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21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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:

1 item

30. Add MS 4900

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Banks collection. Vol. XLIV. Miscellaneous writings, ornamented with initials, portraits of saints, royal arms, etc., cut from a printed book.
Scope & Content:
The principal items are:- (1) Fragments of a transcript of a calendar (latest date 1537), for the months of May to October, giving the dates on which fairs are held in those months in various towns of England and Wales (Carmarthen). A few dates are also given in the lives of British sovereigns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

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