Letter Book Copy

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 LBC
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Letter Book Copy
Date(s)	: 1661-1740
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 30 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Various
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Transcribed from the original Letter Books. Contain fair copies of letters received by the Royal Society, the originals of which are in the Early Letters. Volumes 1-18 are letters of 1661-1727; within this group, Volume 11 has been extended into two volumes. Volume 17 was created in order to leave a gap in the series for retrospective copying of original papers. The succeeding volumes overlap in time, giving correspondence for the years 1720-1740. There are four supplementary copies, labelled A-B, B-C, D-G, G-H.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English, Latin, French, German and Italian

System of arrangement:

Volumes 1-18 cover 1661-1727; Volumes 19-26 cover 1720-1740; four supplementary volumes arranged alphabetically.

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying restricted. No microfilm available.

Finding aids:

Name of author, recipient, date and location are indexed in archive card catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

See Letter Book Original; General Subject Index to Journal, Register and Letter Books by Richard Waller.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
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:
Feb 2009.