Owen (afterwards Mytton), Letitia

  • Mytton, Letitia.
Date:
1720-1749
Reference:
MS.3731
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Owen (afterwards Mytton), Letitia. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Collection of medical receipts, and some cookery receipts. Inscribed on the second leaf (p. 17) 'Lettitia Mytton. 1720'. On p. 97 '25 July 1749 Doctor Nichols gave me this Receipt [for Beef Tea] when I was very ill and weak. London', This is probably Frank Nicholls M.D., F.R.S. [1699-1778].

Publication/Creation

1720-1749

Physical description

1 volume pp. 15-275 (100-263 bl.). + 1 l. 8vo. 161/2 × 11 cm. Original calf binding. Pp. 1-14 are wanting: most of the penultimate leaf has been cut out.

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Acquisition note

Purchased 1905.

Biographical note

The compiler of this and the preceding MS. was the daughter of Roger Owen [1675-1717] of Condover, High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1708. She married Richard Mytton of Halston [ -1731].

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Location of duplicates

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/220.

Ownership note

Armorial book-plate of Reginald Cholmondeley of Condover Hall [1826-1896]. He was the brother of Thomas Cholmondeley [1823-1864] who took the name and arms of Owen instead of Cholmondeley.

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  • 15947