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Add MS 89452
- Record Id:
- 032-003725978
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003725978
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113298774.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89452
- Title:
- Letters of Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, to Charlotte Sophia Selwyn
- Scope & Content:
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18 manuscript letters from Princess Mary to Charlotte Sophia Selwyn, born Murray, chiefly written 1810-1821, with two later letters dating 1829 and 1854. With a few annotations by Charlotte Selwyn and her daughter.
Topics include family news, health of Mary’s parents the Queen and King, Princess Charlotte, marriage of Charlotte Selwyn’s sister Louisa to Robert Frankland Russell (30 Nov 1815), Charlotte and her husband’s loss in the bank at Gloucester, their children, one of whom was Princess Mary’s god-daughter, presents and favours.
With a typed list compiled by the bookseller before sale to the British Library.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003725978", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89452: Letters of Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, to Charlotte Sophia Selwyn" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003725978
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003725978
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 file (18 letters)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 1810-1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Two letters have had Princess Mary’s signature cut out, and one has excisions at the head of two folios (probably a crest)
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11111
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Dr Michael Bishop, Personalia, Chepstow, 11 May 2018
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, daughter of King George III, 1776-1857
Selwyn, Charlotte Sophia, née Murray, 1785-1866