Microfilms of William Petty Papers

Microfilms of William Petty papers, consisting of:  

• Literary manuscripts
• Papers relating to Ireland, including volumes of Irish population returns, ca. 1659
• Correspondence
• Papers relating to shipbuilding and navigation
• Letters and papers of the 6th Marquis of Lansdowne and other 19th and 20th century scholars who have used the papers for their research
• Miscellaneous deeds, mainly relating to London property
• Schedules and maps of Petty's 'Down Survey'

Sir William Petty (1623-1687) was a political economist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

The microfilms were deposited in the Library in 1976 and given in 1993.

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

A description is available in the Library.

A calendar of some of the collection is available on the open shelves in Duke Humphrey's Library, Bodleian Library (R. Cat. 106w).

The originals are held by the British Library.