Three volumes of autographs and letters, mainly addressed to James Edwards Sewell, William Sewell or Elizabeth Missing Sewell, 1838-94, collected by their sister Emma. The collection was continued to 1913 by their nephew Robert Sewell of the Madras Civil Service.
Dates
- Creation: 1838-1913
Extent
0.15 Linear metres (3 shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Autogr. d. 32, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Autogr. d. 32-34
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10772
Abstract
Three volumes of autographs and letters, mainly addressed to James Edwards Sewell, William Sewell or Elizabeth Missing Sewell, 1838-94, collected by their sister Emma.
Biographical / Historical
Emma Sewell (d. 1897) was the sister of James Edwards Sewell (1810-1903), William Sewell (1804-74) and Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815-1906) - details for the latter three 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. 37833-5.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was bought from Mrs. Violet S.C. Pearse, née Sewell, in 1963.
Subject
- Sewell | Elizabeth Missing | 1815-1906 | Author (Person)
- Sewell | Emma | d 1897 (Person)
- Sewell | James Edwards | 1810-1903 | Warden of New College, Oxford (Person)
- Sewell | Robert | fl 1913 | of Madras Civil Service (Person)
- Sewell | William | 1804-1874 | Founder of St Columba's College and Author (Person)
- Title
- Autographs and Letters Collected by Emma Sewell
- 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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