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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Sloane MS 1-4100 Name James VI, of Scotland, of Add MS 72890

1. Sloane MS 78

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Sloane MS 78
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Medicine. Botanical: De viribus Benedictæ Caryophyllatæ, Persicariæ et Symphyti: 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-22 Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel (1641): Papers relating to his violent death in the Tower: 1683. ff. 23-42 Juan Lopez de Tapia, Secretary to the Junta of Guipuzcoa: Acts of the Junta se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Sloane MS 203

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Sloane MS 203
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John Downes, MD, Physician to St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals: Medical collections: 1640-1695. includes: f. 1 Thomas Croyden, MD of Padua; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge: Letter to J. Abdy: circ. 1647. ff. 1, 4, 5 Sir John Abdy: Correspondence, as Joseph Kent, with Dr. Croyden: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1640-1695
Extent:
1 item

3. Sloane MS 755

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Sloane MS 755
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Spain, General: Discourse touching, by Sir F. Bacon: 17th cent. James VI of Scotland: Discourse touching, by Sir F. Bacon: 17th cent. Netherlands, United Provinces: Discourse touching "Inferior Germany" by Sir F. Bacon: 17th cent. Elizabeth I of England: Discourse touching, by Sir F. Bacon: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Sloane MS 857

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Sloane MS 857
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Glasses Drinking: Drawings and measurements: 1667-1671. John Greene, Citizen and Glass-Seller of London: Papers and letters relating to the Glass-Sellers' Company: 1670-1690. London; COMPANIES, LIVERY. GLASS-SELLERS COMPANY: Papers relating to the glass manufacture and the Company of Glass-sel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1667-1690
Extent:
1 item

5. Sloane MS 1008

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Sloane MS 1008
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Ireland: Letters and papers of Dr. E. Borlase, relating chiefly to the Rebellion of 1641.: 1608-1682. Edmund Borlase, MD, of Chester: Letters and papers, chiefly rel. to the Rebellion in Ireland: in 1641, late 17th cent. includes: f. 1 London PARISHES AND LOCALITIES: Royal letter to the Bisho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1608-1682
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 1009/1

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Sloane MS 1009/1
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Collection of miscellaneous papers, including the Memoriale Credencium; Reclusorium Anime; Three Workings on Man's Soul; Geoffrey Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus; Speculum sacerdotis; Computacio daniele prophete sive sompniale; Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus et lapidibus; Astrological tracts; Correspondence of Gédéon Bonnivert; Collection of puzzles with cards and dice in French; Gédéon Bonnivert, L'A. B. C. du Monde; De virtutibus herbarum; Marcus Tullius Cicero, De officiis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first part of a large collection of miscellaneous texts, tracts, and letters that may have been gathered by Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), and is now divided in two parts. The second part is Sloane MS 1009/2. The collection contains a large number of early modern it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Sloane MS 1786

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Sloane MS 1786
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Sloane 1786 Paper, in folio, ff. 191, XVII Century. 1. A table of the contents of the first part of the MS. as far as fol. 99. f. 1. 2. Account of the death of Queen Elizabeth with her declaration of her successor. ff. 3b-5. 3. The manner of the sickness and death of Prince Henry, son of Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Sloane MS 1856

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Sloane MS 1856
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Sloane 1856 Paper, in 4to., ff. 73, XVII Century; bound with Nos. 326 & 3906. 1. 'A discourse of Mr. Oliver St. John's affirming that thes kind of benevolence demanded is against law, reason and religion,' addressed to 'the Right Worsh. Mr. Mayor of Marleborow.' f. 1. 2. A fragment of a d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Sloane MS 1983 B

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Sloane MS 1983 B
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Sloane 1983 B Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 99, Sec. XVII. 1. 'The names of the Gresham Committee.' f. 1. 2. 'Generall accompt of the Receipts and Issues of the Public Revenue, Taxes, etc., from Michaelmas 1691 to Michaelmas 1692.' f. 2. 3. Stanzas upon Law, Physic and Divinity. f. 4. Begin: — ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 3199

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Sloane MS 3199
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James IV of Scotland: Transcripts by Dr. R. Gray of original State papers, from 1513 to 1603, relating to Scottish History: 18th cent. Robert Gray, MD, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Papers relating to Scottish history, 1513-1603, collected by: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2, 6 Mary of Scotland: Proclam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item