A play by Alexander Dalrymple, with books annotated by him.
Dates
- Creation: 19th century
Extent
0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Don. e. 55, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Don. e. 55-56, f. 25
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 8556, 8557, 8558
Abstract
Archive of Alexander Dalrymple
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808) was hydrographer to the Navy. 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. 39102-3.
Custodial History
The collection was owned by Sophia Monckton (d. 1824).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was bought from Arnold Muirhead and given to the Library by the Friends of the Bodleian in 1956.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Alexander Dalrymple
- 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
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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