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158582. Add MS 89618
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- Add MS 89618
- Title:
- Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses
- Scope & Content:
- 'Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses' containing a collection of miscellaneous literary texts. The contents are listed as: Lettre du Duc de Vendosme au Roy – 9; Peroraison d’un sermon prêché devant Le Roy par le Reverend Pere De La Rue, Le jour de La Touissaint 1709 – 10; Sermon Suisse – verso 1...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- 1710
- Extent:
- 1 folder
158583. Add MS 89619
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- Add MS 89619
- Title:
- Giustitie singolari facte in Roma nell' pontificato D'Alessandro 7 Oct dell 1665
- Scope & Content:
- Bound volume containing 'Giustitie singolari facte in Roma nell' pontificato D'Alessandro 7 Oct dell 1665 essendo pro governatore il Cardinale Conti il quale ben che promosso porpora continuava qualche tempo per ordine del pontefile.'
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1665
- Extent:
- 1 folder
158584. Add MS 89620
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- Add MS 89620
- Title:
- Manuscript journal describing a visit to Lisbon shortly after the Peninsular War
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous manuscript journal describing a visit to Lisbon, Portugal, and the surrounding area, shortly after the Peninsular War. The journal describes religious festivals and processions, local sites and customs, and includes some ink and watercolour sketches of the processions and some architect...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1814
- Extent:
- 1 folder
158585. Add MS 89621
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- Add MS 89621
- Title:
- G K Chesterton, 'The Fairy Tale of Father Brown', original manuscript
- Scope & Content:
- The original manuscript of the final story of Chesterton's second Father Brown collection, The Wisdom of Father Brown (published 1914). Comprises title page; six pages of typescript with frequent and occasionally extensive emendations in Chesterton's hand; four pages of manuscript in Chesterton'...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1914
- Extent:
- 1 volume (18pp)
158586. Add MS 89622
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- Add MS 89622
- Title:
- Naval log books and journals
- Scope & Content:
- The collection comprises one folder of official naval correspondence, 1703-1914, and seven illustrated log books and journals, pertaining to British naval officers Francis Gerald St John (1869-1947) and Stratford Allan Gerald St John (1911-2001) on service in the China Seas, the Caribbean, the Me...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Greek, Modern
- Date Range:
- 1703-1931
- Extent:
- 1 folder and 7 volumes
158587. Add MS 89622/1
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- Title:
- Naval correspondence
- Scope & Content:
- 1. Letter signed by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, to the Portsmouth commissioners, ordering nine or ten bolts of duck canvas and a hundredweight of sewing twine; Triumph, 2 July 1703. 2. Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney's orders for 'Night Parole at Sea' for March 1780 to February 1781, written by h...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Jul 1703-2 Dec 1914
- Extent:
- 1 folder
158588. Add MS 89622/2
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- Title:
- Francis Gerald St John's log book
- Scope & Content:
- Francis Gerald St John's log book kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Triumph and Constance, predominantly in the China Seas, illustrated throughout with nautical charts and technical drawings. St John was discharged from Triumph on 11 November 1885 to Constance for passage to China.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Jan 1885-18 Mar 1887
- Extent:
- 1 volume
158589. Add MS 89622/3
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- Title:
- Francis Gerald St John's log book
- Scope & Content:
- Francis Gerald St John's log book kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Constance, Tamar and Pilot, predominantly in the China Seas, illustrated throughout with watercolour, ink and pencil views, nautical charts, and technical drawings.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 19 Mar 1887-23 Aug 1888
- Extent:
- 1 volume
158590. Add MS 89622/4
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- Title:
- Francis Gerald St John's journal book
- Scope & Content:
- Francis Gerald St John's journal book kept when with the training squadron on HMS Rover, Ruby and Howe, predominantly in the Caribbean, illustrated throughout with watercolour, ink and pencil views, nautical charts, and technical drawings. There are some notes written in pencil and ink at the ba...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 Aug 1888-18 Mar 1892
- Extent:
- 1 volume