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O./11a.5/9
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Drafts of letters
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- [17th cent.?] (Creation)
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17 sheets (1 large and folded in four) loose within parchment cover.
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Drafts of letters: on financial matters; one addressed to 'your Ladyship', discussing college scholarships; letter to Mr Ballard re brother's will etc; to his mother, one mentioning the death of Dr Hill [Master of Trinity, died 1653]; to Mr Pellat [?]
Some notes in Latin.
In [?] another hand, notes on celestial observations from 30 Nov. 1650 and August 1652, and the solar eclipse of 1652; also notes on significant dates in the writer's life.
Draft of petition [1660] to Charles II forJohn Wilkins to remain as Master of Trinity (a position to which he was appointed by Oliver Cromwell)
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- Latin
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O.11a.5/9