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Accounts of Timothy Yeats-Brown, British Consul at Genoa

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Personal and business accounts books, 1835-1857.

Dates

  • Creation: 1835-1857

Extent

0.1 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmark)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Eng. d. 3821, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. Eng. c. 7284, fols. 66-70, d. 3821-3822

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 6438

Abstract

Two manuscript account books of Timothy Yeats-Brown one regarding personal expenses, 1835-48, and the other regarding consul accounts, 1840-57.

Biographical / Historical

Timothy Yeats-Brown (1789-1858) was a British Consul at Genoa. Between 1832 and 1840 he lived on the Island of Palmaria with his wife Stuarta before moving to Genoa to become a consul. He died in 1858 shortly after his retirement. See E. R. Vincent: Ugo Foscolo: an Italian Regency in England (Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1953) p. 166.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Ken Spelman, list 66, item 33 on 23 May 2009.

Title
Catalogue of the accounts of Timothy Yeats-Brown, 1835-1857
Status
Published
Author
Finding aid prepared by Victoria Sloyan
Date
2010
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom