Miscellany: English, 18th century

Items formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1748-1934

24 items.

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, June 1927 (acc.57008), February 1931 (acc.56320), November 1933 (acc.67474) and December 1934 (acc.67487); Charavay, Paris, November 1929 (acc.67384); Hodgson, London, December 1930 (acc.74268); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.56483, 56485 and 68130); Charavay, Paris, October 1931 (acc.64700). No.8 possibly from a batch of items purchased from Stevens, London, September 1932 (acc.68412). Provenance of one accession not recorded (acc.67430); accession details of nos.17, 19 and 24 not known.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts