Add MS 72854

PETTY PAPERS. VOL. V (ff. iii + 167). Correspondence, 1668-1683, with related papers by Petty and others, and notes by Southwell of his own and Petty's opinions concerning public affairs; 1661-1683.

The papers include:

1. ff. 2-4v. 'Severall Accompts and Estimates in order to the distribution, settlement and Government of Ireland', and 'An Account of the Distribution of Lands in Ireland', compiled by Petty; [1660s-1670s]. In the hand of amanuenses. The latter is included with minor changes in The Political Anatomy of Ireland. For related papers, see Add. 72878 and 72879 below.

2. f. 9. 'Some Observacions made by W. P. upon the Trade of Irish Cattle'; [1674?]. In the hand of an amanuensis. Six numbered points printed in Petty Papers, I, pp. 215-216, where it is dated [1665?], but see Add. 72858, f. 130, for Petty's letter to Dr Robert Wood of 21 Feb. 1674, enclosing '6 Observations which I say do answer all that has or can be said against the freedome of the Cattle Trade'.

3. ff. 10-13. Report by Lord Herbert and others to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition of Kerry; 27 May 1673. For a further copy, see Add. 72855, ff. 37-39, below.

4. ff. 78-79. Verses entitled 'Mercars Petition Concerning the disaster Befalen in Kerry to's brother Poetaster', and ‘Upon Sir Wm Petty's badd Eyes', by Dorothy Arwacker; [circa 1678?]. Copies. There are further copies of both in Add. 72899, ff. 113-114v, 128-129; the latter is printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 254-255.

5. ff. 96-97. Notes headed 'The State of the Case', concerning population and land in England and Ireland; 1687. For related material, see Add. 72885 below.

6. ff. 99-104. 'A Treatise on Navall Philosophy in Three Parts'; [1671?]. In the hand of an amanuensis. For an 18th century transcript, see Add. 72895, ff. 1-16, below. In a letter to Dr Robert Wood, 30 Dec. 1671, in McGill, Osler MS 7612, f. 49, Petty writes: 'I have since that made ... a Compleat scheme of Naval Phylosophie in three parts ... upon occasion of [a] Dutch booke lately written upon that subject [probably Nicolaas Witsen's Book of Building Ships (1671)] ... in as much as that Booke was infinitly cry'd up at Court (although as hath since appeared) it did not contain a tenth part of what is in my Scheme'. The 'Treatise', in fact only an outline of the subject, was published after Petty's death as part of An Account of Several New Inventions ... (1691); see Keynes, Bibliography, No. 39. It is a different work from the 'Treatis of Navigation' in Add. 72893, ff. 30-31, below. Cf. Bodleian MS Rawl. A.178, f. 153: Wood to Pepys, 17 June 1682; Rawl. A.194, f. 279: Pepys to Wood, 16 June 1682.

7. ff. 128-132v. 'Quantulumcunque concerning Money'; 1682. In the hand of an amanuensis. For the autograph manuscript, see Add. 72865, ff. 148-153, below. For the first printing in 1695, see Keynes, Bibliography, pp. 38-40; for the reprinting, see Economic Writings, ed. Hull, II, pp. 437-448.

8. ff. 133-136v. Incomplete treatise on the improvement of trade, referring to bankers and the rebuilding of London; aft. 1666. In an unidentified hand; probably not by Petty.

9. ff. 139-140. 'Cautions concerning a New Grant of the Revenue of Ireland'; 28 July 1682. In the hand of an amanuensis. For related material, see Add. 72880 below.

10. ff. 163-164v. A further Assertion of the Magnitude, &c. of London ...; [1686]. Printed. See Keynes, Bibliography,No. 29.

1. ff. 166-167v. Account of a demonstration of models of the twin-hulled ship; 18 May 1683. For a 19th cent. copy, see Add. 72894, f. 28v, below. Printed in [italics]Double Bottom[/italics], pp. 115-118.

includes:

• f. 1 Abraham Hill, FRS: Notes on Petty Papers: 1703.
• ff. 2-3 Ireland: Sir William Petty, political economist: County of Kerry: Disputes rel. to quit rents of Sir W. Petty's estates: [1663?]-1728: Partly copies.
• f. 4 Ireland: Treatises and proposals by Sir W. Petty on the state of Ireland: 1679-1687.
• ff. 5, 55, 117, 123-126, 143, 151 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Letters, etc., to Sir. W. Petty: 1668-1687: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 14-150v passim Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Letters, etc., from Sir W. Petty to Sir Robert Southwell: 1670-1687: Partly copies.
• f. 78 Poetry ENGLISH: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: `Mercers petition', verses by Sir W Petty addressed to Duke of Ormonde: [1678?].
• f. 79 Poetry ENGLISH: Dorothy Arwaker, Pseudonym: `Verses, `Upon Sir William Petty's bad Eyes' , purporting to be by D. Arwaker: 1679.
• ff. 99-104 Navigation: Ships and Shipping: `A Treatise of Naval Philosophy' by Sir W. Petty: 1671.
• f. 115 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Sir Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letter to Sir M. Eustace(?) from Sir Robert Southwell: [1664?].
• ff. 121, 124v Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Elizabeth Petty, née Waller formerly Fenton; wife of Sir W Petty; formerly wife of Sir. M Fenton, 1st Baronet; suo jure (1688) Baroness Shelburne: Correspondence between Sir Robert Southwell and Lady Petty: 1670-1696: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 128-132 George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax: Sir W. Petty's `Quantulumcunque concerning Money' , dedicated to Lord Halifax: 1682: Copy.
• ff. 128-132 Trade and Commerce: Economics: Coinage: `Quantulumcunque of Mony', by Sir W. Petty: 1682: Autogr. draft and copy.
• ff. 133-136v Trade and Commerce: Proposals for the improvement of trade: [late 1660s?].
• ff. 139-140 Ireland: Proposals by Sir W. Petty rel. to farm of Irish revenue: [1674?]-1682: Copies.
• ff. 155-162v London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Notes on the growth of London population by Sir Robert Southwell: 1686, n.d.: Drafts.
• ff. 163-164 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: A further Assertion of the Propositions concerning the Magnitude, &c. of London, by Sir W. Petty: 1686: Printed.
• ff. 166-167v Ships and Shipping: Sir William Petty, political economist: Reports and correspondence rel. to Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat and other shipping matters: circa 1661-1685: Partly copies.