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040-002109780

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Vol. I (ff. 256). A-B.

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f. 1 H. Abé, Surgeon Major of General Cornube's Regiment at Namur: Letter to the Royal Society: 1755.
f.3 Louis Paul Abeille, Advocate to the Parlement of Brittany: Letter to T. Birch: 1761.: Fr.
f. 6 Gottfried Achenwall, German writer on statistics: Letter to T. Birch: 1759.: Lat.
f. 7 Charles Ackers: Letter to T. Birch: 1734.
f. 8 Oliver Acton, of Bridewell Hospital, London: Letter to T. Birch: 1735.
f. 10 R. Adams: Letter to T. Birch: 1744.
f. 10* Michel Adanson, French naturalist and traveller: Letter to T. Birch: 1760.: Fr.
ff. 12-40 Swithin Adee, MD; of Guildford: Letters to T. Birch: 1758-1760.
f. 42 Reverend William Agate, Lecturer of St. Lawrence Jewry, London: Letter to T. Birch: circ. 1750.
f. 43 de St Aignan, Comte: Letters to T. Birch: 1764.: Fr.
ff. 45-53 Mark Akenside, poet and physician: Letters to T. Birch: 1754-1762.
f. 53* Count Francesco Algarotti,; Italian scholar: Letters to T. Birch: 1756, 1759.: Ital.
ff.54, 56, 57 Thomas Allen, Rector of Kettering: Letters to T. Birch: 1753.
f. 59 William Allen, American jurist and politician: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.: Copy.
f. 63 William Allen: Letter to T. Birch: bef. 1746.
ff. 65, 66 William Allix, of Tower Hill: Letters to T. Birch: 1758, 1762.
f. 67 Charles Alston, botanist, of Edinburgh: Letter to T. Birch: 1755.
ff.68, 69 Reverend Thomas Amory, dissenting tutor: Letters to T. Birch: 1763, 1765.
ff. 70-77 Richard Andrews, Rector of Whiston, county Northamptonshire: Letters to T. Birch: 1752.
ff. 78-84 Elizabeth Anson, d 1760 née Yorke; wife (1748) of George, Baron Anson: Letters to T. Birch: 1749-1756, n.d.
ff. 85-89 Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, French writer, naturalist and engineer: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1753-1755.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.: Partly copies.
ff. 90, 92 John Armstrong, MD; physician and author: Letters to T. Birch: 1741, 1742.
f. 93 Richard Arnald, Prebendary of Lincoln; theological writer: Letter to T. Birch: 1753.
f. 95 H. Ast: Letter to T. Birch: bef. 1766.
ff. 97-101 Thomas Astle, FSA; Keeper of the Records, Tower of London: Letters to T. Birch: 1761, 1764.
f. 99 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Qu. Mary: 1554.: Copy.
f. 102 Reverend Anthony Atkey, of Shepton Mallet: Letter to T. Birch: 1734.
ff. 104-106 Joseph Atwell, DD, FRS; Canon of Westminster: Letters to T. Birch: 1764.
f. 107 Benjamin Avery, LLD; physician: Letter to - Welby: 1740.
ff. 108, 109 Stephen Austen, bookseller and publisher, of London: Letters to T. Birch: 1746.
f. 112 Reverend Francis Aylmer, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: Letter to A. Clarke: 1739.
ff.113, 115 Sir Joseph Ayloffe, 6th Baronet: Letters to T. Birch: 1752, 1762.
f. 116 Sir James Burrow, Master of the Crown Office: Letters to T. Birch: circ. 1760-1765, n.d.
f. 118 Thomas Baker, surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital: Letter to T. Birch: 1738.
f. 121 F[otherby?] Baker, of Haberdashers'Hall: Letter to T. Birch: 1745.
ff. 122, 123 (draft) David Erskine Baker, writer on drama: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1754.
f. 124 George Baker, 1st Baronet 1776; physician: Letter to T. Birch: 1762.
ff.125-130 Roger Baldwin, FRS; Rector of Aldingham: Letters to T. Birch: 1763-1765.
f. 131 Edward Ballard, DD: Letter to T. Birch: 1744.
ff. 132, 134 George Ballard, of Magdalen College, Oxford: Letters to T. Birch: 1749.
ff. 136-153 Samuel Bamfield, of Honiton; teacher of mathematics: Letters to T. Birch: 1761-1764.
f. 154 Robert Bankes: Letter to T. Birch: 1741.
f. 156 Pierre Barrère, French physician and naturalist: Letter to T. Birch: 1752.: Fr.
f. 158 Samuel Christian Hollman, FRS; German philosopher: Testimonials for P. Barrère signed by: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 158 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss scientist: Testimonials on behalf of P. Barrére: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 158 Paul Gottlieb Werlhof, Physician of the King of England at Hanover: Testimonials for P. Barrère signed by: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 158 Pierre Barrère, French physician and naturalist: Testimonials for: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 159 James Barrow, churchwarden of St Michael Woodstreet: Letter to T. Birch: 1744.
f. 160 John Barrow, teacher of mathematics: Letter to T. Birch: 1753.
ff. 162, 165 Abbé Jean Jacques Barthélemy, French scholar and numismatist: Letters to T. Birch: 1754.: Fr.
f. 164 Abbé Jean Jacques Barthélemy, French scholar and numismatist: Letter to - Jeffreys: 1754.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 166-172 Cutts Barton, Rector of Little Laver: Letters to T. Birch: 1753, 1754.
f. 174 Reverend Thomas Barton, of Pennsylvania: Letter to T. Birch: 1757.
ff. 176-180 Osborne Barwell, clerk at the House of Commons: Letters to T. Birch: 1739.
f. 181 Job Baster, Dutch physician and botanist: Letter to T. Birch: 1757.: Lat.
f. 183 R. Bateman: Letter to T. Birch: 1755.
f. 185 William Pulteney, Earl of Bath 1742: Letter to T. Birch: 1761.
f. 189 Bathoe, bookseller, of London: Letter to T. Birch: 1760.
f. 190 William Battie, MD, FRS: Letter to - Hawksbie [?F. Hawksbee]: 1752.
ff. 192-203 Mrs R. Batty, widow: Letters to T. Birch: 1757-1759.
f. 204 Ottavio Antonio Bayardi, of Rome: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.
f. 204 Camillo Paderni, Keeper of the Herculaneum Museum: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.
ff. 205, 207 William Baylies, MD: Letters to T. Birch: 1758.
f. 209 William Baynes: Letter to T. Birch: 1747.
ff. 211-215 Reverend Philip Bearcroft, DD; Master of the Charterhouse: Letters to T. Birch: 1742-1757.
ff. 216, 218 Edward Bearcroft, Secretary to the Charterhouse: Letters to T. Birch: 1759.
ff. 220-222 Jean-Baptiste Jacques Élie de Beaumont, FRS; French jurist: Letters to T. Birch: 1764, 1765.
ff. 223-229, 230-232b (copies), 233 Sir Henry Arundell Bedingfield, 3rd Baronet: Letters to T. Birch: 1756-1758.
f. 235 John Belchier, FRS; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.
f. 236 Beaupré Bell, the younger; antiquary: Letter to T. Birch: 1740.
ff. 238, 240 (copy) James Bennet, schoolmaster, of Hoddesdon: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1762.
f. 242 George Benson, DD; dissenting minister: Letter to T. Birch: 1757.
f. 243 Edward Bentham, DD, Fellow of Oriel College, and Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford: Letter to T. Birch: 1754.
f. 245 Charles John Bentinck, Count Bentinck of Nieuhuys; 2nd son of the 1st Earl of Portland: Letter to T. Birch: 1755.
f. 247 Scrope Berdmore, of Nottingham: Letter to T. Birch: 1753.
f. 248 Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Baron and Count; Danish Minister of State: Letter to T. Birch: 1757: Fr.
f. 250 John Berrow: Letter to T. Birch: 1760.
f. 251 John Berriman, Rector of St. Alban's, Lond: Alban's, Lond. Letter to T. Birch: 1751.
f. 253 Ferdinand Berthond, FRS; Swiss horologist: Letter to T. Birch: 1764.: Fr.
f. 254 James Bettenham, printer, of London: Letter to T. Birch: 1750.

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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…

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:…

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1734

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1764

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1734-1764

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Abeille, Louis Paul, Advocate to the Parlement of Brittany
Abé, H., Surgeon Major of General Cornube's Regiment at Namur
Achenwall, Gottfried, German writer on statistics
Ackers, Charles
Acton, Oliver, of Bridewell Hospital, London
Adams, R.
Adanson, Michel, French naturalist and traveller
Adee, Swithin, MD; of Guildford
Agate, William, Reverend; Lecturer of St. Lawrence Jewry, London
Akenside, Mark, poet and physician, 1721-1770
Algarotti, Francesco, Count, Italian scholar
Allen, Thomas, Rector of Kettering
Allen, William, American jurist and politician
Allen, William, of Add MS 4300
Allix, William, of Tower Hill
Alston, Charles, botanist, of Edinburgh
Amory, Thomas, Reverend; dissenting tutor
Andrews, Richard, Rector of Whiston, county Northamptonshire
Anson, Elizabeth, née Yorke; wife (1748) of George, Baron Anson, d 1760
Armstrong, John, MD; physician and author
Arnald, Richard, Prebendary of Lincoln; theological writer
Ast, H.
Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Atkey, Anthony, Reverend; of Shepton Mallet
Atwell, Joseph, DD, FRS; Canon of Westminster
Austen, Stephen, bookseller and publisher, of London
Avery, Benjamin, physician, d 1764
Aylmer, Francis, Reverend; Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Ayloffe, Joseph, 6th Baronet, of Braxted Magna, antiquary, 1710-1781
Baker, David Erskine, theatre historian, 1730-1767?
Baker, F, of Haberdashers' Hall, fl 1745
Baker, George, 1st Baronet of Loventor, physician to George III, 1722-1809
Baker, Thomas, surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, fl 1736
Baldwin, Roger, Rector of Aldingham, bap 1718-1801
Ballard, Edward, clergyman; correspondent of Thomas Birch, 1697-before 1771
Ballard, George, antiquary and author, 1706-1755
Bamfield, Samuel, of Honiton, Devon; author and teacher of mathematics, fl 1762
Bankes, Robert, correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1741
Barrow, James, churchwarden of St Michael Woodstreet, fl 1744
Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics, fl 1753
Barrère, Pierre, French physician and naturalist, 1690-1755
Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques, abbot; French scholar and numismatist, 1716-1795
Barton, Cutts, Rector of Little Laver, fl 1754
Barton, Thomas, clergyman, of Lancaster Pennsylvania, fl 1757-1765
Barwell, Osborne, clerk at the House of Commons, fl 1739
Baster, Job, Dutch physician and botanist, 1711-1775
Bateman, R., correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1755
Bathoe, bookseller, of London, fl 1760
Battie, William, physician; author, 1703-1776
Batty, R., correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1757-1759
Bayardi, Ottavio Antonio, of Rome, fl 1758
Baylies, William, physician, fl 1758-1775
Baynes, William, correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1747
Bearcroft, Edward, barrister, judge, politician, 1737-1796
Bearcroft, Philip, clergyman; antiquary; Master of Charterhouse, 1695-1761
Bedingfield, Henry Arundell, 3rd Baronet
Belchier, John, FRS; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital
Bell, Beaupré, the younger; antiquary
Bennet, James, schoolmaster, of Hoddesdon
Benson, George, DD; dissenting minister
Bentham, Edward, DD, Fellow of Oriel College, and Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford
Bentinck, Charles John, Count Bentinck of Nieuhuys, 2nd son of the 1st Earl of Portland
Berdmore, Scrope, of Nottingham
Bernstorff, Johann Hartwig Ernst, Baron and Count, Danish Minister of State
Berriman, John, Rector of St. Alban's, Lond
Berrow, John, of Add MS 4300
Berthond, Ferdinand, FRS; Swiss horologist
Bettenham, James, printer, of London
Burrow, James, Master of the Crown Office
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Haller, Albrecht von, Swiss scientist
Hollman, Samuel Christian, FRS; German philosopher
Paderni, Camillo, Keeper of the Herculaneum Museum
Pulteney, William, 1st Earl of Bath, politician, 1684-1764
St Aignan, Comte
Werlhof, Paul Gottlieb, Physician of the King of England at Hanover
d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph Dezallier, writer and secretary to the King of France, 1680-1765
Élie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste Jacques, FRS; French jurist