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The Abinger Papers
Collection
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates:
1780-1937
'Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries of the Laws of England'
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 172
'Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries of the Laws of England.'
Extents: 137 Leaves
Dates:
Written about A.D. 1770-1780
Account of the proceedings of the Tusculan Society, a London literary and debating society
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 261
Account of the proceedings of the Tusculan Society, a London literary and debating society
Extents: 80 Leaves
Dates:
Jan 1739-Feb 1742
Accounts of religious ceremonies of heathen nations
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 192
ccounts of religious ceremonies of heathen nations
Extents: 30 Leaves
Dates:
Written about A.D. 1740-1750
Accounts of rent and taxes relating to a malthouse in Kingsbury st.
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Wilts d. 1
Accounts of rent and taxes relating to a malthouse in Kingsbury st.
Extents: 25 Leaves
Dates:
Written in A.D. 1734-1776, chiefly by J. Pocock
Additional correspondence of Maria Edgeworth and family
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 6408
Letters of the engineer, inventor and educationist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817) and his daughter, the writer Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), 1763-1849.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1763-1849
Additional Papers of Edmond Malone
Collection
Additional Papers of Edmond Malone, including private papers and literary pieces.
Extents: 5 shelfmarks
Dates:
1690-1817
Additional papers of Henry Wentworth Acland and his daughter Sarah Angelina Acland
Collection
Commonplace book of H.W. Acland and visitors' book of S.A. Acland.
Extents: 0.11 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1852-1886
Agreement between Alexander Pope and Bernard Lintot
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. a. 6
Agreement between Alexander Pope and Bernard Lintot, 23 March 1714.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
23 March 1714-1720
'Analecta Wiltoniensia'
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Wilts e. 1
'Analecta Wiltoniensia'
Extents: 145 Leaves
Dates:
Written chiefly about A.D. 1697-1700 by T. Tanner
Anonymous drama
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 4233
Anonymous drama
Extents: 2.0 Volumes
Dates:
18th century
An 'Apology' addressed to bp. Burnet by the rev. George Lewis
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. th. e. 19
An 'Apology' addressed to bp. Burnet by the rev. George Lewis
Extents: 70 Leaves
Dates:
Written in A.D. 1709 by G. Lewis
Archive of Dr. Bulkeley Bandinel
Collection
Thirteen volumes, chiefly Dr. Bulkeley Bandinel's notebooks, 15th-19th century.
Extents: 1.43 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Dates:
15th-19th century
Archive of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, and his descendants
Collection
Papers of Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), Bishop of London, with papers of his descendants, 1388-1797.
Extents: 7.45 Linear metres (23 Shelfmarks)
Dates:
1388-1797
Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Collection
Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates:
1935-1964
Archive of Jane Johnson of Olney, Buckinghamshire and of her family
Collection
Correspondence and papers of Jane Johnson of Olney, Buckinghamshire (1706-1759) and of her family, 17th-19th cent.
Extents: 2.7 Linear metres (18 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1706-1759, 17th-19th cent.
Archive of John Everett Butt
Collection
Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1932-64
Archive of Lady Marilyn Butler
Collection
Archive of Lady Marilyn Butler
Extents: 9.76 Linear metres (144 boxes)
Dates:
1770-2015
Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century
Collection
Correspondence and literary papers of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), with papers of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth and other members of the Edgeworth family, mainly 1778-1886.
Extents: 12.65 Linear metres (115 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1768-1849, 17th-19th century
Archive of the Noel, Byron and Lovelace Families
Collection
Papers of Annabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), including papers of her parents, Sir Ralph and Judith Milbanke (later Noel), papers of her daughter, Ada Byron (later Lady Lovelace), and her grand-children, Ralph King (2nd Earl of Lovelace) and Anne Blunt.
Extents: 50.6 Linear metres (460 Shelfmarks)
Dates:
1669-1930