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The Carte Manuscripts are archived historical papers collected by
Thomas Carte Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
(1686–1754). They are held in the Bodleian Library, at the
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,
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. Among Carte's collection were many documents relating to the
history of Ireland The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 33,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of homo sapiens to around 10,500 to 7,000 BC. The receding of the ice after the Younger Dryas cold phase of the Quaterna ...
. Thomas Carte gave a first
tranche In structured finance, a tranche is one of a number of related securities offered as part of the same transaction. In the financial sense of the word, each bond is a different slice of the deal's risk. Transaction documentation (see indenture) ...
of Irish papers to the Bodleian in 1753. Carte's papers were arranged for binding in 276 volumes in 1862, and in 1871
Charles William Russell Charles William Russell (14 May 1812 – 26 February 1880) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and scholar. Early life He was born at Killough, County Down, Ireland, a descendant of the Russells who held the Barony of Killough of Quoniamstown ...
and
John Patrick Prendergast John Patrick Prendergast (7 March 1808 – 6 February 1893) was an Irish land agent and historian. Life Born on 7 March 1808, at 37 Dawson Street, Dublin, he was eldest son of Francis Prendergast (1768–1846), registrar of the court of chancery ...
edited the eight-volume ''Report on the Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library''. A catalogue of th
Carte Papers
is available via the Online Catalogues of

at the Bodleian Library. A handwritten calendar of the Carte Papers, produced between 1878 and 1883, is available in the Library. The 1660-1687 section of th

is published online.


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Medieval Carte Manuscripts
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