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