Manuscripts and News-letters Collected by George Smith

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Manuscripts and news-letters collected by George Smith. Including:

(c. 7) a copy of a memorial by Alexander Cruden concerning Elizabeth Canning, 1754, with a series of engravings showing Elizabth Canning's adventures, 1754
(c. 10) 'The subscription of the inhabitants of the ward of Cheape, London, for a free and vollentary present to his Maiesty', 31 July 1661
(d. 16) the Magazine of Battersea Grammar School, London, 1 June-20 July 1885.

Dates

17th-19th cent.

Extent

3 shelfmarks

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. GB 0161 [pr. bk.] Smith newsb. c. 7].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

GB 0161 [pr. bk.] Smith newsb. c. 7, c. 10, d. 16

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13327

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

George Smith (fl. 1954).

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53025-7.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to the Library by George Smith, with printed newsbooks, in 1954.

Indexed Names and Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Manuscripts and News-letters Collected by George Smith
Status: Completed
Author: Susan Thomas
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

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