Young, Thomas (fl.1797)

  • Young, Thomas, (fl.1797)
Date:
18/11/1797
Reference:
MS.8007/85
Part of:
Miscellany: British, mainly 19th-20th centuries
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Letter from Thomas Young, Trinity College, to Messrs. Cadell & Davies, booksellers on the Strand, London, concerning the publication of his 'Essay on Humanity', hopefully a few days before the Christmas vacation which commences on the 16th Dec.

Publication/Creation

18/11/1797

Physical description

1 letter

Acquisition note

Purchased from Sotheby's, London, February 1931.

Biographical note

No biographical details found. (This letter was originally filed with MS.8007/83 but is probably NOT by the physician and physicist Thomas Young 1773-1829 who studied at, amongst other places, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, not Trinity College, Cambridge)

Languages

Permanent link

Identifiers

Accession number

  • 56320