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Add MS 33557
- Record Id:
- 040-002024405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024382
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x0002d8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33557
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Vol. XXI. (ff. 314). LETTER-BOOK, containing copies of correspondence of the Bentham family, chiefly of Samuel's letters, as above; 13 July, 1779-26 Oct. 1784. With a few letters at the end written in 1789. At. f. 263 is an original letter from Sir James Harris [afterwards lst Earl of Malmesbury] to Jeremiah Bentham, [1783]; on ff. 265 and 266 are drawings of boats and an amphibious carriage (v. 33,561, f. 41); and on f. 305 is ",An Authentic Catalogue of the Houghton Collection of Pictures sold to the Empress of Russia, with the price paid, in 1779." Quarto.
includes:
- f. 263 James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury: Correspondence with J. Bentham, sen.: [1783], 1784, 1788.
- ff. 265, 266 Boats: Drawings of an " amphibious " carriage, by S. Bentham: 18th cent.
- ff. 265, 266 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Drawings of boats: 18th cent.
- f. 305 George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford: Catalogue of the Houghton collection of pictures sold by, to the Empress of Russia: 1779.
- f. 305 Catherine II of Russia: Catalogue of the Houghton collection of pictures sold to: 1779.
- f. 305 Houghton, Norfolk: Catalogue of the Houghton collection of pictures sold to the Empress of Russia, with the prices: 1779.
- f. 305 Art. Catalogues: Houghton collection of pictures sold to the Empress of Russia, with the price: 1779.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024382
040-002024405 - Is part of:
- Add MS 33537-33564 : CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the family of Bentham, consisting of letters to and from Jeremiah Bentham and his two sons,…
Add MS 33557 : Vol. XXI. (ff. 314). LETTER-BOOK, containing copies of correspondence of the Bentham family, chiefly of Samuel's letters, as above;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002024382[0008]/040-002024405
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 33537-33564
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1789
- Date Range:
- 1779-1789
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Harris, James, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
Walpole, George, 3rd Earl of Orford - Places:
- Houghton, Norfolk