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Vol. XII (ff. 253). 1663-1765.

Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.

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ff. 1-3 Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.
ff. 1-3 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence with T. Haak: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.
ff. 5, 7 Ismael Boulliau, French astronomer: Letters to H. Oldenburg: 1672-1677.: Fr.
ff. 5-7 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letters to, from I. Boulliau: 1672-1677.: Fr.
f. 9 Christian Adolph Balduin, German divine and chemist: Certificate of election to the Royal Society: 1677.
f. 10 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian scientist: Letter to H. Oldenburg: 1677.: Fr.
f. 10 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letter to, from G. A. Borelli: 1677.: Fr.
f. 12 Marchese Annibale Scotti, Envoy of the Duke of Parma in Spain: Letter to [? W. Stanhope]: 1720.: Ital.
f. 15 Pierre Barrère, French physician and naturalist: Letter to M. Folkes: 1751.: Fr.
f. 17 Papillon [?Jean Michel], engraver, of Paris: Letter to -: 1742.: Fr.
ff. 19, 22, 26 Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society: Letters to T. Birch: 1737-1752.
ff. 20, 71 Paul Frisi, Italian mathematician and astronomer: Letters to M. Folkes: 1743, 1751: Fr.
f. 27 Jacobus Gabriel Rothman: Letter to the Royal Society: 1745.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 32 Recipes, Domestic: For roasting lobsters: 18th cent.
f. 33 Baron von Hatzel,; Privy Councillor to the Duke of Württemberg: Letter to the Royal Society: 1758.: Fr.
ff. 36, 126 Johann Caspar Wetstein, FRS; Rector of Helmingham; greatgrandson of J R Wetstein (1): Letters to the Cosmographical Society of Nuremberg: 1749, 1753.: Lat.: Copies.
f. 37 Martille: Letter to: 1751.: Fr.
f. 39 Jean André Peyssonnel, FRS; French physician and naturalist: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1757.: Fr.
ff. 42, 48, 65 Gottfried Schütze, German theologian and historian: Letters to C. Mortimer: 1750, 1751.: Germ.
ff. 45, 60 Joseph de Guignes, orientalist: Letters to C. Mortimer: 1751.: Fr.
f. 47 Jean Jallabert, FRS; Swiss divine and physicist: Letter to G. M. Bose: 1751.: Fr.: Extr.
f. 47b Georg Matthias Bose, German mathematician: Letter to -: 1751.
f. 50 William Watson, FRS; physician and naturalist; Knight 1786: Letters to C. Mortimer: 1740, 1751.
f. 55 Cromwell Mortimer, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society: Letter to J. Lining: circ. 1746.: Copy.
f. 55 Cromwell Mortimer, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society: Letter to J. E. Bertier: 1748.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 55b Cromwell Mortimer, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society: Letter to L. Garcia: 1748.: Fr.: Copy.
f. 56 Cromwell Mortimer, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society: Letter to A. G. Kaestner: 1750.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 57 Joseph Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer: Letters to C. Mortimer: 1740-1751.: Fr. and Engl. transl.
f. 59 Samuel Christian Hollman, FRS; German philosopher: Testimonials for P. Barrère signed by: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 59 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss scientist: Testimonials on behalf of P. Barrére: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 59 Pierre Barrère, French physician and naturalist: Testimonials for: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 59 Paul Gottlieb Werlhof, Physician of the King of England at Hanover: Testimonials for P. Barrère signed by: 1751, 1752.: Lat.
f. 62 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss scientist: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1751.
f. 67 de Neuvialle, SJ; missionary in China: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1751.: Fr.
f. 68 Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French physician; nephew of Claude Joseph Geoffroy: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1751.: Fr.
f. 70 William Humphrey, of Norwich: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1751.
f. 75 Dr Benedictus Navarro: Letter to the Royal Society: 1752.: Lat.
f. 76 Balthasar Sprenger, Pastor at Göppingen: Letter to P. Collinson: 1752.: Lat.
ff. 78-81 Captain Johann Hilarius von Plahten, of Bremen: Letter, etc., to the Royal Society: 1752.: Germ.: Signed.
f. 82 Ivan Daniel Schumacher, Librarian at the Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg: Letter to the Royal Society: 1752.
f. 83 Georg Ernst Baumann, notary public: Notarial copy attested by: 1752.
f. 83 Baron W. von Steinberg,; Hanoverian minister of State: Letter to J. H. von Plahten: 1752.: Germ.: Notarial copy.
f. 86 Captain Johann Hilarius von Plahten, of Bremen: Letter to George II: 1752.: Germ.
f. 88 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Letter to Lord Cadogan: 1752.: Draft.
f. 89 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton: Letter to Lord Cadogan: 1752.
ff. 90, 91, 95 Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society: Letter to F. Hauksbee: 1752.
f. 93 John Bond, MD: Letter to M. Folkes: 1752.
f. 98 George Edwards, Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians: Letters to T. Birch: 1749-1762.
f. 99 Joseph Ames, d 1759 FRS; Secretary, Society of Antiquaries: Letter to the Hon. P. Yorke: 1752.
f. 101 Hans Winthrop Mortimer, MP: Letter to C. Lytteiton: 1752.
f.103 Hans Winthrop Mortimer, MP: Letter to P. Davall: 1752.
f. 105 de Löhrern: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1752.: Fr.
f. 107 Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, French writer, naturalist and engineer: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1752.: Fr.
f. 108 Jean André Peyssonnel, FRS; French physician and naturalist: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1757.: Fr.
f. 109 Guillaume de St Jacques Silvabelle, French mathematician: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1753.: Fr.
f. 111 Count Petr Grigorevich Chernyshev,; Russian Minister in London: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1752.
f. 112 René Antoine Ferehault de Réaumur, FRS; French naturalist: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1752.: Fr.
f. 115 Andrea Bina, OSB: Letter to P. Davall: 1753.: Lat.
f. 117 Guillaume de St Jacques Silvabelle, French mathematician: Letter to the Royal Society: 1753.
f. 120 Abbé E. Feretti, of Milan: Letter to the Royal Society: 1753.: Fr.
f. 121 Paolo Antonio Rolli, FRS; Italian poet: Letter to M. Folkes: 1753.
f. 123 Damaso de Latré: Testimonial for his candidature for election to the Royal Society: 1753.
f. 123 Edward Montagu, MP, FRS: Testimonial for D. de Latré signed by: 1753.
f. 123 Edward Wortley Montagu, MP, FRS; traveller: Testimonial for D. de Latré signed by: 1753.
f. 123 Richard Hazard, FRS: Testimonial for D. de Latre: 1753.: Signed.
f. 124 Edmund Greenhill, of Colney: Letter to the Royal Society: 1753.
f. 126 John Lining, physician, of Charlestown: Letter to -: 1754.
f. 128 Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, French writer, naturalist and engineer: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1753-1755.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.: Partly copies.
f. 132 Johann Michael Franz, German geographer: Letter to C. Wetstein: 1754.: Lat.
f. 134 Emanuel Mendes da Costa, FRS; naturalist: Letter to the Royal Society: 1754.
ff. 135, 137, 153 Brun, MD; of Montpellier: Letters to the Royal Society: 1754, 1755.: Lat. and Engl. transl.
f. 138 Thomas Hollis, FRS, FSA: Letter to J. Ward: 1754.
f. 140 James Parsons, MD, FRS: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1754.
f. 141 Chevalier Joseph Louis Vincent de Mauléon de Causans: Letter to the Royal Society: 1754.: Fr.
f. 143 Josseaume, physician: Letter to the Royal Society: 1754.: Fr.
f. 145 Simon, alias Simon de Vervillle; French botanist: Astronomical and other observations made in Persia: 1754.: Fr.
f. 146 Anthony Askew, MD: Testimonial for T. B. Durey de Noinville: 1755.: Fr.
f. 146 Jacques Bernard Durey de Noinville, d 1768 French historian and jurist: Testimonial for his election to the Royal Society: 1755.: Fr.
f. 146 Louis Jouard de La Nauze, F R S; French scholar: Testimonial for J. B. Durey de Noinville: 1755.: Fr.
f. 146 Abhi Claude Safiier, FRS; French historian and librarian: Testimonial for J. B. Durey de Noinville: 1755.: Fr.
f. 146 Jean le Rond d' Alembert, French mathematician: Testimonial for J. B. Durey de Noinville: 1755.: Fr.
f. 146 Abbé Jean Baptiste de La Chapelle, FRS: Testimonial for J. B. Durey de Noinville: 1755.: Fr.
f. 147 Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt, French writer on medicine: Testimonial for his candidature for election to the Royal Society: 1755.: Fr. and Engl.: Copy.
f. 151 Rodolph Valltravers, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1755-1763.
f. 152 Malcolm Flemyng, MD; physiologist: Letters to T. Birch: 1755-1763.
ff. 154 (copy), 190 Richard Wolfall, physician, of Lisbon: Letters to J. Parsons: 1755, 1757.
f. 156 Johann Albrecht Schlosser, MD, FRS: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1755.
f. 158 J. T. Muysson: Letter to M. Maty: 1755.
f. 160 George Shelvocke, Secretary of the General Post Office: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1755.
f. 161 Giovanni Falasca, OFM: Letter to -: 1755.: Ital.
f.162 Jean Bernard, French anatomist: Letter to the Royal Society: 1759.: Fr.
ff. 163, 171, 183 (printed) George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1752-1763.: Partly copies.
f. 166 James Parsons, MD, FRS: Letters to T. Birch: 1753-1760.
f. 167 Jean Joseph Sue, surgeon, of Paris: Letter to the Royal Society: 1759.: Fr.
f. 168 Moses Harris, entomologist and engraver: Letter to the Royal Society: 1759.
f. 169 Franz Anton Knittel, German divine: Letter to the Royal Society: 1758.: Lat.
f. 174 Theodoro de Almeida, Portuguese philosopher: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.: Lat.
ff. 176, 186 Pieter de la Rue, Dutch jurist: Letters to the Royal Society: 1757, 1758.: Lat.
f. 178 Edward Waring, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge: Letters to T. Birch: 1758-1763.
f. 180 Lorenz Natter, gem engraver and medallist: Letter to the Royal Society: 1758.: Extr.
f. 184 Abbé Carl Arnolde Dobroslawin, of The Hague: Letter to the Royal Society: 1757.: Lat.
f. 185 Charles Nicolas Jenty, medical writer: Letter to the Royal Society: 1757.
f. 189 Peter Collinson, FRS, Botanist: Letters to T. Birch: 1753-1765, n.d.
f. 193 Antoine Gaubil, SJ; French missionary in China: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1752-1758.: Lat. and Fr.
f. 194 Lieutenant W- Knoch: Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.: Fr.
f. 196 Balthasar Sprenger, Pastor at Göppingen: Letters to T. Birch: 1752-1757.: Lat.
f. 197 Giovanni Batista Felice, of Florence: Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.: Ital.
f. 199 Reverend John Johnson, FSA; of the Spalding Society; son of Maurice Johnson: Letter to T. Birch: 1756.
f.204 Jean Antoine Tilkin, of Liége: Letters to the Royal Society: 1755, 1756.: Fr.
ff. 206, 208 Medicine and Surgery: Account of a cataract in a bull's eye: 1756.: Lat. with Engl. transl.
f. 211 Jean Nicolas Sebastien Allamand, FRS; Professor of Philosophy at Leyden: Letter to A. Trembley: 1756.: Extr.
ff. 212, 221 Jean André Peyssonnel, FRS; French physician and naturalist: Letters to the Royal Society: 1751-1756.: Fr.
f. 214 Niels Eriksen, of Copenhagen: Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.
f. 216 Louis Devisme, diplomatist: Letter to H. Baker: 1750.
f. 217 Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator: Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.
f. 218 Johann Caspar Wetstein, FRS; Rector of Helmingham; greatgrandson of J R Wetstein (1): Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.
f. 220 Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, Perpetual Secretary to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin: Letter to the Royal Society: 1756.: Fr.
f. 223 Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1760.
f. 226 Pierre Lyonet, FRS; Dutch naturalist: Letter to the Royal Society: 1760.
ff. 227, 229 William Thomas, Secretary of the Marine Society, etc: Letters to Lord Macclesfield: 1760.
f.230 Nevil Maskelyne, DD, FRS; Astronomer Royal: Letter to C. Morton: 1760.
f. 231 Jacques Daviel, surgeon and oculist to the King of France: Letter to the Royal Society: 1760.: Fr.
f. 232 Philip Carteret Webb, Solicitor to the Treasury; MP for Haslemere: Letter to Lord Willoughby of Parham: 1761.
f. 233 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse; Secretary of State for the North: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1761.
f. 234 Sauveur François Morand, FRS; French anatomist: Notices to the Royal Society of the subject proposed by the Académie de Chirurgie for prizes in 1761: 1762.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 238, 248, 252 Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil Duperron, French orientalist: Letters to the Royal Society: 1761.: Fr.
ff. 239, 244 James Short, FRS; optician: Letters to T. Birch: 1752-1764.
f. 241 Alexandre Guy Pingré, Astronomer: Letters to the Royal Society: 1761, 1762.: Fr.
f. 243 Richard Cowper: Letter to the Royal Society: 1761.
f. 249 Michael Christoff Hanov, Professor of Philosophy at Danzig: Letters to T. Birch: 1761-1764.: Lat.
f. 250 Winslow, son of J B Wins low, MD: Letter to the Royal Society: 1761.: Fr.

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Allamand, Jean Nicolas Sebastien, natural philosopher, c 1716-1787
Almeida, Theodoro, Portuguese philosopher
Ames, Joseph, FRS; Secretary, Society of Antiquaries, 1689-1759
Anquetil Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe, French orientalist
Askew, Anthony, physician and book collector, 1722-1774,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061332085,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/60017882
Balduin, Christian Adolph, alchemist, 1632-1682
Barrère, Pierre, French physician and naturalist, 1690-1755
Baumann, Georg Ernst, notary public, fl 1752
Bernard, Jean, French anatomist
Bina, Andrea, OSB
Birch, Thomas, DD, FRS, d 1766
Bond, John, MD
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso, Italian scientist
Bose, Georg Matthias, German mathematician
Bougainville, Louis Antoine, French navigator
Boulliau, Ismael, French astronomer
Brun, MD; of Montpellier
Chernyshev, Petr Grigorevich, Count, Russian Minister in London
Collinson, Peter, FRS, Botanist
Cowper, Richard, of Add MS 4443
D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, diplomat and politician, 1718-1778
Daviel, Jacques, surgeon and oculist to the King of France, 1696-1762
Delisle, Joseph Nicolas, astronomer and cartographer, 1688-1768
Dobroslawin, Carl Arnolde, of The Hague, clergyman and correspondent of the Royal Society, fl 1757
Edwards, George, Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians
Eriksen, Niels, of Copenhagen, fl 1756
Falasca, Giovanni, Franciscan friar, fl 1755
Felice, Giovanni Batista, of Florence, fl 1717-1756
Feretti, E, priest, fl 1753
Flemyng, Malcolm, physiologist and writer, c 1700-1764
Folkes, Martin, antiquary and natural philosopher, 1690-1754
Formey, Johann Heinrich Samuel, Perpetual Secretary to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin
Franz, Johann Michael, German geographer
Frisi, Paul, Italian mathematician and astronomer
Gaubil, Antoine, missionary in China, writer and translator, 1689-1759
Geoffroy, Etienne Louis, entomologist and pharmacist, 1725-1810
Greenhill, Edmund, of Colney, correspondent of the Royal Society, fl 1753
Guignes, Joseph, orientalist, sinologist and Turkologist, 1721-1800
Haak, Theodore, translator and natural philosopher, 1605-1690
Haller, Albrecht von, Swiss scientist
Hanov, Michael Christoff, Professor of Philosophy at Danzig
Harris, Moses, entomologist and engraver
Hatzel, Baron, Privy Councillor to the Duke of Württemberg
Hauksbee, Francis, the younger; scientific writer
Hazard, Richard, FRS
Hollis, Thomas, FRS, FSA
Hollman, Samuel Christian, FRS; German philosopher
Humphrey, William, of Norwich
Jallabert, Jean, FRS; Swiss divine and physicist
Jaucourt, Louis, Chevalier; French writer on medicine
Jenty, Charles Nicolas, medical writer
Johnson, John, Reverend; FSA; of the Spalding Society; son of Maurice Johnson
Josseaume, physician
Knittel, Franz Anton, German divine
Knoch, W-, Lieutenant
La Chapelle, Jean Baptiste, Abbé; FRS
La Nauze, Louis Jouard, F R S; French scholar
Latré, Damaso
Lining, John, physician, of Charlestown
Lyonet, Pierre, FRS; Dutch naturalist
Löhrern
Martille
Maskelyne, Nevil, DD, FRS; Astronomer Royal
Mauléon de Causans, Joseph Louis Vincent, Chevalier
Mendes da Costa, Emanuel, FRS; naturalist
Montagu, Edward Wortley, MP, FRS; traveller
Montagu, Edward, MP, FRS
Morand, Sauveur François, FRS; French anatomist
Mortimer, Cromwell, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society, c 1693-1752
Mortimer, Hans Winthrop, MP
Muysson, J. T.
Natter, Lorenz, gem engraver and medallist
Navarro, Benedictus, Dr
Neuvialle, SJ; missionary in China
Noinville, Jacques Bernard, historian and jurist, 1683-1768
Oldenburg, Henry, theologian, c 1615-1677
Papillon ?Jean Michel, engraver, of Paris
Parker, George, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
Parsons, James, MD, FRS
Pell, John, mathematician and diplomatist, 1611-1685
Peyssonnel, Jean André, FRS; French physician and naturalist
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, Astronomer
Plahten, Johann Hilarius, Captain; of Bremen
Pococke, Richard, Bishop of Meath, 1704-1765
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, FRS; Italian poet
Rothman, Jacobus Gabriel
Rue, Pieter de la, Dutch jurist
Réaumur, René Antoine, entomologist, 1683-1757
Safiier, Abhi Claude, FRS; French historian and librarian
Schlosser, Johann Albrecht, MD, FRS
Schumacher, Ivan Daniel, Librarian at the Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg
Schütze, Gottfried, German theologian and historian
Scotti, Annibale, Marchese; Envoy of the Duke of Parma in Spain
Shelvocke, George, Secretary of the General Post Office
Short, James, FRS; maker of optical instruments, 1710-1768
Silvabelle, Guillaume de St Jacques, French mathematician
Simon, alias Simon de Vervillle; French botanist
Sprenger, Balthasar, Pastor at Göppingen
Steinberg, W., Baron, Hanoverian minister of State
Sue, Jean Joseph, surgeon, of Paris
Thomas, William, Secretary of the Marine Society, etc
Tilkin, Jean Antoine, of Liége
Valltravers, Rodolph, FRS
Vismes, Louis, diplomat, 1720-1776
Walpole, Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Waring, Edward, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
Watson, William, FRS; physician and naturalist; Knight 1786
Webb, Philip Carteret, barrister and antiquary, MP for Haslemere, 1702-1770
Werlhof, Paul Gottlieb, Physician of the King of England at Hanover
Wetstein, Johann Caspar, FRS; Rector of Helmingham; greatgrandson of J R Wetstein (1)
Winslow, son of J B Wins low, MD
Wolfall, Richard, physician, of Lisbon
d'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste le Rond, French mathematician, 1717-1783
d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph Dezallier, writer and secretary to the King of France, 1680-1765