Miscellaneous letters relating to Cambridge University

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Add.7896
  • Dates of Creation
      3 July 1677-25 May 1840
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      17 item(s) 17 items

Scope and Content

Includes documents on elections, appointments and statutes.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Purchased by Cambridge University Library at Sotheby's on 14 June 1971, lot 1399. Many of these documents had formerly been owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, having been acquired by him at the sale in 1866 of autograph letters and other material from the collections of the Norfolk antiquary Sir John Fenn (1739-94), a graduate of the University.

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