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1. Add MS 72852-72853

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Add MS 72852-72853
Title:
PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III, IV. Letters and papers chiefly from Petty and his wife to Sir Robert Southwell, and his family; 1663-1688. Each volume has a contents list on paper water-marked '1830', by William Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (d. 1836), who was probably responsible for their acquisition; with 20th cent. additions by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 79-97. Formerly Bowood Vols. 9, 10. Two volumes. Mounted on guards and bound i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1663-1688
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 72854-72855

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Title:
PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. V, VI. Letters and papers from Petty, his wife and sons, to Sir Robert and Edward Southwell, with drafts and copies of the Southwells' replies; 1661-1686. Some of the originals of Southwell's letters are in Add. 72851 above. A preliminary note by Abraham Hill, F.R.S., 1703 (f. 1), indicates that it was he who placed the documents in their present order; he adds, 'Sr Will Pettys letters beside other considerable matters, containe a good vindication of his proceedings, &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1686
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 72861-72862

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Title:
PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XII, XIII. Letterbooks of John Rutter about Petty's Irish affairs; 1672-1674. Copies in several clerical hands. Many of the letters are written to Petty in Dublin from Rutter as his agent at Glanerought. Austin Cooper MSS 73, 72. Phillipps MSS 14346, 14345. Lot 817 at the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1911. For an item by item list of contents, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 120-127, and for individual addressees, see the index to the present catalogue. Formerly Bowo...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Letterbooks of his agents: 1671-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1672-1674
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 72863-72864

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Add MS 72863-72864
Title:
PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XIV, XV. Letterbooks of Thomas Dance about Petty's Irish affairs; 1686-1700. Including a few letters from Lady Petty's sister, Bridget Cadogan, to Petty. With contemporary pagination (1-130; 1-165) and index sections at the beginning of the first and the end of the second volume. Austin Cooper MSS 74, 75. Lot 818 in the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1911. For an item by item list of contents, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 143-173, and for individual addressees, see ...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Letterbooks of his agents: 1671-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1700
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 72873 A-G

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Add MS 72873 A-G
Title:
72873. PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXIV. Loose Down Survey maps; [1655?]-1659. All but the first have modern cloth backing and were probably repaired at the same time as those in the bound volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1655?]-1659
Extent:
1 item

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