William Coxe, 1747 - 1828
Scope and Contents
The file comprises a collection of working notes partly for books (some autograph, others with autograph notes), Coxe's autograph diary for 1813, drafts of letters, autograph letters signed by the Abbe de Sade, author of a life of Petrarch to Coxe, with autograph drafts of Coxe's replies, together with 'Cursory Notes relative to the Pelham Administration' and 'Chronology of Events during the Administration of the Right Hon. Henry Pelham' largely written in the same hand as a synopsis for a 'Biographical Memoir of the late Revd Archdeacon Coxe', and an autograph letter signed from William Coxe to his publishers stating his terms for an enlarged second edition of his 'Memoirs of Lord Walpole' (5 Nov 1807).
To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 48
Dates
- Creation: 1747 - 1828
Extent
1 envelope(s) (c. 200 items in envelope) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Misc. 48, Coll 25/12, Coll 34/25 (5,6)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Misc. 48 papers were purchased from Sotheby's Phillipps sale on 26 June 1974 for King's College Library by D. H. Miller-Barstow, M. A.
Date information
DateText: Late 18th to early 19th century.
Finding aid date
2004-02-26 11:24:27+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository
Archivist
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