Item 46 - Letter from H. S. [Henry Sykes?] Thornton to William Whewell

Identity area

Reference code

MSPB/46

Title

Letter from H. S. [Henry Sykes?] Thornton to William Whewell

Date(s)

  • 26 Apr. 1849 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 sheet

Context area

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Birchin Lane - Sends the printed letter as showing 'how little reason there is for some of the objections raised by Keble & others against his bill'.

Notes area

Note

Tipped on to the first page of J. S. Wortley's Letter to the Very Reverend Principal Macfarlane, on the law of marriage with a deceased wife's sister, as it affects Scotland ([London, 1849?], shelfmark 164.c.85.6[7].

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