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of them originals: 46 volumes of Sir Julius boom ill. 
Cmsar’s papers, all relative to the history of the Lansiiown 
timfe of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. : 
108 volumes of historical collections of Dr. White 
Keimet, Bishop of Peterborough: a consider¬ 
able number of original, royal, and noble letters 
and papers; and a great store of historical, juri¬ 
dical, biographical, heraldical, and miscellaneous 
collections.* 
FOURTH ROOM. 
SLOANEAN AND BIRCH’S COLLECTIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
A collection of MSS. bequeathed by the late room iv. 
Dr. Birch, consisting of 337 volumes, chiefly on Three Presses 
history, biography, divinity, and literature. windows. 
(Vide Introduction, p. xxii.) B " U1 
Sir Hans Sloane’s library of MSS. consisting of Pfess xxx 
4100 volumes, principally on physic, natural slodcean MSS> 
history, and natural philosophy. It also contains 
Kaempfer’s MSS.; several journals of voyages; 
and some oriental MSS. 
In a recess, within this room, are placed Mr. 
Halhed’s and some other collections of oriental 
g MSS. 
* i he repertory to this library being, at present, nothing 
more than a s^le catalogue, anti, of course, very imperfect, will 
require to be newly constructed on the enlarged plan of the other 
catalogues belonging to this Institution. Some progress has been 
made in this work j bat it must be some time before it can be 
com plated. 
