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Petty, Sir William, (1623-1687), Knight, political economist, scientist and philosopher

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Surname: Petty
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1623-1687
Biography: ODNB link for Petty, Sir William (1623-1687) Knight Political Economist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P157545 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22730 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Petty
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers, incl Down Survey of Ireland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 23344 Petty

See Annual Return 1993
2
1654-83: account and letterbooks
McGill University: Osler Library
MSS 7612-14
See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1977-78
3
political tracts on Ireland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 21127-28
4
MS of Down survey
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5
1662-85: papers (54) rel to double-hulled ships
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
SPB/16
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
6
1662-85: letters and papers rel to double-hulled ships
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Lyell empt 32
7
papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982