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Name White, Gilbert, Reverend of Selbourne

1. Add MS 31846-31851

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" THE Naturalist's Journal ": the printed tabulated annual diaries, edited by the Hon. Daines Barrington; with records of the barometer, thermometer, wind, and weather, and remarks relating to gardening, agriculture, and natural history, entered from day to day by Gilbert White, of Selborne; 1768-1793. Six volumes. At the beginning of vol. i. White has written "The gift of the Honourable Mr. Barrington, the Inventer." With the book-plate of George Soaper. Oblong Folio.
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Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: Entries in the Naturalist's Journal: 1768- 1793.: Autogr. Natural History: Notes by G. White, of Selborne: 1768-1793. Diaries and Memoranda: Naturalist's diary of G. White of Selborne: 1768-1793. Hon Daines Barrington: The Naturalist's Journal: 1768-1793....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1793
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6 items

2. Add MS 31852

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FOURTEEN original letters (with two fragments) from Gilbert White to the Hon. Daines Barrington; 6 July, 1769-8 July, 1773, 13 June, 1777, and 22 Apr. 1780. All but three are printed in Professor Bell's edition of White's Natural History of Selborne, 1877, vol. i. pp. 113 sqq., under the numbers i., ii., iii. and iv. (one letter in the original), v., vi. (fragment), vii., viii., ix., xi.-xiii. (one letter), xiv., xv., xlix. and L. (one letter) ; but they differ from the printed text, someti...
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Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: Letters to Hon. D. Barrington: 1769-1780. Hon Daines Barrington: Letters to, from G. White of Selborne: 1769-1780.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1769-22 Apr 1780
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35138

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THIRTY LETTERS of the Rev. Gilbert White to Thomas Pennant, containing the original form of most of the first part of the Natural History of Selborne (which comprises 44 letters to Pennant and 65 to Daines Barrington, cf. Add. MS. 31,852); 10 Aug. 1767-8 July, 1773. The majority of the letters are originals with Pennant's endorsements, but some appear to be autograph drafts or copies with preliminary corrections by the author for the edition and also suggestions, in pencil, by another hand, ...
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Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: Letters to T. Pennant: 1767-1773. Selborne, Southampton: Letters on the Natural History of, by Gilbert White: 1767-1773. Thomas Pennant, FRS; naturalist: Letters to, from Gilbert White: 1767-1773. includes: ff. 45-54 Gibraltar: Letters on the zoology of,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1767-8 Jul 1773
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35139

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GARDEN-KALENDAR of Gilbert White for the years 1751-1767. These are the earlier volumes of the same series used by Aikin in printing the Naturalist's Calendar (1795), which he extracted from the journals of 1768-1793 (Add. MSS. 31,846-31,851). The bulk of the Kalendar is a diary of operations in the garden at Selborne, especially on growing melons and cucumbers, but there are also notes on the weather and materials for the Naturalist's Kalendar, especially in the latter part of the 1765 diar...
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Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: Garden Calendar: 1751, 1767. Selborne, Southampton: Calendar of Gilbert White's Garden: 1751-1767. includes: f. 19 Thomas White, brother of Gilbert White: Entries by, in G. White's Garden Calendar: post 1751. f. 22 Reverend John White, brother of Gilbert ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1751
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 54226

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Vol. III (ff. 226). P - Y. includes: f. 1 William Paley, Archdeacon of Carlisle: Letter to the Rev. A. Youle: 1795. f. 3 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Letter to — Thomson: 1836. f. 4 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Letter to(?) Lord Cla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century-1909
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 61824

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GILBERT WHITE: 'The third Book of Tully de Oratore'; June-Oct. 1741. Holograph translation. Owned by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. (his monogramed book-label pasted inside the portfolio). Purchased at Houghton's sale, Christie's, 12 June 1980, lot 532. Paper; ff. 49. 260 x 210mm. Binding of paper covers inscribed 'at Selborn nea[r] Alton'. Kept in a portfolio and slip-case of green cloth by James MacDonald, of New York.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: De Oratore, Book 3, by Cicero, transl. by Rev. Gilbert White: 1741: Engl. transl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1741-Oct 1741
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 62937

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GILBERT WHITE OF SELBOURNE: Sermon on the text, 'For Godly sorrow worketh repentence to Salvation' (2 Cor. 7:10); circa 1757. Autograph. Included (f. 1, 9v) are lists in White's hand of places, Farringdon and Selbourne occurring most frequently, and dates from 11 Sept. 1757 to 17 June 1792, indicating where and when he delivered this sermon. Later amendments and additions, as also notes showing that the sermon was used on further occasions between 1814 and 1826, were probably the work of Whi...
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Reverend Glyd White, Curate of Ewelme: Adaptations to sermon of Rev. Gilbert White: 1814-1826. Sermons: Reverend Gilbert White, of Selbourne: Sermon by G. White of Selbourne: circa 1757: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1757
Extent:
1 item