Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    25. Thomas Carte, historian, to , on the binding of his MSS., etc.; Winchmore Hill, 1 Aug. 1736. f. 105. Followed by notes in Carte’s handwriting on early British History, and a letter relating to him from Andrew Lumisden, Edinburgh, 13 March, 1739 [40]. tf. 107, 109. 26. Jo[hn Hough, Bishop of] Worcester to ; Hartlebury, 25 July, 1742. f. 111. 27. [Charles Lennox, Duke of] Richmond, to Dr. John Hill; Good- wood, 26 Nov. 1742. f. 112;—to the same, thanking him for the promise of his vote and interest at the Westminster election, “’Tis the honest old Whig cause I recommend to you in oposition to the Jacobite schemes, and I make no doubt butt you will agree with me in it”; Whitehall, 15 June, 1747. f. 116. 28. [Capt.] Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital, to the Steward of the Hospital, to admit a visitor; [4 May, 1747]. f. 114. 29. H[enrietta] Cavendish Holies [wife of Edward Harley, Earl of] Oxford, to her servant Joseph Lockwood; 19 Oct. 1748. f. 118. 30. [John Boyle, Earl of] Orrery, to Paul Vaillant, bookseller, on a review of his Letters of Pliny; Leicester Fields, 25 Apr. 1751. f. 119;—to Dr. John Hill; n. d. f. 121. 31. [John] Henley, “Orator,” to the same, as Editor of The Inspector; n. d. f. 123. 32. [Sir] John Fielding, Knt. [to the Editor of The Inspector], on the benefits of the Universal Register Office, of which Fielding was one of the proprietors; 10 Nov. [1751 ?]. f. 124. 33. Spranger Barry, actor, to Dr. [John] Hill; 11 Nov. 1751. f. 125. 34. John Roberts, secretary to Henry Pelham, 1st Lord of the Treasurj’, [to Dr. Hill], saying that Mr. Pelham declines to have his name prefixed to a volume of The Inspector; 26 Jan. 1753. f. 127. 35. W[illiam] Warburton [Bishop of Gloucester, 1759] to [Dr. Hill], to the same effect; 28 Jan. [1753]. f. 129. 36. Theophilus Cibber, actor, to [? Dr. Hill], asking him to write a Prologue for his benefit, when he will represent the play “ The Careless Husband,” and “ to recommend it to the good nature of the Town, etc.”; 14 June, 1753. f. 130. 37. Sentence pronounced against Augustine Mayans and others at Minorca; 16, 22 Sept. 1758. Lat. Authenticated copw, with seal of State, f. 132. 38. [William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of] Portland, to Joseph Lockwood, relative to an appointment in the British Museum; Bulstrode, 10 Jan. 1759. f. 134. 39. Notarial instiument relating to a contract between Anthony
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