Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/40/76
Title
Copy of schedule of property left in the will of Edward Gibbon
Date(s)
- 2 Sept 1890 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet
Context area
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Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
In Aldis Wright's hand. Note at the bottom reads: 'Copied from a paper in the possession of the Rev. T. Burningham, Heathfield, Midhurst, 2 Sept 1890. Lady Sheffield's legacy is omitted and two sets of books given to the Library of the Academy at… read more
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
Name access points
- Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794) historian (Subject)
- Burningham, Thomas (1808-1891), clergyman (Subject)