IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL407
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Walker, John: letter
Date(s): 1841
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Walker | John | fl 1841 | correspondent of James Simpson
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information was available at the time of compilation.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from John Walker to James Simpson, Esq, engineer at the Chelsea Water Works, 10 Mar 1841. Apologising for being unable to get away until 1 o'clock; he has a bridge meeting to attend at 12 o'clock. Autograph, with signature. [The year 1841 and the recipient's name and address have been added in another hand.]
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from E Hall, 1966.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008