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1. Add MS 5238

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Miscellaneous figure drawings and architectural drawings by Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke and others
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Architectural and figure drawings by various draughtsmen. Among them are architectural drawings by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke relating to the design of the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The drawings are executed on paper and pasted on the folios of the album. Summary description o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (94 items)

2. Add MS 37021 N

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N. 1. Isaac Newton to Robert Hooke, on a mathematical ,Problem connected with gravitation; Trinity College, 13 Dec. 1679. f. 5 6. 2. Robert Frampton, " once upon a tyme [1680-1690] Bishop of Gloucester," to William Walshe, thanking him for his good offices when he was ',under restraint [in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1504-25 Jul 1832
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 17521

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LETTER of R. Hooke, Secry to the Royal Society, to J. Evelyn, relative to the Arundel MSS.; 15 Aug. [1678], f. 34; ― Letters between Sir John Cotton and Etienne Baluze, relating to the loan of a manuscript, 1685, 1686, f. 35; Letter of Margaret Cavendish, wife of William second Duke of Portland, to the Speaker of the House of Commons, accepting his proposal for the purchase of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts for the nation; 3 April, 1753, f. 38. Folio. [Add. 17,521.]
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Libraries: Harleian MSS., Letter respecting the purchase of: 1753. Libraries: Arundel MSS., Letter relative to the removal of: 1678. includes: f. 34 Sir Robert Reading: Letter on the removal of the Arundel MSS. to Gresham College: 1678. f. 34 Robert Hooke, FRS: Letter to J. Evelyn on the remo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1678-1753
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4422

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Vos. XVI (ff. 341). includes: ff. 42, 43 Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'Poor Robin's Intelligence': 1676. ff. 62-77, 80-84, 163b, 181, 226 Henry Briggs, d 1631 mathematician: Extracts from his works: 17th cent. f. 78 Robert Hooke, FRS: Note by J. Pell on his 'Animadversiones': aft. 167...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641-1676
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 5272

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Add MS 5272
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Drawings of amphibians and reptiles by Eleazar Albin and others
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Drawings of reptiles and amphibians executed in a variety of techniques, primarily watercolour, pencil, ink and chalk. The only exceptions are items 21 and 60, which are etchings. Various drawings bear inscriptions in English, some of which are abbreviated cross-references to James Petiver's Gaz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 items)

6. Add MS 22083

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MISCELLANEOUS ecclesiastical papers; 1636-1792. Among them are the following originals: 1. Letters of Richard Fitzherbert, Archdeacon of Dorset, instituting Richard Hooke rector of Durweston; dat. 2 July, 1636; with a seal. Lat. f. l. 2. Propositions contained in a book entitled, "The rights of the Christian Church asserted," by Dr. Matthew Tindall, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; with depositions of John Silke, rector of Bradford, co. Somerset; dat. 28 Oct. 1710, f. 3. 3. Library a...
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England, Ecclesiastical History: Miscellaneous ecclesiastical papers: 1636-1792. includes: f. 1 Richard Fitzherbert, Archdeacon of Dorset: Institution of R. Hooke to the Rectory of Durweston: 1636.: Lat. f. 1 Richard Hooke, Rector of Durweston: Letters of institution: 1636.: Lat. f. 3 Matthew ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1636-1792
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4441

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 129). Miscellaneous papers, 1662-1765, consisting of reports, letters and proposals relating to the objects and government of the Society and the publication of the Philosophical Transactions, lists of papers submitted, and names of fellows and members of the co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1662-1765
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 46959 A

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Add MS 46959 A
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Vol. XL A (ff. i+237). March-July 1682. William Joseph Cooper, attorney, of Dublin: Correspondence, etc., with Sir J. Perceval: 1681-1686. includes: ff. 9-220b passim Edward Lloyd, steward of Perceval Irish estates: Correspondence, etc., with Sir J. Perceval: 1681-1686.ff. 15-233 passim W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mar 1682-Jul 1682
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 72898

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIX (ff. 138). Papers relating to scientific and educational institutions: Gresham College, the Royal Society, the Dublin Philosophical Society, philosophy, mathematics, education, etc.; 1575-1687. Most formerly Bowood Box H. 1. ff. 1-14. Papers concerning Petty's Gresham Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1690
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 89078

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Add MS 89078
Title:
Draft of the Declaration of Outlawry issued upon Napoleon Bonaparte and letters relating to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Volume containing the following letters and documents relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington: 1.) Letter addressed to Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington from the French Commissionaire of War relating to a complaint against an English officer from the 30th Reg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1813-1854
Extent:
1 volume