The Hartlib Papers

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The Hartlib papers are divided into three collections.

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7/1 Letter, Oliver St. John To Hartlib 3 October 1644
7/2 Copy Letters From Dury In Hartlib's Hand, Rel.. 1634
7/3 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand & Hand B, H.. 9 December 1648
7/4 Copy & Draft Of Letter, Hartlib To Isaac .. 16 October 1643
7/5 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib? To Do.. 4 January 1661
7/6 Copy Letter In Hand B, Hartlib To Francis Rou.. 27 November 164..
7/7 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Joh.. 16 March 1660
7/8 List Of Subscribers On Hartlib's Behalf, Vari.. 10 October 1644
7/9 Warrant From The Treasurers Of Goldsmiths Hal.. 9 February 1653
7/10 Draft Appeal By Hartlib For Comenius In Scrib.. Undated
7/11 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand, Hartlib To Joh.. 31 August 1630
7/12 Letter, Hartlib To John Dury: 13 September 16..
7/13 Copy Agreement Between Hartlib And A London S.. 28 September 16..
7/14 Copy In Scribal Hand H?, Hartlib's Patent Fro.. 23 April 1637
7/15 Copy Letter, Henry Alting To Hartlib, In Lati.. 20 April 1638
7/16/1 Letter, Hartlib To John Dury 20 September 16..
7/16/3 Letter, Hartlib To John Dury 16 November 163..
7/16/5 Letter, Hartlib To John Dury Undated
7/17 Copy Letter In Hand ?, Hartlib To Lady Barrin.. 10 October 1648
7/18/1 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib? To Jo.. 28 October 1647
7/18/2 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib? To Jo.. 28 October 1647
7/18/3 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Mo.. 7 March 1648
7/19 Copy Petition In Scribal Hand H, Hartlib To K.. Undated
7/20 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Oliver Cromwell 6 December 1647
7/21 Draft Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Go.. 18 December 164..
7/22 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Walter Strickland: 6 January 1654/..
7/23 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To God.. 25 March 1639
7/24 Draft Letter, Hartlib? To ? 26 January? 164..
7/25 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Joseph Hall 24 June? 1645
7/26 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/27/1 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ? 27 January? 164..
7/27/2 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/27/4 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/27/6 Copy? Letter And Notes In Hartlib's Hand, ? T.. Undated
7/27/8 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/27/12 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Lady ? Undated
7/27/13 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Alderman Kendrick Undated
7/27/14 Draft Letters, Hartlib To Alderman Langham &a.. 13 November &am..
7/27/16 Draft Letters, Hartlib To ? & To Oliver? .. Undated & 1..
7/27/18 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Lady Ranelagh 19 October 1644
7/27/19 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ? 17 October 1649
7/27/20 Copy Letters, Hartlib To Sir Thomas Barringto.. 8 April 1643 &a..
7/27/22 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Sir Edw. P..el? Undated
7/27/23 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? 14 August? 1647..
7/27/25 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Sir J? Hobart? 6 July 1643
7/27/26 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Thomas? Gataker 29 July 1644
7/27/27 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/27/28 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Sir Anthony Irbes? 23 June
7/27/29 Copy Letter, Hartlib To John Pym? 30 January 1645
7/27/30 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ? 6 July 1642
7/28/1 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Ado.. 21 April 1638
7/28/3 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ?, In Latin 19 September 16..
7/28/4 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Dan.. 1641
7/28/7 Draft Letter Recommending Daniel Vetter In Sc.. 23 June 1658
7/29 Copy Of Petition Of The Assembly Of Divines F.. Undated
7/30/1 Draft Petition Of The Assembly Of Divines Undated
7/30/3 Copy Petition To Parliament, In Hartlib's Han.. Undated
7/31 Letter, Oliver St.john To Hartlib 14 January 1644
7/32 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand, John Dury To Fra.. 12 February 164..
7/33 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand B, Dorothy Moore .. 21 February 164..
7/34 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand B, Hering, Witten.. 23 February 164..
7/35 Draft Letter, Hartlib To Winthrop? 30 January 1643
7/36/1 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? 1 January 1639/..
7/36/2 Draft Letter, Hartlib? To ? 19 October 1640
7/36/3 Copy Letter, Hartlib To ? 12 January 1641
7/36/5 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ?, & Extracts To.. 10 February 164..
7/36/7 Copy Extract In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib? To ? Undated
7/36/9 Draft Letter, Hartlib To ? Undated
7/37 Copy Petitions To The Mayor And To The Common.. 14 May 1645
7/38 Copy Letters, Hartlib To Alderman Langham And.. 17 November 164..
7/39 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib? To B.. 3 April 1640
7/40 Copy Letter, Hartlib? To Mr Marshall? 1 April 1640
7/41 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib To Lo.. 24 March 1640 &..
7/42 Copy Letter And Notes, ? To ?, In Latin 7 May 1646
7/43 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib? To ? 20 February 164..
7/44 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Hor.. Undated
7/45 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib? To ? 25 February 164..
7/46 Draft Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To De.. 4 October 1641
7/47 Copy Letter, Hartlib To Lord Clare? 29 September 16..
7/48 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib To Sir.. 20 August 1640
7/49 Copy Letters In Scribal Hands ? & F?, Har.. 21 August, 25 J..
7/50 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib To Lo.. 8 April & 2..
7/51 Extract In Hartlib's Hand, Hartlib To Figulus Undated
7/52 Copy Letter, Scribal Hand F & Hartlib, ? .. 28 January 1640..
7/53 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib To ? 27 February 164..
7/54 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand F, Hartlib To ? 4 March 1640
7/55 Copy Letters, Scribal Hand F & Hartlib, H.. 10 March & ..
7/56 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Hartlib? To Lo.. 4 October 1641
7/57 Copy Letter In Hartlib's Hand, Walter Strickl.. 12 Or 13? Janua..
7/58 Draft Letter In Scribal Hand ?, ? To ? Reques.. Undated
7/59 Title Page & Hartlib's Preface To Comeniu.. 1638-1639
7/60 Printed Copy, Porta Sapientiae Reserata Pp.1-.. 1637/1639
7/61/1 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin January 1657
7/61/2 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To Pr.. End Of June 165..
7/61/4 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 13 July 1657
7/61/5 Extracts From Letters, Anon, In German 7 July 1657, 19..
7/61/6 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin And Ger.. 27 July 1657
7/61/8 Copy Letter, Comenius? To Hartlib, In German .. 13-14 July 1657
7/61/9 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 20 July 1657
7/61/11 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 3 August 1657
7/61/12 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 24 August 1657
7/61/13 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin 21 September 16..
7/61/14 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 31 September 16..
7/61/16 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 12 October 1657
7/61/17 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 16 October 1657
7/61/18 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin 30 November 165..
7/62 Copy, Jerome Broniewski's Annotatiuncula Quae.. 1639?, 5 Januar..
7/63 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand ?, John Bisterfe.. 9 January 1643 ..
7/64 Ms Copy Of Comenius' Working Diary 25 November - 9..
7/65 Catalogue Of School Books Sent By Comenius To.. C.1656
7/66 Copy In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius' Collegii Un.. Undated
7/67 Copy Preface To Comenius' "templi Pansophici .. Undated
7/68 Copy, Comenius' Scenographiae Pansophicae Par.. Undated
7/69 Copy In Scribal Hand H, Comenius' De Iis Qvae.. 1 October 1641
7/70 Copy In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius' Templi Sapi.. 1639
7/71 Copy, De Studio Comeniano Consultationes Atqu.. Undated
7/71 Copy, De Studio Comeniano Consultationes Atqu.. Undated
7/72/1 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand, Comenius To Har.. 29 July 1654 An..
7/72/5 Extract In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To Hartli.. 23 January 1655
7/73 Copy Letter Comenius To Hartlib With Consiliu.. 25 May 1646
7/74 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To Si.. 24 May 1646
7/75 Printed Letter, Comenius To English Supporter.. 10 June 1642
7/76 Copy Letter, ? To ?, In Latin Undated
7/77 Copy Memorandum On Counting Houses, Anon Undated
7/78 Copy Letter, ? To Comenius, In Latin 7 December 1640
7/79 Copy Letter, ? To Comenius, On Metaphysics, I.. 30 July 1640
7/80 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 12 April 1658
7/81/1 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 15 December 165..
7/81/3 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 2 February 1656
7/81/5 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 18 March 1656
7/81/7 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 22 April 1656
7/81/9 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 8 July 1656
7/81/11 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 28 March 1657
7/81/13 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 13 June 1655
7/81/15 Letter, William Potter To Hartlib 7 September 165..
7/82 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To Ma.. 2 December 1661
7/83 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To A.. Undated
7/84/1 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand ?, Comenius To M.. 7 March 1641, 1..
7/84/5 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand, Comenius To Hart.. 17 February 164..
7/85 Copy In Scribal Hand ?, Mochinger's Animadver.. 7 July 1639
7/86 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 13 July 1658
7/87/1 Letter, George Erastus & Paul Fabricius T.. 28 November 164..
7/87/3 Letter, George Erastus & Paul Fabricius T.. 24 January 1642
7/88/1 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 24 February 166..
7/88/2 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 10 March 1662
7/89 Copy Petition In Scribal Hand H?, Comenius To.. Undated
7/90 Copy, Comenius' Ad Excitanda Publice Veritati.. 18 October 1641
7/91 Copy Letter, Comenius To Joachim Poleman, In .. 20 August 1660
7/92 Memorandum On Rise Tynte's Criticism Of Comen.. Undated
7/93 Copy Letter, Iohannes Rave To Comenius, In La.. 18 September 16..
7/94/1 Copy Letter, Conrad Berg To Comenius, In Lati.. 5? March 1635
7/94/2 Copy Letter, Conrad Berg To Comenius, In Lati.. Undated
7/95 Copy Letter, Comenius To All His Friends, In .. 13 May 1656
7/96 Copy, Descartes' "judicium De Opere Pansophic.. Undated
7/97 Printed Booklet, Epistle Dedicatory To Centru.. 24 October 1633
7/98/1 Letter, P.serrurier & Comenius To Hartlib.. 3 February 1662
7/98/3 List Of Books For Distribution, Sent By Comen.. 26 May 1661
7/98/4 Prescription In Hartlib's Hand Undated
7/99 Copy Letters, Comenius To ?, In Latin 3 August 1656 &..
7/100 Copy Letters In Scribal Hand A, Comenius To P.. 29 June 1657 &a..
7/101 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 18 January 1658
7/102 Copy Letter, Comenius To Johann-jacob Ulrich,.. 14 March 1657, ..
7/103 Copy Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 17 October 1634
7/104 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand H, Comenius To Ar.. 8 November 1661
7/105 Copy Letter, Comenius To Figulus, In Latin 31 August 1648
7/106 Printed Copy, First 16 Pages Of Comenius' Ves.. 1653
7/107 Copy Letter In Scribal Hand, J.h. Bisterfeld .. 24 July 1647
7/108 Memorial In Scribal Hand, Seeking Financial A.. Undated
7/109 Pact Signed By Dury, Comenius & Hartlib, .. 13 March 1642
7/110 Christianæ Societatis Pactum, By Dury, Hartli.. 18 August 1652
7/111/1 Copy Letter, Nicholas Arnold To R.h.n.?/the A.. 6 December 1656
7/111/3 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 15 December 165..
7/111/4 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin And Ge.. 14 December 165..
7/111/6 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin And Ger.. 28 December 165..
7/111/8 Fragment Of A Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In.. 25 January 1658
7/111/9 Letter In Scribal Hand, Comenius To Hartlib, .. 9 February 1658
7/111/10 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 22 February 165..
7/111/11 Copy Letter In Scribal Hands D & A, Comen.. 9 May 1658
7/111/13 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin 21 October 1661
7/111/14 Copy Extract, Anon. To Hartlib?, In German 25 January 1662
7/111/15 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 14 June 1658
7/111/16 Copy Extract, Preface To Nicholas Arnold's Bo.. 20 March 1659
7/111/18 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 5 February 1657..
7/111/20 Letter, Comenius To His Friends, In Latin Undated
7/111/21 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin 18 July 1657?
7/111/23 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin 10 August 1657?
7/111/25 Letter, Magnus Hesenthaler? To Hartlib?, In L.. 31 August
7/111/26 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib, In Latin And Ger.. 7 September 165..
7/111/27 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin 13 October 1656..
7/111/28 Letter, Comenius To Hartlib?, In Latin After 27 August..
7/112/1 Letter, Thomas Mackworth To John Beale 3 December 1637
7/112/3 Letter, Sir Henry Wotton To John Beale 2 June 1638
7/112/5 Letter, Thomas Mackworth To John Beale 23 October 1649
7/112/7 Letter, Thomas Mackworth To John Beale 14 November 164..
7/112/9 Letter, Thomas Mackworth To John Beale 18 March 1653
7/112/11 Single Sheet, Folded As Wrapper, Hartlib's Ha.. Undated
7/113 Letter, John Pym To Hartlib 22 November 163..
7/114 Memorandum On Clover Grass By John Beale Undated
7/115/1 Extracts Of Letters From Mr Newton, In Scriba.. Undated
7/115/5 Memorandum On Beale's Work, In Scribal Hand A.. Undated