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GB 0096 AL369 1797 fonds 1 sheet Gray , John , fl 1797 , lottery officer and writer on economics
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Found inserted in a Goldsmiths' Library copy of Gray's The essential principles of the wealth of nations (1797) - classmark: [G.L.] 1797. Transferred to the autograph letters collection in 1967.
Letter from John Gray of the Lottery Office to the Rt Hon William Pitt [the younger], 1 Jun 1797. Covering letter enclosing a copy of Gray's The essential principles of the wealth of nations (1797), '... in which I flatter myself I have refuted the very misleading and widely pernicious doctrines supported by Dr. Adam Smith ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
July 2008 Smith , Adam , 1723-1790 , political economist Gray , John , fl 1797 , lottery officer and writer on economics Social scientists Economists
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Found inserted in a Goldsmiths' Library copy of Gray's The essential principles of the wealth of nations (1797) - classmark: [G.L.] 1797. Transferred to the autograph letters collection in 1967.
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Letter from John Gray of the Lottery Office to the Rt Hon William Pitt [the younger], 1 Jun 1797. Covering letter enclosing a copy of Gray's The essential principles of the wealth of nations (1797), '... in which I flatter myself I have refuted the very misleading and widely pernicious doctrines supported by Dr. Adam Smith ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
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See hard copy catalogue.
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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
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Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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