The collection comprises:
- letters to Joseph Cradock, 1760-1826;
- letters to Anna Francesca Cradock, 1811-1815;
- correspondence of John Bowyer Nichols, mainly as Cradock's executor, 1826-1828.
Dates
- Creation: 1760-1828
Extent
4 boxes (0.44 linear metres)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. Lett. b. 33/1, fol. 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. Lett. b. 33-34
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12883
Abstract
Letters to Joseph Cradock, his wife Anna Francesca Cradock (née Stratford), and his executor John Bowyer Nichols.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Cradock (1742-1826) was an author.
Anna Francesca Cradock, née Stratford (d. 1816) was Cradock's wife.
John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863) was a printer, and acted as an executor for Cradock.
Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Custodial History
Previously sold, Sotheby's (Gough Nichols sale), 18 Nov. 1929, lot 150.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library, Sotheby's, 17 Dec. 1979, lot 90.
Bibliography
- Many of the letters to Joseph Cradock are printed in volumes 1 and 4 of his Literary and miscellaneous memoirs (London: 1828).
Subject
- Title
- Letters to Joseph Cradock, his wife Anna Cradock, and to J.B. Nichols
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas. EAD version 2022 by Simon Mackley.
- Date
- EAD version 2022.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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