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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478

171. Add MS 4252

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COLLECTION BY BIRCH AND PATRICK FORBES OF CATA- LOGUES OF BOOKS AND MSS, viz.: (1) Catalogue in Birch's autograph, perhaps of his own books, arranged in sizes, etc., under heads: viz.:- (a) Biography, ff. 1-4, 149, 153;- (b) Letters, ff. 5-14;- (c) Poets, ff. 15-22;- (d) Law, ff. 13-25;- (e) Pol...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

172. Add MS 4253

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Vol. I, ff. 220, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 William King, d 1729 Archbishop of Dublin: Letter to S. Madden: 1701.: Copy.f. 5 Francis Gwyn, politician: Letter to R. Harley: 1693.: Copy.f. 5b Narcissus Luttrell, annalist; bibliographer: Letter to R. Harley: 1693.: Copy.ff. 5-75 passim Ro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

173. Add MS 4253-4255

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Literary papers and correspondence of Thomas Birch, connected with his work as joint-editor of the revised edition of Bayle's General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, and as Secretary of the Royal Society; 18th cent. Many of the letters in the first volume, of which only a few are originals, are written by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, to Edward, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and to Humfrey Wanley, librarian to both, and have reference to the Harley MSS., some of them containing offers from a...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

174. Add MS 4253-4257

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BIRCH LITERARY PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE ADD. MSS. 4253-4257.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1700-1799]
Extent:
5 items

175. Add MS 4254

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Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.f. 1Ob Saul Levi Mortera, d 1660 rabbi, of Amsterdam: Notice of him and of his 'Providentia divina': 18th cent.f. 3 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

176. Add MS 4255

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Vol. III, ff. 257, XVIII cent. includes: ff.1-3 Royal Society: Dedication to George II by T. Birch of his History of: 1757.ff. 4 - 7, 13 - 14 William Murdin, Vicar of Shalford: Preface to his 'Collection of State Papers. . . ': 1759.f. 9 John Locke, philosopher: Tract on his 'Essay upon ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

177. Add MS 4256

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Literary papers and memoranda, with a few original letters, relating chiefly to Birch's literary undertakings, particularly to his work on the revised edition of Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical; 18th cent. Names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

178. Add MS 4257

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Literary collections of Thomas Birch; 18th cent. The contents are as follows;- (1) Review, partly in Birch's autograph, of Dr. Conyers Middleton's History of the Life of M. T. Cicero; 1741. ff. 1-28. (2) 'Variae Lectiones in Caesaribus Juliani Imperatoris septem codicibus manuscriptis ... cum...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

179. Add MS 4258

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Vol. I, ff. 231, XVII-XVIII centt includes: ff. 1-7 Peter Shaw, physician and author: Proposal to print F. Bacon's philosophical works: 1731.: Printed.ff. 19-24 Charles Leslie, nonjuror: 'A letter from Mr Lesly to a Member of Parliament in London': 1714.: Printed.ff. 26-33 Law OF ENGLAND...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

180. Add MS 4258-4261

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Papers relating to Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor; 17th-18th centt. They consist of the collections of Thomas Birch, who edited the Letters, Speeches, . . . of Francis Bacon in 1763; Robert Stephens, historiographer royal and editor of Letters of Sr Francis Bacon, published 1702; and of John Locker, who on Stephens's death in 1732 came into possession of his collection and who in 1734 edited a revised edition of Stephens's work under the title Letters and Remains of the ...
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Robert Stephens, d 1732 Historiographer Royal: Collections by, rel. to the life and works of Sir Francis Bacon: early 18th cent. John Locker, d 1760 FSA: Collections by, rel. to the life and works of Sir Francis Bacon: 18th cent. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS.,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
4 items