Manuscripts from the Collection of A.W. Turner

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Manuscripts from the collection of A.W. Turner, consisting of:

Recipe book of Isabella Pease, 1759, containing culinary, medical and household recipes
Volume of essays, verse, letters and prayers, entitled 'Miscellany philosophical and moral. John Boston. Oct. 6. 1783'
Incomplete legal treatise on conveyancing, early 19th century
File of documents relating to the suit Derra v. Dawson and others, in the Queen's Bench, 1852, concerning the Hungarian imposter, Baroness von Beck
Anonymous treatise on the revelation of Jesus Christ, with incomplete account of theological symbols, late 19th century

Dates

18th-19th cent.

Extent

5 shelfmarks

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 449].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. misc. c. 449-450, e. 589, f. 397; Eng. th. c. 75

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 11095

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Arthur W. Turner of Brighton, Sussex.

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. I, nos. 43947-51.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The manuscripts were given to the Library by Perry's of Brighton, estate agents, through the British Records Association in 1966.

Indexed Names and Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Manuscripts from the Collection of A.W. Turner
Status: Completed
Author: Emily Tarrant
Language of description: English

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