About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents
About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents of the 16th-19th centt. (chiefly 18th-19th), and pasted down in a volume in no order, alphabetical or other. Among them are such as the rt. hon. Spencer Perceval (d. 1812: fol. 2v), Humphrey Bellamy, 1744, with some notes of the family (fol. 3), William Upcott (d. 1845: fol. 11v), and cuttings from Overseers' parish books. There are some seals (fol. 15, etc.), and on fol. 24v a note by bp. Percy, 1799.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 16th-19th century
Extent
27 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Autogr. c. 11, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Autogr. c. 11
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19667
Abstract
About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents
Biographical / Historical
Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) was a statesman.
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. 35152
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library by S. G. Perceval esq. on Sept. 7, 1910.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.
- Title
- About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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