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1. Add MS 72850

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. I. General correspondence of Sir William Petty; 1649-1687. Including (f. ii) a list of contents by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, labels by James Matthews (ff. iii, 167), and annotations throughout by both. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 44-62, and for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1649-1687
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 72850-72864

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A. Correspondence and Letterbooks
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1648-1705]
Extent:
15 items

3. Add MS 72850-72908

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Correspondence and papers of Sir William Petty (1623-1687)
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F.R.S., political economist, demographer and virtuoso; 1646-1698, with some 18th-20th century notes and transcripts relating to the archive. Fifty-nine volumes. Purchased, with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, through Quaritch's from Lord Shelburne, Jan. 1993. Arran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1646-1698
Extent:
59 items

4. Add MS 72851

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. II. Letters from Sir Robert Southwell to Petty, 1674-1687, and his wife, 1679-1688, with a few drafts or copies of Petty's replies, two original letters (ff. 210-214) from Lady Petty to Southwell, 1687, 1688, which appear to have been added to the volume after binding in the 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1673-1688
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 72852

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. III (ff. iii + 225). Letters, etc., from Petty and his wife to Robert Southwell senior and Sir Robert Southwell; 1663-1683. Including (ff. 1-58, 224-225) notes, reports and letters by Petty and Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, secretary to the Royal Society, and others, concernin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1663-1683
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 72852-72853

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III, IV. Letters and papers chiefly from Petty and his wife to Sir Robert Southwell, and his family; 1663-1688. Each volume has a contents list on paper water-marked '1830', by William Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (d. 1836), who was probably responsible for their acquisition; with 20th cent. additions by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 79-97. Formerly Bowood Vols. 9, 10. Two volumes. Mounted on guards and bound i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1663-1688
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 72852-72855

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III-VI. Correspondence between the Petty and Southwell families, consisting chiefly of letters from Petty to Sir Robert Southwell, with many related papers and enclosures, relating particularly to Petty's shipping experiments and Irish affairs; 1661-1698. Petty's letters are originals, endorsed by Southwell, and Southwell's are drafts and copies. A few items such as medical notes by Southwell (72852, ff. 102-105), which have no connection with Petty, are also included, fu...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Correspondence, etc., with Southwell family of Sir William Petty: 1661-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1698
Extent:
4 items

8. Add MS 72853

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. IV (ff. iii + 223). Correspondence, etc., between Petty and Sir Robert Southwell, 1684-1687, continuing the preceding volume, followed by correspondence, 1687-1688, between Petty's eldest son, Charles, and Southwell's son, Edward; 1684-1688. As in the preceding volume, the enc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1684-1688
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 72854

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. V (ff. iii + 167). Correspondence, 1668-1683, with related papers by Petty and others, and notes by Southwell of his own and Petty's opinions concerning public affairs; 1661-1683. The papers include: 1. ff. 2-4v. 'Severall Accompts and Estimates in order to the distribution,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1687
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 72854-72855

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Title:
PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. V, VI. Letters and papers from Petty, his wife and sons, to Sir Robert and Edward Southwell, with drafts and copies of the Southwells' replies; 1661-1686. Some of the originals of Southwell's letters are in Add. 72851 above. A preliminary note by Abraham Hill, F.R.S., 1703 (f. 1), indicates that it was he who placed the documents in their present order; he adds, 'Sr Will Pettys letters beside other considerable matters, containe a good vindication of his proceedings, &...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1686
Extent:
2 items