Vol. 6 Portraits, pedigree notes and papers
MS. Fairfax 35
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Vol. 6 Portraits, pedigree notes and papers
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 35
Summary
Vol. 6 Portraits, pedigree notes and papers. To and by:
Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax (when at Oriel College, Oxford, and after)
The hon. Barwick Fairfax
Lady Catherine Fairfax
Robert son of the 5th Lord (?)
Charles Fairfax, Dean of Down
H. C. Fairfax (d. 1734, copies), and later members of the family
There is also:
At fol. 16 is a Latin poetical epistle to dean Aldrich by Samuel Bradshaw, c. 1700
At fol. 20 accounts relating to John Lord Ashburnham, 1710-26
At fol. 94 a letter from Henry Colepeper Fairfax, 15 Oct. 1715, about the riots at Oxford
At fol. 98 some public accounts 1720-21
Papers of the Hitch and Bladen families
The will of George Fairfax of Hilsley, 1732
A dying declaration of James Dawson a Jacobite, July 1746
An anecdote of general Washington's last words
An introduction to a collection of 17th cent. historical documents
Date
1700-1832, chiefly to 1770
Language
English
Physical extent
327 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers Connected with the Fairfax Family
Vol. 6 Portraits, pedigree notes and papers
