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Edgar Osborne collection of 16th, 17th and 18th century manuscripts.

ACU SPC C0034

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION – BROADSIDES, ETC.

The Edgar Osborne Collection – Broadsides, Etc.

Accession No. 13694

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION – BROADSIDES, ETC.

FILE TITLE DATE ACCESSION #

A perpetual almanack

1687(?) 13694

Observations on clothing, by various authors ancient and modern

[179-?] 13695

Hobart Synagogue. Special choral service on the occasion…

1918 13696

The Critic. War special

1899 13697

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway. Hours of Departure

1840 13698

Present and Wyre Railway

1840 13699

Great Britain. Post Office Friday, Nov. 5, 1824. Daily Statement of the Packet Boats

1824 13700

Great Britain. Parliament. South Africa. Further papers relating to the working of the refugee camps in South Africa

1902 13701

To His Grace the Duke of Duke of Marlborough, upon his going into Germany

1713 13702

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION – BROADSIDES, ETC.

FILE TITLE DATE ACCESSION #

Copies of a petition to the Attorneys of the Courts of Westminster … touching the prosecutions against them for defrauding the stamp-duties

1672 13703

France. Sovereigns, etc., 1643-1715 (Louis XIV)

The Most Christian Kings declaration of war against the States-General of the United Provinces

[Wing 3114]

1672 13704

A vindication of Dr. Oates from that scandalous pamphlet called, An Hue and Cry [Wing 476]

1681 13705

Fitz-Gerald, Maurice. A true discovery of the Irish popish plot … Jan. the 20th 1680 … [Wing 1076]

1681 13706

A copy of a letter written by a Jesuit to the Father-Rector at Bruxels…

[Wing 6169]

[1679?] 13707

Trusty, Roger. The imperfection of most governments, taken out of the epitomy of the Roman history: written by Lucius Annaeus Florus

[1608] 13708

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION – BROADSIDES, ETC.

FILE TITLE DATE ACCESSION #

[Wing 1381A]

Some remarks upon the present state of the East-Indian Company’s affairs …

[Wing S 4603?]

1690 13709

The case of the Royal African Company of England

[17--?] 13710

A prologue spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle at the entertainment of Love for love

[Wing 3660]

1695 13711

A rare a show: or Englands betrayers exposed…

[Wing 279]

1680 13712

Private occurrences; or, The transactions of the four last years, written in imitation of the old ballad of Hey brave Oliver, ho brave Oliver & c.

[Wing 3531]

[1688?] 13713

An excellent new copy of verses

[1688?] 13714

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION – BROADSIDES, ETC.

FILE TITLE DATE ACCESSION #

The vision

[Wing 657]

[1688-1689] 13715

Dun, Finlay and George Hunt

Report on the Morris Estates, Western Virginia

[1882] 13716

Great Britain. Court of Quarter

Sessions of the Peace (Kent).

The Kentish petition…

[17--] 13716a

EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

The Edgar Osborne Colelction of 16th, 17th, and 18th Century Manuscripts

Accession MsC 132

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

Allen, William [pseudo]

Killing no murder, with some additions…

- 24 p.; some loss of text; in several hands

- Authors are Edward Sexby (d. 1658) and Silius Titus (1623(?)-1704)

1689 1.1

18 articles against the Earl of Clarendon

- 2 p.

1666 1.2

Arundell, Earl of (Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 1585-1646)

Instructions from the Earl of Arundell for Ensign [Thomas] Vaughan to Report to the foot regiment...

- 1 p.

1638 1.3

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Observations upon a libell intituled, The declaracons of the causes of troubles supposed to be against England. 1592

- 16 p.

1592 1.4

A ballad to the tune of Cooke [Lau-(?)]

- 4 p.

[16--(?)] 1.5

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

Great Britain. Sovereigns, etc., 1660-1685 (Charles II)

Applications for letters patent or charter by the Company of the Royal Fishery of England.

- 18 p.

[16--] 1.6

The chief reasons for making my humble petition to his most sacred majesty(?)

- 2 p.

[16--(?)] 1.7

Colson, Francis

[Letter to Morrice Winn. In Latin verse, the first letter of each line being a letter of Winn’s name.: Salutation]: Clarissimo viro, ac bonarum... M.W.

- 1 p.

[17--(?)] 1.8

The coventry wedding. A ballad...

- 4 p.

[17--(?)] 1.9

Decimo quarto coir sord(?)

- 3 p.

[16--(?)] 1.10

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550-1640

A declaration of the true causes of the great troubles supposed to be intended against the Realms of England...

- 19 p.

1592(?) 1.11

Great Britain. House of Commons April 24. House of Commons Westminster, 1689...

Debate. How to raise a sum of money suitable to the present emergency...

- 11 p.

1689 1.12

Northampton

...Grounds of...against the Canon established in the synod

- 2 p.

1640 1.13

Haversham, John Thompson, Baron, 1647-1710

The Lord Havershams speech in the House of Peers on Thursday, November 15th, 1705

- 4 p.

1705 1.14

His Majesty’s answer and the House of Commons reply

[1672-1673] 1.15

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

- 3 p.

Jovis 21 March 1688/9

- 1 p.

1688-1689 1.16

The kings letter to the Houses [Charles I]

- 2 p.

1628 1.17

[King’s speech to Parliament, July 29, 1667]: My Lords & Gentlemen

- 1 p.

1667 1.18

King’s writ re: shipmoney, sent to Leicestershire 1635 1.19

(oversize: in map cabinet)

Lines on the death of W. Huskisson

- 2 leaves folio

- holograph verses in ink

- in pencil on recto of 1st leaf: William Huskisson, 1770-1830

[17--(?)] 1.20

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

Ye Lord Keeper’s answer to ye Speaker

- 2 p.

[16--(?)] 1.21

Mercurrii 20 March 1688/9. [Parliamentary minutes(?)]

- 1 p.

[1688(?)] 1.22

Nota di numero centoventi Pezzi(?)] di diversi Paesi della Toscana descritti come appresso e -holograph notebook

- 14 leaves, watermarked; name on front cover: Andreas Reymundini

[17--(?)] 1.23

Obs[ervations] on the Writte

- 2 p.

[163-(?)] 1.24

The patriot

- 1 p.

[1707(?)] 1.25

Creswell, Joseph

An advertisement written to a secretary of my Lo[rd] Treasurer of England by an English intelligencer as he passed through Germaine into Italie... [by John Philopatris (John Creswell)]

1592 1.26

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

- 18 p.

Unidentified play manuscript

- 53 p.

[16-(?)] 1.27

A purging pill for ye county, being a new ballad...

- 3 p.

1707(?) 1.28

Royal African Company of England To His most Excellent Majesty in Council, the humble petition of...

- 2 p.; partial loss of text

[17--] 1.29

Sedley, Charles, Sir, 1639(?)-1701

Mr. Charles Sedley; his speech to the House of Commons December 1690

- 1 p.

1690 1.30

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of 1621-1683

Notes taken in short hand of the Earle of Shaftsbury speech in the House of Commons upon...

- 7 p.

1675 1.31

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

Some observations on the consequences of an Act...for extending and improving the trade to Africa

- 7 p.

176-(?) 1.32

Stacpoole, George D.

Letter to Sir Hugh D. Massey, Bart. Doonass, May 1, 1789 re. an election

- 4 p.

1789 1.33

Town of Tipperary

Holograph petition to Major General Sir Charles Asgill, Bart. from residents of the town of Tipperary requesting that he quell disorder, August 16, 1801

- 1 p.

1801 1.34

Votes veneris 1 February 1688/9

- 1 p.

1688 1.35

Additional material relating to MsC 1.27:

Microfilm reel #A 414 from Warwickshire County Record Office of the Arbury Hall version of The

2.1

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EDGAR OSBORNE COLLECTION OF MsC 132 16th, 17th and 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS

FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE

humorous magistrate

Marriage upon marriage or, As I told you before –student production of The Osborne Project Play, (MsC 1.27) – DVD, 115 minutes (4 copies)

April 2005 2.2-2.5

Marriage upon marriage or, As I told you before – student production of The Osborne Project Play, (MsC 1.27) – Videocassette (3 copies)

April 9, 2005 2.6-2.8

Programme for the student production of The Osborne Project Play titled Marriage upon marriage or, As I told you before, University of Calgary

April 7- April 9, 2005

2.9

Compact Disc with images of various manuscript pages from the same time period (1600s) as the Osborne play manuscript (MsC 1.27) compiled by Andrew Bretz

[200-] 2.10

Side by side transcriptions of the Arbury Hall version and the Osborne version of The humorous magistrate (MsC 1.27)

[200-] 2.11