Autograph Collection: chiefly relating to lawyers and antiquaries

Letters, mainly by lawyers and antiquaries, many cut out of an album or albums, often with printed cuttings describing the author.

c. 18th century - c. 19th century

466 items, grouped into files

Arranged in alphabetical order of author (peers generally arranged under title, not surname) and grouped into files by initial letters.

Acquired in or before 1935 but provenance unknown.

Described in typescript supplements to the Library's published manuscript catalogues.