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1. Add MS 11038

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A COLLECTION Of philological papers, consisting of copies of inscriptions in different parts of India;-Specimens of writing in European characters by Taddesee or Saganee Indians, in North America, with translations;-Specimen of writing by the native Indians of Newfoundland; -Impressions from two brasen tablets supposed to have been engraved in Egypt, and probably talismanic [See MS. Add. 10,608] ; - Alphabetum Judaico-Teutonicum ; - Charm, written in Hebrew on a strip of parchment ;-Bardic...
Scope & Content:
Writing: Specimens of writing, by different Indian tribes. Newfoundland: Specimeti of writing by the native Indians of. Inscriptions: Inscriptions in various parts of India. Indians of N. America and Newfoundland: Specimens of their writing. India: Copies of inscriptions, in different parts ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Hebrew
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 11287

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MAP of the Cantonment of the Forces in North America, 11th Oct. 1765 ; drawn on a scale of 100 miles to an inch. [11,287.]
Scope & Content:
Maps and Charts: Maps of the cantonment of the Foreet in North America: 1765, 1766. North America: Maps of the cantonments of the English forces in: 1765, 1766.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1765
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 11288

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MAP of the Cantonment of his Majesty's Forces in North America; taken from the general distribution dated at New York, 29th March, 1766. By Daniel Paterson, Assistant Quarter Master General. Drawn on a scale of 100 miles to an inch. [11,288.]
Scope & Content:
Daniel Paterson: Map of the cantonment of the English Forces in North America: 1766. Monastic Institutions: Institutiones Monasticæ vel Rituale [?] antiquo charactere Georgico exaratæ. Maps and Charts: Maps of the cantonment of the Foreet in North America: 1765, 1766. North America: Maps of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1766
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 11626

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Title:
RELATION of a Voyage made by Pierre Raddisson to the North parts of America, in the years 1682 and 1683. [See Sloane MS 3527.] Folio. [11,626.]
Scope & Content:
Pierre Raddison: Relation of a voyage to the north parts of America: 1682, 1683. North America: Voyage made by P. Raddisson to the north parts of America: 1682-1683.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1682-1683
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 14034

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COLLECTION of Papers of the Board of Trade, relating to the West Indies, America, Africa, and the Canaries, Drawings of the ground-plans of all the forts, batteries, and magazines in Barbadoes, with their names and number of guns, 1696, f. 1;-Papers relating to concessions of land, etc., in la Nouvelle France (including Acadic and Canada), 1630-1689, Fr., f. 24;-" Capitulation de Port Royal, 16 Aout, 1654," f. 76;-Report of the Board of Trade, relative to the trade of the Royal African Compa...
Scope & Content:
North America: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696-1786. Canary Islands: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696 1786. West India: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to: 1696-1786. Africa: Papers of the Board of Trade relating to the commerce of the African company, etc.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1786
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 14036

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COLORED MAPS of parts of America, collected by George Chalmers, namely, Plan of York Harbour, by Capt. Rogers, 1760, 2 ft. x I ft. 6 in. ;-Alap of New Hampshire and Maine, I ft. 3 in. x 12 in. Map of the Sea Coast of New England and Nova Scotia, colored to shew the limits of the various grants from the Crown (engraved), 1738 ;-Map of the southern Indian District, comprising the Carolinas, Georgia, and the country bordered by the Ohio and Mississippi, 1764, 1 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.; -Map ...
Scope & Content:
Henry Yonge: Map of Georgia: 1763. John Stuart: Map of the Cherokee country: 1680. Captain Rogers: Plan of York Harbour in America: 1760. State of Maine, America: Maps of. Nova Scotia, North America: Map of. New Hampshire: Map of. Georgia, U.S.A: Maps of. New England, America: Map of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1680-1763
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 14936

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MISCELLANEOUS Collections, by Richard Morris, relating to British History; transeripts of poems of Welsh Bards, etc., as follows:- ', A Catalogue of the British names of Plants, sent me by Robert Davyes, of Guissaney, in Flintshire," f. 6 b.;-Names of British cities, f. 8;-Ancient Welsh words,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1580-1774
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 15331

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A VOLUME of miscellaneous maps and plans of parts of Asia, Africa and America, viz. :- Cook's Voyage in 1772-1775 ;-Beauchamp, voyage en Mésopotamie, 1789 ;-Route near Babylon;-Partie méridionale de l'Inde, 1722;-Isle Formose, 1722;-Isles de Ponghou;-Pulo Pinan (two copies);-Canal entre lisle Monmouth et Bachie, 1769;-Engraved " Carte du Lac Menzaleh," with corrections and a tracing;-Rade de Funchal, 1734 (two copies) ;-North American Lakes (two maps);-Le Fleuve St. Laurent (two maps);-Mon...
Scope & Content:
Town of Monmouth: Plan du canal entre l'isle Monmouth et Bachie: 1769. Babylon: Map of a route near. Beauchamp: Map of his voyage: 1789. California, N. America: Map of. Bay of Conception, California: Map of. Captain James Cook: Map of his voyages: 1772-1775. Island of Formosa: Map of. Fun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1789
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 15483

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Title:
LISTS Of the Councils in the several Plantations in North America, with the names of the persons recommended to fill up the vacancies in the said Councils, 1703-1711. Folio. [15,483.]
Scope & Content:
North America: Lists of the Councils in the several plantations, etc.: 1703-1711. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1703-1711
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 15484

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Title:
DESCRIPTION Of the Ports in the different Provinces of North America, their trade, extent, etc.; drawn up about the year 1770. Folio. [15,484.]
Scope & Content:
North America: Description of the ports, their trade, etc.: 1770. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 item

11. Add MS 15485

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ACCOUNTS Of the exports and imports, with the number of vessels, their tonnage, etc., that have entered inwards and cleared outwards, in the several Provinces of North America, and its Islands, between 5th Jan. 1 768 and 5th Jan. 1769. Folio. [l5,485.]
Scope & Content:
North America: Accounts of the exports and imports, etc.: 1768. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1769
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 15486

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COPIES and drafts of Papers, consisting chiefly of Reports, with the opinions of the law officers of the Crown, relating to the Memorial of Samuel Shute, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in which he sets forth divers encroachments committed by the House of .Representatives in the general assembly of that Province on the King's Prerogative, 1720-1724. Folio. [15,486.]
Scope & Content:
Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay: Papers relating to his memorial, touching encroachments by the House of Representatives: 1720 1724. Massachusetts, North America: Papers relating to the Governor's memorial touching encroachments by the House of Representatives: 1720-1724. North Ame...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720-1724
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 15487

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Title:
COLLECTION Of Papers, chiefly original, relating to the settlement of the boundary line between the provinces of Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut ; with maps and surveys, 1735-1754. Folio. [15,487.]
Scope & Content:
Massachusetts, North America: Papers relating to its boundary line: 1735-1754. Connecticut, N. America: Papers relating to its boundary line: 1735-1754. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1735-1754
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 15488

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A VOLUME of Papers, manuscript and printed, relating to the case of the Kennebeck River, in the province of Maine, between the Brunswick Proprietors and the Plymouth Company, 1752-1762. Folio. [ 15,488.]
Scope & Content:
River Kennebeck, Maine: Papers relating to, in the case between the Brunswick Proprietors and the Plymouth Company: 1752-1762. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1762
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 15489

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PAPERs relating to Rumford and Suncook, in New Hampshire, 1729 -1762, f. 1 ;-Act for the settlement of estates of 'Intestates. New Hampshire, 1718, f. 19 ;-Case of John Sherburne, appt., and Samuel Sherburne, respt., 1762, (printed) f. 22 ;-Petition of John Usher, of New England, 1707, f. 24 ;-Two Letters relating to a grant of land in Massachusetts to the heirs of - Waldo, 1762, f. 26 ;-Case of the ship Jupiter, which was seized at Jamaica, 1754, f. 29 ;-Papers relating to Rhode Island, 176...
Scope & Content:
North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771. includes: f. 1 Suncook, New Hampshire: Papers relating to: 1729-1762. f. 1 Rumford, New Hampshire: Papers relating to: 1729-1762. f. 19 New Hampshire: Act for the settlement of estates of intestates there: 1718. f. 22 Samuel Sherbourne: Case of: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1707-1779
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 15490

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Title:
"NEW YORKE considered and improved, Anno Dni. 1695 ;" being an Account of the Province of New York, by John Miller, with a dedicatory Epistle to Henry [Compton] Lord Bishop of London; accompanied by two plans. Autograph. Small Quarto. [15,490.]
Scope & Content:
John Miller: Account of the province of New York; dedicated to the Bishop of London: 1695. Bible LATIN: Biblia sacra Latina, cum prologis S. Hieronymi etc. North America: Papers relating to: 1695-1771.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 15491

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Title:
PETITION of the Merchants and Citizens of Montreal to the King, against the Hon. James Murray, Governor of Quebec [l763-1766] ; -Brief of a case between Lieut.-Col. Gabriel Christie, appt., and Francis N. Knipe and John Le Quesne, respts., at Quebec, 1766 ;-Case of an appeal from Quebec, between Eleazar Levy, appt., and Dan. Robertson and others, respts., 1771 (printed). Folio. [15,491.]
Scope & Content:
Daniel Robertson: Suit with Eleazar Levy: 1771. John le Quesne: Suit with Gabriel Christie, at Quebec: 1766. General James Murray, Governor of Quebec and Minorca: Petition of the merchants of Montreal against: 1763-1766. Montreal: Petition of the citizens, against the Governor of Quebec: 1763...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1771
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 15535

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PLANS of military operations, in North America, etc. ; namely, of Fort Edward, 1755;-of Fort William Henry, and Camp at Lake George; -of the battle fought on the plains of Abraham, 13 Sept. 1759 ;-of Fort Niagara, and the attack made thereupon, July, 1759 ;-of Boston and its environs ;-of the attack of the French upon York, in Virginia, June, 1782 ;-of Pondicherry, drawn by Lieut. John Hoyman, 1770;-Bowles's engraved map of the United States, 1783, with a continuation of the boundary line, i...
Scope & Content:
Niagara: Plan of the fort and the attack made thereupon: 1759. York, Virginia: Plan of the attack of the French upon: 1782. Fort William Henry, North America: Plan of. Pondicherry, India: Plan of, by J. Hoyman: 1770. Lieutenant John Hoyman: Plan of Pondicherry: 1770. George, Lake, New York ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716-1783
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 15874

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VOL. IX.-Extract of Letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Messrs. Dayrolle and Mitchell, 16 Mar. 1752, Fr., f. 1 ;-Private Letters from the Earl of Holdernesse, Secretary of State, to S. Dayrolle, 20 Mar., 21 Apr. 1752, ff. 2, 28;-Private Letters from Col. Joseph Yorke (Resident at the Hague) to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1755
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 15903

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LETTERS and Papers, mostly Original, relating chiefly to the County of Norfolk, and, generally, to public events, between 1557 and 1732; viz.- Copy of the Signet to William, Lord Paget,of Beaudesert (Keeper of the Privy Seal), for a privy seal for the discharge of Sir Philip Hobye from sums forwarded to him in the year 1552, dat. St. James', 13 Sept., 4-5 Phil. and Mary, f 1 ;-" An inventarie of such plate as was delyvered to Sir Thomas Hobbie, Knight, Ambassador for the Quenes Majestie, Re...
Scope & Content:
John Tooly, Mayor of Norwich: Letters to him: 1644. County of Norfolk: Letters and Papers relating to: 1557-1732. includes: f. 1 Sir Philip Hoby: Discharge from sums forwarded to him: 1552. f. 3 Sir Thomas Hoby: Inventory of plate as Ambassador to France: 1566. f.5 Sir Edward Hoby: Petition f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1557-1732
Extent:
1 item

21. Add MS 16367 A-N

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Title:
MAPS and Plans in North America, etc, viz. Part of the coast of West Florida, by Lt.-Col. C. R. Forrest, 1815;-Lake Borgne and neighbouring islands, by Lt.-Col. C. R. Forrest, 1815;-Town of St. Augustin, with Anastasia Island, on the east coast of Florida; -Description, by C. L. Alexander, of the forts in Sackett's harbour, Lake Ontario, 1815;-Situation of the British and American forces after the affair of White Plains, 25 Oct. 1776 ;-Falmouth harbour, in Casco Bay, by Charles Blaseowitz, 1...
Scope & Content:
C - R - Forrest: Maps of part of Florida, and of Lake Borgne: 1815. Andrew Durnford: Map of attacks on the Havannah and Moro Fort. Charles Blascowitz: Map of Falmouth Harbour, Casco Bay: 1777. Antigua, West Indies: Map of Monk's Hill. North America: Maps of New York, Brooklyn, etc. North Am...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776-1815
Extent:
14 items

22. Add MS 16371 A-K

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Title:
MAPS AND PLANS belonging to the preceding collection, but of larger size, viz.: Map of Portsmouth Haven, Portsea Island, Hayling Island, and the adjoining country, drawn by La Favelure;-Two Plans of Portsmouth, the Dock, and Gosport; with the projects for extended fortifications, drawn by Sir Bernard de Gomme, 1665, 1668; -Plan of the " Royall Cittadelle of Plymouthe, made by Sir B. de Gomme, 1668;"-Plan and prospect of Carlisle, by Capt. Martin Beckman, 1672;-Chart of the coast of Kent, fro...
Scope & Content:
Carlisle, Cumberland: Plans, by Capt. Beckman: 1672. 1674. Martin Beckman, Captain: Plans of Carlisle: 1672, 1674. City of Tangier: Plan of the mole by Laur. Curbus: 1675. Portsmouth, Hampshire: Plans of Fortifications, by Sir B. de Gomme: 1665-1669. Plymouth, Devon: Plans of the Harbour and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1658]-1675
Extent:
10 items

23. Add MS 17622

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"TRATADO de la Navigacion del Mar del Sur," f. 1; Sailing courses between the Equinoctial and the Cape of Good Hope, etc. Span. f. 44; Course from the Straight of Sonda to Malaca, f. 76; Courses to the Philippine Islands, f. 91; "Memoria de Don Alexandro Malaspina sobre algunas posiciones hidrog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1588-1792
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 17630

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"DERROTERO desde Cadiz á varios Puertos en la America Setentrional," f. 1; "Derrotas hechas desde Filipinas á Cadiz," etc. [By D. Fernando Quintano], f. 49; "Derrota de Lima a Manila," f. 57. Paper. Folio. [Add. 17,630.] includes: f. 3 Cadiz, Spain: Voyages to America and the Philippine Isles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1789-1814
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 17651

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Vol. II. Yntendencia de Oaxaca: "La costa del Sur de Nueva España (desde Acapulco hasta Tonala," 1793; The city of Oaxaca; Part of North America; "Derrota desde Mexico a Acapulco;" "Plano del distrito mineral de Tlalpujahua;" "Costas del Sur, desde la voca de Apisa . . . . hasta la de Olita," 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
[1722]-1806
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 22679

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Title:
OFFICIAL LETTERS and papers relative to public affairs at New York; 19 Dec. 1764-9 Oct. 1768. Among them are 1. "Objections offered by the Magestrates of New York to his Honor the Lieut.-Governor in Council against a Commission of the Peace being issued for the City and County of New York;" 19 Dec. 1764; with signatures, f. 1. 2. Petition of members of the Mohheekunnuck tribe of Indians to Sir Henry Moore, Bart., Governor of the Province of New York; Stockbridge, 1 Apr. 1765, f. 4. 3. Le...
Scope & Content:
New York State: Official letters and papers relating to: 1764-1768. Sir Henry Moore, Governor of New York: Official letters and papers: 1764-1768. includes: f.. 4 Mohheekunnuck Tribe N. America: Petition to the Governor of New York: 1765. ff. 8, 21 Jared Ingersoll: Letters to Sir H. Moore: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1764-9 Oct 1768
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 36596

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WHITEFOORD PAPERS. Vol. V. (IF. 382). Literary, and a few official, papers of Caleb Whitefoord, senior, as follows:-- (a) Preliminary articles of the treaty with America negotiated at Paris in 1782-1783 by a British commission, to which Whitefoord was Secretary, with B. Franklin and other Americ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782-1783
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 37047

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OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE of Robert Long (cr. Bart. 1662, d. 1673), Surveyor-General to Qu. Henrietta Maria, member of the Privy Council, and Secretary of State to Charles II.; 1649-1654. The contents consist chiefly of letters addressed to him as Secretary of State by Residents and others abroad in 1649-1650, interspersed with drafts of warrants and instructions and other papers. The writers are:- 1. [Sir] Richard Browne, Resident at Paris; 18 Mar. 164-13 Aug. 1650. ff. 1, 46, 48, 53, 64, 80...
Scope & Content:
Charles II of England: Correspondence of R. Long, his Secretary of State: 1649-1661. Sir Robert Long, Secretary to Charles II., Chancellor of the Exchequer: Official correspondence: 1649-1661. includes: ff. 1, 46, 48, 53, 64, 80, 84, 94 Sir Richard Browne, Resident at Paris: Letters to R. Lon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1649-1654
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 38223

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Vol. XXXIV (ff. 348). Apr. 1788-Jan.1789. John Reeves, formerly Chief Justice of Newfoundland: Correspondence with the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1787-1802. includes: f. i Captain Elliot Salter, RN: Letter to the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1788. f. 3 Cheshire: Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Liverp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Apr 1788-Jan 1789
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 38225

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Vol. XXXVI (ff. 366). Jan.- Nov. 1790. includes: f. 1 Lemuel Goodrich, of Leicester: Letter to the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1790. f. 2 John Pownall, Commissioner of Excise, etc: Correspondence with the 1st Earl of Liverpool: 1762-1790. ff. 3, 115, 134, 266, 301 Richard Bentley, grandson of Dr. R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1790-Nov 1790
Extent:
1 item

31. Add MS 38509

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Title:
MAP of the Atlantic Ocean shewing (on a Beale of about 25 miles to the inch) the East coast of N. America from Cape Hatteras in the south, lat. 35o 15' N., long. 75o 30' W., to Cape Canso [Nova Scotia] in the north, lat. 45o 17' N., long. 61o W.; 1806. Paper on canvas, 2 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 61/2 in. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Atlantic ocean, showing E. coast of N. America from C. Hatteras to C. Canso: 1806. Atlantic Ocean: Map of E. Coast of N. America: 1806. North America: Map of E. coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Canso: 1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

32. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

33. Add MS 39561

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C. G. LELAND COLLECTION, Vol. X. Vocabularies in various languages compiled by C. G. Leland, who refers to them in the letter above mentioned:- (1) " Schmussen, or the Jewish-German dialect," with (f. 46) a few Romany-English words and notes dated Sept. 1879. f. 1. (2) " Pidgin-English," wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1889
Extent:
1 item

34. Add MS 39855

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Title:
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES in the hand (cf. Add. MSS. 5726 c., f. 161 ; 32714, f. 107) of "Sir Alexander Cuming, of Culter, [2nd] Baronet, who in the year 1730 brought over to England seven chiefs of the Cherokee Indians to pay their homage to His Britannick Majesty George the second," with copies of his memoirs to George II and Queen Caroline and of his correspondence with [William Stanhope, Baron, afterw. Earl of] Harrington, Secretary of State, relating to an alleged promise by the King, then...
Scope & Content:
Diaries and Memoranda: Autobiographical notes, etc., by Sir A. Cuming: 1764, 1767. Sir Alexander Cuming, 2nd Baronet; of Culter; Chief of the Cherokees: Autobiographical notes, etc., by: 1764, 1767.: Hologr. Cherokee Indians: Sir A. Cuming's account of submission of, in 1730 ;: 1764, 1767.: Ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764-1767
Extent:
1 item

35. Add MS 39869

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS papers relating to Naval matters, viz:- 1. " Abstract of the general printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions, and Vice Admiral Arbuthnot's Additional Signals, 1779 " : a signal book, based on General Instructions and on the additions of Vice Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot for the North American station. Arbuthnot's Additional Instructions of 1779 are given from a printed copy in the Graves Collection by J. S. Corbett, Signals and Instructions, 1776-1794 (Navy Records Society, xx...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot, Lieutenant Gov of Nova Scotia: Instructions and signals for the N. American Station: 1779.ff. 1-17 Navy; England: Signal-book for N. American station: 1779.ff. 20-28 Navigation: Remarks on French harbours, etc., and on landing places betw. the So...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1779-1809
Extent:
1 item

36. Add MS 47131

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EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXII (ff. i+100). Contents:-(1) Miscellaneous speeches in Parliament; 1689-circ. 1715. ff. 2b-16b;-(2) Letter from John Nelson, New England statesman, to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, on the French threat to North America; Sept. 1696. Printed, with variations, in Hist....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1685-1735
Extent:
1 item

37. Add MS 50829

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ADAIR PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 197). 1. ff. 1-53. Correspondence with Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond; 1773-1783, n.d. Includes (ff. 24-37) a 'Sketch of a Bill for repealing the Law Declaring Our Right of Legislation in America, with my letter to ye Duke of Richmond', 11 Nov. 1777. 2. ff. 54...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1773-1796
Extent:
1 item

38. Add MS 57835

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SUPPLEMENTARY GRENVILLE PAPERS. Vol. XXXIII (ff. 152). Political notes, mostly by Lord Temple, concerning legal precedents, the Americas, the East India Company and miscellaneous subjects; 1758-1766. includes: ff. 34-38v, 40-82 John Wilkes, MP: Notes, partly by Lord Temple, on his case: 1768...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1758-1766
Extent:
1 item

39. Add MS 61623

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Vol. DXXIII (ff. 106). For civil posts, and recompense for losses in North America and the West Indies, and relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Barbados; 1706-1721, n.d. Partly Latin. North America: Petitions rel. to administrative appointments and trade in British colonies: 1708-1718. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1706-1721
Extent:
1 item

40. Add MS 61645-61647

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Title:
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DXLV-DXLVII. Correspondence and papers relating to North America; 1704-temp. Geo.I, n.d. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
North America: Correspondence and papers of Lord Sunderland rel. to: 1705-1721, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1704-temp. Geo.I
Extent:
3 items

41. Add MS 61672

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Vol. DLXXII (ff. 229). (1) Letters to the Duke and his wife from Jacob Bryant, the classical scholar; 1775-1804, n.d. Partly Latin. Partly printed. ff. 1-103. (2) General correspondence and papers of the Duke and his wife, 1761-1814, n.d.; including (ff. 182b-183) a coloured print, 'The Seig...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1761-1814
Extent:
1 item

42. Add MS 61861 A-B

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Title:
NORTH (SHEFFIELD PARK) PAPERS. Vols. II A, B. Pocket-book and contents; 1778-1781. The present book was allegedly found near St Clement's Church, Holborn, by the Rev. H. J. Close, of Kendal, and Nathaniel Buck, M.D., of Ipswich.
Scope & Content:
North America: Correspondence and papers of Lord North rel. to N. America: 1760-1784, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1781
Extent:

2 items

43. Add MS 61863

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NORTH (SHEFFIELD PARK) PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 159). Correspondence and papers relating to the war in the Americas, negotiations with France, and the aftermath; 1760-1784, n.d. Partly French. Partly printed. North America: Correspondence and papers of Lord North rel. to N. America: 1760-1784, n.d....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1760-1784
Extent:
1 item

44. Add MS 61864

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NORTH (SHEFFIELD PARK) PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 152). Letters and papers of Lord North relating to American affairs; 1775-1785, n.d. Partly French. Partly printed. 1. ff. 1-50. Letters and petitions mostly from American loyalists, British army officers; 1776-1784, n.d. Partly French. 2. ff. 51-64. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1758-1785
Extent:
1 item

45. Add MS 62917

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SPENCER DIARIES, ETC. Vol. VII. North America; 31 July-14 Dec. 1857. ff. i+128. Binding of dark green leather with clasp and lock. 232 x 200mm. North America: Travel journal of Lord Spencer in North America: 1857. Voyages and Travels: John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer: Diaries and Memorand...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1857-14 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

46. Add MS 72867

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XVIII (ff. 89). 1. ff. 1-31v. Papers relating to London projects; [circa 1667-1687?]. Several of these, notably those relating to provision for the plague and a new bridge, also figure in the lists of projects for social and economic reform submitted to James II, in Add. 7286...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662-1691
Extent:
1 item

47. Add MS 73542

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Title:
JOHN RUSSELL (d. 1687): Epigrammatum Libri VI; circa 1625. Latin. Autograph fair copy, with revisions and corrections. Russell, a Laudian who served as Rector of Chingford from 1634 until his death, with one break during the Interregnum, published an elegy in English on Gustavus Adolphus at Cambridge in 1632. The present work comprises seven hundred and three epigrams numbered in separate sequences within each Book. Two (Bks. I, 53, and III, 85: ff. 8v, 39) are addressed to the Fellows of Ma...
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Poetry LATIN: John Russell, Rector of Chingford: Epigrammatum Libri VI: circa 1625: Latin: Autograph fair copy, with revisions. includes: f. 2 Poetry LATIN: Matthew Stoneham, the elder; Vicar of St. Stephen's, Norwich: Commendatory verses on Epigrammatum Libri VI of J. Russell: circa 1625: L...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 item

48. Add MS 81090 A

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A. `Memoranda, or Notes and Rules for Emigrants to North America, but more particularly English Labourers in Agriculture’; 1831. Organized in 210 numbered paragraphs, with an extended preface. ff. iii + 35. Quarto notebook with original leather covers. 185 x 120mm. North America: Two handbo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 item

49. Add MS 81090 B

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B. `A succinct account of several works on Canada, & the United States, chiefly relating to Emigration; down to 1831’; [1831]. With an index of the 88 authors at the beginning. ff. 15. Quarto notebook with paper covers; `Authors on US and Canada’ on the front cover. 185 x 115mm. North A...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1831]
Extent:
1 item

50. Add MS 83699

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Title:
Alexander Moneypenny: entry-book as brigade-major, relating to his service with the British army in North America, in the New York area and elsewhere; 1759-1761. Copies in several hands, including one which is probably Moneypenny’s, and more than one clerical hand. The principal contents are Moneypenny’s out-letters, but also included are notes of examinations of prisoners, orders, troop detachments, names, ranks and dates of commission of field officers, and a journal of march, July-Aug. 1...
Scope & Content:
North America: Alexander Moneypenny, Brigage-Major: Entry-book of letters, etc., rel. to service in North America of Alexander Moneypenny: 1759-1761: Copies, partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1761
Extent:
1 item