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1. Stowe MS 488

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Stowe MS 488
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ELEVEN coloured drawings, representing the costumes of the various ranks in the regiment of Bucks Militia, drawn by [Sir] W[illiam] Y[oung, Bart.], who was captain in the regiment; 1793. On f. 1 is a list of the officers at the time, with dates of their commissions. Paper; ff. 13. Quarto. Sir W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 791

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Stowe MS 791
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"JOURNAL of a summer's excursion, by the road of Montecasino to Naples, and from thence over all the southern parts of Italy, Sicily, and Malta, in the year MDCCLXXII"; by [Sir] William Young [2nd Bart., F.R.S., etc.]. Printed; with marginal notes in the author's band, and a few pen-and-ink sket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1772
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 921

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Stowe MS 921
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"ABSTRACT of British West Indian trade and navigation," 1770-1805, by Sir William Young, Bart. On ff. 31 b-32 b are tables showing (a) the "comparative mortality of British troops of the line in each West Indian Island during 4 years of inactive war," viz. 1799-1802;-(b) "Returns of British troo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1805
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 922

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Stowe MS 922
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"HISTORICAL, Statistical, and Descriptive Account of the Island of Tobago; to which is added an Essay on the commercial and political importance of the possession. By Sir William Young, Bart., Governor, 1809." Autograph. Finished (see f. 156) on 30 Dec. 1809, and presented by the author to the M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1809
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 923

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Stowe MS 923
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"AN ALMANACK for the Island of Tobago," for 1810. Printed. With marginal and interleaved notes, and various statistics concerning the island, as well as four water-colour drawings, by Sir William Young Bart., who was Governor from 1807 till his death in 1815. His crest and motto are at f. 1 b, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 1022

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Stowe MS 1022
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"AN ESSAY on the ruins of Poesti, or Posidonia, with drawings taken on the spott, A.D. 1773"; by Sir William Young, Bart. The essay is the same as that in No. 791 above, and is preceded by the same dedication, in Latin elegiacs, to Lord Braybrooke. It is followed (ff. 15-26) by a letter to the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1773
Extent:
1 item