File 66 - William Whewell papers: Cordelia Whewell autograph collection, M-Z

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Add. MS c/66

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William Whewell papers: Cordelia Whewell autograph collection, M-Z

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  • [17th-19th cent.] (Creation)

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1 box

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Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

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The second of two boxes of an autograph collection begun by Cordelia Whewell, and continued after her death, possibly by Lady Affleck, and William Whewell's executors.. The collection is described in the record for the first box, Add.MS.c.65. In this box, items 78 and 81 were found to be missing when the collection was re-catalogued in Nov. 1971.

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      Forms part of the papers of William Whewell, housed under a variety of numbers in Additional Manuscripts a and c and Wren classes O and R. The collection is described briefly with all component parts listed in the collection level record linked below.

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          Archivist's note

          The preliminary item records were added in 2020 by Diana Smith using the index entitled "Report on the papers of William Whewell" compiled by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in 1973.

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