Rennie, John, (1761-1821), F.R.S., civil engineer, and his sons
- Rennie, John, 1761-1821
- Date:
- 1802-1878
- Reference:
- MS.7478
- Archives and manuscripts
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Description
Correspondence by the civil engineer John Rennie F.R.S. (1761-1821) and his sons George Rennie F.R.S. (1791-1866), Sir John Rennie (1794-1874) and James Rennie F.R.S. (1806-1883), all of whom were also civil engineers.
Publication/Creation
1802-1878
Physical description
30 items.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, December 1919 (acc.67287), February 1930 (acc.52479), July 1931 (acc.57468), November 1931 (acc.75332), November 1933 (acc.67469); Stevens, London, July 1930 (acc.56545), March 1931 (acc.56477 and 56478), August 1931 (acc.68230 and 68249); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Provenance details of nos.3, 7-8 and 11 not recorded (acc.67430). Accession details of nos.4, 13, 15, 20 and 23 not known.
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
Further Charles Manby correspondence can be found at: MS.7237, MS.7471/66-67, MS.7472, MS.7546/1-15, MS.7606/39-42, MS.7620/1-48, MS.7685/1-9 and MS.7844/1-96.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
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- Various - see Acquisition note.