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Nonconformists' petition to Parliament regarding rights and privileges...: manuscript, contemporary copy

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    A discourse of the privilege and practice of the high court of Parliament in England collected out of the common lawes of this land: manuscript

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    This manuscript includes discussions about the duties, privileges, and practices of Parliament in England. Unknown date; sometime before 1660. The volume is mostly blank pages.

    mssHM 30887

  • Copies of ancient charters, deeds, etc. concerning Ireland: manuscript, [approximately 1816]

    Copies of ancient charters, deeds, etc. concerning Ireland: manuscript, [approximately 1816]

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    Copies of ancient charters, treaties, grants, extracts from Parliament Rolls, etc. concerning Ireland, and particularly County Galway, during the years 1170-1320. In Latin. Copied by Irish historian William Monck Mason.

    mssHM 78039

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    Parliament and the new model army miscellaneous documents and letters

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    A collection of miscellaneous documents and letters concerning Parliament and the New Model Army. The collection includes: a Parliamentary document addressed to a committee in Bedfordshire regarding the administration of collecting men and money for the Army (HM 82611); a receipt for provisions of coats, etc., for the pressed men in Reading (HM 82612); a letter from Oliver [Leeks?] to Noble Sir (HM 82613); instructions for impressing men for the Army for Sir Thomas Fairfax; and a copy of Charles I's 1626 speech to Parliament, followed by a speech of the Lord Keeper (HM 82615).

    mssHM 82611-82615

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    Britanniae Romanorum: manuscript

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    An unfinished dictionary of persons, places, etc. associated with Roman Britain (entries A through C only), followed by working notes and extracts from other sources; with additional notes, in another hand, on medieval England. The manuscript is undated. Volume 1 is 351 pages. Volume 2 is 273 pages.

    mssHM 154

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    The booke and diare of the ambassadors jorney to Rome: manuscript copy

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    This is a 19th century copy of Sir North's diary of a journey he took to Rome in 1555 as an ambassador of England to Pope Julius III. Accompanying him on his journey was Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely and Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. With manuscript note inserted.

    mssHM 81033

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    John Adams, Auteuil, France, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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    Letter regarding the state of current negotiations in Paris; money furnished to the U.S. by France and Holland; the foreign and domestic debt of the U.S. and the country's credit abroad; relations with England and Spain; and the need for ministers and ambassadors in Europe, which Adams considers a necessary expense.

    mssHM 22793