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Add MS 4300-4323

Record Id:

036-002109779

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002109547

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000016.0x00029e

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Add MS 4300-4323

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

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002109547
036-002109779

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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…

Add MS 4300-4323 : BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Collection of letters addressed to Thomas Birch; 1726-1766. Twenty-four volumes, arranged roughly in…

Contains:

Add MS 4300 : Vol. I (ff. 256). A-B.includes:f. 1 H. Abé, Surgeon Major of General Cornube's Regiment at Namur: Letter to the Royal Society:…
Add MS 4301 : Vol. II (ff. 375). B.includes:ff. 1-99 John Peter Bernard, d 1750 FRS; biographer: Letters to T. Birch: 1733-1742, n.d. __NEWLINE__…
Add MS 4302 : Vol. III (ff. 299). C.includes:ff. 1-21 passim Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan: Letters to T. Birch: 1752-1761. __NEWLINE__ ff.…
Add MS 4303 : Vol. IV (ff. 214). C.includes:f. 1 Lawrence Cole, Secretary to the Society for promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland: Letter…
Add MS 4304 : Vol. V (ff. 255). D.includes:ff.1-3 Francis Dale, of Hoxton; brother of S Dale, physician and apothecary: Letters to T. Birch:…
Add MS 4305 : Vol. VI (ff. 188). D-E.includes:f. 2 James Solas Dodd, surgeon, lecturer and actor: Letter to T. Birch: 1752. __NEWLINE__ f. 4…
Add MS 4306 : Vol. VII (ff. 189). E.includes:ff. 1-173 Henry Etough, Rector of Therfield, county Hertfordshire: Letters to T. Birch:…
Add MS 4307 : Vol. VIII (ff. 210). F.includes:f. 1 Emanuel de D. Falkner, of Basle; son -in -law of N Bernoulli: Letter to T. Birch: 1759.:…
Add MS 4308 : Vol. IX (ff. 275). G.includes:f. 1 Pieter Gabrij, FRS; of The Hague: Letter to T. Birch: 1756.: Lat. __NEWLINE__ f. 2 Prince…
Add MS 4309 : Vol. X (ff. 134). H.includes:f. 1 Henry Hadley, father of John Hadley: Letter to T. Birch: 1759. __NEWLINE__ ff. 3-14 John Hadley,…
Add MS 4310 : Vol. XI (ff. 318). H-J.includes:ff. 1-10, 11 (copy) Sir Francis Head, 4th Baronet: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1755-1756.: Fr.…
Add MS 4311 : Vol. XII (ff. 302). J.includes:ff. 1-3 Griffith Jones, Vicar of Llanddewi Velfrey: Letters to T. Birch: 1754, 1755. __NEWLINE__ ff.…
Add MS 4312 : Vol. XIII (ff. 328). K-L.includes:ff.1-3 György Kalmár, Hungarian philologist: Letter to T. Birch: 1753. __NEWLINE__ f. 4 Edmund…
Add MS 4313 : Vol. XIV (ff. 311). M.includes:ff. 1-50 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1752-1763.: Partly…
Add MS 4314 : Vol. XV (ff. 247). M.includes:ff. 1, 3, 7 Richard Mead, son of Richard Mead: Letters to T. Birch: 1754, n.d. __NEWLINE__ f. 5…
Add MS 4315 : Vol. XVI (ff. 393). M-N.includes:ff. 1-33 James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton: Letters to T. Birch: 1761-1765, bef. 1766. __NEWLINE__…
Add MS 4316 : Vol. XVII (ff. 272) O-P.includes:f. 1 J. O: Letter to T. Birch: 1745. __NEWLINE__ ff. 3, 5 William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms: Letters…
Add MS 4317 : Vol. XVIII (ff. 309). P-R.includes:ff. 1-7 Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath: Letters to T. Birch: 1743-1753. __NEWLINE__ f. 8…
Add MS 4318 : Vol. XIX (ff. 294). S.includes:ff. 1, 2 George Sale, orientalist: Letters to T. Birch: 1734. __NEWLINE__ f. 3 Abhi Claude Safiier,…
Add MS 4319 : Vol. XX (ff. 295). S-T.includes:f. 1 Thomas Stack, MD, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1744. __NEWLINE__ f. 2 Edward Stone, of Chipping…
Add MS 4320 : Vol. XXI (ff. 287). U-W.includes:ff.1-4 Paul Vaillant, bookseller, of London; nephew of Isaac Vaillant: Letters to T. Birch:…
Add MS 4321 : Vol. XXII (ff. 278). W.includes:ff. 1, 3, 6 (copy) Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish mathematician and astronomer: Correspondence with…
Add MS 4322 : Vol. XXIII (ff. 161). W-Z.includes:ff. 1-7 Browne Willis, antiquary: Letters to T. Birch: 1738-1739. __NEWLINE__ ff. 8-13 Hugh…
Add MS 4323 : Vol. XXIV (ff. 67). Misc.includes:ff. 3, 39 Bocca, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turin: Letters to the Royal…

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

24 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1726

End Date:

1766

Date Range:

1726-1766

Era:

CE

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Names:

Birch, Thomas, DD, FRS, d 1766