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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9704
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Scope & Content:: BANKS, Sir Joseph. Autograph Letter Signed, written on behalf of the Committee of the African Association, to Perkins Magra, British Consul at Tunis, about Friedrich Hornemann, a young German explorer employed by the Association. Creation dates: Apr 1800
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jun 2010
Extent:: 4 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9705
Title:
Scope & Content:: MONBODDO, James Burnett, Lord. AUSTRALIA. Letter Signed from James Burnett Lord Monboddo in Edinburgh to a recipient (possibly Bernard de Jussieu) concerning the lack of language among aborigines of Australia (New Holland). Bonhams, 17809, 08 June 2010, Lot 161. Creation dates: Jul 1765
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 7 Jul 2010
Extent:: 3 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9706
Title:
Scope & Content:: MARITIME HISTORY. HOWE, Richard, Earl Howe (1726-1799). Admiral Lord Howe's observations on the report of the Board of Artillery regarding experiments at sea with the lessening of gunpowder, signed by Howe and eight other Admirals, Oct 1790, together with an engraved portrait of Howe. Creation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Jun 2010
Extent:: 6 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9707
Title:
Scope & Content:: ILLUMINATION. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being moral and theological treatises written by the one-eyed scribe Peter Meghen for Christopher Urswick, Almoner to Henry VII, [probably London]. Christie's, 7854, 02 June 2010, Lot 209. Creation dates: 1502
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15 Jun 2010
Extent:: 3 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9708
Title:
Scope & Content:: BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, use of Rome, including 3 full-page miniatures depicting Pentecost, the Annunciation, and the Pièta , southern Netherlands (perhaps Bruges). Sotheby's, L10240, 06 July 2010, Lot 39. Creation dates: Circa 1475 - 1485
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 9 Jul 2010
Extent:: 4 colour prints

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9709
Title:
Scope & Content:: SOUTHEY, Robert. Autograph manuscript of a poem addressed to his daughter, Edith May, on her marriage to John Wood Warter. Creation dates: [1834]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jul 2010
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9710
Title:
Scope & Content:: REFORM BILL. Manuscript letter 'To the Ladies assembled in council in Political conversations at the Rectory Halstead', addressed to Matilda rochfort of Agnes Hall, being a satirical poem mocking the Reform Bill. Creation dates: Oct 1831
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jul 2010
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9711
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Scope & Content:: HASTINGS, Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826). Autograph Letter Signed to the Earl of Wigtown. Creation dates: Apr 1796
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jul 2010
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9712
Title:
Scope & Content:: WOLLASTON, William Hyde (1766-1828). Collection of 8 Autograph Letters written by the scientist William Hyde Wollaston to his friend E H Lushington, on scientific, medical and personal matters. Creation dates: Apr 1809 - Nov 1828
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Jul 2010
Extent:: 29 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9713
Title:
Scope & Content:: STEVENS, John (circa 1662 - 1726). IRELAND - BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. Volume of Autograph Manuscripts by the Jacobite author and soldier Captain John Stevens, including his journal of the Boyne campaign, and various travel journals of journeys in Europe. Bonhams, 17809, 08 June 2010, Lot 148. See a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Jun 2010
Extent:: Microfilm (2 reels)

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