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Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768. Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

Title: Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

The collection contains scientific, political and personal correspondence of the Earl of Morton and the first Lady Morton; a travel diary kept by Sholto, Lord Morton in 1784; and a few folders of letters to George Douglas, Earl of Morton (1761-1827). Scientific correspondents include Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon; Pierre-Charles and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier; Réaumur; Samuel König; and close friend Colin Maclaurin. Subjects discussed include a gift of Scottish pineseeds to Buffon; attempts to observe the 1748 solar eclipse and improvements to telescopes; and the flora and fauna of the Orkneys. Other correspondents include Madame Geoffrin; the artist Benjamin West; Montesquieu; Sir Robert Walpole; the comte Saint-Germain; and Alexander Monro. Letters from vaious Douglas relatives and friends document Morton's arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille, while letters by Sir Matthew Decker, Francis Farquharson, Sir James Kinloch, and Lord Prestongrange concern the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. Letters to Agatha Lady Morton from William Douglas and his wife also discuss the position of the Jacobites after the rising.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

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Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768. Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

Title: Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

The collection contains scientific, political and personal correspondence of the Earl of Morton and the first Lady Morton; a travel diary kept by Sholto, Lord Morton in 1784; and a few folders of letters to George Douglas, Earl of Morton (1761-1827). Scientific correspondents include Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon; Pierre-Charles and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier; Réaumur; Samuel König; and close friend Colin Maclaurin. Subjects discussed include a gift of Scottish pineseeds to Buffon; attempts to observe the 1748 solar eclipse and improvements to telescopes; and the flora and fauna of the Orkneys. Other correspondents include Madame Geoffrin; the artist Benjamin West; Montesquieu; Sir Robert Walpole; the comte Saint-Germain; and Alexander Monro. Letters from vaious Douglas relatives and friends document Morton's arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille, while letters by Sir Matthew Decker, Francis Farquharson, Sir James Kinloch, and Lord Prestongrange concern the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. Letters to Agatha Lady Morton from William Douglas and his wife also discuss the position of the Jacobites after the rising.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

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Feltham (London, England). Copy of the preface to A register of the parochial library of Feltham in Middlesex, founded by ... Sir Matthew Decker, ca. 1715 [manuscript], ca. 1725.

Title: Copy of the preface to A register of the parochial library of Feltham in Middlesex, founded by ... Sir Matthew Decker, ca. 1715 [manuscript], ca. 1725.

Possibly spoken at the library's dedication. Discusses the principles upon which a parish library should be established and "into what narrow a compass a set of valuable and well chosen books...may be brought, preserved clean, and secured in book presses" (leaf 27). Sets forth the need for a scheme containing the whole system of theology and for a blank register with a table of heads into which the titles of the books, whether belonging to the library or borrowed or to be acquired, could be entered. The contents of parish libraries within a small area should be diversified and made complementary. Quotes from Erasmus' Ecclesiastes. At the beginning is a printed copy of An act for the better preservation of parochial libraries in that part of Great Britain called England, accompanied by Rules for the better preservation of parochial libraries.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (28 leaves)

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