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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4444
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765. includes: f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letter to the Duke of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4445
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XIV (ff. 369). 1751-1765 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Draft minutes of the Royal Society and lists of papers read: 1751-1765.: Mainly autogr. includes: f. 68 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4445-4446
Title:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Draft minutes of the Royal Society, lists of papers submitted, and papers recording other transactions; 1751-1765. Mainly in Birch's autograph. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4446
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XV (ff. 377). 1751-1765 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Draft minutes of the Royal Society and lists of papers read: 1751-1765.: Mainly autogr. includes: ff. 73, 74 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.f. 187 Dr Benjamin Pugh, of Chelmsford: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4447
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. 278). Extracts from the journals of the Society, made by Birch with a view to his History of the Royal Society, 4 vols., 1756; 1660-1681, with a few earlier and later notes interspersed. Preceded by drafts of his introductory letter to George II, the title-pag...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1660-1681
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4448
Title:
Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 174). Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Society consisting of memoranda and notes by Birch and others, printed tracts, and engraved drawings, illustrating papers in Philosophical Transactions, etc. includes: f. 5 James Petiver, FRS, Apothecary to t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1653-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4449
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1749-1760
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4449-4451
Title:: PAPERS RELATING TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 4449-4451. Papers relating to the foundation and establishment of the British Museum collected, and for the most part written, by Thomas Birch, one of the first Trustees; 1753-1760. Three volumes. Paper. Folio. The contents are:-
Scope & Content:: British Museum: Draft minutes, reports of Trustees meetings, statutes, etc.: 1753-1760. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Papers rel. to the British Museum by, or collected by, as Trustee: 1753-1760.: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1753-1760
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4450
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II, (ff. 150). 17 Dec. 1753-6 Aug. 1756 includes: f. 67b James Morris, surveyor: Report on Montagu House signed by: 1754.f. 67b James Horne, surveyor: Report on Montagu House signed by: 1754.f. 68 Henry Keene, surveyor: Report on Montagu House, signed by: 1754.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Dec 1753-6 Aug 1756
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4450-4451
Title:: Draft minutes and reports of General and Committee Meetings of the Trustees, 17 Dec. 1753-6 Aug. 1756, taken by Birch. Among the subjects are the purchase for £20,000 of Sir Hans Sloane's collection from his executors, the housing of that, and the Harley, Cotton and other libraries, the acquisition and refitting of Montagu House, and the general business of the Museum. At the end are a few memoranda by Birch on the above subjects.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Dec 1753-6 Aug 1756
Extent:: 2 items

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