Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/25
Title
Miscellaneous letters and papers
Date(s)
- 1673–c. 1819 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (33 x 22 cm), containing 11 documents. Nos. 1, 3, 5, and 6 are folded sheets; nos. 7 and 9 each comprise four leaves; no. 2 comprises seven leaves. Bound in leather.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
This volume, like Crewe MS 84, was once in the collection of Martin Routh, and it was sold by Sotheby and Wilkinson with the rest of Routh’s manuscripts on 5 July 1855. On the verso of the front free endpaper is written ‘(26)’ and ‘Bought at Dr Rouths… read more
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the front is stamped ‘MSS’.
System of arrangement
The documents are numbered 1–11. There is an unnumbered flyleaf at the front and another at the back.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
- Latin