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21. Add MS 78907 D

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D. Three letters from Stevie Smith, author (b.1902, d.1971) to Monica Dickens, relating mainly to social and domestic matters; 1963-1966. Purchased from Alec Finlay Pocketbooks of Edinburgh, March 2002. Paper; ff. 35-41. 253 x 203mm. Florence Margaret Smith, called 'Stevie Smith'; poet: Moni...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1963-1966
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1 item

22. Add MS 78907 E

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E. Sixteen letters relating to Alexander C. T. Bruce (d.1887) and his surveying activities at Corozal, British Honduras, his ill health, and eventual death at Belize; 1859-1888. Contains correspondence of Bruce’s father, Henry Stewart Beresford Bruce (b.1824, d.1908), his aunt, Mrs Jane Alexand...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1888
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1 item

23. Add MS 78907 F

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F. Letter from Hans Sloane, M.P., wrongly described on an accompanying label as ‘Son of the Founder of the British Museum’, to Richard Edward Nathaniel Lee at Chawton; 1807. Presented by Arthur Freeman, Esq., Feb. 2003. Paper; ff. 72-74. 224 x 187mm. William Sloane, afterwards Sloane-Stanley...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807
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1 item

24. Add MS 78907 G

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G. (i) Receipt from William Binsted to Francis Hugonin for Edward Gibbon’s church rates; 1775;- (ii) Letter from Sarah, Lady Fetherstonhaugh, to Û, partly relating to Edward Gibbon; 1785;- (iii) Mr Charles Gilbert’s account with Edward Gibbon; 1791. Purchased from Stuart Lutz of New Jersey, M...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791
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1 item

25. Add MS 78907 H

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H. Letter of congratulation from Mary Carpenter, philanthropist, (b.1807, d.1877) to Emily Faithfull on her appointment as Queen's publisher; 2 July 1862. Purchased from A. R. Heath Rare Books and Manuscripts, Bristol, March 2003. Paper; f. 80. 182 x 112mm. Mary Carpenter, social reformer: Em...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1862
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1 item

26. Add MS 78907 I

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I. Petition to George III from William Garrard of Newington, co. Surr., requesting Letters Patent for sole rights to make and sell an ‘Antimeter or Reflecting Sector with its appendages for measuring angles accurately by land or sea’. An endorsement states that the King refers the matter to the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1780
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1 item

27. Add MS 78907 J

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J. Note in the third person from George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers (d.1803), to the publisher, John Stockdale (d.1814); 24 Nov. 1798. Pitt requests to be enrolled as a subscriber to Stockdale’s English edition of Cauchard’s map of Germany. The 25 sheet map, published in 1800, is in the Map Library ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1798
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1 item

28. Add MS 78907 K

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K. Letter from Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Winchelsea (b.1657, d.1726), to the Hon. Mrs [Grace?] Thynne, [widow of Henry Thynne (b.1675, d.1708)]; 8 Aug. 1724. Finch describes an antiquarian tour of east Kent. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, March 2003. Paper; ff. 84-87. 225 x 185mm. Heneage F...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1724
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1 item

29. Add MS 78907 L

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L. List of books, atlases, etc. supplied by Charles Picquet, Geographe du Roi, to the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, between Jan.-June 1836; n.d. [betw. 1836 and 1839]. Subscribed with official approvals for payment, and receipt by Piquet, countersigned by Louis Adolphe Thiers (b.1797, d.18...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1836-1839
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1 item

30. Add MS 78907 M

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M. Notebook, containing calculations and rough outlines of fields, of an anonymous surveyor relating to the mapping of the estate of James Smith, in Blackdike, co. Cumb.; 21 May 1785. Purchased from Leslie Aitchison, item 59, catalogue 60, July 2003. Paper; ff. 89-94v. 165 x 195mm. Surveying...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1785
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1 item