About 346 letters addressed to Alfred Beesley, relating to his History of Banbury, in four volumes, with a list of correspondents' names at the commencement of each.
Correspondence of Alfred Beesley
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- Dates of Creation1838-48
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
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Administrative / Biographical History
Alfred Beesley (1800-1847) was a historian. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
The letters were bought from G.A. Poynder, Reading bookseller, in 1912.
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Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 35748-51.