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18th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2400 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Volumes Compiled by William Whiston

Volumes Compiled by William Whiston
Extents: 0.56 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century
Collection

W. N. Clarke Manuscripts

Manuscripts by William Nelson Clarke relating to Berkshire, 18th-19th century.
Extents: 1.44 Linear metres (18 boxes)
Dates: 18th-19th century
Collection

Waltham Abbey Court Rolls

Court rolls and registers of court rolls of manors, mainly in Essex, belonging to Waltham Abbey.
Extents: 2.45 Linear metres (43 boxes)
Dates: 14th-18th century
Collection

Warton Papers

Archive of Warton Family, including Thomas and his brother Joseph.
Extents: 18.04 Linear metres (164 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1557-1956
Collection

Watson Manuscripts

Manuscripts of John Watson, chiefly relating to the history of Cheshire and Lancashire, 16th-19th century.
Extents: 1.33 Linear metres (17 boxes)
Dates: 16th-19th century
Single Item

A wedding Ode, composed by John Alcock

A wedding Ode, composed by John Alcock.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. D. 265
Extents: 27 Leaves
Dates: Written 1766
Collection

Weld Family Papers

The Stanley, Heveningham, Simeon (Simmonds) and Weld families had estates in Staffordshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire.
Extents: 21 boxes (3.55 Linear metres)
Dates: 1293-1809
Single Item

A Welsh pedigree of David Lloyd living in 1701 from 'Roderick the greate kinge of Brittaine,' with coloured coats of arms

A Welsh pedigree of David Lloyd living in 1701 from 'Roderick the greate kinge of Brittaine,' with coloured coats of arms, written in a.D. 1710-1711.
Shelfmark: MS. Pedigree-roll 20
Extents: 1 roll
Dates: written in a.D. 1710-1711
Single Item

'Welsh poems by Davyd ap Gwilim and others...'

'Welsh poems by Davyd ap Gwilim and others...'
Shelfmark: MS. Welsh f. 3
Extents: 175 Leaves
Dates: Written in the 18th century
Single Item

'Welsh poems by various authors...'

'Welsh poems by various authors...'
Shelfmark: MS. Welsh f. 4
Extents: 192 pages
Dates: Written in the 18th century
Single Item

'Welsh poems by various authors...'

'Welsh poems by various authors...'
Shelfmark: MS. Welsh e. 3
Extents: 61 Leaves
Dates: Written in several hands in the 16th, 17th and 18th century
Collection

West Hanney Deeds

Deeds relating to 18 small properties in West Hanney, Berkshire.
Extents: 85 shelfmarks
Dates: 1670-1826
Collection

Wight Manuscripts

Music manuscripts collected by Rev. Osborne Wight.
Extents: 20.46 Linear metres (186 boxes)
Dates: 16th-18th cent.
Collection

Wilberforce Family archive

Wilberforce Family archive, 1726-[c.1900].
Extents: 7.75 Linear metres (113 boxes)
Dates: 1726-[c. 1900]
Collection

Wilkins Papers

Miscellaneous collections of David Wilkins (1685-1745).
Extents: 0.77 Linear metres (7 volumes)
Dates: 17th-18th cent.
Single Item

William Boyce: Birthday Ode for the Prince of Wales (later George III)

Birthday Ode for the Prince of Wales (later George III) by William Boyce, [1752].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 105
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1752]
Single Item

William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for his Twelve Overtures (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi

William Boyce: 'Tromba II' part for the 'Twelve Overtures' (London, 1770), in the hand of Gerald Finzi, [1920s-1940s].
Shelfmark: Mus. 221 c. 905 (10)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1920s-1940s]
Single Item

William Collins, 'Ode to a Friend on his Return, etc.'

Autograph copy of William Collins, 'Ode to a Friend on his Return, etc.', with a later copy by Dr Alexander Carlyle
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 87
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates: [1749?], 1788
Single Item

William Croft: 10 verse anthems, copied in score by his pupil James Kent

10 verse anthems by William Croft, copied in score by his pupil James Kent, [1731-1737].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 173
Extents: 104 Leaves
Dates: [1731-1737]
Single Item

William Croft: Ode 'Laurus cruentas', 1713, with another ode by an unidentified composer

Largely complete autograph working manuscript of William Croft's ode 'Laurus cruentas', 1713, with working manuscript of another ode by an unidentified composer, [18th cent.].
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. d. 271
Extents: 26 Leaves
Dates: [18th-cent.]