Copies by Thomas Stedman of letters of Job Orton
Single Item
MS. Eng. lett. e. 95
Held at the Weston Library
Copies by Thomas Stedman of letters of Job Orton, including:
- Pp. 1-346. letters to Stedman, 1775-82, copied 1810-12, not included in Letters from the Rev. Mr. Job Orton ... to ... Stedman (2 vols., Shrewsbury, 1800, 2nd ed., 1805)
- Pp. 357-402, i-xvi. letters to Samuel Palmer, 1771-5, n.d., partly printed in J. Orton, Letters to dissenting ministers (2 vols., London, 1806), nos. lvi-lxv
- Pp. 403-6. note of legacies left by Orton, not in Stedman's hand; (pp. xvii-xxii) index by Stedman of subjects and persons mentioned in the letters.
Dates
- Creation: 1770-1782
Extent
408 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. e. 95, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. lett. e. 95
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11074
Abstract
Copies by Thomas Stedman of letters of Job Orton
Biographical / Historical
Job Orton (1717-1783) was an English dissenting minister and theologian.
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, E. M. Lawson, cat. 166 (1965), 495.
Physical Facet
Half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, lettered 'Mr. Orton's letters MS. Vol. II'
Topical
- Title
- Copies by Thomas Stedman of letters of Job Orton
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk