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Add MS 28099

Record Id:
032-002019424
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002019424
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 28099
Title:

ORIGINAL letters addressed to George Ellis, editor of "Specimens of early English Romances," etc.; 1787-1815. The writers are:-

1. [Louis Philippe], Comte de Ségur; St. Petersburg, 26 July, 1787. Fr. f. 3.

2. - Caumont [de la Force, Comtesse] de Balbi; Blandford St., n.d. [circa 1791]. Fr. f. 2.

3. F[rangois] d'Ivernois; London, 1 Feb. 1798. Fr. With a song by Count Lally Tollendal on the projected French invasion of England. f. 4.

4. [L'abbé Gervais] de la Rue, professor of history at Caen, on French romances; Caen, 10 Jan. 1810. Fr. f. 8.

5. F[rancis] Douce; 14 July, 1800-18 Jan. 1815, and n.d., ff. 14-60.

6. William Gifford; 16 Oct. 1809-2 Dec. 1814. ff. 65-126. At f. 61 is an abstract by F. Douce of the "Disciplina clericalis" of Petrus Alphonsus. Paper. Quarto.

Scope & Content:

George Ellis, Author: Letters to: 1787-1815.

Oxenden family; of Kent: Correspondence and papers: 1589-1710.

includes:

  • f. 3 Louis Philippe de Ségur, Comte: Letter to G. Ellis: 1787.: Fr.
  • f. 4 Térophyme Gérard Lally, Marquis de Tollendal: Song on the contemplate descent on England: 1798.: Fr.
  • f. 4 François d' Ivernois, French Economist and Writer: Letter to G. Ellis: 1798.: Fr.
  • f. 8 Gervais de La Rue, Abbé Professor of History at Caen: Letter to G. Ellis: 1810.: Fr.
  • ff. 14-60 Francis Douce, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Letters to G. Ellis: 1801-1815.
  • f. 61 Tales: Abstract of the same, by F. Douce: 19th cent.
  • f. 61 Petrus Alphonsus: Abstract of his Disciplina Clericalis, by F. Douce: 19th cent.
  • ff. 65-126 William Gifford, Editor, 'Quarterly Review': Letters to G. Ellis: 1809-1814.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002019424
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1787
End Date:
1815
Date Range:
1787-1815
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Douce, Francis, curator and collector, 1757-1834
Ellis, George, Author
Gifford, William, critic, editor and poet, 1756-1826
Ivernois, François, French Economist and Writer
La Rue, Gervais, Abbé Professor of History at Caen
Lally, Térophyme Gérard, Marquis de Tollendal
Oxenden, Family
Petrus Alphonsus
Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte, of Add MS 28099