Letters to Samuel Pegge, with a list of correspondents at the front of each volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1725-75
Extent
0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. d. 43, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. d. 43-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13314
Abstract
Letters to Samuel Pegge
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Pegge the elder (1704-96) was Prebendary of Lincoln and an antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41605-8.
Custodial History
Bookplate of Sir Christopher Pegge in d. 43, his signature in d. 44; signature of R. M. Boultbee in d. 45 and d. 46.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were bought from William Smith and Son of Reading in 1932, cat. 86, 1294.
Topical
- Title
- Letters to Samuel Pegge
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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