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Senate House Library, University of London

Tract on the Spanish American colonies

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 149

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

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

CONTEXT

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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 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 cloth.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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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.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.