Miscellaneous English letters and other papers
Miscellaneous English letters and other papers, chiefly of the second half of the 17th and the 18th centuries, collected by Charles E. Doble. The principal contents are:
- Fol. 4. 'Ad defensorem suum [Joh. Seldenum] Protrepticon Richardi Iamesii Anglo-Vectensis', a short autograph Latin poem, beg. 'Dum lapides lapides'
- Fol. 5. 'Notes from Doctor [Thomas] Gale', in Latin (endorsement in the hand of Samuel Pepys)
- Fol. 6. letter from dr. Edw. Pococke to dr. Arthur Charlett, Feb. 10, 1671
- Fol. 8. power of attorney signed and sealed by sir William Temple, Sept. 11, 1680
- Fol. 10. copies of Latin inscriptions at Bath and Winchester by Samuel Gale
- Fol. 12. letter from sir Thomas Clarges about the charter of the city of Oxford, July 5, 1684, from mr. Wm. Upcott's collections
- Fol. 14. from dr. Thomas Smith, March 10, 1698/9
- Fol. 18. from Charles Boyle, earl of Orrery, Apr. 1, [1703]
- Fol. 20. from John Hudson, Bodley's Librarian, Aug. 30, 1708
- Fol. 22. from Thomas Hearne, Oct. 17, 1716
- Fol. 29. from dr. Richard Rawlinson to dr. A. C. Ducarel Aug. 6, 1743
- Fol. 30. from William Bowyer to Edw. Rowe Mores with gift of Anglo-Saxon type to the Oxford University Press, Dec. 4, 1753, cp. fol. 38
- Fol. 33. from dr. Browne Willis to dr. Ducarel, Feb. 8, 1754
- Fol. 34. from Francis Wise to the same, June 5, 1757
- Fol. 35. from R[ichard] Berenger to Robert Dodsley, Jan. 1, 1758
- Fol. 40. about twenty letters from dr. Nathan Wetherell of University college, Thomas Nowell, principal of St. Mary hall, and Daniel Prince, Oxford bookseller, to William Strahan, 1766-82
- Fol. 82. letter from Mark Noble, Oct. 18, 1796
- Fol. 94. from Robert Stewart, viscount Castlereagh, Dec. 12, 1805
- Fol. 96. from William Seward to William Melmoth, undated (fol. 96)
- Fol. 98. from dr. Charles Burney, July 15, 1807
- Fol. 99. from dr. Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodley's Librarian, Aug. 5, 1821
- Fol. 103. 'original letters and MSS. of the rev. Thomas Moss and his family', 1714-98: at fol. 123 is an abstract of title of premises in Wolverhampton belonging to him
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 17th-19th century
Extent
124 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 75, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. c. 75
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19792
Abstract
Miscellaneous English letters and other papers
Biographical / Historical
Charles E. Doble (fl. 1880-1900).
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 36884
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given, by mrs. C. E. Doble, Feb. 26, 1915.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 3/8 × 9 in.
Subject
- Doble | Charles E | fl 1880-1900 (Person)
- Title
- Miscellaneous English letters and other papers
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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