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291. Stowe MS 264-265

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Stowe MS 264-265
Title:
TRANSCRIPTS Of official correspondence of the various Governors of the British North American Colonies with the Board of Trade and Plantations, and the Secretaries of State, on the subject of the Stamp Act and the disturbances caused by the attempt to put the Act into execution; 1764-1766. Two volumes. Paper; ff. 384, 406. xviiith cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Massachusetts, North America: Correspondence of the Governor, and Council minutes conc. the Stamp Act: 1765.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

292. Stowe MS 265

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Stowe MS 265
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Scope & Content:
Vol. II. ; ff. 406. xviiith cent. Trade and Plantations; Board of Commissioners for: Correspondence with the British N. American Colonies conc. the Stamp Act: 1764-1766: Copies. George III of England: Correspondence of the Governors of N. American Colonies conc. the Stamp Act: 1764-1766.: Copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

293. Stowe MS 266

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Stowe MS 266
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Scope & Content:
REPORT Of the Commissioners and Trustees for managing forfeited estates in Scotland annexed to the Crown; Edinburgh, 6 May, 1765. Signed by John Campbell [Lord of Session ?], [Sir] David Dalrymple [afterw. Lord of Session?], G. Beauclerk, G. Drummond, M. Car- donnel, Robert Oliphant [Post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1765
Extent:
1 item

294. Stowe MS 267

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Stowe MS 267
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Scope & Content:
LIST of state letters, tracts, speeches and bills in Parliament, ballads, and other papers illustrating the history of England from 1624 to 1735; in the hand of Rev. Philip Morant (ob. 1.778). At f. 20 begins a chronological list of State Trials and literature relating to the same, from 1388 to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

295. Stowe MS 268

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Stowe MS 268
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" A BREYFE DISCOURSE in prayse of Kynge Rychard the Thyrd, Kynge of England. . . . . . Said to have been composed by Sir William Cornwallis the younger." With the note (f. 4) by Thomas Astle, " . . . . . transcribed from the original formerly in the library of John Anstis, Esqr., Garter K. at Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

296. Stowe MS 268-310

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 268-310
Title:
SECT. VI.-POLITICAL TRACTS, COLLECTIONS, CARICATURES, ETC.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
43 items

297. Stowe MS 269

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Stowe MS 269
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" A commyssion sent to the bloudy byshop of London, and to al couents of Frers, by the high and mighty prince lord Sathanas the deuill of hell " : a satire against the Church, apparently composed in the reign of Henry VIII. A note at the end states that it was " transcribed from a copy in the ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1748
Extent:
1 item

298. Stowe MS 270

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 270
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Scope & Content:
" THE coppie of a letter written by a Mr. of Artes in Cambridge to his friend in London, concerning some conferrence passed of late betweene twoe worshipfull and graue men about ye present state and some of ye proceedings of the Earle of Leicester and his friends in England ": the tract known as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1594
Extent:
1 item

299. Stowe MS 271

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Stowe MS 271
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Scope & Content:
1. " LEICESTER'S Commonwealth " : the political tract attributed to Robert Parsons, the Jesuit (see No. 270). f. 1b. 2. " Encyclopædia sive tabulæ artium liberalium " : a summary of philosophy, theology, etc., in the form of deductive tables, in Latin and English. f 49. Paper; ff. 79. xviith c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

300. Stowe MS 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 272
Title:
John Leslie, 'A treatise touchinge the right, title, and interest of the moste excellente princesse Marie, Queene of Scotland' (1584); early 17th century devotional poetry and other writings
Scope & Content:
This volume's original vellum cover has been retained, bearing on the front and back the arms and name of Richard St George (1554/5-1635), herald. The cover (f. 1r) also has written on it in a 17th century hand the contents as: 'The Title of Scotland to the Crown of England by John Lisle Bishop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1635
Extent:
1 volume

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