Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/732/5
Title
Letter from Charles William King to unidentified correspondent
Date(s)
- 3 Dec. 1864 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 folded sheet.
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A pencil note at the top of the letter records that it was given to the library by Carl Frederick Pantin in Jul. 1955.
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Trinity College, Cambridge. - Responds to an enquiry about works on symbolism, in relation to an MS in the possession of King's correspondent. King himself thinks the MS is alchemical. Recommends Eastwood's at 27 Haymarket, where there is a 'vast assortment' of gems of all ages. King 'never now acquire[s] anything of value save through his mediation'.
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Related units of description
Found at the front of O.10a.6, a bound volume of King's notes on 'Antiques Gems and Rings'.