Papers of William Parsons

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Don. c. 81, d. 123
  • Dates of Creation
    • [ca. 1776]-1824
  • Language of Material
    • English, French, and Italian.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Verses by and letters to William Parsons.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Parsons was a poet. 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 papers were bought from Arnold Muirhead and given by the Friends of the Bodleian in 1959.

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. 38953-4.