Manuscripts and news-letters collected by George Smith

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Manuscripts and news-letters collected by George Smith. Including:

(c. 7) a copy of a memorial by Alexander Cruden concerning Elizabeth Canning, 1754, with a series of engravings showing Elizabth Canning's adventures, 1754
(c. 10) 'The subscription of the inhabitants of the ward of Cheape, London, for a free and vollentary present to his Maiesty', 31 July 1661
(d. 16) the Magazine of Battersea Grammar School, London, 1 June-20 July 1885.

Administrative / Biographical History

George Smith (fl 1954).

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library by George Smith, with printed newsbooks, in 1954.

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Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53025-7.

Personal Names

Canning Elizabeth 1734-1773 malefactor

Smith George fl 1954

Corporate Names

Battersea Grammar School London