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.
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1
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Letters
and genealogical records of the Merediths or Meredyths of Greenhills
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1800-1905.
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2
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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
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[ca. 1686?].
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3
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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
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An XIV [1805].
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4
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Letters
by Eliza Norris of Nonsuch near Devizes, Wiltshire to Mrs. Pennett,
her cousin
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1758-1764.
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5
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Letters
by Thomas Bosworth to Charles Hutton on the calculation of parallaxes
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1772-1773.
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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.