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A. Letter from Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, Hungarian poet (b.1773, d.1805) to Count József Károlyi; 26 July 1795. Hungarian. Formerly part of the Waltherr Collection, for which see L. Czigány, The László Waltherr Collection of Hungarian pamphlets in the British Museum (1969). Transferred from Slav...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Hungarian
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26 Jul 1795
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1 item

2. Add MS 74734 AA

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AA. Letter from Hewer Edgley Hewer, F.R.S. (d.1728) to Robert Gosling, bookseller of Fleet Street relating to his purchase of newly published works; 20 March 1720. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, July 2000. f. 106. 162 x 205mm. Hewer Edgley Hewer, FRS: Robert Gosling, bookseller of Fleet Str...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1720
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1 item

3. Add MS 74734 B

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B. Offprint relating to the seals of the see and city of Glasgow, from part of the appendix to John Smith (ed.), Burgh Records of Glasgow, 1573-1581 (Glasgow, 1832), with annotations in the hand of Sir Frederick Madden. This offprint was found with Detached Seal XXXV. 95, a cast of the seal of ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832
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1 item

4. Add MS 74734 BB

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BB. Verses by Joan Morris; 1 March 1656. With a later note on the sheet by Daniell North; Nov 1711. Acquired by J. L. M. Gulley in a sale room lot of loose sheets from 16th-17th-century autograph albums, and purchased from him in July 2000. f. 107. 165 x 113mm. Joan Morris: Daniell North: Ve...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1656
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1 item

5. Add MS 74734 C

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C. Letters to Dr Charles Burney, classical scholar (b.1757, d.1817) from various correspondents, with miscellaneous notes; 1788-1815 n.d. Offered to C. B. Oldman, Principal Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, by Percy A. Scholes in 1948 (f. 5). Bertram Schofield, Deputy Keeper of Man...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1815
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1 item

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CC. Postcard from Mrs Isabella Banks, writer and wife of George Linnaeus Banks (b.1821, d.1897), to Miss Penruddocke at Fyfield Manor House, Pewsey, co. Wilts.; 8 July [1876?]. Written from the British Museum and sending an article about ceramic painting [not present]. Purchased from J. L. M. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 Jul [1876?]
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1 item

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D. Letters to Dr Arthur Norman Edward Delsart Schofield, of the Department of Manuscripts, Assistant Secretary of the British Museum, 1971-1974, on or after their retirement from office, from:— (a) David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, Trustee of the B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1971-1974
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1 item

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DD. Letter from William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1678, to John Swinfen of co. Staff.; 6 Oct. 1677. Mainly relating to Paget's two sons, William (b. circa 1662, d.1684) and Henry (b. circa 1663, d.1743). Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, July 2000. ff. 109-110. 192 x 153mm. William Paget, 6th Ba...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1677
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1 item

9. Add MS 74734 E

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E. Surveying. Letter from Sir Robert Price, Bart., MP for Hereford, to [William] Llewellin, mineral surveyor of Pontypool [Eden/Bendall L. 226], 23 May 1839 supplying information for surveys. A further letter from Price to Llewellin dated 8 June 1839 is Add. MS 78698 D. Purchased from J. L. M...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 May 1839
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1 item

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EE. Letter from Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bart., to an unidentified correspondent stating his belief that war cannot be prevented but that rights of belligerents will be increasingly circumscribed; 9 Nov. 1899. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, July 2000. ff. 111-112v. 178 x 115mm. Sir ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1899
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1 item