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Manuscript Letters collection (Jacobean to Edwardian). [ca. 1686-?]-1905. 5 folders. Manuscript. English, French.
This artificial collection consists of five sub-collections, each containing letters and associated materials from the Jacobean to Edwardian eras. They consist of a petition to the king of England, a letter from a minister in the French Imperial government, letters concerning mathematical calculations, and personal letters.

1

Letters and genealogical records of the Merediths or Meredyths of Greenhills

1800-1905.

2

Petition by Sir Edward Turnor to the King [ie James II?] concerning the king's debt to his deceased father, Sir Edward Turnor, late Speaker of the House of Commons

[ca. 1686?].

3

Letter by Joseph Fouché, Minister of the General Police of the French Empire, to the Prefect of the Department of Vaucluse concerning the disposition of funds

An XIV [1805].

4

Letters by Eliza Norris of Nonsuch near Devizes, Wiltshire to Mrs. Pennett, her cousin

1758-1764.

5

Letters by Thomas Bosworth to Charles Hutton on the calculation of parallaxes

1772-1773.


Title based on contents of collection.
Details of provenance and acquisition unknown. It is believed that these letters were acquired from a London auction by Bertram Rota in the 1960s.
Finding aid available in hard copy and electronically.
There are no access restrictions.
Further accruals are not expected.

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