Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/23
Title
Papers relating to the case of Jean Calas
Date(s)
- 1762–76 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (34 x 24 cm), containing 33 leaves. Folio 1 is a folded sheet, tipped in before f. 2. Folios 2–28 have printed sheets mounted on them (i.e. inserted into spaces cut out of the leaves. Folio 29 is a sheet bound into the book. Folios 30–3 are documents mounted on guards. Half-bound.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
The manuscripts in this volume (ff. 30–3) were once in the collection of William Upcott. See ff. 29–30. Binder’s stamp: ‘J. Leighton. Brewer St.’
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the spine is stamped ‘Jean et Donet Calas—and M.S.’
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Foliated 1–33, with an unnumbered flyleaf at the beginning and another at the end.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French