IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL180
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Briscoe, John Ivatt: letter, 1828
Date(s): 1828
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Briscoe | John Ivatt | 1791-1870 | politician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Ivatt Briscoe was MP for East Surrey from 1832 to 1835, and the owner of Radnor House, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Foxhills, Ottenshaw, Surrey. The politician Sir Joseph Mawbey was his father-in-law.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from John Ivatt Briscoe of Twickenham, [Middlesex] to an unknown recipient, 29 Apr 1828. Referring to the bill for better regulation of savings banks: making 3 points concerning security, liability of trustees, and the advantages of exact legal regulation. Autograph, with signature.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
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.
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Percy Dobell and Son, Jan 1952.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008