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Date(s)
- 1748–78 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume (31 x 25 cm), containing 80 leaves and a number of stubs. Most of the leaves have letters pasted (tipped-in) to them. Folio 45 is a stub with a letter pasted to it. Folios 31–3 and 39 are about a third of the usual width. Folio 81 is loose. Half-bound. The spine is missing and the boards are loose. Tapes are attached to the boards for tying the book shut.
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Archival history
This book was formerly used as an album of some kind. The pictures or photographs have been removed, but the written captions remain. A bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The contents are mainly letters written by members of the Doddridge family.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Foliated 1–81. Folio 45 is a stub with a letter pasted to it; the other stubs are unnumbered.
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Language of material
- English
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Publication note
For further details see the individual descriptions and the online calendar prepared by Professor Tim Whelan: https://www.nonconformistwomenwriters1650-1850.com/doddridge-family-correspondence/i-correspondence/chronological-calendar
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The younger Mercy Doddridge and the two Mary Doddridges have been distinguished respectively as ‘daughter’, ‘daughter’, and ‘cousin’.