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Add MS 17521

Record Id:
032-002027767
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002027767
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x000141
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 17521
Title:

LETTER of R. Hooke, Secry to the Royal Society, to J. Evelyn, relative to the Arundel MSS.; 15 Aug. [1678], f. 34; ― Letters between Sir John Cotton and Etienne Baluze, relating to the loan of a manuscript, 1685, 1686, f. 35; Letter of Margaret Cavendish, wife of William second Duke of Portland, to the Speaker of the House of Commons, accepting his proposal for the purchase of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts for the nation; 3 April, 1753, f. 38. Folio. [Add. 17,521.]

Scope & Content:

Libraries: Harleian MSS., Letter respecting the purchase of: 1753.

Libraries: Arundel MSS., Letter relative to the removal of: 1678.

includes:

  • f. 34 Sir Robert Reading: Letter on the removal of the Arundel MSS. to Gresham College: 1678.
  • f. 34 Robert Hooke, FRS: Letter to J. Evelyn on the removal of the Arundel MSS. to Gresham College: 1678.
  • f. 34 John Evelyn: Letter from R. Hooke and Sir R. Reading to: 1678.
  • ff. 35-37 Sir John Cotton: Correspondence with Baluze on the loan of a Ms.: 1685, 1686.
  • ff. 35-37 Etienne Baluze: Correspondence with Sir J. Cotton: 1685, 1686.
  • f. 38 Harley MSS: Letter relative to their purchase for the nation: 1753.
  • f. 38 Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, née Harley; wife of William, 2nd Duke of Portland: Letter to the Speaker, on the purchase of the Harleian MSS.: 1753.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002027767
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Hierarchy:
032-002027767
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1678
End Date:
1753
Date Range:
1678-1753
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
Physical Characteristics:
Bound with Add MS 15599, 16400, 16401, 16935, 17014, 17023, 17024, 17101, 17301, 17695, 18389, and 18456.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Baluze, Etienne, French historian and collector of manuscripts, 1630-1718
Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000115857160,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2356861
Cotton, John, of Add MS 17521
Evelyn, John, diarist, 1620-1706,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/61653698
Hooke, Robert, FRS
Reading, Robert