Woodcroft, Bennet (1803-1879)

  • Woodcroft, Bennet, (1803-1879)
Date:
1849
Reference:
MS.8007/57
Part of:
Miscellany: British, mainly 19th-20th centuries
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Letter from Bennet Woodcroft to Wishington, 7 Aug 1849, regarding his return to health and analysis of the water in a well and spa in the area he is staying, Fullwood near Sheffield, which has been long neglected but signified in the history of the 1666 plague and is supposed to have healing/health properties. Part of one page is missing.

Publication/Creation

1849

Physical description

1 letter

Acquisition note

Purchased from Stevens, London, October 1933.

Biographical note

Victorian civil servant and inventor whose work led to the setting up of the Patent Office Museum and Library.

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Accession number

  • 68342