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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4264
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Scope & Content:: COCKBURN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 338). The contents include the following: - (1) Letter of advice by C. Cockburn to her son; n.d. Copy. Imperfect at the beginning. Works, ii, p. 111. ff. 3-11. (2) The same to -, on the infallibility of the church of Rome; n.d. Works, ii, p. 134. ff. 12-13b. (3) ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1693-1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4264-4267
Title:: CATHARINE COCKBURN PAPERS Collections by Thomas Birch of correspondence and essays, etc., of Catharine Cockburn, née Trotter, dramatist, etc; 1693-1751. Collected for his edition of The Works of Mrs Catharine Cockburn, Theological, Moral, Dramatic and Poetical, 2 vols., 1751, in which most of the articles below are printed in part or in whole. The names of writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper. Four volumes. Quarto and (Vol. IV) octavo.
Scope & Content:: Catharine Cockburn, d 1749 née Trotter; dramatist and philosophical writer: Works and correspondence, 1693-1749, collected by T. Birch: 1751.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1693-1751
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4265
Title:
Scope & Content:: COCKBURN PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 190). The contents include the following:- (1) 'The Life' as sent to the press; circa 1751. Works, i, p. i. it includes (ff. 19-20b) a letter of William Congreve with criticisms on C. Trotter's play The Revolution of Sweden'; 9 Nov. 1703. ff. 1-39b. (2) Biograph...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1693-1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4266
Title:
Scope & Content:: COCKBURN PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 278). (1) 'Vindication of Mr Locke's Christian Principles from the imperious imputations of Dr Holdsworth', Part I, and 'Vindication of Mr Locke on the controversy concerning the Resurrection of the same Body', Part II; circa 1726. Autograph. Works, i, pp. 157, 25...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1693-1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4267
Title:
Scope & Content:: COCKBURN PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 202). Printed tracts by Catharine Cockburn, all of which were reprinted by Birch in his edition of her Works, as follows:- (1) A Defence of Mr Lock's Essay of Human Understanding; 1702. Printed. Two copies, the second containing (ff. 53, 90-91) two notes in C. Coc...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1702-1759
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4268
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. 49). Miscellaneous private papers of Thomas Birch, consisting of biographical notes of himself and family, a fragment of a diary, with a few original letters from members of his family and others; 18th cent. The names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the pres...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4269
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II (ff. 272). School exercises, copy books, translations from the classics, etc., of Thomas Birch; 1720-1722. Education: School and copy books of T. Birch: 1720-1724. includes: f. 21 County of Monmouth: Map of: circ. 1720.f. 21 Maps and Plans: Monmouthshire: circ. 1720.ff. 260-264 ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1720-1722
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4270
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III (ff. 127). Private papers of and documents collected by Thomas Birch; 1621-1765. Included are documents connected with his incumbencies of Ulting, co. Essex (1732), St. Margaret Pattens, London (1746-1766) and especially Debden, co. Essex (1761-1766). includes: f. 1 Philip Knightsbr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1621-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4271
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. IV (Forty-three vellum or paper documents). Letters of ordination and institution, declarations of conformity, diplomas, etc., of Thomas Birch; 1730-1761. The appointments, etc., are as follows: Deacon, 1731; Priest, 1731; Vicar of Ulting, co. Essex, 1732; Rector of Llandewy Welfrey, co. Pe...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1730-1761
Extent:: 1 item

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