Coates, Thomas: letter (1847)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0096 AL27 |
Held at | : Senate House Library, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections › |
Full title | : Coates, Thomas: letter (1847) |
Date(s) | : 1847 |
Level of description | : fonds |
Extent | : 2 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Coates | Thomas | fl 1828-1854 | university administrator |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Thomas Coates was appointed as Secretary of the University of London [afterwards University College London] in 1831.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Thomas Coates of 42 Bedford Square, [London] to Augustus De Morgan, 3 Mar 1847. '... I am growing prosperous and successful; but, without any sentimentalism, I often look back with regret upon my old associates, from whom I am as much severed as though I were with Dives and they in Abraham's bosom.' Autograph, with signature.
Access & 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:
Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). A copy is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Tregaskis in 1912, about 2 months after Ludlow's books were sold at Hodgson's.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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:
Aug 2008
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