[Collection of 233 letters and envelopes]
Scope and Contents
The following finding aid is a complete inventory of the contents of Osborn fc76 1/3. This list was reformatted from previously existing cataloging.
Dates
- [18th and 19th century]
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Osborn fc76 1/3 is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
For provenance information, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
0.44 Linear Feet (3 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of a collection of 233 letters by various notables on numerous subjects, many of them concerning personal affairs. The first volume, for example, contains notes on "Eastward Hoe" and "Old Plays" by S. Pegge and letters by George North on the value of old coins; the second volume contains letters by Voltaire, Horace Walpole, Edmund Burke, Charles Lamb, Robert Peel, and Hannah More, as well as a poem titled "On Faulkners Edition of Swift" by Sir Walter Scott; and the third volume includes a letter by "C. J. Fox" concerning bets "on the Oatlands Stake."
Volume I contains items 1-72; vol. II, 73-179; and vol. III 180-233.
Processing Information
This finding aid was produced from a previously existing list or card set. All pertinent bibliographical information has been retained; the volume may contain additional unlisted material.
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- English literature -- 18th century
- English poetry -- 18th century
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
- Letters
- More, Hannah, 1745-1833
- Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Voltaire, 1694-1778
- Title
- Guide to the John Mitford, Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- August 2005
- Description rules
- Beinecke Manuscript Unit Archival Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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