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Name Bird, John, mathematical instrument maker

1. Add MS 4301

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Add MS 4301
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Vol. II (ff. 375). B. includes: ff. 1-99 John Peter Bernard, d 1750 FRS; biographer: Letters to T. Birch: 1733-1742, n.d. ff. 100-1 16 John Bevis, MD; astronomer: Letters to T. Birch: 1752 1761. ff. 117-125 John Bird, mathematical instrument maker: Letters to T. Birch: 1755-1764. f. 126 Ann Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1733-1764
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 39822

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Add MS 39822
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PAPERS of Samuel Pepys, 1685/6-1695, and Larcum Kendall, 1765-1796, viz:- 1. Statements, dated 1688, Dec. 1689, 22 Aug. 1695, by Pepys in his cypher, concerning the birth of [James Francis Edward] Prince of Wales [the Old Pretender], on 10 June 1688, chiefly copied from Margaret Dawson's MS., now Add.MS.26657 , before the loss of some of its leaves and the original binding as described on ff.10, 20. The book was in Pepys's hands from 22-29 Aug. 1695. Cf. also Add. MS. 33286 and Depositions ...
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includes: ff. 1-23 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Cypher statements, decyphered, conc. birth of: 1688-1695. ff. 1-23 Cyphers: S. Pepys, cypher statements, decyphered, conc. birth of the Old Pretender: 1688-1695. ff. 1-23 Margaret Dawson, Gentlewoman of the Bedchamber ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1796
Extent:
1 item