Name: Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/2356861 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4317
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XVIII (ff. 309). P-R. includes: ff. 1-7 Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath: Letters to T. Birch: 1743-1753. f. 8 Reverend George Porter: Letter to T. Birch: 1758. f. 10 John Porter, brother of Sir James Porter: Letter to T. Birch: 1755. ff. 12-24 Margaret Bentinek, wife of William Bentinck:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1735-1766
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 17521
Title:: 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.]
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 18850
Title:: Book of Hours (the 'Bedford Hours')
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours of the use of Paris, known as the 'Bedford Hours'. The manuscript was produced in several phases. Its first owner, probably a member of the French royal family, remains untraced, but Louis (d. 1415), duke of Guyenne and dauphin of France, has been suggested as a possible candidate ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1410-1430
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32703
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. xviii.(ff. 523) Home Correspondence May-Dec. 1744. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Diplomatic. includes: ff. 3, 96, 136, 266 John Bristowe: Correspondence with the Duke of Newcastle: 1740-1753. f. 5 Edward Chandler, Bishop...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: May 1744-Dec 1744
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32704
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. xi-x. (ff. 551). Home Correspondence Jan.-July, 1745. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Diplomatic. includes: ff. 1, 60, 137, 368, 394 Dr William Barnard, Bishop successively of Raphoe and Derry: Correspondence with the Duke...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1745-Jul 1745
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32713
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. xxviii.(ff. 633). Home Correspondence Sept.-Dec. 1747. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Diplomatic. includes: ff. 1, 217 Right Hon Henry Fox, MP, afterwards 1st Baron Holland; Secretary at War; Paymaster of the Forces: Corr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Sep 1747-Dec 1747
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 32721
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. xxxvi. (ff. 504). Home Correspondence June, July, 1750. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Diplomatic. includes: f. 1 Sir Anthony Wescombe, 2nd Baronet: Letter to the Duke of Newcastle: 1750. ff. 3, 7, 17, 47, 73, 85, 145, 16...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jun 1750-Jul 1750
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35619
Title:
Scope & Content:: (XV. ff. 321). Jan.-Sept. 1782. George Aust, Under Secretary: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1778-1789. includes: ff. 3, 41 Mary Darcy, wife of Robert, 6th Earl of Holdernesse: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1782-1784. ff. 5, 17, 31, 33, 47, 71, 98, 206. 222, 278,295, 303, 310 Miss Ma...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1782-Sep 1782
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35620
Title:
Scope & Content:: (XVI. ff. 321). Oct. 1782-July, 1783. includes: ff. 1, 9, 18, 45, 54, 71, 126, 127, 134, 145, 148-150, 167, 168, 172, 237, 253, 274, 281, 285, 294, 296, 311 George Aust, Under Secretary: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1778-1789. ff. 2, 220, 222, 266, 267, 269 J- Galloway: Letters to the 2n...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Oct 1782-Jul 1783
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 35622
Title:
Scope & Content:: (XVIII. ff. 335). Jan.-Aug. 1784. includes: ff. 1, 236, 272 Sir William Henry Ashhurst, Justice of the King's Bench: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1780-1785. ff. 3-245 passim Miss Margaret Jeffreys: Letters to the 2nd Lord Hardwicke: 1764-1787. ff. 5, 38, 48, 90, 109, 123, 150, 250, 261, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: Jan 1784-Aug 1784
Extent:: 1 item

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