterton: circ. 1760-1951. Thomas Chatterton, poet: Collections of E. H. W. Meyerstein rel. to: circ. 1760-1951.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 15 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47879-47881
Title:: MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vols. XLI-XLIV. Meyerstein's collections for a biography of Captain Frederick Marryat, R.N., the novelist; assembled circ. 1931-1949. See also Meyerstein's 'Captain Marryat and the Ariadne', The Mariner's Mirror, xxi, 1935, pp. 285-304. Four volumes. As follows:-
Scope & Content:: Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Collections rel. to Capt. F. Marryat: circ. 1931-1949. Captain Frederick Marryat, RN; novelist: Collections of E. H. W. Meyerstein rel. to: circ. 1929-1949. Edward Harry William Meyerstein, author: Notes and transcriptions, etc.: 20th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1931-1949
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47974-47976
Title:: LEAKE PAPERS. Vols. VIII-X. Journals of Captain Stephen Martin afterwards Martin Leake, R.N., on successive ships; 1690-1711. Autograph. Cat. nos. 19-21. Labels nos. 7-9. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Navy; England: Journals of Capt. S. Martin: 1690-1711. Captain Stephen Martin Leake, formerly Martin; RN: Journals: 1690-1711.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1690-1711
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47985-47988
Title:: LEAKE PAPERS. Vols. XXI-XXIV. Ledgers of S. M. Leake II, containing chiefly household and estate accounts, together with details of heraldic fees; 1720-1773 (in full from 1731 only). Included in Vol. XXII are:-(1) Payment to Thomas Payne, the elder, bookseller, for having some of the present collection bound (e.g. 47970, 47975, 47977), 22 July 1740. f. 20b;-(2) Accounts of William Meadows for printing Leake's Nummi Britannici Historia, 2nd ed., 15 Oct. 1744, f. 23, and The Life of Sir John L...
Scope & Content:: Accounts: S. M. Leake, Garter King of Arms: 1720-1771. Stephen Martin Leake, Garter King of Arms: Armorial bookplates. Stephen Martin Leake, Garter King of Arms: Heraldic, etc., collections, journals and papers: 1558-1771. Heraldry: Collections of S. M. Leake, Garter King of Arms; d. 1773: be...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1720-1773
Extent:: 4 items

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