Bradley Papers
MSS. Bradley 1-20, 20*-28, 28*-38, 38*-48
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bradley Papers
Shelfmark
MSS. Bradley 1-20, 20*-28, 28*-38, 38*-48
Summary
Bradley Papers
Date
1705-1766
Language
French
Latin
English
Physical extent
5.61 Linear metres
51 boxes
Custodial history
Dr Bradley's papers passed to his executors, from whom all that were concerned with Greenwich were claimed in 1765 by the Board of Longitude, but after a tedious lawsuit the claim was abandoned in 1776, after Dr Bradley's son-in-law, Samuel Peach, had presented them to Lord North, Chancellor of the University of Oxford; who in turn presented them in that year to the University on condition that the Greenwich observations should be printed and published - a condition fulfilled in 1798 and 1805.
On 2 May 1861 the University restored thirteen volumes of Bradley's observations to Greenwich, it having been represented that they were the only gap in the line of registers at the Royal Observatory.
Acquisition
It is not clear when the Bodleian actually received the papers, but in 1804 the Board of Longitude presented some Greenwich papers of N. Bliss and C. Green, and in about 1829 several miscellaneous bundles came after the death of Dr Hornsby, who had edited the printed volumes.
Subject
Astronomy
Science
18th century
Lectures and lecturing
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