Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries

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

1800-1937

48 items

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, December 1919, November 1931, December 1932 December 1934; R.V. Westcott, May 1927; Christie's, London, August 1928; Stevens, London, July 1930, December 1930, March 1931 and August 1931; Colbeck, Radford & Co., August 1930; Desgranges, Paris, October 1935; Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945, presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Winifred A. Myers, London, October 1991; F.E. Whitehart Rare Books, July 1992; Henry Bristow, February 1993; Dr. Nicholas Dewey, May 1998. no. 4 presented by H.J. Fuller, April 1929. Provenance details of nos. 2, 13, 19, 42 not recorded; no accession details noted for nos. 10, 31, 47. Shillitoe collection accessioned March 1924, date of acquisition and provenance not recorded. (Accessions 43134, 45498, 49838, 56483, 56545, 63076, 67287, 67430, 67487, 67553, 68111, 68226, 69099, 72200, 75331, 75332, 75941, 348589, 348961, 349142 and 350911.)

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