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401. Add MS 4157

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1655-1657
Extent:
1 volume

402. Add MS 4222

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Vol. II (ff. 274). D-L. includes: f. 1 Sir Robert Dallington, Master of the Charterhouse: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 2 Edmund Dickenson, d 1707 MD: Biographical notices: 18th cent. f. 3 Publius Cornelius DolabeIla, Roman general; d. 44 BC: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 4 Horatius ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item

403. Add MS 4284

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Vol. IV (ff. 264). G-M. includes: ff. 1-14 Ganeau, bookseller, of Paris: Letters to P. Desmaizeaux: 1713-1734.: Fr. f. 14 J. Nollin, the younger: Note to P. Desmaizeaux: circ. 1730.: Fr. f. 15-26 Reverend Jean Gagnier, orientalist: Letters to P. Desmaizeaux: 1710-1734.: Fr. ff. 27-38 Daniel Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1701-1745
Extent:
1 item

404. Add MS 4436

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 246). (1) 'Dissertation concerning the Measure of the Force of Bodies in Motion,' by J. T. Desaguliers; 29 Mar. 1739. ff. 1-10. (2) 'A New Method of improving and perfecting Catadioptrical Telescopes', by Caleb Smith; 5 Apr. 1739. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1760
Extent:
1 item

405. Add MS 4437

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285). (1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Generation and on Monsters', by Daniel de Super...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1740-1742
Extent:
1 item

406. Add MS 4223

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Vol. III (ff. 283). M-S. includes: ff.1-5 Thomas Madox, d 1727 Historiographer Royal: Biographical notice: 18th cent. ff. 6-12 Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet d 1685: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Fr. ff. 13,16 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Biographical notice: 18th cent. ff. 17-33...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item

407. Add MS 4224

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Vol. IV (ff. 312). T-W. Together with miscellaneous notes among which are: (a) extracts relating to Cambridge men, from Thomas Baker's collections in Harley MSS.7031-7037. ff. 178-201;- (b)'Alphabetical list of Lives' by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. ff. 202-204;- (c) 'Kalendarium Carlananu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item

408. Add MS 4310

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Vol. XI (ff. 318). H-J. includes: ff. 1-10, 11 (copy) Sir Francis Head, 4th Baronet: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1755-1756.: Fr. and Engl. f. 13 Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet 1759: Letter to T. Birch: 1757. ff. 15,17 Ralph Heathcote, DD: Letters to T. Birch: 1757, 1762. f. 19 Seawell Heathe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1736-1765
Extent:
1 item

409. Add MS 4317

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Vol. XVIII (ff. 309). P-R. includes: ff. 1-7 Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath: Letters to T. Birch: 1743-1753. f. 8 Reverend George Porter: Letter to T. Birch: 1758. f. 10 John Porter, brother of Sir James Porter: Letter to T. Birch: 1755. ff. 12-24 Margaret Bentinek, wife of William Bentinck:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1735-1766
Extent:
1 item

410. Add MS 4107

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Title:
State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
Scope & Content:
Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Sto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1745
Extent:
1 volume.