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John Watson: Commonplace book

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.24

Scope and Contents

Includes an alphabetical index (pp. vii-xx) and a list of scriptural references pp. 621-2. Also notes from Stow's Chronicle. p. iii: 'Jo. Watson Cant. Martii 20 1644/5 prt 4s.' Leaves have been removed prior to pagination.

Dates

  • Creation: 1645

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Belonged to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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