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Scarborough Play Bills

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4020

Scope and Contents

Series of drafts or copies of bills for plays performed in the summer season in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Inside the front cover: '175' (in circle, pencilled), with the bookplate of Hymen Packer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1754

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

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

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Owned by Hymen Packer. Acquired by the British Museum, 21 Dec. 1861. Presented as a duplicate to the UL, 1889.

Geographic

Topical

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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