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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Receipt for a body for dissection (Photocopy)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0236

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Receipt for a body for dissection (Photocopy)

Date(s): 1814-1965

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 letter

Name of creator(s): Belfour | Edmund | 1790-1865 | Secretary of the Royal College Surgeons of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Edmund Belfour was born in 1790. He became secretary to The Royal College of Surgeons of England at age 21, taking over from his father, Okey Belfour. Edmund Belfour held this post for fifty years, and died on in 1865 at his residence in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to Edmund Belfour, 1814-1965, comprising a photocopy of a receipt signed by Belfour, for the body of Martin Hogan, for dissection by the Royal College of Surgeons, London, 24 Jan 1814.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Kenneth C McGriffie, Admiralty Registrar, in 1965.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The original document is located at the Admiralty Registry, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, WC2.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Cope, Zachary, The History of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1959.