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1. Add MS 63079-63129

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Add MS 63079-63129
Title:
A. COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS 63079-63129. BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-LI. Collections of historical manuscripts acquired by Blakeney; circa 15th cent.-1975. The provenances are various, the largest single group being portions of the archive of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf.; see further under Add. 63079-63082 below. The arrangement by Blakeney in a series of bound volumes (TSB 1-51) has been retained, even though it does not consistently reflect the archival origin of the various c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1975
Extent:
51 items

2. Add MS 63104-63105

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Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. XXVI, XXVII. Miscellaneous letters, receipts, etc., including some Townshend papers (Add. 63105, ff. 1-86), and some letters of Warren Hastings (Add. 63104, ff. 202-220v, 225); 1528-1959. Partly printed and copies, some typewritten. Partly Latin, French and German. (TSB 32, parts 1 and 2). Partly vellum. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1528-1959
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 63113

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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XXXV. Miscellaneous letters, chiefly from royalty; 1791-1902, n.d. Partly French. (TSB 51). ff. i+50. 272 x 234mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1902
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63116-63117

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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. XXXVIII, XXXIX. Correspondence, etc., of Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford, and his wife, Mina; 1879-1896, n.d. Partly printed. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1896
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 63079-63082

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Add MS 63079-63082
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-III. Correspondence and papers of members of the Bacon and Townshend families of co. Norf.; 1546-1891, n.d. See also Add. 63093-63096, 63098-63103, 63105, 63109-63111 below. Related manuscripts elsewhere in the collections are listed under Add. 48981, 48982; see also Add. 50006-50012. For the various sales, 1908-1925, and present wide dispersal of the Townshend archive, see Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guide to the Location of Collections described...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1891
Extent:
4 items

6. Add MS 63114-63115

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Add MS 63114-63115
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. XXXVI, XXXVII. Letters to John Jackson, Bishop of Lincoln (1853) and of London (1868), his family, chaplains and suffragan, chiefly from other bishops; 1839-1903, n.d. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1903
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 63127

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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XLIX. Anonymous journal of a Continental tour via the Rigi, Chamonix, St Bernard and Simplon; 21 Aug.-7 Nov. 1834. Including verse extracts, some in French and Italian. With report of bookseller(?), C. W. Nettleton, Tunbridge Wells (f. viii) and bookplate of J. Munroe T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1834-7 Nov 1834
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63112

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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIV. Correspondence of Edward Whymper, mountaineer, chiefly with H. F. Montagnier and Sir W. E. Davidson; 1865-1911. Interfiled with notes and letters assembled by F. S. Smythe for his biography, Edward Whymper (1940), and with material collected by T. S. Blakeney; 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1911
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63094

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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XVI. (TSB 17). Partly vellum; ff. ii+229. 375 x 265mm. 1. ff. 1-14v. Townshend family wills; 1551-1892. Abstracts. 2. ff. 15-229. Family and general correspondence and receipts; 1612-1864, n.d. Partly copies of originals owned by the Townshend family. Townshend fam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1551-1892
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 63101

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Add MS 63101
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XXIII. Miscellaneous letters and papers, mostly relating to public affairs; 1546-1823. Partly printed. Partly French. Including some Bacon and Townshend papers, and others of late 16th and early 17th cent., noted by Blakeney as bought at Maggs and at Sotheby's, 1 April ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1823
Extent:
1 item