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43. D. Miscellaneous. 
44. E. 
45. F. 
46. G. 
47. Hi. 
48. I. 
49. K. 
oy Dy 
51. M. Inchoata. 
52. N. . Portraits of remarkable men. 
53. O. Copybooks, miscellaneous. 
54. P. Copybooks and other papers. 
55. Q. Lectures on astronomy. 
56. R. Miscellaneous. 
57. S. Early mathematical studies of Prof. Rigaud. 
58. T. Bundle of pamphlets. Jordan on light, mathematical questions, etc. 
59. U. 6 printed papers. 
60. Rigaud letters. Vol. I. A-E. 
61. Rigaud letters. Vol. II. F—-M. 
62. Rigaud letters. Vol. III. N—W. 
63. Catalogue of pamphlets. 
64-65. Catalogue of the Savile Library, 2 vols. 
66. Rigaud, S. J. Defence of Halley. 
67. Catalogue of the Savile Library. 
68. Rigaud (Major Gen. Gibbes) Catalogue of MSS. Rigaud 1-62. 
[Extracts from notes by Mr. Beevor.] 
“ IMooked at ‘7; 8, 37;60;°66, 68.” 
“Hailey (sic) 8: p. 27. To Dr. Halley at his house the corner 
of Bridgewater Square in Barbican, July 16, 1716. ‘ Hailey’ here 
is merely a transcriber’s error. The word ‘ Halley’ is lettered at 
the back of each volume and being rather worn could easily be mis- 
tead “Tiley, 
“37.. Halley & Stirling. This (MS:,; as far as.) ‘could “earn 
from a cursory examination contained no biographical data of im- 
portance about Edm. Halley.” 
“MS. Rigaud, 68, gives an abstract of the contents of the S. P. 
Rigaud papers. I examined this with a view of finding whether 
the miscellaneous papers contained any reference to the Halley 
biography.” [See MS. life of Halley, in Observatory library, Ox- 
ford. ] 
“68 gives an index to the letters contained in 60, 61, 62. None 
of the names of writers of these letters was suggestive. I read 
through those from Sir David Brewster but learned nothing from 
them. Of course it is possible that a more minute and complete 
search might have been more fruitful, but I presume to believe that 
