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Name Mennes, John, Admiral

1. Add MS 38849

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Add MS 38849
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HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 327). Pepys and Danby papers, viz. : A. Pepys Papers, including, besides letters addressed to Samuel Pepys, other letters and papers gathered together by Mr. Hodgkin as illustrative of passages in Pepys's Diary; 1661-1681 and undated. Several are marked as being from...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1661-1691
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1 item

2. Add MS 47111

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Add MS 47111
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EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CXCII (ff. i+169). Egmont MS. 255. Commonplace book of Sir John Perceval, 1st Bart., probably compiled while at Magdalene College, Cambridge; 1646-1649, n.d. The chief contents are poems, mostly with no indication of authorship, as listed below. In addition, at ff. 92-168 (re...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1646-1649
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1 item

3. Add MS 54224

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Add MS 54224
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Vol. I (ff. 270). A - G. includes: f. 1 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter to A. Panizzi: 1856. f. 3 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Letter to A. Jones: 1840. f. 4 General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle: T...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16th century-1909
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1 item

4. Add MS 61484

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Add MS 61484
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Vol. CCCLXXXIV (ff. 235). (1) Orders, etc., from Charles II, mostly concerning Irish troops in French service, 1656-1658; including (ff. 5-8) two copies (one signed by Charles) of a paper by Digby concerning preparations for an expedition to England. ff. 1-14b. (2) Memorials, etc., exchanged...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1649-1664
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1 item

5. Sloane MS 228

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Sloane MS 228
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includes: ff. 1-23 Art. Treatises: Directions for portrait painting: circ. 1650. ff. 24-36 James Smith, Canon of Exeter: Poems: 17th cent. ff. 24-36 Admiral Sir John Mennes: Extracts from his poems: 17th cent. f. 182 Caius Plinius Secundus: Secretum Secretorum: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 1394

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Sloane MS 1394
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Sloane 1394 Paper, in 4to, ff. 287, XVII century. 1. A description of the island of Jamaica (by Richard Blome?) ff. 1-28. Printed, but in a different order, London, 1672. 2. Anonymi tractatus, qui intitulatur, "Colloquii de peccato Originali inter quosdam Theologos habiti succincta, ut a col...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

7. Sloane MS 1489

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Sloane MS 1489
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Sloane 1489 Paper, 12mo, ff. 59, XVII century. A miscellaneous collection of jests, stories, reparties, etc., in prose and verse, written apparently in 1627, by someone who was connected with Cambridge. Among these the following may be specified:- 1. 'The triming of Tom Nashe,' f. 2, Begin:-...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

8. Sloane MS 1792

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Sloane MS 1792
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Sloane 1792 Paper, in 12mo, ff. 143, XVII Century. 1. ''Sir H. Wotton, on the Lady Elizabeth when she was first crowned Queen of Bohemia.'' f. 2. Begin: — ''Ye glorious trifles of the East.'' Printed in the Parnassus Biceps, London, 1656, p. 34; and given in a very imperfect form in the Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

9. Sloane MS 2023

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Sloane MS 2023
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Sloane 2023 Chartaceus, in Octavo, ff. 80, Sec. XVII. Loci communes medicinales. ff. 1-80. At f. 58b. are some satirical verses on Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, beginning 'Poor Pylott thou arte like to loose thy pincke.' And at f. 59 are verses by Sir John Suckling being a censure of a far...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item