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Add MS 4228
- Record Id:
- 040-002109693
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001ba
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- Add MS 4228
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BIRCH'S LIFE OF ROBERT BOYLE
The Life of Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork, by Birch, as prepared for the press; 1743. Autograph. It was printed at the beginning of The Works of the honourable Robert Boyle, 5 vols., Dublin, 1744. Included (f. 98) is an original letter from John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut, to R. Boyle, as 'Governor of the Corporation for propagating the Gospel among the Indians in New England'; Hartford in New England, 25 Sept. 1664. Paper; ff. 206. Quarto. A.D. 1743.
Hon Robert Boyle, d 1691 FRS; physicist and chemist: Life of, by T.Birch: 1744.
includes:
- f. 98 John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut: Letter to Hon. R. Boyle: 1664.
- f. 154 Thomas Hyde, Bodley's Librarian, Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford: Letter to R. Boyle: 1677.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
040-002109693 - Is part of:
- 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 4228 : BIRCH'S LIFE OF ROBERT BOYLE The Life of Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork, by Birch, as prepared for the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0068]/040-002109693
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1743
- End Date:
- 1743
- Date Range:
- 1743
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Boyle, Robert, FRS; physicist and chemist, d 1691
Hyde, Thomas, oriental scholar, 1636-1703,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/37848733
Winthrop, John, Governor of Connecticut