Correspondence of John Dunkin and his wife, Ann

Correspondence of John Dunkin, and his wife Ann, consisting of:  

• Letters to John Dunkin, 1815-32
• Letters to Ann Dunkin from her father, William Chapman, 1798-1808

John Dunkin (1782-1846) was a topographer. Ann Dunkin (d 1865), wife of John Dunkin, was the daughter of William Chapman (1749-1832), engineer.

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

The correspondence was bequeathed to the Library by G.J. Dew in 1931.

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41600-1.

See also John Dunkin's Collections for Oxfordshire (Dep. d. 71-82).