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Richard Dawes, 1817-04-04 - 1823-09-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/FRE/1b/4/2

Scope and Contents

Letter, with endorsed reply re Fellows Garden and refusal of Frere to give up land; [copy] letter probably to Richard Dawes about this; draft letter by Frere re dispute over College grounds endorsed on letter from Worsley re dinner engagement probably to Richard Dawes and possible replying to part of letter from Dawes; letter from Dawes and endorsed with further letter from Cornwallis Hewett, about dispute with Frere over his bursarship, and outlining perceived problems. Included with these are also three different drafts of a letter written to one of the Fellows objecting to them having joined in a unanimous petition against him - this is probably referring to bursarship dispute but may not have been intended for Dawes; letter from Dawes allowing cows to graze on his piece of pasture; correspondence re Dawes taking over different College rooms; letter from Dawes re conducting College business in Chancery more efficiently.

Dates

  • Creation: 1817-04-04 - 1823-09-06

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.

Extent

12 item(s) (12 letters) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

D/F/99

Related Materials

See DCPP/FRE/1/4/15, and DCAR/1/6/1b. See DCPP/FRE/1b/5 for other correspondence re bursarship dispute.

Date information

DateText: Possibly final date is 1824/5..

Originator(s)

Dawes, Richard

Finding aid date

2001-10-30 11:56:01+00:00

Genre / Form

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

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