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221. Kings MS 218

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Kings MS 218
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'RELACION de las Provincias que tiene el Govierno del Perù, los officios que en el se proveen, la hazienda que alli tiene su Magestad, lo que se gasta de ella y le queda libre y otras cosas. con el origen que ha tenido y el estado que al presente tienen', by Francisco Lopez de Caravantes, contad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

222. Kings MS 231

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Kings MS 231
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NARRATIVE of the Second Siege of Gibraltar, 1727, &c., viz. 1. 'An authentick copy of a journal of the siege of Gibraltar, as sent by Colonel [afterwards General John] Guise to Sir Charles Wills [d. 1741] in 1727': diary, 2 Feb. 12 June, 1727, with lists of forces, casualties, &c. Anoth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

223. Kings MS 275

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Kings MS 275
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NEW EXPERIMENTS and observations on the nature and use of conductors, by Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S.', with dedication to the king. Dated at the end (f.20) 12 Nov. 1777. The paper was written for the Board of Ordnance after an explosion caused by lightning in a gunpowder magazine at Purfleet, and is...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1777
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1 item

224. Kings MS 277

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Kings MS 277
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DESCRIPTIONS of three clocks in the Royal Palaces, viz.:- 1. 'A Description of a piece of Clockwork called by its Inventor and Maker a Chronological Automaton, or Self-moving Ephemeris, invented and made by Samuel Watson of Coventry, watchmaker.' The writer states that the clock was begun in 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 item

225. Kings MS 288

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Kings MS 288
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'LA CLAVICULE de Salomon, roi des Hebreux, traduite de l'Hebreux en Italien par Abraham Colorno, par ordre de S. A. S. [Guglielmo or Vincenzo Gonzaga] de Mantoue, mise nouvellement en François': a treatise on magic with coloured diagrams and their explanations. Other copies are in Harley MS. 398...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

226. Kings MS 306

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Kings MS 306
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IRENE, a tragedy, by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Holograph rough sketch. The play was finished in 1731, but not acted till 1749, when after a run of nine nights it was withdrawn (Dict. Nat. Biogr.). The MS. was given by the author to Bennet Langton, who presented it to the King's Library (ib.). Paper; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

227. Kings MS 383

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Kings MS 383
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CATALOGUES of early printed books, as follows:- 1. 'A List of early printed Books in the possession of [George Augustus Herbert,] the Earl of Pembroke [at Wilton House], 1798.' The books, which are arranged alphabetically, and are only very briefly described, are 137 in number. The latest is d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

228. Kings MS 429

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Kings MS 429
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PROCEEDINGS at a Special Sessions of Oyer and ' Terminer held at Edinburgh, 14 Aug. 1794, at the trial of Robert Watt for high treason; from the shorthand report taken by William Blanchard. Printed in Howell's State Trails, xxiii, coll. 1167-1294. Paper; ff. 616. Large folio. 143/4 in.x 91/4 in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1794
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1 item

229. Kings MS 439

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Kings MS 439
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TRANSCRIPT of two letters relating to Ireland from Sir James Caldwell, Bart., of Castle Caldwell, co. Fermanagh (d. 1784), viz.:-(a) to John Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, 'relative to the Restrictions layed upon the Trade of Ireland by the British Acts of Parliament' 20 Oct. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

230. Kings MS 199

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Kings MS 199
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'AN ACCOUNT of Capt. David Woodward's [al. Woodard] voyage and hardships in the Island of Celebes during a residence of two years and a half, and of his escape from thence.... Taken from Capt. Woodward on his arrival in England [in July, 1796] by William Vaughan.' Followed (f. 61) by 'Some accou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1796
Extent:
1 item