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Letters from the rev. William Cole, F.S.A., written in A.D. 1747-1782, by W. Cole, etc.

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MS. Top. gen. c. 9
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Letters from the rev. William Cole, F.S.A., 1747-82, including:

  1. one to Browne Willis, Jan. 17, 1746/7 (fol. 9);
  2. one to Zachary Grey, Dec. 4, 1747 (fol. 13);
  3. twelve to A. C. Ducarel, 1751-62 (fol. 14);
  4. one to R. Farmer, April 19, 1767 (fol. 48);
  5. twenty-nine to Richard Gough, 1772-82 (fol. 52), with one reply, Dec. 20, 1780 (fol. 82);
  6. one to M. Lort, July 2, 1781 (fol. 108);
  7. seven to J. Nichols, 1781-2 (fol. 103, cf. 1331.

At fol. 142 are some lists of charters and deeds in the Cottonian collection at the British Museum, with index, of about A.D. 1720-30 (?).

Dates

  • Creation: written in A.D. 1747-1782, by W. Cole, etc.

Extent

179 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. gen. c. 9

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 25526.

Custodial History

Lot 1110 in the Gough Nichols sale, 1874.

Gough Nichols coll. vol. no. 17 (from 1874 to about 1884).

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

13 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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