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Add MS 61686-61688
- Record Id:
- 036-001950747
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001949954
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000017.0x000043
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 61686-61688
- Title:
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F. Section III. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF SIR RICHARD STEELE
61686-61688. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXXVI-DLXXXVIII. Correspondence and papers of Sir Richard Steele, supplementing the large holding of Steele material already in the British Library, most notably Add. MS. 5145 A, B, C, which John Nichols presented to the British Museum and on which he based The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, 1787; 2nd ed. 1809. The provenance of the present papers is discussed by C. J. Wright, 'Some Unpublished Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele', British Library Journal, VIII, 1982, pp. 80-93. Part of the Blenheim collection of Steele papers was dispersed in the Marlborough sale at Sotheby's, 1st July 1920. Three volumes.
- Scope & Content:
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Sir Richard Steele, author and politician: Correspondence and papers: 1696-aft. 1727, n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001949954
033-001950738
036-001950747 - Is part of:
- Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61681-61688 : F. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE TREVOR FAMILY
Add MS 61686-61688 : F. Section III. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF SIR RICHARD STEELE 61686-61688. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXXVI-DLXXXVIII.… - Contains:
- Add MS 61686 : Vol. DLXXXVI (ff. 169). (1) General correspondence of Steele and his 2nd wife, Mary, née Scurlock; 1705-1724, n.d. Partly…
Add MS 61687 : Vol. DLXXXVII (ff. 175). Letters to Steele as editor of the following periodicals. — (1) The Tatler; 1709-1710. See R. P. Bond,…
Add MS 61688 : Vol DLXXXVIII (ff. 118). Literary papers; 1705-aft. 1727, n.d. Mostly autograph. Partly Latin and French. Comprises: — (1)…
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- 032-001949954[0006]/033-001950738[0003]/036-001950747
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Latin
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1696
- End Date:
- 1727
- Date Range:
- [1696-1727]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Steele, Richard, author and politician