IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL286
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Morgan, John Minter: letter, 24 Jun 1845
Date(s): 1845
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves (1 blank)
Name of creator(s): Morgan | John Minter | 1782-1854 | educationist and socialist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Minter Morgan was born in Westminster in 1782. Little is known about his early life until aged 25 he inherited a fortune in land, business and investments; thereafter he devoted his life and much of his wealth to the cause of co-operativism and Christian socialism. His London salon became a leading intellectual centre and, with his diplomatic skills, he succeeded in forging working alliances with both religious-minded and secular socialists. He also campaigned for free universal education.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from John Minter Morgan of 8 Pembroke Street, Cambridge to Rev Professor Adam Sedgwick, 24 Jun 1845. Covering letter (on mourning paper) to a copy of Morgan's The Christian Commonwealth. Recalling a meeting of the British Association [for the Advancement of Science] at which Sedgwick 'expressed a hope that we should not confine our attention to the advancement of science but also direct its most beneficial application'. 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 enclosed in a presentation copy to Sedgwick of J M Morgan The Christian Commonwealth (1845) - classmark: [G.L.] A.845 fol.
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.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008