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Add. MS c/152
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Papers of Siday Hawes relating to the estate of Richard Porson
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- 1809-1811 (Creation)
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17 items
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Presented by an unidentified donor, June 1966.
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Letters, including drafts of letters, statements of account, an inventory, and Stamp Office receipts for legacy duties, many of them sent to, drafted by, or signed by Siday Hawes on behalf of his wife Elizabeth, Richard Porson's sister, with Stamp Office receipts for nephews Julius and Frederic Porson. Correspondents include James Parry, Samuel Sotheby of Leigh and Sotheby, George F. Tavel, Wilkie & Robinson, John Marshall, and John Hailstone, with a draft letter addressed to Dr. [Matthew?] Raine. Contains multiple references to the disposition of Porson's library, and sums paid by Trinity College Library, and auctioneers Leigh and Sotheby.
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- Porson, Richard (1759-1808), classical scholar (Subject)
- Hawes, Elizabeth (1756-1842), sister of Richard Porson (Subject)
- Perry, James (1756–1821) journalist, formerly James Pirie (Subject)
- Hailstone, John (1759–1847), geologist (Subject)
- Raine, Matthew (1760-1811) headmaster (Subject)
- Sotheby, Samuel (1771-1842) auctioneer (Subject)
- Tavel, George Frederick (c 1773-1829) clergyman (Subject)
- Wilkie and Robinson (publisher) (Subject)
- Leigh and Sotheby (Subject)
- Porson, Frederic (fl 1810) nephew of Richard Porson (Subject)
- Porson, Julius (c 1794-c 1815) nephew of Richard Porson (Subject)