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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 72850-72908 Name Wood, Robert, MD, FRS, mathematician Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 72850

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. I. General correspondence of Sir William Petty; 1649-1687. Including (f. ii) a list of contents by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, labels by James Matthews (ff. iii, 167), and annotations throughout by both. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 44-62, and for...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1649-1687
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1 item

2. Add MS 72858

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. IX. Letterbook, containing copies, in the hands of several amanuenses, of Petty's letters to various correspondents, including his Irish agents, John Rutter and Thomas Waller (whose letterbooks are Add. 72860-72862 below); also including some personal letters to Lady Petty, Jo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1672-20 Nov 1675
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1 item

3. Add MS 72879

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXX (ff. 119). Papers relating to Ireland; circa 1670-1675, n.d. Petty spent the years 1666-1673 and 1676-1685 in Ireland; for his proposals concerning the Irish revenue and trade in this and the following volume, see Barnard, 'Sir William Petty, Irish Landowner', in History a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1665-1676
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1 item

4. Add MS 72894

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLV (ff. ii + 94). 1. ff. 1-4. Part of a dedication to Charles II on ship-building; [1661]. Printed in Double Bottom, pp. 4-6. The original is Bodl. Lyell empt. 32, ff. 1-4. 2. ff. 5-10. Letter from Petty to Viscount Brouncker; 29 Oct. 1662. Printed from the archives of the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1686
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1 item

5. Add MS 72898

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIX (ff. 138). Papers relating to scientific and educational institutions: Gresham College, the Royal Society, the Dublin Philosophical Society, philosophy, mathematics, education, etc.; 1575-1687. Most formerly Bowood Box H. 1. ff. 1-14. Papers concerning Petty's Gresham Co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1690
Extent:
1 item

6. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1659-1728
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1 item

7. Add MS 72907

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. LVIII (ff. 177). 1. ff. 1-12. Transcript by Lord Lansdowne of Petty's Latin verse autobiographies in Add. 72899, ff. 30-37 above; early 20th cent. 2. ff. 13-20. Transcript of lease of St Margaret Lothbury, Add. Ch. 76982 A, below 20th cent. Typewritten. 3. ff. 21-46. Transc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1900-1940
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1 item