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1. Add MS 4166

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Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
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The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4191

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Scope & Content:
COLLECTION OF LETTERS, MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS, relating to the capture or detention of ships and goods off the coasts of France and Holland; 1644-1655. Included are:-(a) Remonstrance by the Committee of Lords and Commons for Foreign Affairs presented to Don Alonso de Cardenas, Spanish Ambassado...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1644-1655
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8267

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, and financial accounts relating to the Papacy, Venice, France, Spain, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and England; circa 1532-1573. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (ff. 231-232v) the final sentence pronounced by Pope Clement VII refusing divorce to Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, annulling his marriage to Anne Boleyn, restoring Catherine to her royal state, and excommunicating the king, 11 July 1533, in Latin, inc. 'La sentenza d'Inghilterra...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-53v Marc Antonio Cornaro, Venetian envoy at Nice: Niccolò Tiepolo, Venetian envoy at Nice: Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Relazione of the Congress of Nic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
c 1532-1573
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8290

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political tracts, letters, relazioni, and conclave accounts relating to Portugal, Turkey, the Papacy, France, the German Empire, Venice, Persia, Poland, and Tunisia; circa 1544-1576. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 10, ff. 334v-375v) a letter-book of Cardinal Angelo Niccolini, Archbishop of Pisa, relating to his promotion to cardinal in 1563. Table of contents (ff. 477-477v), added later. Old shelfmarks '285' in ink on outer margin of front pastedown, abov...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-63 Sebastian of Portugal: Relazione, letter, and tracts rel. to: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 10-63 Political Tracts: On Portugal: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 63-67v Gregory XIII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1572: Ital: Copy. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1544-1576
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 10228

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RELATIONE di Fraticesco Gondola, fatta alla Santità di Gregorio XIII., di alcune particolari del Turco, 1574;-Relatione dell' Ill. Sr. Gabrio [Lobellone ?] delle cose di Tunisi. Quarto. [10,228.]
Scope & Content:
Tunis: Relatione delle cose di Tunisi, del Sign. Gabrio [Lobellone ?]. Gabrio Lobellone: Relatione delle cose di Tunisi. Francesco Gondola: Relatione di alcune particolari del Turco: 1574. City of Constantinople: Relatione di alcune particolari del Turco, da F. Gondola: 1574.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1574
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 15568

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A SPANISH CHRONICLE, treating shortly of the reigns of Henry IV., Ferdinand and Isabella, Philip I. and Joanna; and narrating at greater length the events of a portion of the reign of Charles I. [Charles V. of Germany], to the end of the year 1536. Copies of the following documents, in Spanish, are added at the end : Proclamation of Isabella against the levying of excise duties by the nobility and others, 26 Nov. 1504; confirmed by Charles I., 17 Nov. 1581, f. 119;- " Carta que scribieron ...
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Kingdom of Spain: Chronicle to the year 1536; principally relating to the reign of Charles I.: Span. Andrea Belluti: Intelligence respecting the movements of the Emperor's army: 1535.: Span. includes: f. 119 Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain: Proclamation against the levying of excise duties by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 15742

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A COLLECTION of Charts, viz., Torbay, 1786;-Port of Lagos, on the South coast of Portugal;-Calvi, en l'isle de Corse;-Isles de la Magdelaine, en Sardaigne;-Coast of Sicily;-Lagousta, Syracuse, in and Trapano, in Sicily;-Foguy nova, Foguy le vieux [Foggia], the Gulf of Smyrna;-Calamate, in the Morea;-Islands of Cerigo and Servy;-Coast of Tunis;-Keith's Reef, and a shoal between the island Maritimo and Cape Bon, 1802;-Algiers;-Sea Coast of N. America, by T. Hinde, 1732;-Porto Ferraro, in Elba;...
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Porto Ferraro, Elba: Chart of. Calamate: Chart of. Calvi, Corsica: Chart of. Island of Cerigo: Chart. Foggia: Chart of. T- Hinde: Chart of the coast of N. America: 1732. Lagos, Portugal: Chart. Algiers, Africa: Charts of. Marmorica Harbour, Anatolia: Chart of. Zafarin Islands, Morocco: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-1802
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 30658

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(ff. 342). 1. " TRAITTÉZ des Empereurs Latins de Constantinople avec le Pape, les Roys de Sicile, les Venitiens, et autres princes "; 1267-1395. f. 1. 2. " Traictés des Empereurs des Turcs avec les Papes, les Empereurs d'Allemagne, lee Rois de France et de Pologne, et les Venitiens, Tunis et A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 31022 A-S

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS letters, chiefly autograph; viz.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Charles Dickens, novelist: Letter to C. Kent: 1870. ff. 4, 5, 7 Sir Walter Scott, Baronet; author: Letters to W. S. Rose: 1822, 1823. ff. 4, 5, 7, 15-24 William Stuart Rose: Letters to him: 1813-1836. ff.4, 5, 7, 9 Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: No...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
18 items

10. Add MS 32821

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Vol. cxxxvi. (ff. 479) Diplomatic Correspondence. 23 Apr.-15 June, 1750. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Home. includes: ff. 1, 5, 79, 116, 192, 194, 204, 249, 332 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford: Correspondence with Lord Alb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
23 Apr 1750-15 Jun 1750
Extent:
1 item