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401. Add MS 38759

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Vol. XXVI (ff. 265). 1780 and 1795-1810. includes: f. 1 Newspapers British: London Gazette: 25 Aug. 1777, 28 Feb. 1780, 3-7 Aug. 1784. f. 1 Rear-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 1782: Despatches rel. to battle of Cape St. Vincent: 1780.: Extracts. Printed. f. 3 Sugar: Histor...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1810
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1 item

402. Add MS 38766

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HUSKISSON PAPERS. Vol. XXXIII (ff. 251). Papers relating to America, 1805 and 1822-1828. They include negotiations on the questions of the north-east boundary of the United States and of the regulation of the trade of the United States with the British West Indies, besides papers relating to Spa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1828
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1 item

403. Add MS 38812

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CODE of Day Signals, presented to [John Pitt, 2nd] Earl of Chatham, First Lord of the Admiralty, [in 1790], by John McArthur, Purser of H.M.S. Santa Margarita, [afterwards Secretary to Viscount Hood, and, in conjunction with J. S. Clarke, author of the Life of Lord Nelson]. Holograph, but apparently an early version of the Code finally presented. There is an account of the latter in Falconer's Marine Dictionary (1830), p. 474, which agrees with the MS. generally and also in extracts quoted, ...
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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham: Code of day signals presented to, by.J. McArthur: 1790. Navy; England: Code of day signals, by J. McArthur: 1790. John McArthur, biographer of Nelson: Code of day signals for the Navy: 1790.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790
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1 item

404. Add MS 38823

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Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
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Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

405. Add MS 38846

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HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. i + 150). Autograph Letters and Papers of Royal and historical personages, 1547-1725, followed by transcripts of Add. Charters 59140-59145: — 1. Letter from the Rector, Magistri, and Doctores of Wittenberg University to John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, on the war ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1547-1725
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1 item

406. Add MS 38848

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HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 192). Military and Naval papers, 1601-1786, including a number of letters and papers of Gen. Monck. Contents:— 1. Statement of a month's pay for Her Majesty's forces in the Low Countries, 13 May - 9 June, 1601. With a request, [italics]signed[/italics] by the paym...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1601-1786
Extent:
1 item

407. Add MS 38849

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HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 327). Pepys and Danby papers, viz. : A. Pepys Papers, including, besides letters addressed to Samuel Pepys, other letters and papers gathered together by Mr. Hodgkin as illustrative of passages in Pepys's Diary; 1661-1681 and undated. Several are marked as being from...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1691
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1 item

408. Add MS 38853

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HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 155). Papers included in the same bundle as the Watkins letters (lot 466, see 38852), and relating largely to British military matters in the Netherlands. Contents : 1. Copies of correspondence relating principally to Poland, viz. : (a) Cardinal [Michel] Radziejows...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1697-1713
Extent:
1 item

409. Add MS 38861

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PRIVY COUNCIL Memoranda, 1540-1718, chiefly in the hand of Edward Southwell, but some in that of his father, Sir Robert Southwell. Both father and son held in succession the offices of Clerk of the Council and Secretary of State for Ireland. A companion volume is Add. MS. 35,107. The contents in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

410. Add MS 38888

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NAVAL SIGNAL-BOOK and commonplace-book of Lieut. [Charles] Hipkins on board H.M.S. Lapwing, viz.: 1. Summary of events in 1797 and 1798, including description of the battles of St. Vincent and Camperdown and breaking off at the Battle of the Nile. f. 2. 2. System of numerical signals used in the French Navy, nos. 1-240. Probably a translation of the 1797 official signal-book. f. 8 b. 3. "Captain [Edward] Rotheram's Orders, H.M.S. Lapwing," of which he took command in 1800. f. 13 b. 4. ...
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Navy; England: Signal-book and commonplace-book of Lieut. C. Hipkins, with coloured drawing of "H.M.S. Lapwing in stays": circ. 1800. Lieutenant Charles Hipkins, RN: Naval signal and commonplace-book of: circ. 1800. includes: f. 8 b General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Naval s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 item

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