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Name Addison, Joseph, dramatist and essayist

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Vol. I (ff. 348). A-C. includes: ff. 1-14 Lancelot Addison, Dean of Lichfield: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Fr. ff. 9b, 15 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Biographical notices: 18th cent.: Fr. and Engl. f. 17 Reverend Michael Ainsworth, Master of Cornhampton School: Biographical no...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

2. Add MS 4225

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Vol. V. (ff. 111). Miscellaneous, but chiefly prominent historical figures. In narrative form, in Birch's autograph. includes: f. 1 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham d 1483: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 5 Henry VII of England: Biographical notice of Qu. Elizabeth: 18th cent. f. 9 He...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

3. Add MS 4281

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Vol. I (ff. 371). A-B. includes: f. 1 J. Abbadie, valet de chambre: Letter to P. Desmaizeaux: 1718.: Fr. f.2 John Abbadie, Secretary to Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1721: Letter to P. Desmaizeaux: circ. 1720. f. 4 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letter to P. Desmaizeaux: 171...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
1706-1741
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1 item

4. Add MS 4456

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Vol. I (ff. 215). (1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; follo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

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Vol. I, ff. 243 includes: f. 1 Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley; 2nd Earl of Berkeley (1698); Envoy to the Hague: Letter to J. Swift: 1709. ff. 3, 15, 17, 19, 25, 30 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters to J. Swift: 1708-1718. ff. 5, 7, 8 Anthony Henley, politician: Letters to J. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1733
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1 item

6. Add MS 4805

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Vol. II, ff. 210 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1729. includes: ff. 2, 11 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to C. Ford: 1714. f. 7 Robert Freind, DD, Head Master of Westminster School: Letter to J. Swift: 1715. ff. 9, 13, 23, 63, 75, 87 Mary Butler...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1738
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1 item

7. Add MS 15867

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VOL. II.-Office Letters to James Dayrolle at Geneva, from Mr. (afterwards Sir Paul) Methuen, Secretary of State, 9 July, 1716-4 Apr. 1717, fr. 1, 4, 7, 10-14, l9;-Letters to the same, from Robert Pringle, Under-Secretary, 16 July, 15 Nov. 1716, 7 Jan.-17 Jan. 171 6/7, If. 2, 6, 8, 9;-Copy of S...
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English
Date Range:
1716-1729
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1 item

8. Add MS 21110

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ORIGINAL assignment by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele to Samuel Buckler of half the copies of the first seven volumes of the Spectator, for the sum of £575, with their signatures; dated "at the Fountain Tavern in the Strand, 10 Nov. 1712." On the back of the leaf is the original assignment of his right by Samuel Buckley to Jacob Tonson, jun., of London, for £500; dat. 13 Oct. 1714. Paper. Folio.
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Jacob Tonson, Publisher: Agreement with S. Buckley, for the Spectator: 1714. Sir Richard Steele: Agreement with S. Buckley for the Spectator: 1712. Newspapers; Great Britain and Ireland. The Spectator: Agreements of J. Addison and R. Steele with S. Buckley, and of S. Buckley with J. Tonson, fo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1712-13 Oct 1714
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1 item

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ORIGlNAL correspondence of John Colbatch, D.D., Chaplain to the British Factory at Lisbon, Rector of Orwell, and Professor of Moral Theology at Cambridge; 1695-1740. The writers are: P[aul] Methuen [afterwards K.B., British Envoy at Lisbon]; 13 Sept. [1695], f. 6. M[ichael] Geddes [LL.D., Chance...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1695-1740
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10. Add MS 37349

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Vol. II. (ff. 312). 3 Nov. (N.S.), 1702-12 Mar. (N.S.), 1703. Bishops of Passau: John Philip, Count von Lamberg, Cardinal. Decrees and ters of, as Principal Commissary at the Diet of Ratisbon: 1702. Bavaria, Elector Duke of. Maximilian Maria Emanuel: Acts and letters of: 1702-1703. Sir Charle...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1703
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1 item