Burns, W G: letter, 1846

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL269
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Burns, W G: letter, 1846
Date(s)	: 1846
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s)	: Burns | W G | fl 1846 | correspondent of Thomas Perronet Thompson

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from W G Burns of Derby to Colonel [Thomas Perronet] Thompson, 23 Feb 1846. 'As I think it [a] pity you should be ignorant [of] the nature of the arguments [u]rged against free trade principles I send you a specimen of [w]hat a clerical opponent can [d]o ...' Autograph, with signature. Written on the dorse of the title page and the end fly leaf of a pamphlet [by Henry Robert Crewe] The repeal of the Corn Laws (1846).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Found written inside H R Crewe's pamphlet The repeal of the Corn Laws - classmark [G.L.] 1846

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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:
Aug 2008