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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4443
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XII (ff. 253). 1663-1765. Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761. includes: ff. 1-3 Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.ff. 1-3 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4444
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765. includes: f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letter to the Duke of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4445
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XIV (ff. 369). 1751-1765 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Draft minutes of the Royal Society and lists of papers read: 1751-1765.: Mainly autogr. includes: f. 68 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4446
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XV (ff. 377). 1751-1765 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Draft minutes of the Royal Society and lists of papers read: 1751-1765.: Mainly autogr. includes: ff. 73, 74 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.f. 187 Dr Benjamin Pugh, of Chelmsford: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4447
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. 278). Extracts from the journals of the Society, made by Birch with a view to his History of the Royal Society, 4 vols., 1756; 1660-1681, with a few earlier and later notes interspersed. Preceded by drafts of his introductory letter to George II, the title-pag...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1660-1681
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4448
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 174). Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Society consisting of memoranda and notes by Birch and others, printed tracts, and engraved drawings, illustrating papers in Philosophical Transactions, etc. includes: f. 5 James Petiver, FRS, Apothecary to t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1653-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4449
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; ... and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto; 1754. Printed; with MS. notes and list of the first fifteen Trustees by Birch. ff. 1-68b...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1749-1760
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4450
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Scope & Content:: Vol. II, (ff. 150). 17 Dec. 1753-6 Aug. 1756 includes: f. 67b James Morris, surveyor: Report on Montagu House signed by: 1754.f. 67b James Horne, surveyor: Report on Montagu House signed by: 1754.f. 68 Henry Keene, surveyor: Report on Montagu House, signed by: 1754.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Dec 1753-6 Aug 1756
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4451
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Scope & Content:: Vol. III (ff. 268). 17 Dec. 1753-6 Aug. 1756 includes: f. 248 Charles Morton, MD; FRS; Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1776: Letters to T. Birch: 1754-1764, bef. 1766.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Dec 1753-6 Aug 1756
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4452
Title:
Scope & Content:: PAPERS RELATING TO VARIOUS SOCIETIES, with which Birch was connected. A few letters are interspersed, the names of the writers of which are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. the principal contents are as follows:- (1) The Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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