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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Name Royal Society, 1660- Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4230

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BIRCH'S LIFE OF MILTON 'An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. John Milton. By Thomas Birch M.A. and F.R.S.', as prepared for the press; circ. 1738. Prefixed to A Complete Collection of the ... Works, etc., 1738, 2 vols. Preceded by a short life of Milton in Birch's ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
c 1738
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1 item

2. Add MS 4255

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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 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 4304

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Vol. V (ff. 255). D. includes: ff.1-3 Francis Dale, of Hoxton; brother of S Dale, physician and apothecary: Letters to T. Birch: 1733, 1751. ff. 5-45 Samuel Dale, physician and apothecary, of Braintree: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1738. ff. 46-66, 67 (copies) Thomas Dale, MD, of Charlestown, S C...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1726-1766
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1 item

4. Add MS 4452

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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:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

5. Add MS 4470

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ST. ÉVREMOND COLLECTIONS Copies, in the autograph of Pierre Des Maizeaux, of letters and portions of longer works, etc., by Charles Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de Saint Évremond, 1701-1703, being evidently taken chiefly from the author's own MSS. shortly before his death in 1703, when De...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1701-1703
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1 item

6. Add MS 4473

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MAPS, ETC. Maps, Plans, Diagrams, etc. Artt. 2, 4-7, 9-11, 13-17 are printed or engraved. (1) 'An Everlasting Almanacke wherein ... to finde out the daies of Regard according to the ... church of England ... 1629'. In Pell's autograph. f. 1. (2) 'A New Al-mon-ac for Ever. . . (beginning with...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

7. Add MS 4475

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BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence, etc., of Thomas Birch. The contents may be divided as follows:- (1) Rough drafts of letters (without names of addressees), notes and extracts from books, etc., in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-103 passim, 144, 159, 209-287 passim. Among these are (1) A short ac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

8. Add MS 4476

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Vol. I (ff. 316). (1) Form of assignment of livings, etc., in the patronage of Lord Brereton; 1668. f. 1. (2) Three receipts for money paid by William Polden of Wakefield, as executor for Mrs. Mary Leake of York; 1633. ff. 2, 132, 277. (3) Acknowledgement of wrong-doing by Edward Carlton, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1770
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1 item

9. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
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1 item

10. Add MS 4478 B

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BIRCH MISCELLANEA. Miscellaneous papers, mainly copies of letters and other writings (in Birch's autograph with the exception of artt. 1-3, and 12), viz.:- (1) A preface in defence of Moses being the first to use alphabetical characters in writing; in a very shaky hand, attributed in the tabl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item