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
- Creation: 18th-19th century
Extent
0.37 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. c. 449, fols. 1-2].
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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
Abstract
Manuscripts from the Collection of A.W. Turner
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.
Subject
- Boston | John | fl 1783 (Person)
- Pease | Isabella | fl 1759 (Person)
- Turner | Arthur W (Person)
- Title
- Manuscripts from the Collection of A.W. Turner
- 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
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk