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1. Add MS 72858-72864

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. IX-XV. Letterbooks of Petty and his agents; 1671-1686. These were part of a sequence of volumes once in the collection of William Burton Conyngham, grandson of Mary, wife of Petty's eldest son Charles (d. 1696) by her second marriage. On his death in 1796 they were bought first by the collector Austin Cooper of Dublin (1759-1830), and then by Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1831, becoming first Phillipps MS 6486, and then 14332-14349 (see Slatter, 'Report', I, p. 113). They were ...
Scope & Content:
Ireland: Letterbooks rel. to Sir W. Petty's Irish estates: 1671-1700.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1671-1686
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 72861-72862

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XII, XIII. Letterbooks of John Rutter about Petty's Irish affairs; 1672-1674. Copies in several clerical hands. Many of the letters are written to Petty in Dublin from Rutter as his agent at Glanerought. Austin Cooper MSS 73, 72. Phillipps MSS 14346, 14345. Lot 817 at the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1911. For an item by item list of contents, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 120-127, and for individual addressees, see the index to the present catalogue. Formerly Bowo...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Letterbooks of his agents: 1671-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1672-1674
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 72863-72864

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PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XIV, XV. Letterbooks of Thomas Dance about Petty's Irish affairs; 1686-1700. Including a few letters from Lady Petty's sister, Bridget Cadogan, to Petty. With contemporary pagination (1-130; 1-165) and index sections at the beginning of the first and the end of the second volume. Austin Cooper MSS 74, 75. Lot 818 in the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 27 April 1911. For an item by item list of contents, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 143-173, and for individual addressees, see ...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Petty, political economist: Letterbooks of his agents: 1671-1687.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1700
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 72859

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. X. Letterbook of John Petty about Petty's Irish affairs; 28 March-15 Aug. 1671. Copies in more than one clerical hand. The title-page reads 'Entry of Letters since March 29th 1671', with 'to the 15th of August 1671' added in Sir William Petty's hand. Most of the letters are da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1671-15 Aug 1671
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 72860

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XI. Letterbook of Thomas Waller, Petty's brother-in-law, about his Irish affairs; 23 Dec. 1671-10 July 1675. Copies in several clerical hands. Waller took over the function of John Petty after the latter's death. Many of the letters are addressed to Petty, others to and from a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1671-10 Jul 1675
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 72858

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. IX. Letterbook, containing copies, in the hands of several amanuenses, of Petty's letters to various correspondents, including his Irish agents, John Rutter and Thomas Waller (whose letterbooks are Add. 72860-72862 below); also including some personal letters to Lady Petty, Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1672-20 Nov 1675
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 72862

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XIII (ff. iv + 22). 12 July 1673-5 Jan. 1674. John Rutter, agent of Sir W Petty in Ireland: Letterbooks, containing his letters to Sir W. Petty and others of John Rutter: 1672-1674: Copies. includes: f. 4v Walter Galway, merchant, of Youghal: Letter from J. Rutter to Walt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1673-5 Jan 1674
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 72861

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XII (ff. iii + 39). 26 July 1672- 29 June 1673. John Rutter, agent of Sir W Petty in Ireland: Letterbooks, containing his letters to Sir W. Petty and others of John Rutter: 1672-1674: Copies. includes: ff. 9v-10, 32 Maurice Connell, in Kerry: Letters from J. Rutter to Mau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1672-29 Jun 1673
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 72863

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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XIV (ff. iii + 97). 2 Jan.-28 Dec. 1686. James Waller, brother-in-law of Sir W Petty: Letters from T. Dance to James Waller: 1686-1697: Copies. Richard Orpen, ironmaster, of Kerry: Letters from T. Dance to Richard Orpen: 1686-1688: Copies. Thomas Dance, agent of Sir W Petty...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1686-28 Dec 1686
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 72864

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Scope & Content:
PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XV (ff. iv + 99). 1687-1700. Thomas Dance, agent of Sir W Petty: Letterbooks, containing his letters to Sir W. Petty and others of Thomas Dance: 1686-1700: Copies. James Waller, brother-in-law of Sir W Petty: Letters from T. Dance to James Waller: 1686-1697: Copies. include...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1687-1700
Extent:
1 item