Miscellaneous papers of M.W. Benson
MS. Benson 1/62
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Miscellaneous papers of M.W. Benson
Shelfmark
MS. Benson 1/62
Summary
Comprised of: 223 leaves, and pp 1-103 printed
(fols. 1-18) Printed item Unser tagliches Brod in Bildern von Ludwig Richter ( Dresden), with a dedication to Martin White Benson from John Wordsworth, 2 February 1867
(fols. 19-26) Printed pamphlet The Bishops of Cornwall AD 909-1877 ( Truro 1877), with 1 leaf showing the Arms of the first Bishop of Truro
(fols. 27-44) Sketchbook inscribed M.W. Benson Ap. 6 1874 and containing pen and ink drawings
(fols. 45-76) Almanack/notebook with accounts and a few sketches and drawings, 1876
(fols. 77-116) Autograph book including an entry by Charles Kingsley, n.d.
(fols. 117-216) Notebook containing Roman history notes, ' From Tiberius Gracchus to Octavius Caesar.' n.d.
(fols. 217-23) Leather folder containing blotting paper
[i-ix] pp 1-103 [x-xi] Thoma Hobbio (Malmesburiensi) Historia Ecclesiastica Carmine Elegiaco Concinnata. Opus posthumum, 1688, inscribed by Martin White Benson, 1875
Date
1867-1876, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
The works of A.C. Benson and other members of the Benson family, excluding E. F. Benson
M.W. Benson (1860-78); Eleanor Benson and E.W. Benson Snr. (1800-43)
Miscellaneous papers of M.W. Benson
