Pedigrees and genealogical notes mostly relating to Akerman's family. Pedigrees include Akerman (pp. 5, 7), Yonge (fol. 19) and miscellaneous, e.g. Shakespeare, Goethe and Cowper. At fols. 20-32 'Notices of the Family of Akerman', consisting of extracts from PCC wills, etc., and transcripts of letters from Joseph Burtt, 22 March 1849, Dr Joseph Hunter, 1844, and Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1851 (fols. 27-9v), relating to Akerman's family. Reprint from the Gent. Mag., Nov. 1865, of Akerman's letter, 10 Oct. 1865, relating to the source of the Thames, with further details of the lawsuit v. Guy Clinton (cf. AKE/02).
Pedigree and genealogical notes
This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London
- Reference
- GB 118 AKE/06
- Former Reference
- GB 118 SAL/MS/735
- Dates of Creation
- 1837-1851
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- ff. vi + 36 (partly paginated) Quarto. Vellum binding, with marbled edges; pen drawing of Akerman's device on the front cover. Akerman's bookplate, fol. i, and signature, 1837, fol. v. Letter of George Richard Corner, FSA, to Akerman, 1856, fols. iii-iv verso. Illegible signature, Cambridge, fol. ii.
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