Correspondence and papers

Correspondence and papers of the Revd G C Black and his wife Mary, sister of Dr Edward Jenner:

1 Certificate of institution to the Rectory of Cranford, Middx., 7 Sept 1750

2 Certificate of institution to the Vicarage of Berkeley, Gloucs., 7 Jan 1655

3 Settlement on the marriage of the Revd. G.C. Black and Mary Jenner, 3 Dec 1757

4 Letter from Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe, to Mary Black 4 April 1775

5 Letter from Edward Jenner, n.d. (1807, announcing that Parliament had voted him £20,000)

6-8 Letters from Edward Jenner on the illness of his son Edward. Cheltenham 31 Dec 1807 - 2 Jan 1808

9 Letter from Edward Jenner, Cheltenham, 26 July (annotated '1809' by the Revd. William Davies junior)

10 Letter from Edward Jenner, Cheltenham, 23 Sept 1810

11 Letter from Edward Jenner, Cheltenham, 1 Nov 1810

12 Account of Mary Black's property, Jan 1810. In the hand of the Revd. William Davies junior

1750-1810

12 items Partly and membrane. Various sizes.

From the Mockler collection, Sotheby's 25-27 Nov. 1918, including lot 1003.

Additional to MSS. 1180-1218, 1233.

The papers were probably acquired by the Revd William Davies (1769-1849) as joint executor of Mary Black's will.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).