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Add MS 29627
- Record Id:
- 032-002021165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002021165
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x00014e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 29627
- Title:
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WILL of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Fr. Holograph; without signature or date, but endorsed by Richard Davenport "given into my hands by himself Munday 27 May, 1766." Included also are:-Original letters respecting the above will from Edward Mainwaring to J. Davenport, with drafts of letters from the latter to E. Mainwaring and William, Lord Bagot; 18 Aug.-26 Sept. 1784, ff. 4-8;-Copies of French vaudevilles, f. 9;-Musical "Morcaux," in the hand of J. J. Rousseau, f. 21. Paper. Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
- f. 1 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Will: 1766.: Fr.: Autogr.
- f. 1 Richard Davenport: Endorsement of J. J. Rousseau's Will: 1766.
- ff. 4, 5, 6 J- Davenport: Correspondence with E. Mainwaring: 1784.
- ff. 4,5,6 Edward Mainwaring: Correspondence with J. Davenport: 1784.
- f. 9 Poetry: Vaudevilles: 18th cent.: Fr.
- f. 21 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Musical morceaux: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002021165
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002021165
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1766
- End Date:
- 1784
- Date Range:
- 1766-1784
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Davenport, J, correspondent of Edward Mainwaring, fl 1766
Davenport, Richard, friend and host of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, d 1771
Mainwaring, Edward
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, philosopher