IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 114
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Glen, James
Date(s): 1749
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 28 leaves
Name of creator(s): Glen | James | 1701-1777 | colonial governor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Information not available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing answers from James Glen, Governor of South Carolina, to queries from the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, giving details of the country's geography, weather, neighbours, constitution, shipping and trade, and an account of exports for 1747-1748. This letter was possibly the one from Glen read by the Lords Commissioners on 9 Nov 1749 - see the Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, 1742-1749.
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 folio. Bound in quarter-calf.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Bertram Dobell in 1912 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
University of South Carolina Library, USA, holds correspondence and papers, 1738-1777 (Ref: Acc NUC MS 76-1382); the National Archives of Scotland has correspondence and papers (Ref: GD45).
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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: Jun 2000