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William Pitt : correspondence

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6958-6959

Dates

  • Creation: 1773-1805 (Copies of originals made circa 1850)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

18 volume(s) (18 Volumes paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

A detailed listing of MS.Add.6958 is also available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The exact history and origin of much of the material is unknown. Many of the transcripts may be non-contemporary copies of material in the P.R.O., others are additional to them. The papers were described in the Sotheby's sale catalogue as 'Important Papers of George Pretyman Tomline Bishop of Winchester, Sold by order of George Pretyman Esq., Orwell Part Ipswich'. Bishop Pretyman Tomline died in 1827, and the transcripts of correspondence would appear to be later than this. Purchased by the Library at Sotheby's, 1937.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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