IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 868
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Letter from Charles Bennett
Date(s): 1834
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 4 leaves
Name of creator(s): Bennett | Charles | fl 1834 | coroner
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Charles Bennett, dated 23 May 1834, to Daniel Barrington, enclosing a memorandum on the case of John Callaghan, convicted at the summer assizes [in Limerick?] in 1829 for the murder of John Quinlan, with a plea for the remission of Callaghan's sentence to transportation.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
205 x 167 mm and 307 x 190 mm.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from J. O'D. Fenning, Rochestown, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, in 1977.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2002