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Add. MS b/1/10-15
Title
Letters relating to the gift by Canon Vernon Musgrave to Trinity College Library of a Torah scroll and silver accoutrements
Date(s)
- 1901 (Creation)
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6 paper bifolia and 1 envelope
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Letter from O. M. Dalton to [Henry] Mayhew [both of the British Museum]; letter from Mayhew to Canon Musgrave (with envelope); three letters from Canon Musgrave to the Master of Trinity [Henry Montagu Butler]; letter from Butler to the Librarian [Robert Sinker].
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The Torah scroll in question was given to the Cambridge Traditional Jewish Synagogue, Thompson's Lane, in 1983 (by Order of Council, minute 15 of 29 Apr 1983).
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- Dalton, Ormonde Maddock (1866-1945), classical scholar and medieval archaeologist (Subject)
- Mayhew, Henry Martin (1855-1910), British Museum librarian (Subject)
- Musgrave, Vernon (1831-1906), clergyman (Subject)
- Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918), college head (Subject)
- Sinker, Robert (1838–1913), college librarian and chaplain (Subject)