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Item
Plan for finding longitude, 1799 - 1801
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 375-376
Scope and Contents
Sent by Charles Moody for consideration by the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1799 - 1801
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Plan for finding longitude, 1802-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 381-381a
Scope and Contents
Sent by Charles Moody for consideration by the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1802-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence., 02 Oct 1953 - 23 Dec 1959
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/104A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on constituency affairs by individuals including: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (20), John Harvey, Chairman [1954 - 56] (9) and Donald Forbes, Vice-Chairman, later Chairman [1956 - 61] (6), on constituency affairs including finances, meetings, office holders, Barlow-Wheeler's future employment and the 1959 General Election; F J Matthews, Chairman, Industrial Life Insurance Offices,...
Dates:
02 Oct 1953 - 23 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence., 25 Nov 1959 - 31 May 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/105A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on constituency affairs by individuals including: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (13), Donald Forbes, Chairman [1956 - 61] (9), and Doris Moss, Chairman [from 1961] (5), on constituency affairs including finances, meetings, office holders, WSC's successor as MP and Barlow-Wheeler's future employment; "Rab" [R A Butler], Chairman, Conservative Party and Home Secretary, on subjects...
Dates:
25 Nov 1959 - 31 May 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 124, closed until 2036 on Cabinet Office instructions.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - Z., 15 May 1945 - 01 Mar 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/55
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Nenk, Private Secretary to the Minister of Education; Basil Dickinson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport; Cyril Walker, Director of Housing and Valuer, London County Council (3); Derek Stephen, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Graham Mills; Sir James Hawkey [Chairman, Woodford Conservative Association] (2); [?] Dinah Pratt [former Honorary Secretary, Epping Division Conservative Association]. Also includes notes and copies of...
Dates:
15 May 1945 - 01 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 11 - 17 and 184, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive and personal information about potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, L-R., Jun 1945 - May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/26A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Claud] Wright, [Principal] (3) and M L Elder (8) of the War Office; J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (9); constituent R W McOwen (5); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (8); Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee]; [Hugh] Farmar [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air] (2); Sir George Harvie Watt; Archie Moore, Surgeon to the London Hospital, on a constituent's health; Joyce Gordon...
Dates:
Jun 1945 - May 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, (folios 173-9 and 207-9 opened in 2022)
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portrait, head and shoulders, 1898-01-01 - 1902-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 232: 14
Scope and Contents
Photo of Leonard Darwin; taken at London by Valentine Blanchard; mounted on card
(Photo)
Dates:
1898-01-01 - 1902-12-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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portrait, standing, 1893-01-01 - 1897-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 232: 13
Scope and Contents
Photo of Leonard Darwin; taken at London by Downey W & D; mounted on card
(Photo)
Dates:
1893-01-01 - 1897-12-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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portrait standing by bannisters, 1882-01-01 - 1882-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 232: 15
Scope and Contents
Photo of Elizabeth 'Bee' Darwin née Fraser; taken at London by Downey W & D; mounted on card
(Photo)
Dates:
1882-01-01 - 1882-12-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Printed booklet on the description and use of Charles Grant's 'The New Uranographia', 1803 - 1807
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 184-188
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.
Dates:
1803 - 1807
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed copy of questions proposed by the Board of Longitude to Mr Arnold, 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 80-83
Scope and Contents
With his answers to the same.
Dates:
1805
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed explanation of time-keepers constructed by Mr Arnold, 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 52-62
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1805
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed explanation of time-keepers constructed by Mr Arnold, 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 63-79
Scope and Contents
This copy of the account was printed with wider margins for remarks and circulated amongst chronometer makers for their opinions.
Dates:
1805
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed handbill concerning William Fuller's method of finding longitude, 1783-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 127
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and related handbills and advertisements.
Dates:
1783-09-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed pamphlet on a method of obtaining the true perpendicular distance of the sun, moon or stars, 1819
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 279-289
Scope and Contents
Preceded by a note from William Wood to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1819
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed pamphlet on a solution for finding longitude, 1785
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 55-65
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, two copies of a printed pamphlet, and a memorandum.
Dates:
1785
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Printed pamphlet on a solution for finding longitude, 1785
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 66-77
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, two copies of a printed pamphlet, and a memorandum.
Dates:
1785
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed pamphlet stating the facts of a legal case involving Pellizer, 1804-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 135-146
Scope and Contents
The pamphlet concerns the case of Pellizer versus Manuel de las Heras, for the retention of money.
Dates:
1804-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed paper on Lazarus Cohen's 'New System of Astronomy', 1825
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 301-305
Scope and Contents
Concerning gravitation, the forces activating the planetary system, the causes of the tides, and the laws that govern the winds.
Dates:
1825
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed prospectus for publishing the works of Major General Grant, 1803 - 1806
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 182-183
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.
Dates:
1803 - 1806
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Printed prospectus on extraordinary astronomical discoveries made by Lazarus Cohen, 1825-11-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 47-48
Scope and Contents
Preceded by a letter from Cohen to Dr Thomas Young.
Dates:
1825-11-13
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Probate of will of Cuthbert Fisher, Tower of London, London, 19 Dec. 1798
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1269/1
Scope and Contents
At London, before Sir William Wynne, Kt. LL.D. Master Keeper of Prerog. Court of Canterbury. Signed by George and Nathaniel Gostling, and R.C. Cresswell, Dep. Registrars. Entered by Thos. Gibbes. On back of probate: Entered in the Office of the Clerk of H.M. Ordnance (22 Aug. 1799). [Signed by] P. Saunders. Entered in the Treasury Office of H.M. Ordnance (16 Nov. 1799). [Signed by] W.B. Ruddick.
Dates:
19 Dec. 1798
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Probate of will of C.W. Hunneman, Soho, Middlesex, 6 Dec. 1793 (Note on outside says probate granted 5 February 1794)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1263/1
Scope and Contents
At London, before Thomas Crespigny, LL.D., surrogate of Sir William Wynne, Kt.. Signed by George and Nathaniel Gostling, and James Townley, Dep. Registrars.
Dates:
6 Dec. 1793 (Note on outside says probate granted 5 February 1794)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Probate of will of Dame Elizabeth Dashwood, Grovesnor Square, London, 6 Apr. 1798 (Either 1798 or 1799?)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1266/1
Scope and Contents
At London, before Samuel Pearce Parson, LL.D., surrogate of Sir William Wynne, Kt. LL.D. Master Keeper of Prerog. Court of Canterbury. Signed by George and Nathaniel Gostling, and H.C. Cresswell, Dep. Registrars.
Dates:
6 Apr. 1798 (Either 1798 or 1799?)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Probate of will of George Bragg, London, 22 Nov. 1687
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1254/1
Scope and Contents
At London before William [Gleys?], surrogate of Sir Richard Raines, Kt. LL.D. Signed by Tho. Welham, Dep. Registrar.
Dates:
22 Nov. 1687
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).