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Tweeting about the British Library's magnificent modern archive and manuscript collections (1601-1950)
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William Fielding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and 2nd Earl of Desmond, produced this magnificent family tree in 1683 to show how he could trace his family history back to Egbert [or Ecgberht], King of Wessex who died in 839. (Harley MS 1902) https://t.co/XMSjP91fDP

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‘I put all my genius into my life, I put only my talent into my books’: Oscar Wilde died in 1900. If you haven’t explored the recently digitised Oscar Wilde literary manuscripts on our Discovering Literature website, have a look here https://t.co/xm6bPR9TuE

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Celebrating for with these wonderful beasties from Sloane MS 4015

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Was there a pretty bottle like this on Louisa Edmeads’ dressing table that inspired a popular 1821 pop up book? blog https://t.co/pGtmyfOhzt

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Oscar Wilde was born in 1854. 'De Profundis', his letter to Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) from Reading Gaol https://t.co/YejM3o9nSH

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. 1749). Fragment of Faust Part II in the Stefan Zweig Collection. Zweig MS 152: https://t.co/k1nkZpm1Vy

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"Founding Mothers: American Women on Stamps" in the collections by Richard Morel. https://t.co/nh7pP0ThRq

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Old box of index slips for manuscripts on 'charms and magic' ✨

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Have the Crown Imperials begun to flower in your gardens yet? Here’s one from an 1680 London garden Add MS 5282.

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What a fine green woodpecker from a 1680 album of birds and plants in London gardens Sloane MS 5282

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