Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1807-1952

68 items

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, July 1927 (acc.45847), February 1931 (acc.56320), April 1931 (acc.67516), July 1931 (acc.57468) and April 1932 (acc.65134); Mrs. Barrett, London, March 1930 (acc.91327); Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56545), September 1930 (acc.56565), December 1930 (acc.68107), March 1931 (acc.68130 and 68133), April 1931 (acc.68566) and August 1931 (acc.68226, 68232 and 68249); Desgranges, Paris, February 1931 (acc.64699) and October 1935 (acc.69099); Glendining, London, August 1932 (acc.67699) and September 1932 (acc.67718); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Presented by Mrs. Fothergill, September 1927 (acc.67370). Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430). Acquisition details not recorded for nos.7 (probably Desgranges, Paris, October 1935 (acc.69099)), 8, 11, 24, 28, 43-44, 46, 50, 54 (probably acc.72200). Items 64-65 formed part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's own administrative documentation. Two items are labelled as accessions 69742 (purchased from Bhajam Lal, Bharatpore, September 1935) and 331503 (purchased from Her Majesty's Stationary Office, February 1977) but do not correspond to the descriptions given at the appropriate points in the accessions register.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.