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Hale, William: letter (1806)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL265

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Hale, William: letter (1806)

Date(s): 1806

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 sheet

Name of creator(s): Hale | William | fl 1806-1826 | pamphleteer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from William Hale of 4 Wood Street, Spitalfields, [London] to [Patrick] Colquhoun, 22 Nov 1806. Covering letter enclosing a copy of Hale's open letter to Samuel Whitbread MP on the subject of the poor of Spitalfields. Expresses 'a deep sense of the infinite obligations this parish is under to you'. Autograph, with signature.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found inserted in a copy of the 1806 edition of Hale's A letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M.P. containing observations on the distresses peculiar to the poor of Spitalfields ... - classmark: [G.L.] B.806.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with 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: Aug 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Pamphlets | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Poor | Disadvantaged groups

Personal names
Hale | William | fl 1806-1826 | pamphleteer
Whitbread | Samuel | 1764-1815 | politician

Corporate names

Places
Stepney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Tower Hamlets