"A specimen of the many grievous and most vexatious hardships and difficulties imposed upon James Watson, one of his Majesty's printers, in the lawful exercise of his proper calling, by the invidious combination and fraudulent practices of Mr. Robert Freebairn, Mr. John Baskett, and Agnes Anderson, widow of Andrew Anderson;" after 1716
MS. Rawl. C. 936, fol. 68
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
"A specimen of the many grievous and most vexatious hardships and difficulties imposed upon James Watson, one of his Majesty's printers, in the lawful exercise of his proper calling, by the invidious combination and fraudulent practices of Mr. Robert Freebairn, Mr. John Baskett, and Agnes Anderson, widow of Andrew Anderson;" after 1716
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 936, fol. 68
Summary
Seven pages; imperfect at the end. Followed by a rough draft of the first two pages.
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson C: History, Theology
Miscellaneous papers
"A specimen of the many grievous and most vexatious hardships and difficulties imposed upon James Watson, one of his Majesty's printers, in the lawful exercise of his proper calling, by the invidious combination and fraudulent practices of Mr. Robert Freebairn, Mr. John Baskett, and Agnes Anderson, widow of Andrew Anderson;" after 1716
