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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Name Bentham, James, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford

1. Stowe MS 294

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Stowe MS 294
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" A LETTER to a young Gentleman by a Tutor and Fellow of a College in Oxford," giving him advice as to his behaviour in political affairs. The preface is dated 4 Apr. 1748. The name of George Bridges appears oil the cover, and the MS. is evidently in his hand, but there was no graduate of that n...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1748
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1 item

2. Stowe MS 754

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Stowe MS 754
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Vol. III. (ff. 280). LETTERS On various topics; 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.) includes: ff. 1, 10 Cæsar Ward, of York: Letters to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1749-1758. ff. 2, 8, 18, 50, 64, 74, 78, 80, 89, 96, 100, 106, 116, 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1757-4 Jul 1797
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 758

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Stowe MS 758
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, Treasury warrants, papers, etc.; 1619- 1818. Amongst them are:- 1. Statement of claims on the Exchequer of Frances, wife of Sir Thomas Savile, and grand-daughter of William, Lord Cobham; circ. 1620. 2. Speech of Algernon Sydney delivered to the Sheriffs on the scaffold...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1619-1818
Extent:
1 item