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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Name Ward, John, LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, d 1758 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4224

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Vol. IV (ff. 312). T-W. Together with miscellaneous notes among which are: (a) extracts relating to Cambridge men, from Thomas Baker's collections in Harley MSS.7031-7037. ff. 178-201;- (b)'Alphabetical list of Lives' by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. ff. 202-204;- (c) 'Kalendarium Carlananu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

2. Add MS 4254

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

3. Add MS 4290

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LOCKE CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence, etc., of John Locke, philosopher, consisting of forty-two autograph letters to his friend Edward Clarke, of Chipley, a portion of a letter-book containing his letters to Anthony Collins, and other papers; 1678-1745. The MS. was freely used by H. R. Fox Bourn...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1678-1745
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1 item

4. Add MS 4319

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Vol. XX (ff. 295). S-T. includes: f. 1 Thomas Stack, MD, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1744. f. 2 Edward Stone, of Chipping Norton: Letter to Lord Macclesfleld: 1763. ff. 3, 4 Charles Stanhope, brother of William, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to T. Birch: 1750, 1753. f. 6 William Steel: Letter ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1739-1765
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4320

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Vol. XXI (ff. 287). U-W. includes: ff.1-4 Paul Vaillant, bookseller, of London; nephew of Isaac Vaillant: Letters to T. Birch: 1743-1753. ff. 6, 9-12 Rodolph Valltravers, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1755-1763. f. 7 Sauveur François Morand, FRS; French anatomist: Letters to T. Birch: 1757-1764.: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1737-1764
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4323

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Vol. XXIV (ff. 67). Misc. includes: ff. 3, 39 Bocca, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turin: Letters to the Royal Society: 1754.: Fr. f. 5 Count Francesco Algarotti,; Italian scholar: Letters to T. Birch: 1756, 1759.: Ital. f. 7 Sir Thomas Clarke, FRS; Master of the Rolls: Letters...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1651-1765
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4326 A

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Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) Revised drafts of portions of the Athenian letters having, in many cases, the initials of the revisers at the end of the letters (Nos. I-LXIII), published in 1741-1743. ff. 1-86. Followed by (a) 'Minutes of the Committee for revising' the same, the members present being '...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1741-1765
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4326 B

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Vol. II (ff. 216). (1) Original letters addressed to Birch. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. (2) Copies, in Birch's hand (with one exception) chiefly of state papers and letters, among them being (a) Extracts from the dispatches by Matthew Prior...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1712-1751
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4449

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1749-1760
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4478 C

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BIRCH DIARY Diary of Thomas Birch; 1735-1764. Latin and English. The diary proper begins at f. 11, the preceding leaves consisting chiefly of extracts from note-books, etc., bearing on Birch's early life, down to 1733, arranged more or less in chronological order; with (ff. 7, 9) a record of wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1764
Extent:
1 item