Subscribers lists to Dalton Testimonial

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Dalton MS 314
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1833-1842
  • Physical Description
    • 6 folders: /1 4 sheets; /2 29 sheets; /3 2 vols; /4 38 sheets; /5 25 sheets; /6 35 sheets some material has been fire damaged.

Scope and Content

/1 Folder of 4 letters, two from Allan Cunningham [1784-1842, poet and Francis Chantrey's clerk] and one from Francis Chantrey [1781-1841, sculptor], re. 16 September 1840, requesting information from the Committee on the placing of the statue in Manchester.

/2 Folder of two subscribers lists.

/3 Box containing 2 subscribers lists and accounts.

/4 Folder of financial receipts, subscribers lists, 3 letters from John Reynolds Oct-Dec 1892, re the gift of a wax portrait of Dalton to the Literary and Philosophical Society; letter from Francis Chantry, 4 August 1838, preparing to send the Dalton statue to Manchester, and describes arrangements for its setting.

/5 Folder of three subscribers lists and accounts.

/6 Folder of four subscribers list and accounts.

Some of the content of MS 314 is closely related to MS 312.