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