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
Name of creator
Repository
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.