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41. Add MS 4274-4277

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THORESBY PAPERS Collections of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary, consisting of autograph letters and other documents; circ. 1539-1722. Purchased at the sale of his museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (see 4274, f. 2). For other Thoresby MSS. see Add. MSS. 4212, 4460, 4926-4933. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper and (4274) paper and vellum. Four volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1539-1722
Extent:
4 items

42. Add MS 4358

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THE SECOND PART OF a treatise on 'the Clergyes claiming an Independent Power', written (cf. ff. 13, 23, etc.) in criticism of the Irenicum ... or, the Divine Right of Particular Forms of Church Government, 1662, by Edward Stillingfleet, Rector of Sutton and (1689) Bishop of Worcester (d. 1699), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1699
Extent:
1 item

43. Add MS 4196-4197

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COMMONWEALTH WARRANTS Warrants and orders from the various Commissioners, members of councils and committees of the Parliament, for payments of pensions, compensation for injuries in the war, soldiers' pay and stores, the salaries of the Protector's household, and officers of government, and for miscellaneous services to the Commonwealth. Two volumes. Among the signatures are those of William Sydenham, Slingsby Bethell, Arthur Annesley, Sir Thomas Widdrington, Carew Ralegh, Sir William Wall...
Scope & Content:
John Blackwell, Treasurer at war: Warrants for payments to: 1658-1660.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1656-1660
Extent:
2 items

44. Add MS 4359

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'A BREVIARY of the State of the Roman (or Westerne) Church and Empire; ... Gathered by Mich[ael] Dalton of Lincolne's Inn, Esq re ... Anno Domini 1642'. Paper; ff. 115. Small octavo. A.D. 1642. Inscription on f. 1, 'Tho. Birch. Februry 16. 1732/3 . Michael Dalton, of Lincoln's Inn: 'A Breviary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1642
Extent:
1 item

45. Add MS 4390

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PAPERS relating to a report to be drawn up in London for the use of some Italian state (? Venice) as to the conditions, privileges and laws affecting the supply of provisions and manufactures into the London markets; circ. 1700. Italian and English. Paper; ff. 20. Folio. Circ. A.D 1700. Trade a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

46. Add MS 4352

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MICHAELIS THEOLOGICAL LECTURES 4352. Theological lectures or commentaries on the Bible, most, if not all, by Christian Benedict Michaelis, Professor of Philosophy at Halle in 1713. They are not, however, identical with his Adnotationes in Hagiographos veteris testamenti, Halle, 1720. Latin. (1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

47. Add MS 4300-4323

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Title:
BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Collection of letters addressed to Thomas Birch; 1726-1766. Twenty-four volumes, arranged roughly in alphabetical order. The names of writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. In Add. MS. 4323 most of the letters lack signatures. French, Latin, Italian and English. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1726-1766
Extent:
24 items

48. Add MS 4397-4404

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PELL PAPERS (3rd Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, calculations, and extracts from printed works, with other miscellaneous matter, chiefly in Pell's autograph. For the 1st, 2nd and 4th Series of these collections see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396, 4407-4431. A few letters are interspersed; the names of the writers of these are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Eight volumes. 17th cent.
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
8 items

49. Add MS 4221-4225

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BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Collection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other illustrious persons, made by or for Thomas Birch; circa 1730-1766. The names of the subjects, as well as of the writers of the few original letters in the volumes, are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The substance of some of these articles is to be found in A General Dictionary Historical and Critical translated from Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr. Biography: Collection of biographical notices by T. Birch: circ. 1730-1740.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
5 items

50. Add MS 4463

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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM LANE, a farmer's boy, in the form of letters transcribed under the supervision of R. Whatley, in whose house he resided when he first came to London in 1723, viz.-.- (1) Letters to R. Whatley on (a) his upbringing and education; 1724. ff.3-17b;- (b) 'Concerning Providence'; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item