Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/1/31-43
Title
Adam Sedgwick correspondence
Date(s)
- 19th c. (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
22 pieces
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Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
The Lancashire Record Office obtained these letters as part of an artificial collection of documents from a Kendal bookseller.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of the Lancashire Record Office, 1949.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Thirteen letters, five written by Adam Sedgwick (one of them a copy), the rest sent to him, by David Milne Home, John Phillips, Joseph Edleston, and C. H. Terrot.
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Accruals
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Notes area
Note
Accompanied by a letter about the donation.