IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 85
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Union of England and Scotland, 1706-1707
Date(s): [1706-1707]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 20 leaves.
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Act of Union was a treaty (1 May 1707) that effected the union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing papers relating to the Union of England and Scotland, [1706-1707], including a treatise on the Union beginning 'The designe of ane Union presently on foot', [1706]; a burlesque headed 'Acts of Parliament in Scotland', [1706], being a mockery of the Union; two tracts, one in favour of the Union, and one against, 1707.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
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. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript quarto. Bound in quarter-morocco.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Other University of London manuscripts relating to English and Scottish Union include MSS 20 (xxvi), 86, 191, 403, and 422.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000