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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4250
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Scope & Content:: INDEX to Dr. Conyers Middleton's Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers ... in the Christian Church, 1749, made by Thomas Birch; 1748. The entries between 'cave' and 'jewell' are missing. Middleton refers to the index in a letter to Birch dated 15 Dec. 1748 (see Add. MS. 4314, f. 27). Paper; ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1748
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4251
Title:
Scope & Content:: NOTE-BOOKS OF THOMAS BIRCH containing various literary and biographical memoranda, principally from the Harley MSS; 18th cent. Included is a list of persons who received presentation copies of Birch's Life of Prince Henry, 1760 (f. 122). French and English. Paper; ff. 122. Duodecimo. XVIII cent....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4252
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTION BY BIRCH AND PATRICK FORBES OF CATA- LOGUES OF BOOKS AND MSS, viz.: (1) Catalogue in Birch's autograph, perhaps of his own books, arranged in sizes, etc., under heads: viz.:- (a) Biography, ff. 1-4, 149, 153;- (b) Letters, ff. 5-14;- (c) Poets, ff. 15-22;- (d) Law, ff. 13-25;- (e) Pol...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4253
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I, ff. 220, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 William King, d 1729 Archbishop of Dublin: Letter to S. Madden: 1701.: Copy.f. 5 Francis Gwyn, politician: Letter to R. Harley: 1693.: Copy.f. 5b Narcissus Luttrell, annalist; bibliographer: Letter to R. Harley: 1693.: Copy.ff. 5-75 passim Ro...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4254
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.f. 1Ob Saul Levi Mortera, d 1660 rabbi, of Amsterdam: Notice of him and of his 'Providentia divina': 18th cent.f. 3 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4255
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III, ff. 257, XVIII cent. includes: ff.1-3 Royal Society: Dedication to George II by T. Birch of his History of: 1757.ff. 4 - 7, 13 - 14 William Murdin, Vicar of Shalford: Preface to his 'Collection of State Papers. . . ': 1759.f. 9 John Locke, philosopher: Tract on his 'Essay upon ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4256
Title:
Scope & Content:: Literary papers and memoranda, with a few original letters, relating chiefly to Birch's literary undertakings, particularly to his work on the revised edition of Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical; 18th cent. Names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4257
Title:
Scope & Content:: Literary collections of Thomas Birch; 18th cent. The contents are as follows;- (1) Review, partly in Birch's autograph, of Dr. Conyers Middleton's History of the Life of M. T. Cicero; 1741. ff. 1-28. (2) 'Variae Lectiones in Caesaribus Juliani Imperatoris septem codicibus manuscriptis ... cum...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4258
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I, ff. 231, XVII-XVIII centt includes: ff. 1-7 Peter Shaw, physician and author: Proposal to print F. Bacon's philosophical works: 1731.: Printed.ff. 19-24 Charles Leslie, nonjuror: 'A letter from Mr Lesly to a Member of Parliament in London': 1714.: Printed.ff. 26-33 Law OF ENGLAND...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4259
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II, ff. 168, XVII-XVIII centt includes: f. 131 Andrew Millar, bookseller and publisher, of London: Advertisement for his new edition of the works of F. Bacon: 1740.: Printed.f. 132 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The Public Advertiser': 1754-1763.f. 134 Thomas Tenison, Archbi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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