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18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2395 Collections and/or Records:

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Royal Stuart Letters

12 letters from members of the royal house of Stuart
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 411
Extents: 12 box ; 53 Leaves
Dates: 1641-1790
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Rubbings of monumental brasses collected by Major Owen Evans

Extents: 7.98 Linear metres (119 boxes)
Dates: n.d. [20th cent.?]
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Ruled music-book in the hand of Maurice Greene

Ruled music book in the hand of Maurice Greene, mid-18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. e. 563***
Extents: 1 box
Dates: mid 18th cent.
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Rules and Statutes made by dr. Richard Newton ... for the Government of a College intended to be Incorporated by the name of the Principal and Fellows of Hertford College in the University of Oxford

'Rules and Statutes made by dr. Richard Newton ... for the Government of a College intended to be Incorporated by the name of the Principal and Fellows of Hertford College in the University of Oxford,' chiefly written in 1739.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon c. 24
Extents: 48 pages
Dates: chiefly written in 1739
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'Rules Orders & Instructions for the Future Government of the Office of ye Ordnance Anno Regni xxxv. 1683.'

'Rules Orders & Instructions for the Future Government of the Office of ye Ordnance Anno Regni xxxv. 1683.'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. c. 55
Extents: 97 Leaves
Dates: Written in A.D. 1683-1706
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Russell Family Deeds

Deeds and papers of the Russell family relating to Swallowfield, Mickle Trafford (Cheshire) and Co. Tipperary.
Extents: 27 shelfmarks
Dates: 1667-1808
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Rylands Manuscripts

Manuscripts collected and compiled by W.H. Rylands.
Extents: 15.17 Linear metres (205 boxes)
Dates: 16th-20th century
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'Samson Agonistes or the history of Samson. A poem in vi books'

'Samson Agonistes or the history of Samson. A poem in vi books,' written about A.D. 1766 by C. Wilkins.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 3
Extents: 216 pages
Dates: written about A.D. 1766 by C. Wilkins
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Samuel Denne, The history and antiquities of Rochester

An interleaved copy, incomplete, of Samuel Denne, The history and antiquities of Rochester (Rochester, 1772), with manuscript additions and corrections by Denne.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Kent e. 5
Extents: 213 manuscript leaves
Dates: 1772
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'Sanctissimæ Trinitati ... et sanctissimo Anglorum Apostolo Augustino, patrono suo ... d.d. cc. q. ... Poetæ Collegii Anglicani Duaceni, Anno mdcclxii'

'Sanctissimæ Trinitati ... et sanctissimo Anglorum Apostolo Augustino, patrono suo ... d.d. cc. q. ... Poetæ Collegii Anglicani Duaceni, Anno mdcclxii'
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. d. 5
Extents: 40 Leaves
Dates: Written in A.D. 1767 in several hands at Douay
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Satirical verse expressing High Church and Jacobite views, mainly relating to 1705 and 1714-1715, first half of 18th century

Satirical verse expressing High Church and Jacobite views, mainly relating to 1705 and 1714-1715, first half of 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 87
Extents: 182 pages
Dates: First half of the 18th century
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'Saul & Jonathan' by William Boyce

'Saul & Jonathan, by William Boyce'.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: Written in c.1736
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Schedule of 'old enclosure' of Messingham and East Butterwick

Schedule of 'old enclosure' of Messingham and East Butterwick, paper watermarked 179-.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lincs. e. 4
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: 1790s
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Scientific and antiquarian papers of Christopher and Richard Towneley, 17th-18th cent.

Scientific papers of Christopher and Richard Towneley relating to their work in physics, geometry and astronomy and the antiquarian papers of Christopher Towneley relating to English Roman Catholics, 17th-18th cent.
Extents: 1.05 Linear metres (17 Shelfmarks)
Dates: 1620-1787
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The score and parts of John Alcock's Funeral Anthem and Anthem for the wedding of the Earl of Donegall

The score and parts of John Alcock's Funeral Anthem ('The ways of Sion do mourn') and Anthem for the wedding of the Earl of Donegall on Nov. 16, 1761 ('Blessed is he that feareth the Lord').
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: Written in 1766
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Scrap album relating to Lucy Townsend, slavery abolitionist, and her family

Scrap album relating to Lucy Townsend, slavery abolitionist, and her family.
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 5
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c.1775-1881
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Scrap-book of Mary, second wife of Spencer Madan

Scrap-book of Mary, second wife of Spencer Madan
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 51
Extents: 399 pages
Dates: Begun in 1797
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Scrapbook belonging to the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath or the Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford

Scrapbook belonging to the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath or the Edgeworth family of Edgeworthstown
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1368
Extents: 205 Leaves
Dates: 1794-1846
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'Scraps'

'Scraps'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 27
Extents: 30 Leaves
Dates: Written in the 16th-18th century
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'Scriptorum Britannicorum Historia,' part of the original draft of bp. Tanner's Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica (Lond. 1748)

'Scriptorum Britannicorum Historia,' part of the original draft of bp. Tanner's Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica (Lond. 1748), written in about 1730-1740 by T. Tanner.
Shelfmark: MS. Tanner 470
Extents: 285 Leaves
Dates: written in about 1730-1740 by T. Tanner