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Senate House Library, University of London

Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: letter (forgery)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL 329

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson: letter (forgery)

Date(s): 1876

Level of description: collection

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Forged letter of Alfred Tennyson, 1876, to Mrs [Catherine] Gladstone, written and signed in an unknown hand, as if by Tennyson.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Unknown

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
English literature | European literature | National literatures

Personal names
Gladstone | Catherine | 1812-1900 | philanthropist | wife of William Ewart Gladstone | née Glynne
Tennyson | Alfred | 1809-1892 | 1st Baron Tennyson | poet x Tennyson | 1st Baron

Corporate names

Places