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Title
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- 1761 (Creation)
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1 card
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GB 0096 AL434 1761 fonds 1 card Nash , fl 1761 , resident of Bath
No information was available at the time of compilation.
See archivist
Transferred from the Goldsmith's Library, 1969.
Letter from Mr Nash of Bath, [Somerset] to Miss Way, Jul 1761. Written in the third person on the back of a playing card (the Queen of Hearts).
Autograph, unsigned.
See hard copy catalogue.
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.
English
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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from the Goldsmith's Library, 1969.
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Letter from Mr Nash of Bath, [Somerset] to Miss Way, Jul 1761. Written in the third person on the back of a playing card (the Queen of Hearts).
Autograph, unsigned.
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See hard copy catalogue.
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Conditions governing access
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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
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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- English