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11. Add MS 31192

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Add MS 31192
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JOURNALS Of tours by Lord St. Vincent in France, 31 Oct. 1772-17 May, 1773; and (f 45) to Russia, returning through Denmark, 21 July-23 Oct. 1774. Paper; ff. 129. Octavo. Voyages and Travels: Tours in France, Russia, and Denmark, by Lord St. Vincent: 1772-1774. John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1772-23 Oct 1774
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 31911

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Add MS 31911
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AUTOBIOGRAPICAL Memoirs, in French, of Ekaterina Romanovna, Princess Dashkova (or Daschkaw), transcribed, in 1805, during a residence with the Princess, by Miss Martha Wilmot, afterwards Mrs. Bradford, from the original draught. In several places a few lines, and, in some instances, longer passages, are in the handwriting of the Princess. An English version of the Memoirs was published by Mrs. Bradford in 1840. The differences between this version and the present MS. are noted (ff., 7, 8) am...
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Martha Wilmot, afterwards Mrs. Bradford: Memoirs of the Princess Dashkova, transcribed by: 1805 - 1809.: Fr. Catherine II of Russia: Memoirs of Princess Dashkova: 1805. Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova: Autobiographical memoirs, letters and papers: 1805-1809.: Fr. and Russ. includes: f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Russian
Date Range:
c 1762-Dec 1880
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 32288-32292

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Add MS 32288-32292
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Russia; 1719-1843. Five volumes.
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Empire of Russia: Deciphers of despatches of ambassadors in England: 1719 - 1843.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1843
Extent:
5 items

14. Add MS 33552

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Add MS 33552
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Vol. XVI. (ff. 292). TRAVELS of Jeremy and Samuel Bentham:- 1. Fragment of expenses of Jeremy on a tour in Derbyshire, Cheshire and Lancashire, August and September, 1768. f. 1. 2. Journals, accounts, and papers relating to Jeremy's journey to Russia through France, Italy, and Turkey, 1785-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1787
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 33764

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Add MS 33764
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(Gr. xxxiii.) AN ACCOUNT of Russia, 1767 ; "written by Sir Geo. Macartney, while ambassador in Russia." Published anonymously under the above title, London, 1768. The present copy is without the tables, and is otherwise less full than the printed text. It includes (f. 51) the account of "The pre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767-1768
Extent:
1 item

16. Egerton MS 1717

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Egerton MS 1717
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MISCELLANEOUS papers, comprising ballads and other pieces, chiefly political, some private papers of the Countess Dowager of Portland, a few botanical and scientific papers [belonging to Count Bentinck], and, among others, the following:- 1. Copies of letters of - de Lisle [du Guast] and other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1686-1764
Extent:
1 item

17. Egerton MS 1922

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Egerton MS 1922
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TRANSLATION of the "Beschreibung aller Nationen des russischen Reiches, ihrer Lebensart, Religion, Gebräuche, Wohnungen, Kleidungen und übrigen Merkwürdigkeiten: von Johann Gottlieb Georgi." The original work was printed at St. Petersburg, and publislied at Leipzig in two vol. 4to. 1783; and an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Egerton MS 2233

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Egerton MS 2233
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MISCELLANEOUS collections of John Strange, F.R.S., British Minister at Venice, consisting of:- 1. Extracts and memorainda from "Descrizioni delle vedute colonnair di Auvergne e Velay, in Francia, dal Sr Antonio de Bittio, Pittore Bellunese," f. 1. 2. Draft of a paper on the ancient Avenches, or Aventicum, in Vaud, addressed to the Society of Antiquaries; 1773. In duplicate. ff. 36, 41. 3. "An account of some remains of Roman and other Antiquities in and near the county of Monmouth;" [l...
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John Strange, British Resident at Venice (1773-1778): Literary and antiquarian collections: 1745-1779. includes: f. 1 Antonio de Bittio, Painter, of Belluno: Descrizioni delle vedute colonnari di Auvergne e Velay: 1777.: Extracts.ff. 1-35 Auvergne, France: Extracts from Bittio's " Descrizi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

19. Egerton MS 2703

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Egerton MS 2703
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Vol. viii. (ff. 451). May, 1774 - 1777. Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk: Correspondence with R. Gunning: 1771-1776. Catherine II of Russia: Correspondence of the English Minister at her Court: 1772-1777. includes: f. 1, 12, 25, 44, 52, 69, 83, 118, 128, 234 John Murray, Resident at Veni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774-1777
Extent:
1 item

20. IOR/L/PS/9/67/37

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IOR/L/PS/9/67/37
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Copy of a Letter from Captain John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India to Persia, to Earl of Elgin, British Ambassador Extraordinary to the Ottoman Porte
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A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Earl of Elgin [Thomas Bruce], Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from a camp on the Tygris [Tigris] and dated 23 March 1801. The letter assesses the Russian threat to British-held t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1801
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)