Item 73 - Copy of letter, 21 Jul 1765, from Edward Gibbon to his uncle Stanier Porten

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS a/40/73

Title

Copy of letter, 21 Jul 1765, from Edward Gibbon to his uncle Stanier Porten

Date(s)

  • [1890?] (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

3 sheets (each seemingly torn pieces - halves?- of larger lined sheets)

Context area

Content and structure area

Scope and content

In Aldis Wright's hand.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Items Add.MS.a/40/71-77 all found together in an envelope addressed to W. Aldis Wright at Beccles, Suffolk, postmarked Oct. 6 [18]90 and labelled 'Gibbon' in blue pencil. Seal in red wax on back of envelope, showing a garlanded head, in profile.

Access points