George Oliver letters, 1816-1837.

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George Oliver letters, 1816-1837.

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This collection consists of eight letters dating from 1816 to 1837. Only one of the letters, dated March 21, 1816, is by Oliver. It deals with the financial affairs of a Mr. Joseph Taske. Also present in the collection are letters from Thomas Courtenay, John Milner, F. Martyn, and Charles Southwell, as well as a memorial to Everard, Baron Arundell of Wardour. Many of the letters were written in response to Oliver's requests for information when he was researching his works on the city of Exeter, the bishops of Exeter, and ecclesiastical antiquities of Devon.

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Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology

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Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology

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Courtenay, Thomas Peregrine, 1782-1841

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1799-1802 junior clerk in the Treasury; 1802-1813 cashier of the Stationery Office; 1804-1806 agent to Ceylon; 1806-1813 principal registrar, Land Tax Register Office 1807-1811 deputy paymaster of the forces; 1811-1832 MP for Totnes; 1812-1828 secretary of the Board of Control (India Board); 1813-1833 agent to the Cape; 1828-1830 commissioner of the India Board and vice-president of the Board of Trade; 1828 privy councillor. Epithet: politician British Librar...

Milner, John, 1752-1826

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Oliver, George, 1781-1861

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George Oliver was born February 9, 1781 at Newington, Surrey, England. He began his education at Sedgley Park School in Staffordshire and in 1796 attended Stonyhurst College. While at Stonyhurst Oliver made the acquaintance of John Milner, later bishop of Castabala, with whom he shared a love of antiquities. After completing his course of study at Stonyhurst he remained there for five years to teach humanities. Oliver was ordained as a priest in 1806 and placed in the former Jesuit ...

Southwell, Charles, 1814-1860

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Martyn, F.

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Arundell of Wardour, James Everard Arundell, Baron, 1785-1834.

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