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Name Halley, Edmund, FRS, astronomer

1. Add MS 4222

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Vol. II (ff. 274). D-L. includes: f. 1 Sir Robert Dallington, Master of the Charterhouse: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 2 Edmund Dickenson, d 1707 MD: Biographical notices: 18th cent. f. 3 Publius Cornelius DolabeIla, Roman general; d. 44 BC: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 4 Horatius ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

2. Add MS 4292

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Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-18th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from the originals among Bishop Gibson's MSS. in Lam...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 4478 B

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BIRCH MISCELLANEA. Miscellaneous papers, mainly copies of letters and other writings (in Birch's autograph with the exception of artt. 1-3, and 12), viz.:- (1) A preface in defence of Moses being the first to use alphabetical characters in writing; in a very shaky hand, attributed in the tabl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

4. Add MS 23102

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MISCELLANEOUS original letters of eminent foreigners, principally Frenchmen; 1558-[circa 1840]. The writers are: 1. Count F[rancesco] Algarotti to General , concerning David Garrick; Pisa, 5 Mar. 1764. Fr. f. 6. 2. [Henri François] D'Aguesseau [Chancellor of France] to [Guillaume] de Lamoignon...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1558-[c 1840]
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1 item

5. Add MS 24982

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MEMOIRS, etc., relating to the English and French possessions in America and the West Indies. Fr. viz.:- 1. "Memoire politique sur l'administration du Gouvernement de la Martinique, avec des Reflexions Militaires sur sa prise par les Anglois en 17[62], avec une Description Historique des autres jsles qui appartieunent à sa Majest6 et aux autres Puissances. Par M. *****." f. 4. 2. "Estat présent des Isles et Territoires du Roy d'Anglelterre en Amerique. . . . .avec les cartes de chaque pla...
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West Inches: Memoirs on the French and English possessions: 18th cent.: Fr. France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs relating to possessions in America and the W. Indies: 18th cent.: Fr. Colonies British: Papers relating to settlements in America and the West Indies, 17th: 18th cent...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

6. Add MS 30221

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COLLECTION relating to naval matters, copied from the papers of Samuel Pepys:- 1. Observations on the Dominion and Sovereignty of the Seas, by Sir Philip Meadows, with papers and extracts by the Masters of the Trinity House, Sir L. Jenkins, Sir R. Raines, Sir W. Monson, Sir R. Slingsby and oth...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 30368

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1. JOURNALS Of two voyages in the South Atlantic Ocean, in H.M. Pink " Paramore," for the discovery of the variation of the compass, by Edmund Halley, Commander; 20 Oct. 1698-11 July, 1699, and 16 Sept. 1699-10 Sept. 1700. The first Journal is signed. ff. 1, 10. 2. " A Journall of a Voiage in his Matties Pink, The Paramore: for discovery of the Course of the Tides in the Channell of England. By Edmond Halley, Commander., Anno 1701." Hologr. f. 37. Paper; ff. 47. Folio.
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Voyages and Travels: Scientific voyages of E. Halley in the S. Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel: 1698-1701. Edmund Halley, FRS; astronomer: Scientific voyages in the S. Atlantic and English Channel: 1698-1701. includes: ff. 1, 10 Compass, Mariner's: E. Halley's voyages for the discovery...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1698-1701
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1 item

8. Add MS 72899

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G. Verse Petty Papers. Vol. L. Verse by Petty and others, followed by a group of miscellaneous papers; circa 1664-1686, 1728 and n.d. With a list of contents (f. i) by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, and two labels by James Matthews, 'Sir William Petty's poetical Amusements (29)' (f. ii) and 'Mi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1659-1728
Extent:
1 item

9. Egerton MS 2231

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Egerton MS 2231
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CORRESPONDENCE of John Aubrey, F.R.S.; 1662-1695 copied from the original letters in the Bodleian Library. Those of Aubrey are all addressed to Anthony Wood, 1682-1692, ff. 113- 146; except one to Elias Ashmole, 22 July, 1684, f. 89. Paper; early xixth cent. Small Quarto.
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John Aubrey, FRS; antiquary and naturalist: Correspondence with Anthony Wood and others: 1662-1695.: Copies. Anthony à Wood, d 1695 antiquary: Correspondence with J. Aubrey: 1667-1695.: Copies. includes: ff. 1-39, 108 John Ray, Botanist: Letters to J. Aubrey: 1676-1695.: Copies.ff. 40-63 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662-1695
Extent:
1 item

10. Egerton MS 2334

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Egerton MS 2334
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MISCELLANEOUS English autograph letters:- A. Benjamin Charles Incledon to George Robbins; Ipswich, 15 Feb. 1816, f. 1. B. 1. Joseph Salvador to Charles Macklin; London, 6 Feb. 1761, f. 3. 2. Edmond Malone to his father; Avignon, 3 Dec. 1766, f. 5. 3. "Proposals [of Charles Macklin] to George Colman, Esq., and the other Managers of Covent Garden Theatre; " n.d., f. 7. 4. Charles Macklin [to George Colman]; n.d. With a portrait. f. 9. 5. Maria Macklin to [the same]; 25 Mar. 1774, f. ...
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includes: f. 1 Benjamin Charles Incledon, Vocalist: Letter to G. Robbins: 1816. f. 3 Joseph Salvador, FRS: Letter to C. Macklin: 1761. f.5 Edmund Malone: Letter to his father: 1766. f. 7 Charles Macklin: Proposals to the managers of Covent Garden Theatre: n.d. f. 7 London Theatres: Proposals of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1699-1841
Extent:
1 item