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91. Add MS 72858-72864

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. IX-XV. Letterbooks of Petty and his agents; 1671-1686. These were part of a sequence of volumes once in the collection of William Burton Conyngham, grandson of Mary, wife of Petty's eldest son Charles (d. 1696) by her second marriage. On his death in 1796 they were bought first by the collector Austin Cooper of Dublin (1759-1830), and then by Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1831, becoming first Phillipps MS 6486, and then 14332-14349 (see Slatter, 'Report', I, p. 113). They were ...
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Ireland: Letterbooks rel. to Sir W. Petty's Irish estates: 1671-1700.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1671-1686
Extent:
7 items

92. Add MS 72889

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XL (ff. iii + 88). Papers relating to the issue of Liberty of Conscience (items 1-11) and the reform of church temporalities in the reign of James II (items 12-41); 1686-1687, n.d. 1. ff. 1-4v. 'Liberty of Conscience'; temp. James II. Two versions, autograph (ff. 1-2), and in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1688
Extent:
1 item

93. Add MS 72863-72864

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XIV, XV. Letterbooks of Thomas Dance about Petty's Irish affairs; 1686-1700. Including a few letters from Lady Petty's sister, Bridget Cadogan, to Petty. With contemporary pagination (1-130; 1-165) and index sections at the beginning of the first and the end of the second volume. Austin Cooper MSS 74, 75. Lot 818 in the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1911. For an item by item list of contents, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 143-173, and for individual addressees, see ...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Letterbooks of his agents: 1671-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1700
Extent:
2 items

94. Add MS 72886

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVII (ff. 215). 'Treatise of Ireland'; 1687. Drafts and fair copies, with related notes. Partly autograph. These manuscripts expand some of the shorter papers on Ireland in Add. 72882-72885 above. See also Add. 72853, ff. 151-154, 'Contents of a Treatise', enclosed in Petty'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1687
Extent:
1 item

95. Add MS 72895

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVI (ff. i + 100). 1. ff. 1-16. 'A Treatise of Naval Philosophy in 3 parts'; [1671]. Original manuscripts are NMM, SPB/16, No. 52 and Add. 72854, ff. 99-104. Cf. Bodleian MS Rawl. A.178, f. 153: Wood to Pepys, 17 June 1682; Rawl. A.194, f. 279: Pepys to Wood, 16 June 1682. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1685
Extent:
1 item

96. Add MS 72885

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVI (ff. 148). Papers arising from Petty's dealings with Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, and Sir Richard Nagle, Attorney-General of Ireland, over changes to the land settlement in Ireland in favour of the Roman Catholics, and related papers of 1687; 1686-1687. Some of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1688
Extent:
1 item

97. Add MS 72883

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXIV (ff. 134). 1. ff. 1-4v. 'Queries Relateing to the Interest of Ireland', signed 'GFD' (i.e., David Fitzgerald?); [1685]. Two copies, the second in the hand of Thomas Dance. The endorsement adds 'arising from a Treatise entituled The Sale & Settlement of Ireland'. Vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1686
Extent:
1 item

98. Add MS 72873 G

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G. 'The Barony of Loghtee', co. Cavan (Ulster), surveyed by John Humfry (Humfrey); 1659. Scale: 320 perches to the inch [1:63360]. North east at top. Showing boundaries of parishes (in colour), with place-names. Areas of bog are indicated; a few buildings are shown pictorially. Large areas of un...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1659
Extent:
1 item

99. Add MS 72879

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXX (ff. 119). Papers relating to Ireland; circa 1670-1675, n.d. Petty spent the years 1666-1673 and 1676-1685 in Ireland; for his proposals concerning the Irish revenue and trade in this and the following volume, see Barnard, 'Sir William Petty, Irish Landowner', in History a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1665-1676
Extent:
1 item

100. Add MS 72891

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLII. Medical lectures, works, and notes relating to medical practice; [1645?]-[1676?]. The present order of what was originally a collection of loose items was determined at the time of the 19th century binding, and is not systematic. In some cases portions of the same work h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1644-1677
Extent:
1 item