Letters to John Wilson Croker

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. c. 353, d. 366-8
  • Dates of Creation
      1813-56
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      4 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Letters to Croker, mainly from eminent churchmen.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was a politician and essayist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The letters from bought from Winifred A. Myers in 1976, except c. 353, fols. 162-81, which were given to the Library in 1976.

Note

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

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