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Bentham, Mrs: letters


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL376

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Bentham, Mrs: letters

Date(s): 1816-1818

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 6 leaves

Name of creator(s): Bentham | - | fl 1816-1818 | wife of T Bentham

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

3 letters from Mrs Bentham of Ryde, [Isle of Wight], 3 letters to Richard Wilson, Esq, of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 1816-1818. Enquiring about payments of money to her as she has very little, and her rheumatism is the cause of heavy expenditure on doctors' bills; the doctor had charged 10s 6d a visit and had advised her to move to Bath rather than risk another winter on the Isle of Wight. She had received a quarterly payment of £25 from a Charles Bacon, withdrawn for the year 1817-1818. Enquiring about payment from Mr Bentham [?her husband], to be arranged through Sir James Graham, and about money owing to her from 3 shilling stock, for which she has apparently waited 10 years. Autograph, with signature.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled 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.

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased from E Hall, 1967.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Physicians | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Poverty | Social problems
Professional fees | Fees | Finance
Rheumatism | Rheumatic diseases | Diseases | Pathology
Share dealing | Financial markets | Investment | Finance
Personnel

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Bath | Somerset | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Isle of Wight | Hampshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe