IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL460
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Welford, Richard Griffiths: letter (1943)
Date(s): 1843
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 leaf
Name of creator(s): Welford | Richard Griffiths | 1804-1872 | writer on trading and taxation
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information was available at the time of compilation.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Richard Griffiths Welford of 6 Chancery Lane, [London] to [William Pleydell-Bouverie,] Earl of Radnor, 20 Mar 1843. Explaining that he has 'ventured to direct' his publisher to forward a copy of his 'tract upon the agricultural view of the corn law question' to Lord Radnor; giving his reasons for doing so. 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 volume from Lord Radnor's library labelled Pamphlets. Trade. Corn Laws. Free Trade etc. 1843-44 (contents include Welford's pamphlet on the Corn Laws - classmark: [G.L.] 1843).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
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.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008