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1. Add MS 41996 A

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A. Two letters, in English, addressed to King Prempeh of Ashanti and picked up in his palace after the British occupation of Kumasi and the exile of the King in January 1896. The correspondents are Priest Arboobacaree (Abu Bakr), 31 Dec. [1888], and I. Ebelt, chief miner of Babeaniha, 15 Nov. 18...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1889
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1 item

2. Add MS 41996 A-Y

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41996. MISCELLANE0US Letters and Papers
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includes: f. 1 i.e. Abu Bakr Arboobacaree, Ashanti priest: Letter to King Prempeh: 1888.: Engl.ff. 1, 3 Ashanti: Two letters picked up at Kumasi in 1896. Engl.ff. 1, 3 Prempeh, King of Ashanti: Letters to: 1888, 1889.: Engl.f. 3 I. Ebelt, chief miner of Babeaniha: Letter to King Prempeh...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1200-1929]
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24 items

3. Add MS 41996 B

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B. Two vellum fragments (the larger 16¼ in. x 8 in.), taken from the binding of Aurelius Bienatus, Elegantiarum epithomata in sex libros Laurentii Valle (1488), containing market and gabelle regulations of Perugia. Italian. XV cent. ff. 10-11. Transferred from the Dept. of Printed Books.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

4. Add MS 41996 C

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C. Two letters, in French, from Marshal [Francois Achille] Bazaine to Gen. N. Boyer, his former Aide-de-camp, the first, 3 Nov. [1872], expressing his weariness with the slow preliminaries of his trial (for the surrender of Metz), the second, 28 Mar. 1881, remarking unfavourably on the Empress E...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1872-1881
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1 item

5. Add MS 41996 D

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D. Letters of French authors, viz. :-(1) [Charles Marie] Leconte de Lisle, poet, to an unnamed fellow-author, 22 Sept. 1846. ff. 14-15b;-(2) [Charles Augustin del Sainte-Beuve, critic, to - , discussing the character of Necker, 6 Feb. 1857. f. 16.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1857
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1 item

6. Add MS 41996 E

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E. Letter from Charles [John] Kean, actor, to -, replying to Shakespearean queries, 27 July 1849. ff. 17-I7b.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1849
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1 item

7. Add MS 41996 F

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F. Leaf (originally a double leaf, but now laid out flat) from a 17th cent. note-book, containing dance instructions and poems, viz.:-(a) Directions how to execute the following four dances: 'The Maurice [i.e. Morris] daunce', 'Lavena', 'Newcastle-a round daunce for eight only', and 'Put up thy ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

8. Add MS 41996 G

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G. Fragment of a letter from M[ary] R[ussell] Mitford, authoress, to Miss - Hughes, contrasting Bristol and Bath, which she had just visited, and describing her temporary accommodation in the village during the repair of her own cottage; [Three Mile Cross, May-June 1843]. Cf. the similar descrip...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
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1 item

9. Add MS 41996 H

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H. Letter from Sam[uel] Johnson to Frances Reynolds, sister of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 21 June 1776. Autograph. Printed in G. Birkbeck Hill, Letters of Samuel Johnson LL.D., i, 1892, p. 407. f. 24. Presented by Mrs Blanche Rochfort.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1776
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1 item

10. Add MS 41996 I

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I. Nine letters from Charles Robert Maturin, author, to the firm of Hurst and Robinson, London, publishers of his last novel, The Albigenses, 25 June 1821-27 Nov. 1823, with one (f. 46) to the same firm from his son, W[illia]m Basil Maturin, 27 Dec. 1824. ff. 27-46.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1824
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1 item