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1. Add MS 70839-70854

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Add MS 70839-70854
Title:
MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Correspondence chiefly relating to the history of the British Museum, collected by Mrs. Barbara S. McCrimmmon; 1638-1956, n.d. English, French, German and Italian. Included are some portraits and photographs, etc. Where possible, arrangements of the material at a detailed level made by Mrs. McCrimmon have been maintained, and lists made by Mrs. McCrimmon are mounted in some of the volumes. Presented by the American Trust for the British Library, 17 Sept. 1991. Paper. ...
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Barbara Smith McCrimmon, bibliographer: Correspondence rel. to the British Museum, collected by Barbara Smith McCrimmon: 1638-1956, n.d: Partly French, Germ., Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1638-1956
Extent:
16 items

2. Add MS 79526

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Add MS 79526
Title:
JAY TREATY: list of papers related to 277 captured naval vessels prepared in accordance with the treaty negotiated by John Jay and Lord Grenville between the United States of America and Great Britain; 1794-1795. Signed by Samuel Bayard and John Trumbull. The treaty, which exacerbated the divisions between the Federalists and the nascent Republican party (who believed it offered too many concessions to Britain), preserved peace between Britain and America until 1812 and provided the basis ...
Scope & Content:
Treaties: John Jay, US diplomatist: George III of England: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: British America, and United States: Navy; England: United States of America. Navy of: American Trust for the British Library: List of American naval claims related to the Jay Tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1795
Extent:
1 item