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Add MS 5720
- Record Id:
- 032-003442006
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442006
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000209
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5720
- Title:
- Biographical adversaria, collected originally with a view to assist the Reverend Mr. Granger in compiling his History, and to promote a continuation of the Work'
- Scope & Content:
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‘Biographical adversaria, collected originally with a view to assist the Reverend Mr. Granger in compiling his History, and to promote a continuation of the Work. To which are added numerous Lists of [References to] painted and Engraved Portraits, with the places where they are to be found’.
The whole arranged alphabetically from A to Z. 3 of 6 volumes Quarto.
Among the original documents and letters inserted are:
1. Letter from Lady Haversham to Lord Bute, stating her circumstances, 26 August 1761
2. Letter from Pennell Hawkins to Lord Bute, soliciting an appointment of Surgeon to the Queen. 1761
3. Letter from John Hanksworth to Lord Bute, respecting a MS. Of his writings. Dated London, 2 March 1761
4. Letter from Dr. Heberden to Lord Bute, returning thanks for his appointment as physician to the King, 1761
5. Letter from Dr. R. Hind to Lord Bute, applying for preferment in the Church. Dated 16 June 1762
6. Letter from Henry Home, Lord Haines, to Lord Bute, offering himself as candidate to be Judge of the Criminal Court. Dated Edinburgh, 5 April 1763
7. Letter from John Hope, Professor of Botany, to Lord Bute, relative to the progress of the study of Botany in Scotland. Dated Edinburgh, 15 April 1762
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442006
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442006
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Gifted by Sir William Musgrave in his will
- Arrangement:
- Alphabetically arranged
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.