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Blain, Henry: letter


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL445

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Blain, Henry: letter

Date(s): [1842]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Blain | Henry | fl 1841-1842 | pamphleteer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Henry Blain to Joseph T Pooley of 5 Church Court, [c1842]. Discussing the corn laws (with reference to Blain's pamphlet on the subject) and proposed duties [taxes]. Autograph, with signature ('H.B.'). Dated 'Sunday night'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled 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:

Found enclosed in a copy of Blain's Letter to Sir Robert Peel ... - classmark: [G.L.] 1841.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Corn laws | Agricultural legislation | Legislation | Law
Pamphlets | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance

Personal names
Blain | Henry | fl 1841-1842 | pamphleteer

Corporate names

Places