Papers of Alexander Dalrymple

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Don. e. 55-6, f. 25
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

A play by Alexander Dalrymple, with books annotated by him.

Administrative / Biographical History

Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808) was hydrographer to the Navy. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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 collection was bought from Arnold Muirhead and given to the Library by the Friends of the Bodleian in 1956.

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. 39102-3.

Custodial History

The collection was owned by Sophia Monckton (d 1824).

Subjects

Drama