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.


42/1/1 Copy Letters, Benjamin Worsley To ? 22 June 1648, 2..
42/1/3 Copy Leters From Dublin, Worsley? To ? 31 October 1654..
42/1/5 Copy Letter From Dublin, Worsley? To ?: 14 February 165..
42/1/7 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand A, Benjamin Worsl.. 14 October 1657
42/1/9 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand A, Benjamin Wors.. 14 October 1657..
42/1/11 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand D, Benjamin Worsl.. 20 October 1657
42/1/13 Copy Reply To Petition Re Finance To Advance .. 19 January 1658
42/1/15 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand A, Robert Wood To.. 3 March 1657
42/1/16 Copy 'physico-astrological Problem' In Scriba.. Undated 14 Octo..
42/1/18 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand A, Benjamin Worsl.. Undated
42/1/26 Copy Letter In Dymock's Hand, Benjamin Worsle.. Undated
42/1/28 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand A, Worsley? To Bo.. Undated Late 16..
42/1/34 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand A, John Beale To.. 8 September No ..
42/1/36 Copy Letter On Alchemy, F.c. To ? Undated
42/1/38 Copy Letter On Alchemy, Worsley? To Hartlib?: Undated
42/2/1 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 2 February 1657
42/2/3 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 9 March 1657
42/2/5 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 30 March 1657
42/2/6 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 31 March 1657
42/2/7 Copy Letters, Johann Wiesel To Johann Morian,.. 5 April 1657, 4..
42/2/8 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 15 June 1657
42/2/10 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 22 June 1657
42/2/12 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 20 July 1657
42/2/14 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German July 1657
42/2/16 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 10 August 1657
42/2/18 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 24 August 1657
42/2/20 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German A.. 14 September 16..
42/2/22 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 5 October 1657
42/2/24 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German 19 October 1657
42/2/26 Letter, Johann Morian To Hartlib, In German A.. 30 November 165..
42/2/28 Extract On Optical Instruments Anon., In Lati.. Undated
42/2/29 Extract On European Affairs, Anon, In Latin 14 June No Year
42/3 Notes On Fish For 3rd Edition Of Legacy Of Hu.. Undated 1652-16..
42/4/1 Copy Recipe For Oleum Talci, Kenelm Digby 26 January 1658
42/4/3 Copy Extract On Walter Riley's Cure For Gout 1658
42/4/4 Memo On The Nature And Properties Of Coffee, .. 1659
42/4/5 Copy Extract On Tea, Anon Undated
42/4/7 Copy Extract, Anatomy Of A Monstrous Birth Undated
42/4/8 Medical Recipe, Anon., In German Undated
42/4/9 Copy Extract On Medicophysics, Borrell Undated
42/4/10 Copy Note On Helmontius' Elixir In Scribal Ha.. Undated
42/5 Printed Proposals To His Majesty And Parliame.. Undated
42/6/1 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib 25 August 1651
42/6/2 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib 23 September 16..
42/6/3 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib 4 October 1651
42/6/4 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib 22 April 1652
42/6/5 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib 14 July 1652
42/6/6 Letter, Josias Best To Hartlib Undated
42/7 Letter, George Dalgarno To Hartlib 3 November 1659
42/7/1 Letter, Dalgarno To Hartlib 3 November 1659
42/8 Letter, With Copy, Robert Paston To Frederick.. Undated
42/9 Letter, Erasmus Rasch To Hartlib, In German 26 January 1656
42/10 Letter & Enclosed Proposals, W.r. To Hart.. 15 August 1656
42/11 Letter, ? To Hartlib, In German And Latin Undated
42/12/1 Letter, Joachim Lange To Hartlib, In German 5 December 1656
42/12/2 Letter, Joachim Lange To Hartlib, In German 7 March 1657
42/12/3 Letter, Joachim Lange To Hartlib, In German 20 February 165..
42/12/4 Memo And Recipes, Joachim Lange, In German 5 December 1656
42/13/1 Letter, Sampson Johnson To John Dury 16 June 1633
42/13/3 Letter, Sampson Johnson To John Dury 18 July 1633
42/13/5 Letter, Sampson Johnson To John Dury 19 September 16..
42/13/7 Letter, Sampson Johnson To John Dury 21 December 163..
42/13/9 Letter, Sampson Johnson To John Dury 8 April 1634
42/15/1 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 13 October 1656
42/15/3 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 13 July 1657
42/15/5 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 20 July 1657
42/15/7 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 6 September 165..
42/15/9 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 15 September 16..
42/15/11 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 20 September 16..
42/15/15 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 6 October 1657
42/15/17 Letter, Cheney Culpeper To Hartlib 20 October 1657