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Senate House Library, University of London

Letter concerning the Scottish cloth trade

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 222

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Letter concerning the Scottish cloth trade

Date(s): [1744]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jedburgh is a royal burgh in the Roxburgh district of Scotland.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a copy of a letter dated 9 Jun 1744 from Elizabeth Forbes of the School of Sprinning, Jedburgh, [Roxburgh], to David Flint, Trustees Office, Parliament Close, Edinburgh, complaining of her summons by the baillies of Jedburgh for contravening the 'Acts in the Trades Seal of Cause' by ordering equipment from Kelso.

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 folio. Bound in half-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

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

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.