| Manuscripts/MS Add.9597 contains: |
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Items pertaining to the collection itself |
| 2 |
Papers of Sir Isaac Newton |
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Printed Matter |
| 4 |
Algebra |
| 5 |
Arithmetic |
| 6 |
Astronomy |
| 7 |
Chronology |
| 8 |
Finance |
| 9 |
Fluxions |
| 10 |
Geography |
| 11 |
Geometry |
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The Macclesfield Collection
| Title |
Items pertaining to the collection itself |
| Reference |
MS Add.9597/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1735–1950 |
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| Content and context |
Catalogues and booklists from the library at Shirburn Castle, and William Jones's will. |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/1 contains: |
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Last Will and Testament of William Jones.
Creator: Jones, William (1675-1749) mathematician.
ff.2 [quarto]; paper. |
20 June 1735 |
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Catalogue of William Jones's Library. An inventory by height, depth and length (not title) of the books that came to Shirburn via William Jones.
Creator: Parker family, Earls of Macclesfield.
ff.33 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1750 |
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3
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Library Tables. Catalogue of the Library at Shirburn Castle. Listed according to location within library.
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1803-1879, writer and librarian.
ff.28 [folio]; paper. |
c 1861 |
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List of Duplicate Books in the Library of Shirburn Castle. Listed according to format.
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1803-1879, writer and librarian.
ff.194 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1860 |
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"Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine," vol. XIV, Part 5. Contains an essay entitled "Some Account of James Dodson, F.R.S." which includes some notes on a manuscript on the alogarithmic Canon by Warner and Pell which was thought possibly to reside in the Macclesfield Collection. No manuscript matching that description has been found.
Creator: Dodson, James, -1757.
ff.14; paper. |
October 1868 |
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Letter to Lord Macclesfield from H.W. Turnbull.
Creator: Turnbull, Herbert Westren, 1885-1961.
ff.110 [quarto]; paper. |
25 September 1949 |
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Turnbull's notes cross-referencing items in the collection to those in earlier catalogues.
Creator: Turnbull, Herbert Westren, 1885-1961.
ff.11; paper. |
c 1950 |
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