Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS b/161
Title
Sir Alexander Schomberg's correspondence copy book
Date(s)
- 1770-1780 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 vol.
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Repository
Archival history
Written on front endpaper: "I. Lee, Bedford, 1 January 1830, a present from Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N.", accompanied by two bookplates belonging to Captain William Henry Smyth and another with the Lee family crest.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Source of acquisition unknown. Two other volumes from Lee's library were the bequest of William Aldis Wright, 1914.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Containing MS copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to his career in the Royal Navy.
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Related units of description
One of 19 bound MSS formerly owned by John Lee: Add.MS.a.630, Add.MS.b.158-166, Add.MS.c.173-181.