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GB 0012 MS.Add.6266
Title:
Upware Republic Society: Visitors' Book
Dates of creation:
1851-1856
Held at:
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Extent:
1 volume
Name of Creator:
Upware Republic Society
Level of Description: fonds
Language of Material: eng
In November 1851 undergraduates from Cambridge University formed a independent 'republic' at an inn at Upware, Cambridgeshire. They appointed officials, including clerics and consuls, and kept minutes of meetings. The members of the society included Samuel Butler. The republic became a 'kingdom' during the 1860s, following the involvement of Richard Ramsay Fielder, of Jesus College. The society was relaunched in 2001 by Mark Valentine.
Visitors' book, in various hands, listing members of Cambridge University who visited Upware, 6 November 1851 - 14 May 1856, with notes and remarks, 46 folios. Inside the front cover is the bookplate of Arthur B. Gray.
Presented by Arthur B. Gray, 1921.
Open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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