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Author/Creator:Burnet family.
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Title:Burnet family papers, 1725-1936 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:2.25 linear ft. (1 box, 1 folio)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Purchased from Henry C. Smith, 1954.
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Access and use:Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Summary:These papers pertain to the interrelated Burnet, West, and Williams families descended from Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, England. Among the papers are the personal correspondence of Richard West (1716-1742), poet; of his sister, Mary West Williams (1715-1800); of her son, the Rev. John Henry Williams (b. 1747); and of her father, Richard West, Sr. (d. 1726), lawyer, playwright and statesman; family genealogies; legal papers; and other material. Included are two letters from doctors discussing various physical ailments in the light of medical knowledge of the time; letters (1724-1726) to Richard West, Sr. (when he was Chancellor of Ireland) from several Government officials, including Granville, Newcastle, and Walpole discussing various affairs of state; a collection of poetry written by Richard West, Jr., and Daniel Gaches; and information on the Dutch estate of Bishop Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), and especially on the claims of the Rev. John Henry Burnet to the inheritance of that estate.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in repository and on Internet.
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Cite as:Burnet Family Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763.
Cork, Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of, 1695-1753.
Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762.
West, Richard, 1716-1742.
West, Richard, -1726.
Williams, John Henry, 1746 or 1747-1829.
Williams, Mary West, 1715-1800.
Burnett family.
West family.
Williams family.
Families.
Medicine--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain--History--18th century.
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Genre/Form:Wills.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/614223