Dates
- Creation: 1773-1805 (Copies of originals made circa 1850)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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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
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