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Add MS 75000 X
- Record Id:
- 040-001969431
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001969407
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001106.0x0001e0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 75000 X
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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X. Note by Sir John Silvester, 1st Bart., Recorder of London, addressed to Sir Henry Ellis of the British Museum; 29 April 1822. The enquiry, written on the envelope of an ‘old copy’ of the will of Henry VIII on which he was seeking an opinion, is accompanied by Ellis’s note of his sudden death on the following day. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, March 2001.
ff. 50-52v. Mount 156 x 218mm. Printed number 75 on mount, which carries a brief biographical note of Silvester in an unidentified hand.
Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Sir John Silvester, 1st Baronet; Recorder of London: Notice of Sir Henry Ellis, rel. to death of Sir John Silvester: 1822.
Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Sir John Silvester, 1st Baronet; Recorder of London: Note to Sir Henry Ellis of Sir John Silvester: 1822.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001969407
040-001969431 - Is part of:
- Add MS 75000 A-KK : Miscellaneous Letters and Papers
Add MS 75000 X : X. Note by Sir John Silvester, 1st Bart., Recorder of London, addressed to Sir Henry Ellis of the British Museum; 29 April… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001969407[0024]/040-001969431
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 75000 A-KK
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1822
- Date Range:
- 29 Apr 1822
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869
Silvester, John, 1st Baronet , Recorder of London