The Hartlib Papers

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The Hartlib papers are divided into three collections.

You can choose between these collections by clicking on the appropriate titles near the top of the page. The first two collections are subdivided further, and the divisions are selected using the grey list towards the left of the page. The individual documents are displayed on the right of the page. Before each title is its reference code; after is dating information. To view a document, click on its title.


26/1 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Worthington 3 August 1660
26/2 Letter, Thomas Wiltshire? To Hartlib, With Tw.. 1 March 1644
26/3 Copy, Charles I Commission To Earl Of Arundel 7 March 1638/16..
26/4 Partial Copy, Dury's Discourse On A Method Of.. C.1640?
26/5 Copy Memo On Europe & Relations With Swed.. Undated
26/6 Printed Obituaries On The Death Of Thomas Lan.. 1657
26/7 Printed Lecture List From Groningen, In Latin 1647
26/8 Copy Memo, Copy Letter From Dury, Extract &am.. Undated
26/9 Copy Proposal On The Happy Settlement Of The .. Undated But Pos..
26/10 Copy Instructions To Commissioners For Conser.. Undated
26/11 Copy Petition On Episcopacy, Londoners To Par.. Undated
26/12 Copy Extracts On Power Of Commons To Levy Mon.. Undated
26/13 Copy Questions & Letter In Scribal Hand E.. Undated
26/14 Copy Tract On Being & Divine Essence, Dr... 16 June 1637
26/15 Extracts From Purchas' 'pilgrims' Undated
26/16 Extract From Kircher's 'mundo Subterraneo', I.. Undated
26/17 'nova Inventio Argonautica', Johan Joachim Be.. Undated
26/18 Memorandum On Islam, Anon., In Latin Undated
26/19/1 Copy Letter In Dury's Hand, ? To ?, On "mercy.. 28 October 1637
26/19/3 Copy Letter In Dury's Hand, ? To ?, On "mercy.. 4 November 1637
26/19/6 Copy Letter In Dury's Hand, ? To ?, On "mercy.. 10 November 163..
26/20 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand B, John Hall To H.. 13 April 1647
26/21 Copy Questions & Judgement On Ship Money,.. 7 February 1636..
26/22 Copy Letter, Dr. Bastwick? To ?, In Latin Undated
26/23 Copy Letter On Raising Money For Comenius, ? .. Undated
26/24 Scribal Copy, 'idea Politicae', Anon, In Lati.. 1 July 1638
26/25 Copy Memorandum On The Christian Life, Borell.. 21 August 1628
26/26 Synopsis, 'historiae Ecclesiasticae', Anon, I.. Undated
26/27/1 Copy Astrological Treatise, In Latin 1644
26/27/13 Copy Astrological Treatise Addressed To Percy.. 1644
26/28/1 Letter, John Perrott To Benjamin Worsley 10 September 16..
26/28/3 Copy Extract, John Perrot's Visit To Italy Undated But C.1..
26/28/4 Copy Letter, ? To Worsley, With Extract On Pe.. Undated
26/29/1 Notes & Book Titles Concerning Bees, Hart.. Undated
26/29/9 Memo On Russian Mead, In German Undated
26/29/10 Notes On Bees, Hartlib Undated
26/29/31 Memo On Bees, Anon, In German Undated
26/29/32 Memo, De Sale Naturae, Anon, In German Undated
26/29/33 Memo On Bees, Anon, In German Undated
26/29/35 Treatise On Horizontal Beehives, Anon, In Ger.. Undated
26/29/37 Notes On Bees, Hartlib Undated
26/29/48 Notes On Bees, Anon, In German Undated
26/29/49 Queries Concerning Bees, Cheney Culpeper Undated
26/29/51 Memo On Beekeeping, Hibernating Swallows, Etc.. Undated
26/29/55 Notes & Extracts On Bees, Hartlib Part Dated 10 M..
26/30 Copy Extract Concerning J.j.becher, ? To ? 28 October 1658
26/31 Alchemical Memo In Scribal Hand A, Friedrich .. Undated
26/32 Copy Of Page 153 Of Paracelsus' Archidoxis Ma.. Undated
26/33/1 Letter, Benjamin Worsley To Hartlib 22 June 1649
26/33/4 Copy Extract In Hartlib's Hand, John Dury To .. 12 July 1649
26/33/6 Copy Extract In Scribal Hand A, Benjamin Wors.. 17 November 165..
26/33/7 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand, Benjamin Worsl.. Undated
26/33/9 Memo On Distilling, Benjamin Worsley Undated June/ju..
26/34 Post Script, Johann Clodius? To Frederick Clo.. Undated
26/35 Letter, Samuel Coxe To Hartlib 31 August 1652
26/36 Copy Extract From Hubner In Hartlib's Hand, I.. 31 January 1654
26/37 Copy Extract, Morian To ?, In Latin 6 July 1655
26/38 Copy Extracts, Joachim Lange To ?, In Latin A.. Undated, 12 Jan..
26/39 Memo On Catching Ducks, Anon., In German Undated
26/40 Letter, Adam? Borel To Hartlib 8 December 1655
26/41 Copy Extracts, Horn To Hartlib On Microscopes.. March 1655 - Ju..
26/42 Copy Memos On Printing & Double Writing, .. 17 September 16..
26/43 Copy? Tract On Machina Universalis, Georg Boc.. Undated
26/44 Copy Letter, Thomas Brown To ?, & Note On.. 13 April 1654
26/45/1 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand B?, Edmond Felton.. 1 November 1643
26/45/3 Copy Of Edmond Felton's Propositions & Te.. Undated
26/46 Copy Memo On Glass Bottles With Glass Stoples.. Undated
26/47 Extract On Capt.mill's Invention For Cleansin.. February 1659
26/48 Printed Bills Relating To Peter Blondeau's Co.. Undated
26/49 Agreement Between Kuffeler, Hartlib & Ton.. 20 June 1656
26/50 Copy Letter On Turnip-husbandry, In Scribal H.. 13 August 1658
26/51 Copy Memo On Sir Edward Ford's Water-work, An.. Undated
26/52 Printed Advert. For Draining, Milling Etc., W.. 1659
26/53 Letter, Frederick Clodius To Constantin Schau.. 20 July 1654?
26/54 Printed Sheet, The Use Of A Calendar-glass, A.. Undated
26/55 Copy Memo On Astronomy, Anon Undated
26/56/1 Copy Letter On Astronomy Etc., Worsley? To Ha.. Undated 1657?
26/56/5 Copy Letter On Astronomy Etc., Worsley? To Ha.. Undated. 1657?
26/57 Copy Memo On Chemical Preparation & Clodi.. Undated
26/58 Copy Extract, ? To ? 1656
26/59 Copy Memo On A Physico-astrological Problem, .. Undated
26/60 Printed Petition, Thomas Ducket To Parliament 20 May 1651
26/61 Copy Extracts On Medical Liquor In Scribal Ha.. Part Dated Marc..
26/62 Printed Sheet On The Magnetical Or Antimonial.. Undated
26/63 Alchemical Memo, Anon., In Latin Undated
26/64 Letter, F.kretschmer To Hartlib Et Al, & .. 1 August 1659 &..
26/65 Chemical Memo, Anon., In Latin Undated
26/66 Printed Sheet, Sir John Banks Report On Emplo.. 1637
26/67 Memo On Clovergrass Robert Wood? Undated
26/68 Recipe For The Stone, Theodor Ketz?, In Latin Undated
26/69 Copy Memo In Latin Undated
26/70 Memo On Antony Pierson's Universall Compost, .. Undated
26/71 Papers Relating To Martindales Guns 2 June 1660
26/72 Memo On The Countess Of Arundel's 'natura Exe.. Undated
26/73 Copy Extract In Hartlib's Hand, Joachim Polem.. 13 July 1660
26/74/1 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand, ? To ?, In Lat.. Undated
26/74/3 Letter, [george Starkey] To Hartlib, In Latin Undated
26/75 Cure For Horses In German & English, &.. 1658 & 11 M..
26/76 Title Page, 'history Of Propagation .. Of Veg.. 1660
26/77 Title Page, 'jews In America' By T. Thorowgoo.. 1660
26/78 Copy Advertisement For The Countess Of Kent's.. Undated
26/79 Copy Letter On Surviving The Times, In Scriba.. 26 January 1648
26/81 Copy Memo In Hand B On School For Gentlemen &.. Undated
26/82 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand, Sir Edward Par.. 18 November 165..
26/83 Memo On Linament, Anon. Undated
26/84 Account Of Postmortem, John Argent & Ottv.. 27 December 163..
26/85 Letter, Friedrich Kretschmer To Hartlib, In G.. 9 August 1658
26/86 Copy Extracts On 'an Italian Way To Distil Fl.. 1653
26/87 Copy Letter On Clover Grass, ? To Hartlib Undated
26/88 Note On Warming Stones 1660
26/89/1 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 14 January 1655
26/89/3 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Friedrich Clodius, I.. 30 January 1655
26/89/5 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German A.. 6 February 1655
26/89/6 Copy Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Friedrich Clodi.. 20 February 165..
26/89/7 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 20 February 165..
26/89/8 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 27 March 1655
26/89/10 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German April 12 1655
26/89/11 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 24 April 1655
26/89/13 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 22 May 1655
26/89/15 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 17 July 1655
26/89/17 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 31 July 1655
26/89/19 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 25 July 1658
26/89/20 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 28 February 165..
26/89/22 Memo On Concentrating Limestone, Anon., In Ge.. Undated