Letters to Horace Twiss, 1807-1848, arranged alphabetically, with a few letters to members of his family, 1876-1905.
Dates
- Creation: 1807-1905
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Don. d. 94, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Don. d. 94-95
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7756
Abstract
Letters to Horace Twiss
Biographical / Historical
Horace Twiss (1787-1849) was a wit and politician. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. 39056-57.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were given to the Library by A.B. Emden, through the Friends of the Bodleian, in 1951.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Letters to Horace Twiss
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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