GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001488
TitleBirch's Biographical Collection, Vol. IV
ShelfmarkAdd MS 4224
Creation Dateca. 1730 - 1766
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteBiographical works and memoranda, together with miscellaneous notes including extracts relating to Cambridge men, "Alphabetical List of Lives" by Edward Harley, "Kalendrium Carlananum", critical notes by A.A. Sykes on Phlegon's account of an eclipse, notes on Appius Claudius III, and note of a sermon preached by Dr. Thomas Gooch, among other materials.
Material FeaturesPaper, folio.
ProvenanceMade by or for Thomas Birch as part of his collection of biographical notices.
AcquisitionBequeathed by Thomas Birch to the British Museum upon his death in 1766.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; British Library Finding Aid for Manuscripts Collected by Thomas Birch
Other Note
Sermons Contained
Sermon Reports ContainedNote on Sermon Preached by Dr. Thomas Gooch to the House of Commons -- ff.216v-r
GEMMS record createdMay 19, 2021
GEMMS record last editedMay 20, 2021