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Name George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760

11. 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
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

12. Add MS 4457

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Vol. II. (ff. 231). (1) 'Ere You Read this now You'll Suppose'; song (8 x 5 lines). f. 1. (2) Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Wynn, beg. 'Stay, reader, and with deep concern'. Two versions. ff. 2-3. (3) The Epilogue to Don Carlos, by T. Otway; 1676. f. 4. (4) 'These smiles bestow'd, these genrous H...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1595-18th century
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1 item

13. Add MS 4483

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Vol. V (ff. 130). includes: f. 113 County of Cornwall: List of livings in the gift of the crown: early 18th cent. ff. 118-120 Thomas Madox, d 1727 Historiographer Royal: Accompts for work by, for the Prince of Wales: 1716-1717. ff. 118-120 George II of England: Accounts for copying work done f...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716-1717
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 12099

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AUTOGRAPHS OF MODERN STATESMEN, etc., viz. : Letter from Robert Harley (afterwards Earl of Oxford) to [James Butler] Duke of Ormond, dat. Whitehall, 4 Sept. 1704; attached is a ticket of admission to the Earl's trial in 1717 ;-Letter from the same to the same, dat. Whitehall, 4 March, 170-6/7 ;-...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1806
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 14929

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MISCELLANEOUS Papers, Poems in Welsh and English, and Correspondence of Lewis Morris. Among them may be specified the following:- A system of sea and river shells, f. 1 b.;-Letters from David Lewis to L. Morris, relative to British literature and antiquities, 1745-6, ff. 6. 14;- Letters from...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
1618-1780
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 15599

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AUTOGRAPH COPY Of the message of the Duchess of Queensbury [Lady Catherine Hyde, second daughter of Henry, Earl of Clarendon, and wife of Charles, Third Duke of Queensbury], to the King [George II.], on being forbidden the Court; dat. 27 Feb. 1728/9. Quarto. Presented by a granddaughter of a sister of the Duchess of Queensbury. [ 15,599]
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George II of England: The Duchess of Queensberry's message to the King: 1728. Catherine Douglas, wife of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry: Message to George II. on being forbidden the Court: 1729.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 15631

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COPIES of Privy Seal warrants to William, Lord Cowper, Lord Chancellor for making out patents of offices and other grants, 2 Geo. I. [1716], commencing with the Commission of the Prince of Wales, as Custos of the kingdom, during the King's absence, [4] July, 1716 and the grant to him of the principality of Wales and other lands, 6 July, 1716, f. 2 b. ;-Forms of legal instruments from documents dated at the end of the last century, f. 89. Folio. [l5,631]
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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper: Privy seal warrants to, for making out patents of office, etc.: 1716. includes: f. 2. b George II of England: Commission to him, when Prince of Wales, to be custos of the kingdom: 1716.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 15752

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CATALOGUE of King James the Second's collection of pictures, busts, etc., at Whitehall, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, etc. in 1687; taken from an original Ms. in the Earl of Oxford's Library [Harl. Ms. 1890, f. 45]; with notes and corrections by George Vertue and Horace Walpole, f. 1 ;-A Catalogue of the pictures, drawings, limnings, enamels, models in wax and ivory, carvings, etc., at Kensington, in the Queen's Closet next to the Bedchamber, described by G [eorge] V [ertue], 1745, f. 34;-P...
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Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Catalogue of the pictures of James II., with notes by him. George Vertue: Catalogue of James the Second's Pictures etc.: 1745. George II of England: Catalogues of pictures at Kensington, in the Queen's Closet 1743-1745, by G. Vertue.: 1743-1745. James II of Eng...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1687-1745
Extent:
1 item

19. 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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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716-1729
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 15868

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VOL. III.-Letter from Thomas Robinson (afterwards Lord Grantham), Envoy at Vienna, to J. Dayrolle, 30 Apr. 1730, f. 1 ;-Drafts of Letters from Solomon Dayrolle to his uncle, J. Dayrolle, dated "au camp de Muhlberg, en Saxe," 8, 28 June, 1730, Fr., ff. 2, 4;-Office Letters from [William Stanhope,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1730-1735
Extent:
1 item

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