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Collections from the 17th and 18th Centuries
- Compton (Spencer), Earl of Wilmington Papers - Household accounts and papers of Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, as well as the household accounts Compton managed for George II before his ascension to the throne from 1713-1727.
- Craufurd (John Walkinshaw) Papers - Letters, memoranda, bills and notes retained by John Walkinshaw Craufurd, a Scottish landowner and army officer, from 1746-1793.
- Cruikshank (George), An Essay on the Genius of - Extra-illustrated multivolume work on George Cruikshank by W.M. Thackeray and other contributors, bound in seven volumes and likely compiled by Cruikshank collector John B. Gough (1817-1886).
- Glover Family Collection - Collection of letters and legal documents from Glover family of Glasgow, dating from the 1799-1837, with additional modern family papers dating from 1910-1949.
- Legal and Exchequer Document Collection - Exchequer records and legal documents from England, dating 1541-1754. Includes documents and fragments bearing the signatures of Exchequer officials and other public officials.
- More (Hannah) Collection - Letters written to and from writer and social reformer Hannah More, as well as other manuscript and visual materials relating to the lives of More and her contemporaries.
- New Musical Magazine - Finding aid listing the detailed contents of the music periodical The New Musical Magazine from 1783 to 1786.
- Pièces de thêatre: Collection of 18th century plays - 548 French plays from 1780-1814, bound by an early 19th century owner into 42 volumes. Most are comedies, though there are other genres included; the majority of works date from the French Revolutionary period.
- Plumer Family Collection - Collection of manuscript notebooks, letters, and documents dating from 1730-1882, spanning several generations of the Plumer family and their distant relations.
- Pole Family Manuscript News Collection - Manuscript news-letters and printed issues of newspapers The Post-Boy and The Post-Man with manuscript additions, all addressed to the Pole family of Radbourne, Derbyshire. Written from an agent in London, letters describe current happenings in London and abroad during the period 1681-1713.
- Publisher and Bookseller Materials from the Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps - Letters related to publishing and bookselling in 18th and 19th century England, from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
- Roscoe (William and Jane Griffies) Collection - Professional and personal correspondence to and from William Roscoe and commonplace books compiled by his wife Jane Griffies Roscoe, dating 1774-1887.
- Tickets, Engraved Concert and Benefit, Collection of - Engraved tickets created from 1780-1815 for a variety of music, dance, and social events in London and elsewhere in Britain, many with pictorial engravings by Italian artists.
- Webb (Sir John), Collection of Estate Papers - Receipts, bills, inventories and other papers from the estate of Sir John Webb, baronet, of Odstock, Wiltshire, dated 1785-1802
- Yerbury (Ann) Papers - Manuscript poems and prose pieces written by Ann Yerbury between 1729 and 1753 on various themes including illness, religion, friendship, and death.
Later Collections about the 17th and 18th Centuries