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"British"
LANGUAGE: Is English
RESOURCE TYPE: Is unspecified
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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
Abstract
Holograph diary recording Macartney's embassy to China between September 11, 1792 and January 15 and ; social life and customs; missionary work in China; British foreign relations with China; and especially
Published / Created
1803
Call Number
Osborn fd12 1/2
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Subject (Topic)
Diplomatic and consular service, British, Travelers' writings, English, Commerce, Court and courtiers, Description and travel, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806
Abstract
Holograph diary recording Macartney's embassy to China between September 11, 1792 and January 15 and ; social life and customs; missionary work in China; British foreign relations with China; and especially
Published / Created
1803
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Osborn fd12 1/2
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Diplomatic and consular service, British, Travelers' writings, English, Commerce, Court and courtiers, Description and travel, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Creator
Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837
Published / Created
1800/1806
Call Number
Osborn d485
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval operations, British, Travelers' writings, English, Women travelers, Malta, and Description and travel
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Grimstone, Mary Leman (Rede)
Description
: typed list of works attributed to Grimstone in the British Museum Catalogue. Binding: half calf.
Published / Created
1832
Call Number
Osborn fd56
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Collins, Anthony
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. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions; social events and contacts with British residents, , and a brief interview between a deputation of British residents and the King, who spoke in English "expressing, Entries for the Swiss and German portion of the tour are illustrated with printed scenes, The journal concludes with lists of the letters of introduction carried by Collins; his addresses, and Tipped in: folding lithograph with scenes concerning the Fileschi assassination attempt, printed
Published / Created
1835
Call Number
Osborn d410
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Kirke, Percy, 1646?-1691
Description
Percy Kirke (1646?-1691), British army officer and governor of Tangier from 1681-1683. In English
Published / Created
1681/1683
Call Number
Quarto 49 2572
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Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
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Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some and of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits
Published / Created
1800/1830
Call Number
Folio 53 D18 828
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Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
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Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some and of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits
Published / Created
1800/1830
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Folio 53 D18 828
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Aston, Herbert
Description
MS HM 904 and letters in British Museum MS 36542 (Tixall Papers). On last page: "Her. Aston Anno
Published / Created
1634/1640
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Osborn b4
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Cuthbertson, George
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, written in an interleaved copy of Rider's British Merlin, 1698. Titles include "The Deceitful Lover
Published / Created
1717
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Osborn c374
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
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or anecdotal, on such topics as printing books; British monarchs; Waldegrave's time as ambassador at Paris and The manuscript also contains 29 drawings, including pencil sketches of Strawberry Hill some done
Published / Created
1700/1799
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 170
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Irwin, Eyles, 1751?-1817
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of the Carnatic under the British Government;" a "hint of what remains to be done for the prosperity of India
Published / Created
1790
Call Number
Osborn c234
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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
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as deputy to Granby, Commander of the British forces, in the Seven Years' War, as well as subordinate
Description
, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British
Published / Created
1761/1764
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 83
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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
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as deputy to Granby, Commander of the British forces, in the Seven Years' War, as well as subordinate
Description
, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British
Published / Created
1761/1764
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 83
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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
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as deputy to Granby, Commander of the British forces, in the Seven Years' War, as well as subordinate
Description
, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British
Published / Created
1761/1764
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 83
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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
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as deputy to Granby, Commander of the British forces, in the Seven Years' War, as well as subordinate
Description
, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British
Published / Created
1761/1764
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 83
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Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823
Description
-building, and helped lay the groundwork for the reformation of British mathematics during the first half
Published / Created
1815
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 54
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Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823
Description
-building, and helped lay the groundwork for the reformation of British mathematics during the first half
Published / Created
1815
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 54
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Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874
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Holograph diary tracing 6 months of Cornwall's extended foreign tour in the company of Henry Venn and In Corfu, Cornwall and Elliott met with Sir Thomas Maitland, British governor of the Ionian
Published / Created
1817/1818
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Osborn d424
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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(British Library, Egerton MS. 2623), there is preserved a fanciful speech by a "Hermit," delivered
Published / Created
1591 May 10
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Eliz Vault
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Scafe, Anne
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on the French royal family and later the Bonaparte family. Also included are autographs of prominent British, In addition to the clippings, the scrapbook includes a variety of ephermal items given to Scafe, Scafe also includes clippings and ephemera of a more general nature: humorous anecdotes, reports, Scafe includes two lengthy test: one from The Morning Post's account of the writing of "Modern, and An engraving entitled "Sunday's amusement" is mounted on a leaf tipped in opposite the front paste
Published / Created
1698/1840
Call Number
LWL Mss Vol. 190
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Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795
Description
, and opposed the taxation policies of Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. He criticized British
Published / Created
1743/1784
Call Number
Folio LWL Mss Vol. 84
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