Autograph letters

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MS. Autogr. b. 1

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Autograph letters of:

Fol. 5. Geo. Ballard to Tho. Powys, 22 Feb. 1754, with an autograph draft (imperfect) of Ballard's will
Fol. 12. M. S. Alexander, bp. of Jerusalem, 27 May 1830
Fol. 18. Shute Barrington, bp. of Durham, 26 July 1815
Fol. 26. Rich. Bagot, bp. of Oxford, 3 Oct. 1834
Fol. 37. T (homas) C (arte), the historian, about Nonjurors
Fol. 40. a prayer supposed to be in the hand of mrs. Carter (about 1758?)
Fol. 52. Rob. Wood of Glasgow college, 7 Mar. 1735/8
Fol. 56. Will. Wollaston (d. 1724), 19 Feb. 1719/20
Fol. 59. Will. Hyde Wollaston, early 19th cent.
Fol. 62. Anthony Wood, a scrap on 'Habits' from his History of the University of Oxford

Some portraits and views connected with these persons are also in the volume.

Dates

Creation: Written in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries

Extent

67 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Autogr. b. 1, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Autogr. b. 1

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18919

Additional Description

Abstract

Autograph letters

Biographical / Historical

George Ballard (1705-1755) was an antiquary. Shute Barrington (1734-1826) was Bishop of Durham. Richard Bagot (1782-1854) was Bishop of Bath and Wells. Thomas Carte (1686-1754) was a historian. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) was a physiologist, chemist and physicist. Anthony Wood (1632-1695) was an antiquary.

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. VI, no. 31008

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1890.

Artt. a-d were lot 57, e-f, lot 115, g-j, lot 536 in the Thomas Raffles sale at Sotheby's, 29 June-1 July 1891.