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Senate House Library, University of London

Letter concerning Jacobitism


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 113

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Letter concerning Jacobitism

Date(s): 1746

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Ithacus (pseudonym)

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Information not available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a letter by 'Ithacus' to the National Journal, 10 Jun 1746, attacking the Jacobite party on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of King James II's son, James Edward Francis Stuart.

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.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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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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Publication note:

This letter was published as a broadsheet in 1746.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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: Jun 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Jacobitism | Political movements

Personal names
Stuart | James Francis Edward | 1688-1766 | claimant to the English and Scottish thrones | also known as the Old Pretender

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe