IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 84
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Treatise on the English economy
Date(s): 1706
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 116 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Information not available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing a treatise entitled 'The means of a most ample increase of the wealth and strength of England in a few years', 1706, including sections concerning the economic history of England, government regulation of trade and the East India Company. Includes a dedicatory epistle to Queen Anne.
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:
Manuscript octavo
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
This manuscript was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Elkin Mathews and John Lane sale, Sotheby's, on 16 May 1895.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2000