A series of Miscellaneous Autograph Letters
MS. Montagu d. 15/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
A series of Miscellaneous Autograph Letters
Shelfmark
MS. Montagu d. 15/1
Summary
A series of Miscellaneous Autograph Letters, largely of English persons of note, of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth centuries, arranged alphabetically, with a few engraved portraits: chiefly collected by W. Wilson. The chief items are:
Nares, Robert, Oct. 31, 1816 (fol. 4).
Newton, sir Isaac, signature, March 29, 1720/1 (fol. 10).
Noble, Mark, two, 1797-1826 (fol. 25).
Pegge, Samuel, Aug. 13, 1777 (fol. 82).
Pennant, Thomas, July 7, 1776 (fol. 87).
Pinkerton, John, two, 1802-11 (fol. 104).
Polwhele, Richard, two, 1804-16, with a poem (fol. 118).
(Papers relating to a challenge sent by the earl of Pomfret (i.e. George Fermor, d. 1785): fol. 123).
Date
written in about 1600 to 1850
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
141 Leaves
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Collection contents
A series of Miscellaneous Autograph Letters
