IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 LBC
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Letter Book Copy
Date(s): 1661-1740
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 30 volumes
Name of creator(s): Various
CONTEXT
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CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Transcribed from the original Letter Books. Contain fair copies of letters received by the Royal Society, the originals of which are in the Early Letters. Volumes 1-18 are letters of 1661-1727; within this group, Volume 11 has been extended into two volumes. Volume 17 was created in order to leave a gap in the series for retrospective copying of original papers. The succeeding volumes overlap in time, giving correspondence for the years 1720-1740. There are four supplementary copies, labelled A-B, B-C, D-G, G-H.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English, Latin, French, German and Italian
System of arrangement:
Volumes 1-18 cover 1661-1727; Volumes 19-26 cover 1720-1740; four supplementary volumes arranged alphabetically.
Conditions governing access:
OPEN
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying restricted. No microfilm available.
Physical characteristics:
Leather bound volumes.
Finding aids:
Name of author, recipient, date and location are indexed in archive card catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
See Letter Book Original; General Subject Index to Journal, Register and Letter Books by Richard Waller.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.