Letters
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.11/7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters
Shelfmark
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.11/7
Summary
Seven letters from Robert Dashwood, 1763, 1765-6; two undated notes from Sir F.Dashwood to his wife; three letters from Charles Walcot, 1762, 1767; two letters from Robert Lowth - one from Berlin, 1748, giving details of Berlin, the departure thence of Voltaire and the affairs of Mlle.Barbarini, the other from Rome, 1750, with details of the opera and painting in Italy and archaeological finds at Herculaneum; one letter from John Dashwood King, n.d.
Date
1748-67, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
15 items
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Collection contents
Archive of the Dashwood Family of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Papers of Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Bart., (from 1763 Lord Le Despencer)
Personal papers
Personal correspondence
Letters
