Miscellany: English, 18th century

  • Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774
Date:
1733-1797
Reference:
MS.8068
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Chiefly English-language correspondence from the mid or late 18th century; one certificate, one recipe and one letter in French relating to a British figure. See records for the individual constituents of the file for more detail.

Publication/Creation

1733-1797

Physical description

1 file (7 items, no.4 in two parts)

Acquisition note

Purchased from: Desgranges, Paris, September 1932 (acc.65659); J.L.M. Gulley, London, September 2002 (acc.1079), December 2002 (acc.1116), April 2003 (acc.1143), and June 2004 (acc.1250). Exact provenance of no.7 is not known; the item appears to have been transferred from the Fawcett Library at some stage but details prior to its incorporation into the Library's Western Manuscripts in summer 2000 (acc.1145) are unclear.

Ownership note

No.6 formerly held in the Western Manuscripts department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

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Identifiers

Accession number

  • 1079
  • 1116
  • 1143
  • 1145
  • 1250
  • 65659