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Family Letters
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'Family Records', vols. XIV-XX,
1824-54
| Abstract: Papers and collections of the Nichols family, printers and publishers, 1785-1854, including family correspondence, accounts, journals and antiquarian collections. |
Papers and collections of the Nichols family, printers and publishers, 1785-1854, comprising one volume of family letters, 1816-37, and correspondence, papers and collections inserted into volumes entitled 'Family Records', compiled 1824-54.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 6165, fols. 1-2].
Included with the purchase were a copy of R.C. Nichols, Reviews of the late John Gough Nichols (Westminster, 1874) with a photograph of [J.B. Nichols] inserted at the back of the volume (pr. bk. - Vet. A7 e. 180), and a Nichols bookseller's catalogue, 1 Feb. -1 Aug. 1826, with some notes (pr. bk. - Vet. A6 d. 812).
| Nichols family letters, vol. I,
1816-37 Shelfmark: MSS. Eng. c. 6165-6 Extent: 480 leaves Binding: Half red calf, marbled boards, boards and spine detached - binding now MS. Eng. c. 6166 (the tightly-bound contents dismantled to prevent further damage, 1997); labelled on spine 'Family letters chiefly addressed to I.B. Nichols. I. 1815[sic]-1837' Scope and Content: Mainly letters to John Bowyer Nichols, some to John Gough Nichols and other members of the family, with a few drafts and copies of letters from J.B. Nichols, many letters from his sisters, some letters and school exercises of children, and
Inscribed on front pastedown in an unidentified hand, and signed by J.B. Nichols 'This collection of letters to & from Mrs. Eliza Nichols is the property of my daughter Mary Ann Iliffe Nichols. B. Nichols. August 5th 1863'; the volume contains only a few letters to or from Mrs. Nichols, so the front board may have belonged to another volume. |
Volumes of blank sheets, with many manuscript and printed items inserted, including family and antiquarian correspondence, drafts, printed extracts, and reprints of obituaries from the Gentleman's Magazine, with the occasional personal note added by Nichols, or engraved portraits, usually inserted at the date of death of the person concerned, and printed ephemera, some relating to local affairs, Hammersmith, Middlesex (b. 2072-5 passim, especially b. 2074-5), to the Kensington Proprietary Grammar School (b. 2073-5 passim), and to the Noviomagian Society, a dining club of the Society of Antiquaries (b. 2072-5 passim).
Related Material:Vols. I-V, VII and IX are in the Butler Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York. A microfilm of these volumes is available in the Bodleian Library, reference MS. Films 1529/1-3; vols. VI, VIII and X-XIII are privately owned.
| 'Family Records. XIV. 1824-1829', contents dated
1795-c.1847 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2071 Extent: 428 leaves Binding: Spine and upper board detached Scope and Content: Includes many letters to John and John Bowyer Nichols, copies of letters from John Nichols, and some family letters, and
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| 'Family records. XV. 1830-1834', contents dated
1795-1852 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2072 Extent: 499 leaves Scope and Content: Includes some family letters, and
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| 'Family Records. XVI. 1835-1837', contents dated
1795-1851 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2073 Extent: 403 leaves Scope and Content: Includes papers relating to the Noviomagian Society, and
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| 'Family Records. XVII. 1838-1840', contents
dated 1790-1840 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2074 Extent: 633 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
A few loosely inserted leaves, 1837-41, from this volume are now MS. Eng. c. 6165, fols. 476-81. |
| 'Family records. XVIII. 1841-1843', contents dated
1785-1843 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2075 Extent: 529 leaves Binding: Spine detached Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 116-40) printed items of the Noviomagian Society, 1841, mainly humorous election handbills. |
| [Family Records, XIX, 1844-8], contents dated
1795-1848 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2076 Extent: 609 leaves Binding: Spine missing Scope and Content: Includes
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| [Family Records. XX.
1849-54] Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2077 Extent: 764 leaves Binding: Spine and lower board missing Scope and Content: With many printed items, a number relating to Stationers' Hall, including
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