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21. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

22. Add MS 4166

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Title:
Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
Scope & Content:
The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

23. Add MS 4167

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Title:
Chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658
Scope & Content:
This volume largely contains the chronological index compiled by the antiquary Thomas Birch of the first sixty-one volumes of the main series of the papers and letters of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1658. These volumes cover the period from October 1638 (a powerful letter from Oliver ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

24. Add MS 4377

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GRAMMATICAL MISCELLANEA Collection of notes and treatises on grammatical subjects, the more important being: (1) Extracts, etc., from works on Arabic and Hebrew Grammar, by John Pell. ff. 1-24. (2) Fragment of the Koran. Arabic. f. 27. (3) Guide to the Hebrew language, 'Invented by Moses Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Folio. 17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 4382

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Title:
Aristotle and various notes in Greek, English, Italian and French
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
8 items

26. Add MS 4421

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Title:
Catalogue of Greek books at Westminster
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 4458

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Title:
Short section of George Etherege, The Man of Mode: or, Sir Fopling Flutter. A Comedy, Acted at the Duke’s Theatre, translated into classical Greek by Ioannes Ionas
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 Oct 1723
Extent:
3 items

28. Add MS 4808

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Title:
Vol. II. (ff. 233). Alexander Pope, The 'Iliad'. Contains the following books: XVI (ff. 1-35b), including (ff. 19-23) further copy from Poetical Miscellanies, 1709 (see 4707), XVII (ff. 37-55b), XVIII (ff. 57-73b), XIX (ff. 75-85b), XX (ff. 87-97b), XXI (ff. 99-121b), XXII (ff. 123-144b), XXIII (ff. 146-177), XXIV (ff. 179-205).
Scope & Content:
Followed by drafts of (a) the Poetical Index. ff. 207-214b;- (b) Index of Arts and Sciences. ff.215-222;- (c) an index of antiquities, not published. ff. 223-232. Also included are (a) Plans for a house, perhaps one that Pope proposed to build in London, circ. 1717-1718. f. 30b;- (b) Plans for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1724
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 4824

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Title:
Geographical and antiquarian notes relating to Greece and Asia Minor, compiled by Arthur Pullinger, an English merchant in Aleppo
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1733-1739
Extent:
5 items

30. Add MS 4827

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Title:
Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Hampton Court, 1 January 1576
Scope & Content:
Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Hampton Court, 1 January, 18 Elizabeth I [1576]. The recto contains a list of donors, grouped in order of precedence, with a description of the gifts made by each and a note as to their disposal, the total of money received be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1576
Extent:

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