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1. Add MS 4155

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English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 4166

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Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
Scope & Content:
The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 4196

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Vol. I, 1656- 1658; Gualter Frost, Treasurer to Council of State: Warrants for payments to: 1656-1660. Sir Adam Loftus: Warrants for payments to: 1656-1660. John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford and 1st Earl of Lindsay: Warrants for payments to: 1656-1659. Henry Zinzan, alias Alexander; former...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656-1658
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4213

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BILLS OF MORTALITY 'A Collection of the yearly Bills of Mortality from 1657-1757 inclusive: together with several other Bills of an earlier Date', being collections, drafts, etc., prepared by Thomas Birch for his printed edition of the above work in 1759; circa 1757. The four treatises on the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1757
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4254

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Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.f. 1Ob Saul Levi Mortera, d 1660 rabbi, of Amsterdam: Notice of him and of his 'Providentia divina': 18th cent.f. 3 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4270

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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

8. Add MS 4271

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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

9. Add MS 4299

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters and papers, of a commercial and diplomatic character, mostly referring to foreign affairs. Included are some original letters, imperfect or unsigned drafts, etc. The names of the writers, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4390

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PAPERS relating to a report to be drawn up in London for the use of some Italian state (? Venice) as to the conditions, privileges and laws affecting the supply of provisions and manufactures into the London markets; circ. 1700. Italian and English. Paper; ff. 20. Folio. Circ. A.D 1700. Trade a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

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