Fonds GB 0096 AL182 - Robinson, Henry Crabb: letter, 23 Dec [1850-1860]

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GB 0096 AL182 [1850-1860] fonds 2 leaves Robinson , Henry Crabb , 1775-1867 , diarist

Henry Crabb Robinson was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and educated locally and in Devizes, Wiltshire. Being from a nonconformist family, he could not attend university, instead working as a legal clerk in Colchester, and later in London. Inheriting money from an uncle in 1798 enabled him to travel in Europe and study at university in Germany. Returning to England, he became a lawyer and a journalist, and for a while editor of The Times (1808-1809). He also participated in the founding of University College London. Today he is best known for his diary, kept between 1811 and his death in 1867, of which a large portion has been published.

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Bought from Myers and Co, 1954.

Letter from Henry Crab Robinson of 30 Russell Square, [London] to Dr [Edward Henry] Sieveking, 23 Dec [1850-1860]. Thanking him for a book. 'Next year I shall, I trust, be en fonds for your hospital. The extreme distress of our College Hospital, [University College Hospital] has obliged me within a few days to give a 4th £10 for owing to the falling off of students this year, we shall not be able to go on with as many beds as hitherto ...'.

Autograph, with signature.

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English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

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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Bought from Myers and Co, 1954.

Letter from Henry Crab Robinson of 30 Russell Square, [London] to Dr [Edward Henry] Sieveking, 23 Dec [1850-1860]. Thanking him for a book. 'Next year I shall, I trust, be en fonds for your hospital. The extreme distress of our College Hospital, [University College Hospital] has obliged me within a few days to give a 4th £10 for owing to the falling off of students this year, we shall not be able to go on with as many beds as hitherto ...'.

Autograph, with signature.

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

• Latin

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

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.

• English