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- Record Id:
- 040-002109713
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001ce
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 4248
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LISTS OF STATE PAPERS, etc., relating to affairs between England and Scotland, tempp. Henry VIII-James I, contained in various MSS. now in the British Library; 18th cent.
(1) Lists of part of the contents of Harley MSS. 4644-4653; 18th cent. ff. 2-26.
(2) Similar lists, in the hand of Patrick Forbes, Scottish historian, of part of the contents of Cotton MSS. Caligula B. i-vi, viii-x, C. i-ix, D. i, ii. For other Forbes papers see Add. MSS. 4126, 4133-4146, 4215A, B, 4249, 35833. ff. 28-463.
(3) 'A view of the damage which the Cottonian Library sustained by fire 23rd October 1731', taken by Patrick Forbes from the printed report of 1732. ff. 464-472. Paper; ff. 472. Quarto. XVIII cent.
includes:
- ff. 2-26 Harley MSS: Lists of part of their contents: 18th cent.
- ff. 28-472 Patrick Forbes, d 1743 (?) MD; Scottish historian: Historical collections of: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl.: Partly shorthand.
- ff. 464-472 Cotton Library: A view of the damage to Cotton MSS. in the fire of 1731: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
040-002109713 - 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 4248 : LISTS OF STATE PAPERS, etc., relating to affairs between England and Scotland, tempp. Henry VIII-James I, contained in various MSS.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0088]/040-002109713
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cotton Library
Forbes, Patrick, historian and physician, d 1743