Revisers of the English Bible: Minutes, Correspondence and Papers

Notebooks and loose papers created and accumulated by the companies and committees engaged in the revision of the English Bible. The papers are mainly in English, with small amounts of French and Ancient Greek.

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MSS.Add.6923-6932 were presented by W. Aldis Wright, 1908-1909. MSS.Add. 6933 and 6935-6944 were presented by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1908. There is no record of the accession of MSS.Add.6934 and 6945-6950.

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Letters of John Troutbeck and a copy of a letter from W. Aldis Wright have been transferred from MS.Add.6924 to MS.Add.7339. Cambridge University Library also holds a letter from F.J.A. Hort to G.M. Humphry, MS.Add.7652/III/19. Durham Dean and Chapter Library holds 40 letters from F.J.A. Hort to J.B. Lightfoot, 1856-89, reference: Lightfoot papers. British Library holds correspondence of F.J.A. Hort with Macmillans, 1853-1890, in its Manuscript Collections, reference: Add MS 55094. John Rylands University Library, Manchester University, holds correspondence of F.J.A. Hort with Mrs S.P. Tregelles, 1876-1879, reference: CBA H3.