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Evelyn, John, (1620-1706), diarist, traveller, numismatist, antiquary and gardener

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Surname:	Evelyn
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1620-1706
Biography:	ODNB link for Evelyn, John (1620-1706) Diarist Traveller Numismatist Antiquary Gardener
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157820 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9529 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Evelyn

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 2 1625-1700
2	diaries and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Return 1995
3	lectures, essays and misc papers	Royal Society		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4	1636-1637: almanacs	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		See Paul Morgan, Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian 1980
5	corresp, notes and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 15948, 15950
6	collection of annotated pamphlets and engravings	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Return 1998
7	1661: 'Narrative of the enounter between the French and Spanish ambassadors'	The National Archives	SP29/43/12	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8	essays on the fishery and misc notes	Cambridge University: Magdalene College, Pepys Library	Pepys MSS.789; 1001; 2504 items 649 & 673	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1650-1704: letters and literary MSS (9 items)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See NUC MS 83-927
10	copy of Earl of Arundel's Remembrances	Arundel Castle	p208	NRA 12614 Fitzalan-Howard
11	Annotated "publick Employment Preferr'd"	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
12	corresp with Richard Bentley	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	Add.Ms.c.21	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	letters to Lord Huntingtower	Helmingham Hall		NRA 6277 Tollemache
14	1680-1705: letters to Samuel Pepys (6) and misc papers	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		See Evelyn file 17 and 25 April 1996
15	1698-1704: letters to Sir Hans Sloane	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Sloane 4037, 4039, 4075	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	notes on John Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Top gen 24-25
17	letters and papers	University of California Library, Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library		See Evelyn file 17 and 24 April 1996
18	letters (4)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Evelyn file 25 April 1996

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