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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10668
Title:
Scope & Content:: SLAYTER, JOHN. Autograph and printed document of appointment on vellum, signed by three British Government Customs Commissioners. Appointing Slayter as Officer of the Customs at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Creation date: 30 September 1775.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 May 2016
Extent:: Digital image on compact disc

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10669
Title:
Scope & Content:: MANUSCRIPT PETITION sent by the Mayor and Merchants of Bristol to GEORGE CAREW (1555-1629) requesting that they might be permitted to obtain their ordnance closer to their own port. Oblong folio. Creation date: [c. 1612].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 May 2016
Extent:: 1 photocopy sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10670
Title:
Scope & Content:: ANNE of DENMARK (1574-1619). Letter signed (and subscribed) to Henry IV of France, sending greetings and expressing her earnest desire that relations between the two countries will remain amicable. One page folio in French with integral address leaf. Creation date: London, 22 November 1605.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 8 Jun 2016
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10671
Title:
Scope & Content:: Dr THOMAS PEMBERTON (d 1780). Autograph letter signed to JOHN BLACKBURNE (1754-1833), offering advice on travelling in Holland. Creation date: 24 May 1778.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 May 2016
Extent:: 4 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10672
Title:
Scope & Content:: Verbatim report of Proceedings (Court of King's Bench) against John Edwards and Robert Passingham for Conspiracy to Blackmail George Townshend Forrester (for alleged homosexual acts). 21 images (selected) from 408 folio pages. Creation date: 1805.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 May 2016
Extent:: Digital images on compact disc

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10673
Title:
Scope & Content:: Manuscript book of cookery belonging to MRS. M. HUDSON (resident of 22 Notting Hill Terrace). 100pp of recipes. Creation date: 1830 (and later).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Jun 2016
Extent:: 56 colour photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10674
Title:
Scope & Content:: BLUE COAT HOSPITAL, MANCHESTER. Draft of an announcement stating that 'the winding of cotton will be the most easy and most suitable work for children of ten to fourteen years'. Signed, J. Cooke, Salford. Creation date: 4 December 1787.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Jun 2016
Extent:: 1 photocopy sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10675
Title:
Scope & Content:: FRANCIS WILLUGHBY. Autograph note and diagram on the fact that fishes always swim fat end first, as demonstrated by Sir William Petty with a triangular piece of wood. Creation date: [c. 1660].
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Jun 2016
Extent:: 2 photocopy sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10676
Title:
Scope & Content:: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Autograph letter signed to MARIANNE VON EYBENBERG. Creation date: 4 December 1808.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: German
Date Range:: 3 Jun 2016
Extent:: Digital images on compact disc.

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 10677
Title:
Scope & Content:: 1. Conveyance, WILLIAM BARNES of Chatham and his wife AGNES BARNES to JOHN HAWKIN of London. 2. Deed of Ratification, Dame MARGARET HAWKINS, widow and executrix of JOHN HAWKINS, to the Governors of the Hospital of Sir John Hawkins in Chatham: a piece of ground belonging to St. Bartholemews call...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Jun 2016
Extent:: Digital images on compact disc.

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