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Add MS 24422
- Record Id:
- 032-002031688
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002031688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000043.0x000086
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162924301.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 24422
- Title:
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Original letter of King Charles I to the Scottish Committee of Estates and Officers of the Scottish Army, 31 July 1648
- Scope & Content:
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CONTENTS
Unfoliated: Letter of King Charles I to the Lords and Gentlemen, Committee of the Scots Parliament and the Officers of the Scottish Army, Carisbrooke, 31 Jul 1648. In the King's hand and with his signature. With seals. The letter replies to the letter of 8 Jul 1648 (the day the Scottish Army invaded England) and the Scottish Declaration, both of which he received on Friday 28 July. The Declaration is A declaration of the Committee of Estates of the Parliament of Scotland to the honourable Houses of Parliament, and to all their brethren of England, concerning the necessity, grounds, and ends of their engagement, and of the return of the Scots armie into England (Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1648) (ESTC: R34038; Wing [2nd ed.], S1208).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002031688
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002031688
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (bound with ADD MSS 24419 and 24901).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162924301.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1648
- End Date:
- 1648
- Date Range:
- 31 Jul 1648
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England.
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 270mm x 180mm (writing area: 265mm x 160mm).
Foliation: ff. [3] (with four flyleaves at the front and 6 flyleaves at the back + 17 ff , Add MS 24419 + 11 ff., Add MS 24901 + 2 leaves before and 1 after add MS 24422).
Script: 17th-century secretary hand.
Binding: British Museum.
- Custodial History:
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Presented on 14 Mar 1862 to the British Museum by Thomas Dyer Edwardes (son-in-law to the antiquary Thomas Sharp, 1770-1841).
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- Publications:
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts of the British Museum in the Years MDCCCLIV-MDCCCLXXV (London: British Museum, 1877), 65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)