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Add MS 35251 C
- Record Id:
- 040-002088691
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x0000f8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35251 C
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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C. Papers relating to the cremation of the corpse of the poet Shelley, etc., viz: (a) Narrative by Edward John Trelawny of the cremation of Edward Elliker Williams, 15 Aug., and of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 16 Aug. 1822. Autograph. Evidently the "account written down at the time," from which appendix iii. in Trelawny's Records is taken, but that appendix is briefer and by no means verbatim. ff. 6, 10;-(b) Bill, drawn up and signed by Thomas Hall, chaplain to the British factory at Leghorn, for expenses connected with the cremation; 28 Aug. 1822. f. 12;-(c) Processo Verbale of the cremation of Shelley's corpse, by Domenico Simoncini, quarantine officer, signed also by Trelawny and Lord Byron; 16 Aug. 1822. Ital. A translation is printed in the Records, app. iv. f. 13;-(d) Letter of Donienico Simoncini to Trelawny, relating to the discovery of another body [the sailor Charles Vivian] and other relics from the wreck; Viareggio, 29 Aug. 1822. Ital. Translation printed ibid. f. 14. Presented by Lieut.-Colonel C. F. Call.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088688
040-002088691 - Is part of:
- Add MS 35251 A-L : MISCELLANEOUS original letters, etc.
Add MS 35251 C : C. Papers relating to the cremation of the corpse of the poet Shelley, etc., viz: (a) Narrative by Edward John Trelawny of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002088688[0003]/040-002088691
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 35251 A-L
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1822
- Date Range:
- 15 Aug 1822-29 Aug 1822
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Lieutenant-Colonel C- F- Call: Presented: in 1898.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Call, C- F-, Lieutenant-Colonel