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1. 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...
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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

2. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
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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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Add MS 73542

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 item

6. 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...
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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

7. 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...
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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

8. 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...
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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

9. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662-1691
Extent:
1 item

10. 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 ...
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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