Tract on the Spanish American colonies
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 MS 149 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Tract on the Spanish American colonies |
Date(s) | : [1805] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 28 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing a tract entitled 'A concise account of the present state of the Spanish American colonies', [1805]. The manuscript appears to be a copy of a document written by a Spanish American, and is written with a view to invoking English intervention as a means of escape from the oppressive colonial policy of Spain, which it describes.
Access & 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.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
This manuscript was possibly from the collection of David Laing (d 1878). It was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell from Richard Cameron of Edinburgh in 1891.
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
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).
Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2000
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