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71. Kings MS 69

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Kings MS 69
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'OBSERVATIONS on the Police or Civil Government of Westminster; to which is annexed a plan of reform, earnestly recommended to the consideration of the inhabitants of that city', by Edward Sayer; n.d. [not before 1780, see f. 26]. Printed in 1784 with three appendices, the heads of which only ar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784
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1 item

72. Kings MS 70

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Kings MS 70
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RULES, orders and instructions for the future government of the Office of the Ordnance', drawn up by command of King Charles II in 1683, with (f. 43) 'An establishment of the annual payments and allowances' to the officers. Followed (f. 45) by 'Additions and amendments to the foregoing instructi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1683
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1 item

73. Kings MS 71

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Kings MS 71
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'RIGHT OF ELECTORS determined by the House': extracts from the journals of the House of Commons recording the resolutions of the House made, as the results of disputed elections, to settle electoral franchises for the various boroughs and counties of England, Wales, and Scotland. The extracts, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

74. Kings MS 72

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Kings MS 72
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'A REMONSTRANCE to the Yeomanry of England': a political pamphlet addressed to the middle classes, condemning the principle of perpetual exclusion of a member from Parliament, but arguing against petitions to the King or the Lords for immediate dissolution, and advising against Wilkes's re-elect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1770
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1 item

75. Kings MS 73

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Kings MS 73
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RETURN by the South Sea Company to an order of [James] Stanhope, Secretary of State, 21 [Feb. 171,4/5, for [ a full and distinct account of all the proceedings of the court ... relating to trade from the first time of their institution [1711]'. Followed by a 'summary of the whole' (f. 73), where...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1715
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1 item

76. Kings MS 74

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Kings MS 74
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'THE HUMBLE PROPOSAL of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to the House of Commons for discharging the national debts; 27 Jan. 1719[20]. The rival tender of the South Sea Company, which was accepted, is printed in the Journals of the House of Commons for 2 Feb. 17 19/20 and the sche...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1720
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1 item

77. Kings MS 75

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Kings MS 75
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TRANSCRIPTS of treaties relating to the supply of foreign auxiliaries for the service of Great Britain abroad; 1702-1755. The contents are:- 1. Convention of Great Britain and the States General of the United Provinces with [Frederick I,] Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, for the supply of Hessian tro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

78. Kings MS 76

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Kings MS 76
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TRANSCRIPT of the Barrier Treaty, between the Emperor [Charles VI], Great Britain, and the United Provinces; 15 Nov. 1715. French. Printed in Dumont's Corps Diplomatique, 1731, tom. viii, pt. i, p. 458. Paper; ff. 25. Folio. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

79. Kings MS 77

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Kings MS 77
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Abridgement of Book 1, ch. 1, 2.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

80. Kings MS 77-79

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Kings MS 77-79
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ABRIDGEMENTS of parts of the 'Commentaries on the Law of England of William (afterwards Sir William) Blackstone, Vinerian Professor of Law at Oxford. Neatly transcribed, for the most part (all except the first half of 79) in one hand. Taken apparently from the first edition (1765), not from the lectures as delivered at Oxford.. Paper; ff. 23, 27, 50. Quarto. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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3 items