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Revd. J.W. Whittaker: Letters to him

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8194

Scope and Contents

The following letters were mostly written by two of Whittaker's Cambridge friends: Thomas Greenwood, a fellow-Johnian, who was called to the bar (1817) and became reader in history at the University of Durham (1833); and William Whewell, afterwards Master of Trinity. There are also four letters from Greenwood's brother Charles, a London businessman.

Dates

  • Creation: 14 Apr. 1813-6 Apr. 1825

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

1 collection

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased by Cambridge University Library at Sotheby's on 10 October 1978 (lot 22).

Related Materials

In addition to these letters, the University Library holds a collection of bills and receipts to Whittaker, mostly from his college and from wine merchants, drapers, booksellers and other tradesmen, dated between October 1810 and August 1816 [MS Add.7457, acquired in 1954 from E. Seligmann, London]. Other groups of Whittaker's papers are in St. John's College Library, Blackburn Central Library, Manchester Archives and Wigan Archives.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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