Copy letters of Narcissus Marsh (and related correspondence)
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Content Notes and Catalogue Entries:
- Photostat copies of letters (MS Rawl C.983; MS Smith 45; MS Tanner 35 and 36) by Marsh held in the Bodleian Library, Oxford:.
- MS Rawl C.983: Letter from Marsh to [ ] protesting against the Archbishop of Dublin receiving a Queen's licence for a Convocation and having it addressed to himself instead of in the usual form to the Primate, 1705..
- MS Tanner 35: Letter from Marsh to [Your Grace] concerning an Irish translation of the Old Testament, 1682..
- MS Tanner 36: Letter from Marsh to [Your Grace] concerning the translation of Dionysius Syrus and Bar-Cepha's annotations on the books of the New Testament, 1681.
- MS Smith 45: 1679, letter from Marsh to [Bernard] concerning an eclipse of the sun on 31 March; 1680, letter from Marsh to [Bernard] concerning the Greek Manuscripts in Trinity College (?) and including a list of them (3 p.) (includes a partial modern transcript); 1681, letter (5 p.) from Marsh to [Bernard] concerning his observation of a comet (including a diagram); 1692-3, letter from Marsh [to his brother] concerning books he is working on. 1695, letter from Marsh [to his brother] concerning church business and the purchase of Bishop Loftus manuscripts..
- Transcript (modern) of a letter from Marsh to Thomas Smith, [1703] concerning the building of the Library..
- Photocopy (and modern transcript) of a letter from Marsh to the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1695, giving an account of his work in the 'service of our Church and Religion' (7 + 4 p.)..
- Photocopy of a letter from [P.] Molyneux, M.D. [to Marsh], concerning a loan of the Archbishop of Dublin's manuscript Latin-Irish dictionary, 1702..
- Correspondence between Muriel McCarthy, Assistant Deputy Keeper of the Library and the Bodleian Library, Oxford concerning the copying of letters in their collection for Marsh's Library, 1977-78 (4 p.).
