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Total number of records: 6

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	6
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	6

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
letters	6
english poetry	6
french poetry	2
business records	1
wills	1
latin poetry, medieval and modern	1
geometry	1
commonplace-books	1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Luttrell, Narcissus	1
Palmer, Ralph	1
Salvio, John	1
Verrio, Antonio	1
Luttrell Family	1
Bunce, Mr	1
Bowater, Richard	1
Bridger, John	1
Buckeridge, Bainbrigg	1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	3
From 1700	3

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 26

Letter from John Bridger, Brookland, to his wife in Canterbury, 3 April 1728

1728

The second page of the letter includes a transcription of a poem by "Mr Bunce's son" titled "To Mr Higmore a painter", in praise of the painter Joseph Highmore, celebrating his skill and claiming him ...

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 40

Commonplace book of Richard Bowater, containing English poems, a library catalogue, and business accounts and correspondence.

1694-1725

Comprises: (1) Ff. 1v-2r: list of books in a library; (2) Ff. 3r-16v: 9 English poems, largely on affairs of state, including items by Halifax, Milbourne, Pope, and Bold, apparently in the hand of Ric...

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt 44

Collection of miscellaneous prose and verse

c.1730-1735

Remains of a formerly bound and consecutively paginated collection of miscellaneous prose and verse, now reduced to a number of loose sheets and gatherings, in various different hands. As recto-paged ...

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 46

Papers of John Salvio.

c.1698-1736

Comprises: (1) Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items of various sizes, including orders and receipts, a page of calligraphic writing exercises, pages of geometrical and navigational drawings, a r...

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 64

Autograph letter to Ralph Palmer from B. Buckeridge enclosing a manuscript copy of his poem 'On Her Majesty's grant of Woodstock to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough' addressed to Antonio Verrio.

1704-1705

Comprises a letter by Buckeridge to Ralph Palmer dated 14 July 1705 enclosing a poem addressed to Antonio Verrio anticipating his decoration of Blenheim Palace following Queen Anne's gift of Woodstock...

Archive Item:
BC MS Lt q 69

Correspondence and papers of the Luttrell family, including some relating to Narcissus Luttrell.

c.1676-1770

Comprises: (1) Much fragmentary eighteenth-century poetry in English, Latin, and French; (2) Miscellaneous commonplace notes, extracts, and speeches; (3) Various documents in French, including an eigh...