Letter-books of George Scott of Woolston Hall

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. f. 1-2
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1745-80
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Letter-books of George Scott, 18 October 1745-18 August 1746, 15 January-17 July 1780.

Administrative / Biographical History

George Scott (1720-1780) of Woolston Hall, Chigwell, Essex, was an antiquary.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The letter-books were bought from Winifred A. Myers in 1962.

Note

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

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41846-7.